The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-03-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial ]

w ASUlNGTON, MOrCN Z.
Some months ag,, a company Of cav.
airy was raised IN Ohio for special s,r-
vice in Washington. 1, was styled the
Union Light Guard, and is composed Of
one or two young men from every ccun-
ty in the Buckeye State, many of the
high prva,cs being sons Of wealthy cti-
zcns, aud the organization, as whole,
birg Gar above the average. On com
ing here, The Guards were very much
chagrincd 10 fud themselves detailed for
the" special scrvcc" of standing sentry
at the entrance to the White nousc--a
poet of houur, perhaps, but, il SO, they
are mistaken in their views upon th, .
subject, tor ilcy have been invoking the
aid OF their Friends ever since, to have
them relieved from il, aud assigned to
some other duty. The subject would
not have occurred to me just now, but
for the following circumstance A few
days Oilcr the destruction hy fire of the
Presidents stable, resolved o. visit the
scene ofNic coufngruton. aud wcndrd
my way toward The Executive grounds
for that purpose. As approached the
debris, was surprised to hear an order
to halt" ccmc from behiud the brick
wall, and Immediately nncrward tidy.
looking cavnlrymun stepped out
What's the matter :" said |. Don't
know" said the soldier. "I was told to
keep every body from coming too close
to the old stable"
"What regiment do you belong to-
| asked him.
"Thc Union Light Guard" said he
A" Our company was raised in Ohio, for
special service, and here I've been for
the last twenty four hours guarding this
old stable"
| came away, seriously dJubting the
propricty OF raising company Of" pick
ed men" to stand guard oyer pile oi
burned bricks and the roasted remains OF
four Presidential rarriugc-horses.
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE.
Ask Congressional Democrat who
will be his pariy's candidate for the Pres
idcncy, aud he'll tell you, awe haven't
determined ycG ven get man ,har,l
win whether he be Mcclellan, Grant
Fillmore, or somebody else" Then
question further about the difficulty ol
making a platform TO suit Grant, and he'll
say they will not be particular as plat.
forms; that thoywill first get winning
man, and then make a platform to fui'
him, AS to the slavery question, they
will not quarrel about that; and if ncccs'
sary will remain silent upon It. Ask him
further, how they are going to get rid oi
Fernando Wood and his pcs,ilerors
crowd of shoulder hittcrs, and he'll tell
you they are going to throw them over
board; that Fernando will not have a SIM
gle dclagate in the Chicago Convention
and will not be allowed to raise the fuss
he has in contemplation for the occasion
IL Jim. Brooks goes there to quote poetry
and Latin at the assembled Democrats
and tell them by the aid Of dictionary
OF classical quotations that slavery il
dead, hc'll be kicked cut. IL Sam
Cox launches odt in one Of his funny
stories, aud lries to mako his venerable
argument on the evils of amalgumaton,
he'll be served the same way. There
will be no obJccticn, | suppose, to the
well known speech of Mr.. Voorhees, on
personal liberty aud constitutional rights
aud hlr. pugh may get permission tC
speak his piece on arbitrary arrests
But the Democratic idea is--pick out O
good man first, and make a platform af.
terward. Confident that they can't get
this desidcratum in their own crowd th y
are looking abroad. Sealed proposals for
the contract will be received from par
ties who think they can be elected
Principles not much of an object.