The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-11-24
What General Butler Bald.

in III. late speccb fcFefring 10 the
"polltyi INV 10 he pursued toward
TIE rc6els, General butler spoke as fol
lowpt
IL view therefore Of the uuunimi'y Of
the American people, in view OF The
strength, the majesty, the might of the
nation, might il not be suggested That
NOW Is good time once again 10 hold
out to the deludcd people Of the So1th
the olive branch Of peace and soy TO
them, "conc back come back now, this
ia the las, time Of asking, como back aud
leave off the feeding on husks, and come
with u. to feed upon the fat Of the lnhd,
and byponcs shull be bygoncs--il by
zones are bynoncs--our country shall
live in peace hereafter" (Chcors.J Are
wo not able to offer them that; are we
hot srjug enough, DO we not stand WIN
Union enough to bcoble TO chcr ihat 10
lthellcudcrs aud to all 80.
There N ipht have been scine complaint
/ thiuk, among proud aud chisa'rous peo
( nlr. that they would not desert their
Z leader in nm ,wcr to the amnesty prOcla'
nation of Prcsidcn; Lincoln; but nnw, ns
! We come to them and say 'comc back
and Won shall find tho laws the same
save and except rs they are altered by
l,he legislative wisdom of the land" ore
wc moi in condition not taking counsel
Iof our fears or weaknesses, bot TO make
the offtr, aud mugnNnmi;y. ngain ,c
make the offer, and the last time To cal
on them, aud then shall we not have ex'
hsustcd all the resources Of statesman
shin, in tho effort TO restore peace TO The
country, mud who shall hinder this, nn'
lic thcy do not come back who shall com
lpliinl
I nsk not for the rebel 10 como bacl
after hc has fpught us as long us hc oai
and then choose to come huck, but "lat'
some timn-pcriHps the 9Th of January
1868, for the nsscciution will be Hs goo'
0s nny--und when that time shalt have
come. Every mun who shall scout 'h'
proilcrcd amnesty ofa great and power
| ful nuiion, speaking Ia love, in kindnosr
in charity, nhope Of peace aud quic
4 forever, then cay to him who thcr
scouts the proficrcd love aud Kindness
,'lcl us meet him with sharp, quick, dcci
lsiye war, which shall bring tho. nluitcr t'
mn end aud to thc cxtinguishmeht o
su II men wherever they may be-" An'
how is that 90 be donel
ntsuh aud trcururc have been pourc'
out without stint aud without measure
uutil vsGing advantage of the depletion
OF Treasure bad men have banded togcthc
by 81, culnting IN tina; which should b
; the circulating medium, and bnva raise
: upon every poor man the price ut th
o1als upon lis hearth aud the bread upol
: his table.
Let some measure be taken 90 sto
, that, and better measure than any oihc
is to let il be understood that we pay ~
more boun,ics from the taxes Of tll
North, but taking counsel from tho Ul
Roman method of carrying on wnr,to so
To our young men, "Look on tho ia
fields ofthc Sunny South, aud unlc'
they take our amnesty, let us 70 dow
|, South, aud you shall have whatever 20
get in fair fight" aud we will open Ian
offices wherever our armius march. an
distribute their lands and divide thct
, among the soldiers, to be theirs aud lbci
heirs forever.
-, This is n harsh measure, cvcryhod
will say, Tut is II not quite ne just Us lho
We Should tx uurscl:cs anew aud uncw
aud raise the lrlcc Of tic nccessarics {
lie for the purpose otpnyins boun'ies Il
the support of the soldiers to fight lie'
mon whom We have three ,imcs oilcrc
aud called to be our iricnds, IN 1862 AZ
:, iu Juuc 1863, again in December isB'
v and when that clock strikes the la
D kncll of that departing day, then all hol
u OF return TO those who have not the
: madc progcss 10 that return shall be c,
> Mexico, or the West Indies, or scr
" place which will not name, because
' know not any land bud enough 20 !
: cursed by them, at all events they shn
" not u.vcr come here ugain.