The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-07-21


ca and American liberty has thrown the
shield ut Ills power over your hsats on
the day of battle, aud for thrcc years
preserved you anal your times Of danger,
AID when the dreadful cloud OF war en-.
velopod you. | say again, brave boys,
you are welcome. Every eye that you
catch tclls you that you are welcome.
The joyful scenes of this ,vcniuC, thu
heartfelt prayer ulf rcd before the throne
OF the rirruol, all, ull tell y,u that you
are wclcvmc--trcc welcome,
Aud now passing from this, let me
ask YOU, gCullrmcu and fellow citizens.
throw iup your eyes over the progressive
hi-tury vi the pnst three yca-s, how DO
the sigrs ol the war luk To youl MAY
| appeal 10 yuu br,v1 boySl Suppose
you G, uld unrull the canvass h'tlrc Won
Tonight and put Yourselves where ytu
were three y, ara arr, when, hnstcniug
with Ihr,hhinH hentis aud quickening
pulsCs, from the scenes ut homc 10 the
sccncs of danger, would YOU blot out
the HE tory OF these thfcc ycarsi Say
now IN the presence OF these fair ladies'.
aud patriotc father, and brothers, and
sisters, aud Young mon, wdo have como
here tonight to orc y'u, would YOU
undo the ,cvncs OF these past three years
aud forget your tUi's aud the hours ol
carnage and danger, aud be- placed rlght
where y II we're thcnl n i on of the
two hundred aud eighty five that returned
ur the gallant old Sth but would say
rive me again my k"spsa K and muskci'
and under the old llag let me 90 over
punin the scores Ut these three years
You are back NOVA f'w at you'll
must pause moment amidst this irstvc
scene to remember that vou are not all
here. Where urc the 1850 or more OF
the 9Th Ohio who went to the scene ol
struggle! The question Is answered by
your record. About 2S5 of that number
have returned ln report to their lrltnhs
aud families. Where are the olhcrSi
How many times have You been required
I, march with reversed arms and solemn
tread to the sad music Ol the mum 'd
drums aud plaintvc luglc that were
woni TO call you to battle, past the burial
places of the brave comrUds that hao lal'
len by your sides.
But what OF the war--thrcO years are
pa,t vet we ura in the midst oI the sul',;
every day brings upon lightning wings 10
us news OF conflict aud storm; every
time We stand forth aud scan the south.
ern beayeus, dark clouds of storm aud
war loom up in the distance, ana every
brc,z, from the Savannnhs oi the SCUM
pains our nusrils with the stcnch OF new
she'd blood. The war is not yct closed
I ask you, now that you are tuck again
honuraDly discharged, aud gratr'n
Stn,c saws To YOU, We'll dohc good
and faithful servant are you Wiling
that VIZ should call from the frontier our
brave armies, bid them lay down their
arms aud give up the slrupgl! Are you
willing to see the irccmcn oi the Nor'n,
the fathers and brothers, the mothers
and sisters that vuu have left bchind ond
that homo you love so well; are YOU
willing to see them go aud bow down
before the inougurOtcd powers OF h,cn'
mund and cry, oh, Jefferson, l'shrr Je'
icrson, grant Us pcNtcl (Applnu'c',
) and vet there are those among ~ who
, cry peace, peace. "'Pud 'on''nnaly a", m
! at the Inauguration of this c1ihl lS's
+ aud you must help us decide the question
Are yuu willing to do itl VIII YOU bi'
our brave boys in the field lie down ihei
arms aud return to Us with a peace upof
uny terms, or will yuu stand forth an'
{ st the question amid this scene VI on
counlry's con usiun.
They who cry peace upon any trrln'
are becoming us pcslilercus as the lice q
Egypt. The question, they say, Is cNtrr
minatlon or suhjcction or peace, nnt
Aleck Ling says, "Givo Us peace"
$ y, gentlemen, there is not one of you
wiling to acc pt peace upon any terms
il YOU are, we have bccn mistaken IN the
material which made up the grand old
Sth Ohio.
I 1.-THE speaker here, addressing the
chairman, asked whether this souni,t
like short speech, urd was answered
by cries of go on, go on.l
We are to remember, when we lool
this question in the face aud in deciding
upon the conduct and fnilings OF thi
administration 0s regards the prosecution
of this war, that no adm nistration il
the history of this Government was eve
inauguratcd under such circumstances
none ever lnborcd under such disadvan-
tages. If, then, there has been failure
and appointments, ] say that any mai
who is a patriot will judge ch0ritnbly
with reference Ia the unfolding aud dc.
velopmcnt of the war, understanding thai
/, matters of government were in greatest
turmoil when the admit ation was in.
auguruted. L. was inauguraled ia the
very urms of one of the most corrupt
administrations that this Government has
ever seen; an administration whose chel
executive sat by aud saw State nitcr
State declare themselves out OF the
u MON, without any effort to resist, aud
with Democrhtic Senate aud Demo,
cratic Supreme Court in power. We
are told thOt nothing but this wondrous
Union. saving Democratic party can re.
ST Jro peace 10 this Government. These
nrc the facts In the case. II any one
denlcsi' let him step out and show his
hand, and history will decide that thcoe
men made no effort 10 restore the Union,
but would have witnessed its dissolution.
We are asked to accede 10 their terms of
pcacei ueir terms, not ours. When the
lightning winged news tells that our
brave boys have made the circuit OF
Richmond, they soy, these peace men,
4" We do not believe it," sit u mare hum.
bug" When we arc told that raiding IL
going on IN the rear Of Washington. they
say, We told you so; don't you see
you nei CT can do anything" 4" We told
you so; don't you see you can never ac.
complsh anything" Three years are
gone and raiders arc in sight OF Wash
inglo on; we Told you So"
The peace purity, not daring TO con.
struct platform while the armies are
advancing, felt compelled to await the
events OF this war--they must wait and
SOC whether Grant is whipped before
they dare hold convention. | ask you
now are you willing TO accept the terms.
Thus is the issue fairly made before US,
Turn your eyes toward the seat Of war,
-...,E urn.ia. In lhn Gnll .lranlr m