The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-09-08
Dend is legIslaliyo vim 10 hi. own mems.

J, bend its legislative will to hi, own meas
i ures. F . - ~ 3
i Is il to be wondered at that Alex
Long should cry out, Give us any othc
man than MeClellanr' Does It seer
marvellous that the eminent States
Rights Democrat from Mary land, Mr. Har
ris should have denounced hun as a ty
rant and usurperl
/ eli secession is successful" resume
this Aristidcs orthe Republic, "othcr lis
solutions are clearly to be seen in Oh,
future" Evidently, the young Napoleon
had his eye on the scheme for a North
Western Confederaoy, Pacfic Conred
eracy, New England Conlcderaey, an,
other such ,avorte hobbies of the Vauan
dighams aud Longs, WHO bell we'd in tht
right OF secession as sequence of tn
right ofaccession. .e tt.
"Lct neither military disaster, politict
faction or foreign war, shake your settle,
purpose to enforce the cqlal operation D
! the laws Of the United States (includinr
of coursc, laws for prov d ug the moan,
and the mon needed to carry on tho war,
upon the people oil every State" GuuC
again! How does this iibc with the lat
ter day inculcl ltions OF the peace Dcmoc
racy, Who, upon all sides, cry peace
peace at any cost, peace on the b1sis o
separation, and recognition OF the Con
/ icdcrute Government. What can they
say now, and bo dccentiy consistent
about rcsistanc1 TO the enforcement u
of the drdlt, Or any other measure for
sustaining the war Po Scr, under the law,
vi congress-.
Bat the little Corporal does not stor
here. He docs not think "lurciblc aboli-
lion Of slavery" should be contemplated
aud would have "Gll private property aud
unarmed persons stris,ly protected, sa6,
Jec! only to the n eesSiiycf miiil4ry opera
lions" Tn tij an i'm Jortmt reservation
We imagine very tcw of the FcdcrI.
Generals would fail to justify their con.
duct by THAT rule. They are to be pre-.
sumed to be the judges Of what is ncces.
sary for the succ, IS os military operations,
aud make tue cautious men sit in the
back ground dolorous over the outranos
committed on the rebels. aud crying
aloud that this horrible abolition war
shallceasc
But again, on the subject Of emancipa.
lion hear the, standard bcatcr of the
Peace Democracy:
IS lyes oVntrabap pd under the act of
Congress seekiRg military protection
stog!d rscetUe Il. The sight or the q W.
crnment to appropriate permanently to
iis own .servicc, claims 10 slave labor,
StordDc asserted, aud the. right of tho
Owner to compensation thereof should
be recogniz I'd. 1His principle might Lc
eriendGd on tie grounds Of mliiary aec.s.
SLY aud secrrhy To ALL TIE SLAVES
WITHIN PARTICULAR STATE THUS WORK
ING MANCMlsstoN in such State; and in
Missouri, perhaps in Western Virginia
also, ana possibly even in Mary land, the
cXped.eucy OF such M asu-c is only u
question ui tiHc.
This, 100, in 1862! The permanent
of the labor OF ,ltv ,s to the
uses Of the Government, is delicate
way Of stating the case. But it is prac-
ical Abolition. To make the sppropru-
ton permanent is to deprive the master
of the service, the value Of the slave du.
ring the rest Of his life; and he would be
Il very particular master who wunld care
10 enquire whether the Government
made the labor of tue slave valuable on
the plantation, in the trench, on the for
t'iicuton, or in the line, clad in blue, and
prodding rebellion IN the rear with a
v-ry sharp bayunet. Aud as though the
u lplicaiivn of the principal to individual
cases were MT enough, the hero of tire
Peninsula sugg sis that it might be ,N-
tended upon the ground OF military NJ.
cossly," g. the plea of iyrauts," say
Va,landighGm and VOORHEES, & Coz ito
all the slaves within the particular State.
thus working manumissiDn IN SRci Siatg"
But what becomes OF the doctrin OF non.
Intervention Ia the dome site institutions
of II Slute, aud recognition OF their
rights nnimpSi.ed, if that principle S to
BE- dtius,d over whole Commcuwealtns
I mGde app icable to them CO lect vely!
it a wonder that the Butler County
Delegate cried out in agony that Lin
cou was but dog and Mcclellan but "a
link of the same sausage!" Aud the
policy thus mapped cut Mcclellan en-.
dOrses as constitutional conservative, aud
by the Influences of Chrisiiani.
ty aud freedom. Alter that, who will be
astonishcd TO hear, as the Chicago Eve.
ming Journal records, that American citi-
gems of uiricun decent puraded the stecets
of Chicago, during the sitting of the
Convention, spor lug Mcclellan badges,
aud wearing Mcclellan roSS ties on their
persons? Whore are, o pro-slavery and
radical peace men, that you do not make
the. ar rcsonagtwith hurrahs for McClel-