The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-06-09
Communicated.
Passing Events---Their Historical
Significance,

SlgnlflCanCe.
II has truthfully been said, that, those
living amid stirring and eventlul scenes
at what future generations clearly per.
ceivc to have been marked, historica
epochs; turning points in the Worlds
history, rarely il ever understand the
deep significance of the events that
are .ranspiring around them. and in which
they are themselves actors. Such won.
derlul results, influences affecting every
succeeding generation Of men now out
from revolution, revolution in prin-
ciplcs accomplished either pcOcably or by
carnage, dcsolations and suIferings OF
wNs, that those who participate in them
cannot fully understand their great, thcir
deep significance. Mutitudcs of our
people are impressed with the idea ,ha,
great and precious interests are involved
in this civil war, now convulsing the land
of Washington, that In agreatcr or less
degree the prosperity, the happiness aud
elevation Of future generations are all
involved, yet who is there of all our
Statesmen, Generals or civilians that
fully reolzc the greatness, the far reach
ing consequence OF the present struggle!
Not one.
It IL one Of the spddcst features Of The
times, that, while liberty Is passing
through the pange of a second birth, jus.
tcc, law, order and Government are all
involved, 50 many Of the people have no
idea at all that such interests are at stake,
and have only reached the poor, paltry
standpoint from which they alone sec
mere party issues; and in all the stirring
scenes of the hour a.Tcre party scram-
bic for place and power. We who can
discover nothing involved or sought by
the Government, in this great national
conflict but mere party purpose OF ends,
must either lack the intellect to discover
a plain truth or are blindly, hopclcssly,
welded TO party ties, interests and issues.
Aud when papers like tn, Cincinnati
" Enquirer" which is the acknow lodged
political teacher Of hundreds OF people
in the State, labor in every issue to
make this impression on the minds Of ils
/ eadcrs, one lays down the issue with
sad heart, at the thought that men with
sufficient ability to conduct thcmsclye
in our large cities and centcrs OF innu.
cnce should be So blinded by party, pre-
judice and passion, that. they have not
-, reached any just appreciation or views
Of the true nature, the greatness and the
prandurc Of the struggle now conyulsing
the land of our childhood. Our struggle
is one for great enduring principles; pr'n'
ciples for which Milton coined u1dyIng
words; for which Sidney went to the
block; for which the Purituns cxpatriated
and for which our fathers
toiled and died. Back Of all this mill.
tary massive array, all .hcse lines OF
noble and heroic men on different and
distant battle-fields, stands liberty, jus
tice, religion and law, all involved in the
issue of the hour. Were il not so, we
have dyed our hands in innocent blood,
and the struggle should be closed with
out a moments delay. Ours is time
when not only nation but the world is
sent forward in the shining road Of prog
gress, or when the shadow goes on the
dial of human progress, crushing out
forever the hopes of weary watchers
for the coming of the morning of the
worlds regeneration and elevation.
Ours is beyond doubt, one of the
historical epochs in the worlds history.
Let us each be found at our post, TO sut.
fer and to do all that the hour demands.