The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-02-04
fcorrssrorprrcr OF THE rRrBvsE.l
CArp sKAE BHAsDY STATior, vA.)
January 18th, 1854.

I'D. lElBIhb s-h"Ni'b sN-F ~
ayinp visit TO your charming city, II
ould not but be struck with the evidences ad
# thrift and enterpise that met me on P'
very hand. To one coming from the
,rmy, us did, il seemed like emerging T,
from n drenry waste into a land Of buds ri
and blossoms, Of peace md plenty, where
all ia life aud the hun Of business Is y
sweetest music to the ear. Such was u
the pleasing impression upon revisIting
Tfin. I fornd your streets crowded I
with men intent upon business your
places Of business thronged with custo- 7,
mcrs your stores and shops well stock.
ed with goods your boundaries ard |
mnchiue shops blasting and pounding,
smelling and welding, planning and bor-
ing your mills grinding your factories
runnng; your artisans planning and
shaping aud all going on as u nothing
unusual was occurring in the world and
there was no war ia Uncle Samuefs
dcminions. noticed indeed several
gratifying evidences Of improvement, in
new Woolen Factory just completed,
ncw Engine House, n new Market House
and City Hall rapidly rising. and others
that will not enumerate. Hedges new
Hall, with all the attractions Of scenic
display, the Firomen's Fair and the fair
ladies combined, was enough to dazzle
the eve of a soldier and set his wits TO
running in wild and giddy whirl. To
me il was indeed gratifying spectacle,
and could not help comparing your
happy lot with that Of the people OF
Eastern Virginia, where the tide OF war
has surpcd TO aud fro and the bsttc-storm
has left many an ugly scar. Here all is
DESC lation, cherries es rayless night
lands laid waste, fences gone, towns
sucked aud like Millions description of u
= Paradise Lost" How grateful should
the people Of Tifin and Seneca county
I be that such is not ihcir lot-thnt they
have not felt the shock of war at their
doors or suffered the cnlnmitcs that in.
tvitably follow in the track of an invad-
ing army Aud, 10 what do you owe
your present security ! IL is because you
have been loyal to the Government and
Constitution Of the United Stats, which
protect you. 1t Is because yru have not
: raised the parrcidal hand to strike down
: the flag of your fathers, under which you
have lived aud enjoyed so many blessings.
II is because you have not, like luciler,
raised the standard Of rebellion, that you
u have not been cast out of Paradise
: Lock at Virginia, to-day, aud then look
y ut your prosperous State, and tell me,
which pays the best, Loyalty or Treason!
There may be some among ycu who
secretly desire the success OF the Rebel
lion, on the principln that ala 70 Io"vr 10
rul. IN hell than serve in hcaycn," but
they are incapable of doing much harm
aud are too insignificant to talk about
o Whey are only flies on the wheels of the
n locomotive of Progress. We are only
beginning to realize what u great nation
we are, by the te nsion Of our powers aud
the development of our muscles in Crap
pling with this monster Rebellion. 1t
will make us better and happier people,
and we shall come out of the ordeal purg-
cd Of the dead weigh, orSavery, which has
, been hanging about us. Made free indeed,
as we ure in name, We shalt rise TO nOblcr
y plane ofcxstcncc. The kncll of Slavery
n is soundcG-,hc times urc big with prom
;. Use aid glorious destiny awaits us. Il
!, there any doubling Thomas who cannot
= see thisl Let him listen. The brccz''
o whisper it, the birds sing il, the brooks
j. babble il, Niagara ihunders il!
Mud is no name for the present condi
ton ofterrd .frma in this vicinity. Whu'
with the rain aud the frost coming out o
r. the ground, the "sucred soil" is one vas
u mortar bed and the roads are buttoml S.
n The boys ore making themselves as com
J Portable us possible in their winter quar-
tcrs. They hOyc plenty to eat and wcu,
and are as independent rs kings and u,
happy as can be in their log pa'accs.-
Every evening, as they gather around
is dccidc6-old campaigns are fought
a over again and new ones planned. OH.
d GERS aud men are giving themselves TO the
g pie, surcs and sports which the season
allows. A week from To-day the officers
- of tho Sd Corps are to give grand festi-
d val aud ball, in mammoth pavilion to he
i erected for the purpose, To which theiI
C friends in other Corps are invited. A
good many officers have their ladies' here
who are expected to grace the occasion
!" with their presence. II is expected tc
q be one Of the biggest things" that eve,
happened under canvass. The admission
fee is only ten dollars 1t is cxpectcc
this brilliant Jete will bo followed by
similar ones in other Corps. "Be merr,
J. while you may" seems to be the mGttC
in the army. On the field Of deadl,
}, strife, there are scenes in strange con
n trast with the one have just describe,
,, as about TO take place. But Wellington
G danced at Brussels and fought the battl,
d of Waterloo the next day.
5 The other day, I, in company will
y Captain Shaw han, of Tifin, then on
e visit to this army, went over TO see tn,
h war wcru veterans Of Company A, stl
A Ohio We found there manv Ti(Iin hovs