The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-06-16
The Union Party---an Appeal to
Conservatives,


The last three years Of war has dcvel-
opcd many new aud strange phases Of
party tics and associations, and Il can
be truthfully proclaimed that the war
has devised many strange bed fellows
In the party organizations Of tho prcscn,
dpy. -Four years ago we had Republi-
can party comprising the whole Of the
extreme Snti.slovery men Of tho North
battling along side.wi,h the more modcr'
ate and conservative men Of that party
the FREMoNTs, tho WENpELL PmLLIrs
and the PARKER pILLsBURYs, in the idcn'
tical footsteps Of the RAYMoSDs, the
CoRwtss, and the EwiNas. This party
was denounced az radical party. The
Democratic party with the giant
/ DousLAs as it's leader was then called
tho conservative party. But as soon az
the war commenced DouGLAs wheeled
into line aud yielded all OF his power
and Influence in support Of his old aud
honorable opponent, ABRAHAM Lincoln,
in his Justly conceived measures for put
ting down the rebellion. Who followed
The principal statesmen aud patriots Of
the Democratic party followed in his
wake. The tried, tho true and the uc.
keowlcdgcd leaders Of That once proud
Democratic party combined their
strength with the leaders OF the Repub'
lican party and threw their all into the
contest OF preserving constitutional
liberty and our simple but mighty fabric
Of government. II ls Union party in a
double sense. A Union OF tho patriots
Of oil parties for tho purpose Of pcrpciu-
u,ing the Union OF the stntcs. The
Tons, and DlcKINsors, aud DIxs, and
TRErArss, and LoGhSs, aud host OF the
Democratic statesmen extended the
hand of fellowsh ip To the llNcoLSs,
and SKwAUps, aud CmAsEs, aud SnEn.
MANS, and CoRwISs, Of the Republican
party in this conflict for the overthrow Of
treason. As body they are the con.
scryators of tho peace, law, order, free
dom and Union Of the country They
have no interests 60 conserve save those
of tho Republic. No principles 10 trans
nit to poStcrity save those of the life OF
the nation. This is our simple platform.
On the other hand we hnvo all of tho tx.
trcmes, sms. and factions hrrayed IN
opposition to this great Union pnrty,
The BREcKISRrpcEs of 1860 are the VAL.
LASplGuAMs, the SEYMouRs, the SAsME'
pARy's, aud a. NJ. JAoKsoNs OF to-day
and the FREMoNrs, the WENDELL PHrL
lips, and the pmLsDuRys, arc the NAL
contents disafIccted, and doosenbcrrys o
the parties OF 1860. They represent OK
tre,ncs. They arc iuctionists of the mos
fac,ious character. They are selfish AM
cold.bloodcd. Nothing in view bu
spoils of oiTico, the spoliation aud plum
dcrings of party. even if these can onl
be obtained upon the ruins of a might,
Republic. The Union party is truly th
only real conservative party of the coun
try.
with these circumstances and inilu
cnccs surrounding the Union party th
impending Presidential canvass is Of n
ordinary kind. The coming struggle
big with the fate Of the Republic, and
bohoovcs every man to look we'll 10 tn
position whioh ho sustnins in relation 4
the country at such time as the present
We are no longer confronted by apolitie
al organization which opposes us on mcr
questions of polity, but we have to moe
> a faction whose only hope Of success lie
in the failure of our institutions To stan
the trials to which they urc now bcin
subjected, and whose road to prctcrmcn
is over the ruins Of the Union, and III
hopes Of those whose devotion to its In
forests has n,ver been impaired 10y tn
Intervention OF party motives of any kind
and whose habits Of mind usually kcc
them aloor from the exciting theme
which commonly pcrvadc our politics
struggles. That this class, whose vicw
on all tho great aud leading issues of tn
day arc cmincntly conservative, are wit
us us against the factious Democrat
L party, the indications are too decisive I
afford the least room tor doubt. An
this brings US To the question, will the
make common cause with us against th
enemies of both, or stand aloor from nc
tive service, thereby enabling the latte
to steal into possession OF tho govern
ment, by which their worst fears may b.
more than realizcdl Should an 1tlinna
tive answer to this question seem 10 i'm
ply sacrifice of dignity on their part
br we cannot suppose there could be an
on the scale Of princplo-we would com
mend to their attention the following
considerations.
In what, we ask, does political diSnit
consist! Our own idea of lis essontiV
attributes inclines us s,rongly to III
conviction that il is quality iuscparobl
connected ", III life OF devotion TO III
interests aud well.being of the coun,r!
and that il cannot be successfully a,
sumed by mere idlcrs who rejoice
their own security, except in times I
> extraordinary commotion, and then
wake only to show their listlessne'
when the clouds are ready to burst upo
them, and the political atmosphere
made hideous with the diseordSnl sound