The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-07-21
"A Delayed Lsttsr--A ssldisr On Q. L. Val
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DrFsNcgs. June "a. 1854


summer with his traitor eye watched over
the border, has made hs appearance in
Ohio, his whole design taught with mis.
chief is the most 10 be expected Of him
whose every political act nss shown nothing
but hatred aud hostility tNNrds the govern
ment that had fustercd nd protected him
before he iurucd traitor Having been dis.
appointed while watching)ycr the border, iu
not being clcsstcd to the Executive chair OF
Ohio, 10 secure him the pwer Of carrying
his doct. iuc Of State rlgls into effect thet
is, his peculiar idea OF he constitutional
:, rrhts of the citizens Of Sn.e, That is,
When a Safe wishes to ithdraw from the
federal compact, the fccral Government
has no power delegated IL, ts defined in
the Constitution. to appe to arms and en-.
turee the supre macy Of y laws; aud, iur.
ther, he tval.) much chgrined 10y his dc
feat In no, having the oprtunity Of array.
ing bis followers against e Government, by
I. Withdrawing that sppportthat the State OF
b. Ohio had heretofore gi'n) from the Gov.
: eminent; that is, when tvsl } could se.
g cure the power, he woulAsralyfe the efforts
y OF the Guvernment 10 hNmighty struggle,
|, lof which history has furnhed no example,
, by s-irpling the sdminisation. while the
, iste of The republic aud a our great civic
rights were weighing 10 = balance. | do
not wish to advance the ID that the admin.
istra'ion is the governmental that the ad.
miuistration is the constitutional and orly
channel through which alhho functions Of
the Governmen, are cx"cuu.
Val, In order TO secure le success Of his
: Suuthvin brethren, ever sim the Inaugural.
ton cf this rebellion. has len charging the
President oi being de,ot. a tyrant. n
, usurpcr, and OF usurping rwer unwarrant.
ed in the constitution. not eing among the
delegated lowers to be exciscd BY the ,x-
ecptive. The unwarrantedattack upon the
liberty Of speech is cited tons being terri
bile Unfit grmrnt upon the liberties uf the
people, Judge Story held tat no person had
right To speak or publh anything tos
cited by Judge Kent, Of lew York that
would cnd1n' ,ne public Ofrry or disturb
t'e pnblic welfare. ! ask very loyaI nau
to throw aside political prciiic' . and make
careful survey of the aos of Val since
the c"mmenc, ment Of this powerful struggle,
He will have no difficulty i9pcrceiying that
he has labored so MS to arose public senti
ment, and inaugurated a revolution sgainst
the lawful authorities Of tie Government
Yes, he, Val. and his X. &C. would glory
in seeing the contamination of an event in
our history by which they ould 6 iund the
funeral knell OF this Republic. -..
Talk about usdrpation viii they1 vatel,
the great Swiss law giver and writer on In
terns, s,ional law. says q natior has right to
use all means against the enemy that will
cripple him and prevent hin from working
out hl' injustice, so that Il e means are not
odious nor that il does not sontrnvens the
laws of nature. To allow thu oppressed to
go free and to punish the rcbtl sympathiscr,
who is such hy word or deed, (nccording to
the above writer,) is in ACCORDANCE with in.
ternational law, as well usa God given right.
believe the safety of the Republic itself
should be considered the highc,t law, aud
that the end will jnsti y all the means ne
cts'Hry 10 subdue an hfuriu,ed arstocracy.
'''''''' ''o' -.1 80 iNst v,1, have no
right to coercc u State; that means peSccau
secession, Grant the snciaa argument, and
then where are youi The South never de .
sired p 'aceable separation. With that
policy they never cou d have taken two
States out of the Union before the assault
that WAS made on the stony walls of Sum
ter. A portion of jeff Davis ,binct, TO.
gcther with other leading rebels, and in the
presence Of Mr.. Clemens. of Ala anna, they
discussed the propli,ty Of commencing an
attack on Fort Sumter. There was only
one that entered a protest against comrncnc.
ing hostilities. In replication, Mr. Walker
that you must sprinkle blood in
the faces Of the people OF Alabama iu order
TO secure that State to the Sou lhcrn Con
[sderscy.
Floyd, tho thief. boa sted in Richmond.
,oon after hostil'ties had commenced. thnt
hey had crippled the military power Of the
Federal Government TO such an extent, 90 as
o render the federals powerless Tor one
rear, aud that the United S,atec would BE-
inder the necessity OF acting upon the dc
Iensive. Toombs, Of Georgia, de6aptly re.
policy Of offensive operations; that in the
ummer Of '6l they would dictate terms TO
he Yankees at old Independence Hall,
phiadelphia. But the strong arm OF brave
nen and patrio's, s,id never should such an
vent hsppeu in the history OF this nation.
Aud they have been taught Ia admit the un.
lvalled grandeur and power of the loyal
masses Of the North.
Val. talks about peacpable restoration of
hr Union, such as conccdinG to rebels in
srms, lie knows better. lie has not by
,ne net or deed or word given any aid 10
he administration that looked towards the
'estoration Of distracted country. And
zee since he has taken his abode again in
Ohio, he has spoken in defiant toDes against
he authorities at Washington. | should
hink be would look a ill.,. dowucast OF be.
ng disappointed in not meeting aud shaking
lands with his friend John Morgan Gen
BurLridgeha has the honor Of putting quietus
% that. Val. and bis followerse had better
be little cautious, as the o. N. G. will,
IN short time, make their appearance in
Ohio sgaiE. hope there never will be any
necessity for military strife In Ohio. ss We
'hould have one grea, common interest at
'tske--the salvation OF our country. no, only
or ourselves. but for future sgss TO eome
sfter.
May we come out Of this struggle with
government that around its boundary line
'ternity may play, and upon its towering
'ummit time itself may linger. and the old
lag Of our fathers wave alike from the
,ranite hills of New Hampshire Il the watets