The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-08-24

be the first to admit, but there are
difficulties in all plans. 1t is nat.
ural to men to struggle to 6void
responsibility, and to DRIFT upon
the current, trusting to fate; but
drifting also leads to diff ulties,
as we who driited into war which
has cost half million OF lives and
and untold millions Of money,
should not need to he told; aud |
agree with you that drifting will
probably decide this matter against
the black race, and involve his de.
struction, while by leaving the Id.
bnr of the South in the hands Of
degraded caste II entails upon the
country the worst material effects
of slavery, and prevents that no
mogouity of institutions and man
ners, North and South, which |
have said believe to DO the only
sure foundati,n OF permanent
peace. '....H
The Anglo-American and the
Airico. A American races now stands
face to face upon the Southern soil
in irreconcilablo hostility. The
new colorcd mon whom we have
among us may be regarded rs the
waits and strays of the great body
which is n nation in numbers, and
in its isolation by mental and phys
ical characteristics. IL is ms n uiiit
that we must deal with them, and
no paltering with the edges OF the
difficulty will avert the doom
which all history teaches us will
follow wrong solution.
Tho magnitude OF the prct!em
Il, immense, but tho principle =
which must decide il one way or
the other are simple. Whom we
deal with a whole community,
however closely related to our
selves, it is not by tho application
Of the maximums Of municipal law
as applied to individuale, that we
must decide the case, but by a
modified form OF international law,
which 50 far from ignoring our re-
sponsibility to God, our common
ruler, or tho obligation TO recog-
nize tho fundamental rights OF man,
necessarily implies them oil. Re.
Iligion, honor, humanity, republi-
canism, all call upon us to
see well to it that We do not allow
tho sectbing and molten elements
to crystalize into a n,w form tf
oppression, and | recognize as
fully as you possibly can the bur
den Of responsibility which this
great epoch in tho worlds history,
rolls upon all who have even the
humblest part in determining the
shape of public policy.
Ihave approached the subject as
an anti.slavery man. l have
thought as deeply as was capa.
bic OF. and have carefully revised
my opinions and tested them by
all the Fundamental principles OF
right and Justice. Ii others do not
agree with me, and it part me from
any whose principles aud motives
are the same as my own, my deep
regret that it should be so cannot
change my convictions.
1t has seemed to me that the SO
luton have offered rids us ofmosl
Of the difficulties in our way. II
gives to the black man political
rights and franchises without on.
erous terms it rcdu ,es the repre-
sentation Of the Southern whites in
Congress to a proper basis, their
own numbers (; it secures the per
mancnt peace of the Government
and tie allegiance Of the people, b.
the only sure guaranty, viz tina
Of common interest aud identity o
institutions. What more woult
You have l.' &
II is worth while to consider tina
in such q plan as / have suggested
there is that which is likely to at
tract cooperation on the part of re
flecting men in the Southern States
There can be no question that som,
portion Of the sectional bitterness
which finally led to secession an,
war, was caused by more or lcsi
distinct perception of difficulties
like these we are considering, from
which they saw no reasonable out
let, and that any plan which rec
ognizes the facts | have stated, anC
endeavors to provide for them SO a,
to secure harmony and prosperit,
in the South, will soon find advo
Gates there. l do not mention this
as an important argument, because
can fully accept the responsibili
ty which the military subjugatior
Of the rebel territory has imposed
upon us to determine the matter
by the counsels and actions o
those Of the disloyal of either sec
ton. We must, however, that the
ultimate object we aim at must be
to return the people Of the South
to their relations to the Federal
Government, as equal and full par.
ticipators in its rights and bles
sings. Through what delays OF
intermediate steps. their own &C,
tion under the experimental organ
ization granted by the President,
must determine. But, in the end, !,
the genius of our institutions will
tolerate no unequal or sectional
laws. Tie homogenity must be
made perfect and complete, for
neither subject provinces nor mil.
itary proconsulships can, long co.
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