The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-07-07

desired TO have control of one. came
TO this free State where there was mo
such thing, where tho young men could
rise up and maintain the manhood which
GOD gave them; and any man who will
insist upon taking the same stand that |
did,wil come to the same conclusion.
WHAT HH NOW THINKS OF Tnr EFFECT or
SLAVERY.
twas a very dangerous thing for mo 10
join political party opposed 10 slavery.
Tor the men ! associated with were men
who were not opposed to il, but kle mo, !,
I hoWgh about IL, tie more I neccsSarily
becdme opposed 10 IL myNeD At last
there was no sort Of question as TO duty
TO the q oycrnment. In the language oi
these resolutions, it was to eradicate II;
but | did not insist upon that issue before
the country. Tho party with which |
ultimately associated did not insist upon
II. We thought that in tine, from us
own obnoxious nature, IL would wcnr ON,
bu, the pculjtv nature of the thing
the fortunes TO be made from the traffic.
the immense gains to DC acquired from
the labor VI the slaves IN the cotton and
sugar Stntcs, enticcd and facinatcd tho
people OF the South. In 1860, when the
census was made, we found under all the
benign influence of growing civiliza.
ton OF the age, that instead of the insti.
tuition going gradually out of cNis.e,tc.
was actually fixing itself in perpetual
p"rmencncy upon the country; that lis
dark claws had sunk deep into the vi,als
OF the nation. Aud the lncn who adhered
to II were sunk 50 in iniquity aud immor-
taliiy that they endcavor 10 inilict upon
us chostscmctt@, the more fully and of.
ectuslly to retain their grasp. The men
who stood up Tor that institution prnp
pied the United States by the throat.
they went stark mad, ossai!ing the vi,als
of our country that slavery might live.
anu then II was TINT the people became
aroused To the requirements OF the hour.
aud true To the highest mandates of I'm.
manity, they swore that the institution
should die. Cheers.
u there had been no slnvcry-who will
deny mel who dare deny mel-not now
particularly, but hereafter when nm not
herc--who dare deny hatirthc had be-, n
no slavery there would have been no warl
That is simple proposition. There is
no difficulty in understanding IL. IL calls
Tor no common mind TO grasp il. Itl
stands before you like a great mountain,
aud ths simplest soul can grasp il. Had
there been no slavery there hnd been no
war. What IL the natural Significance
OF that proposition La order that there
should be no more war there must be no |
more slavery. Loud and continu ed an. |
plausc.l Many noble men have fallen
IN this war, thousands of men have been
sla in ON the battle field; not in such wars
as thousands of mankind have been
slain before; not because some danny
princc has had his feelings hurt on nc.
count o not having his way in counting
sRe dainty princes; neither is il u war
it Is great bIg''esiinils of ethics or nb.
question, affecting great nauon! NJ.
one in which people can afford to die.
Cheering.l 1.-THE dead could be rcsus-
citntcd now while | stand before you.
could | appeal to the heurt OF every pros
trnie broiner soldier who lies in his grave
tonight, could he be brought before the
audience to answer for himself, il is my
firm conviction that he would express no
regret at having lost his life in such
Cause. And appeal TO the poor, un-
aimed, emacihted soldier who has gone
heart aud soul into the contest, and had
the very portals Of death opened before
him, with the angry fire striking back in.
TO his face, mudly rushing into tho con-
test with the bright steel cleaning before
his eyes, should he stand before you
while knowing for what he fought und
the great issue involved, not one among
them, no, not one, would regret tho
wounds he has about him, not one would
regret the loss of lie or limb. Loud
cheers