The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-09-15
The Crisis on the Chicago COnven-
ton and Nomination,

ton and Nomination.
The state OF mind OF the "pracc party"
in Ohio appears more clearly than else
where IN the Columbus Crisis (SANurt
MEpARY, cditor) oi this week THE cdi.
tor notIdcs his readers OF his recovery
from sudden aud severe attack of ill.
ness, which r,vcnted him Gom being
present at the Chicago Convention, To
which hc was a delegate; and he SAYS,
"from wh,' lronspircd we are not sorry
we were absent" lilo said he had la.
bored "tor months, day and night" that
there might be ga broad, simple and en-.
phatic peace issue, the only possible
hope for the country" Aud the italics
are Mr. MEpARv's:
"From the result at Chicago, rs we
view IL we are inclined to the opinion
that We shall have plenty ol time tu re-
cover our health before we shall hear
much more about rEAcE! IL is useless to
argue sguinst facts. Every Democrat
we meet or have heard OF. considers peace
crushed uut as fDT as n Convention cwld
do It. The very Growing Of the war fac
/ tica in this city over the fall Of The
| Crisis, ms they call II, shows plaincr than
/ iudcilninitcly wordcd resolutions eau DO
as to the meaning of the great sell ot
| Chicago. What phase things may take
/ in a few DAYS we cannot say. and u is
we'll to await further Developments"
lu n lcudor on the Chicago Convention,
/ Mr.. MEpEBY says:
"it Is iully To disguise the fact that
these proceedings huvo cast gloom over
a very large portion OF the Democratic
party, who have opposed this war from
| the first, such az we never before witness.
/ ed in our party. while the portion which
has been Tor the war feel greatly clatcd.
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"Thc arbitrary arrest question is one
not 10 be treated with contempt or indii-
feroncc. What tho explanation may be
we must wait aud ste. Perhaps General
| Mcclellan will throw some light upon
it in hi' letter of ace ,ptancr.
off, yield in the least, or wink to
\ these arbitrary acts, we arc gone as u
Demoeratic, Suites right, constitutional
party forever. lie who does not see this
Is as blind as bat. We may blab peace
until our thrOats are sore, but there is no
peace, except ir pcaccablc principles.
"To the peace men we say then, every
where, keep your ranks closed; preserve
your organizations; stand fast aud faithful
by your principles, aud cast your votes,
| from the lowest to the highest Ufiices,
where they will tell best and surcst.--
! This is your duty to our country. Yield
not n single plank in your platform Of
peace measures. Never forget that you
are W, r,hy o the name. No one can soc
into such future as we have before us
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When we get Gen. McClollan's letter
of acceptance we shall tuko up the whole
subject, nominations, platform made at
Chicago, aud the road, and only road, tn
peace and Government, and review at
length, and see where we stand. We
are told we must decide "betwecn two
evils" and that ga half loaf is better than
no breud." With all due respect to the
Chicago Convention, we say to them,
that the people mover sent them to that
ci": 49, hcv w..rc scnt tLsnscSh 10 nSaoY9alI9gayi oYdlI9
and rive Us choice betwixt "gOod and
epif no. II choice between tiro evils
they (lhe delogatcs) were scnt thorc TO
give Us whole Loaf of good, substantial
cnd--tl bread of i1e-not half loaf.
Ii they were not aware oil this before
they went there, they should be made to
understund their delinquency of duty now
that they have got home, No election
was ever carried on the tlimsy basis of u
choice OF eUilS, nor the trash of argument
called u haJ loaf. We want something
better, ana shall look Tor il, as the basis
OF an election. The people should de.
nand it Of those who assume to speak Tor
this military nomination 10 a civil posi-
ton. Shall we have III"
| In another article, speaking of the or
ganzation of the Democratic National
Committee with AUGUST BELMONT at its
head uguin, the Crisis says:
awe have been oskcd several times
who this August Belmont is, who seems
to have perpetual lease upon the ID mo
cratic party. He is a foreigner, u con-
nectIon by blood or marriage, ol the
Ruthschilds, of Europe, and their Agent
IN New York, 10 manage their immense
moneyed concerns in this country. lie
lives in the style of the European nobili-
| ty, feeds and drinks well, and Is put by
the money mongers and shoddy contrnc
tors of Wall street, who claim to be War
Democrats, at the head OF the Democratic
party to keep il conservative! When
we rend In Mr.. Aliens speech at Chica-
30, his allusion to Jackson, In connection
with their nominee there, we were stnr-
} tied looked round aud asked is this the
same Mr. Allen who in the good old days
J of that good old Jackson, used TO denounce
with sub burning energy and eloqunc6
the money power at home and the foreign
money desppts working through the u. 5
Bank to crush the American Democracy
This snme Mr.. Alien is thus placed IN
| th6attitude of crouching 10 the sm lies
and fdvors Of the RDthscliilds and the bond
mongers OF Wall street. Oh! my country
what nextW
In another article the Crisis says the
Chicngo Convention was "packed iol
MCCLELLAN by n "rcguiarly pfganized
system OF lying" Publishing the vote
OF the Ohio Delegation the ctisls soys:
"Pake the case of Judge EsrILL, who
pledged himself and gol augry with the
Crisis for intimating that he ever hat
} been for MCCLELLAN. II wus this rcgu'
iarly orsauized system OF lying which
packed the Chicago Convention fol
MCCLELLAN LAYMAS, of the OhiC
Statesman, beiHg in the here Of decep
ton, knsip who of these men were lyini
to the people who trusted them. Thos'
: who did not know that they were lyiag
|, were very naturally deceived. The re
cord fixes all right at last, as to who th'
liars were"
All of which shows that the coll
wheel-horse" is balky and hard 70 Will
!, into the traces.
6 Steady, Union Men
Let loyal meu posssss their soul 10 pa
2 tience. The madness that rules at Chicago
Q can work no harm TO the country except o>
80 aa,.nl, of tha laval masses. A II That II