The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-09-08
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neople into the support OF the nominees
placed upon II.
WHY Just look At Il. II will be seen, IL
the language Of New York paper, that i
in no manner condemns, even by impliea-
ton, the gigantic Rebellion which 80
long crmsoncd our fields with The most
precious blood Of our Countrymen. IL
conecals tho facts that the war was in
augurstcd by the Rebel alone, and that
they had wrcnched from tic nation near
" half its forlresscs, ormorics, nrsenols,
sub-ircasury, minta, cus,om'houses, &o.'
&c, and mada prisoners Of the bulk of
its little army, before single shot was
fired on tho side Of tho Union. The
Rebel cheinains who falsely, vilIoinously
asserted, directly after the taking Of Fort
Sumplcr, thrt Lincoln and The Aboii-
tioaists had dcciored par upon ho South,
AID beroby droggcd Virginia, North
Carolina aud Arkansas into tho abyss o.
secession, under the plea Of necessary
sclf defense ore practically countc0.
anced and upheld by this vile Platform,
which speaks as though this war had
been wantonly inaugurated on the part
of the National authorities, ard might
have been avoided had they chosen.
There is not one word Of this platform
which even intimates that tho Rrbels
have done any wrong, or thut tho Gov.
ernmcnt in rcsistipg their Efforts has
done any thing right. t.
The Democratic Platform demands
wholly aud unqunlidcdly that the war
shall, on the part Of the Union, be stop.
ped Suppose this were done to.mor-
row. President Lincoln sends an envoy
to lef Davis, saying, "Lct us have u
cessation OF hosti'itics." "Certuinly re.
spends jeff; "Whhdraw your forces
from tho ConicdcracyFaiscy your blockade,
and | will agreo to mn ormistice." (The
Reheis have already indicated that they
will have no othcr,) Suppose this were
conceded: must not every European Cow
crnmcnt at once recognize the Confed-
rrocyi On what ground could any re.
nsci We should have gwen up the
contcCl, and retired baiiicd aud defeated.
Europe is furnishing for cotton and Ma
val Stores, which the Rebels have to
spare; they ure in n desperate want of a
thousand things whereof Europe has
surplus. They would of course trade
only with lhcir friends. Who docs not
SEQ that this is Disunion, complete aud
final! Having tnmely surrendered New
Orleans, Ncwborn, Port Royal, Nicks-
burg, Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville,
Little Rock, and Fortress Munroc--all
tho fruits OF iourlong and arduous slrug-
glc--who imugines, what Confederate
would fear. that we should over nlunJfe
afresh into war, and try to tuko them over
again!
II is fraud, then-nn !mpudcnt,
wicked frOud-for this Platform to talk
after this, Of peace "on the basis of the
Federal Union" We havo war only
because certain States have repudiatcd
and now defy that Union. That Union
is the bone of contention-thero is none
other. How, then, having dccrccd a
"cessalion OF bostitics,n mo yen after.
ward TO have the Unionl You recognize
the traitorons arislocracy who claim TO
have seeded as composing their respcc-
tive States; We derry il, and, counting
the whole people, Insist that there is u
Union majority in every Stutc. Onwhpt
Democratic principle can you coustraln
Rebel States to return To the Unionl
hut ga Convention OF tho States" nay,
San ultimate Uoavention of all the sta,Ssn
--is in your programme. But the Rebel
States hai Mcir Convention at Alout-
gomery nearly fourycurs ago, aud framed
there u Constitution wherewilh they pro-
iess to be perfectly eontented. That
Constitution ignores ours, supersedcs il,
and rcpdcrs your Convention q simple |
rullity, Stop tho War now, aud they
will laugh your ''ultlmuten Convention 10 |
scorn. They viii toll you that they have
. 6rstr0te Constitution formed at Mont.
gomerys and lhnpif you want union with
them, you must adopt that, and apply to
be admitted into their Conicderocy, !
Having admitted that the aristoeracy are
the States wherein they live, having
stopped the War, how do you expect to
unite with them except by creeping in at
the back door Of their Conledcracy!
That is the precise point to which you
are now tending.
Three and a-holf years ago, before a
drop Of blood had been shed, tho Repub-
licans proposed Convention, or rather
adopted the proposition OF Ken;ucky, that
one be called. Had you Democrats hen
favored a Convention, We should long
since have held one. But you resisted
il, fought il, voted Il down, inducing
even Kentucky TO join you in defeating
il. Aud now, aner three years Of carnage
aud devastation, you come round to our
position, and vaguely recommend a Con.
vention. We stand by il, and will help
carry it; but that vii | not put down the
Rebellion. We must 6lst have Peace,
then hold a Convention. t,s 30
All the rest Of this Platform is wind,
signiying very little. I, amounts in
substance TO just this; The Adnhisira,
tiON has not sure ndsred As country 10 Ae
| traitors, North o, South. Ii hos sun