The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-07-13
Sound Democracy.

The brcaf aud patriotic speech Of Hon
8 w. B.wood,, Of Lckcn County, on tax
inp his seat us Prsident e the late Uuior
!. Convention. is given below. We Com
mend il TO our Democratic friends. There
Is sound Democracy in il. Gen. Wood
was, prior to the war, prominent Demo
crat, but from his speech il viii be seen
That there Is no trait " tho latter day
iC0ppcthcad Democracy about him. "To.
llny." be says, 1--WE como hero TO give the
! lie direct TO the assertion that four years
Of war for tho Unlon, through which we
have pOssed. hns proved failure" The
veterans have been giving the lie to the
assertion every day since 1t was promul.
gated us one Of the plsnks in the Chicago
Comprehend Platform. How can honest
Democrats follow the lead Of party that
could propagate such son'iment1 But
here Is tho speech Of Gen. Wuodp,
Read Il:
FeHop Cifisensof Ohio-I ust con.
gramiutc you on the uuspicious cifcnm
stances undor which yuu have III 3 dSy
Assembled. 7 'ur years ngo fund ~
lprrpnirinr, IN fear aud sorrow, 10 dcicud
the institutions Of our country, with our
navics scattered in distant seas, our arms
and arscna's In the hands of the 'nsur-
lgcnts, aud fear uud opprrh 'nsion pr, vail.
II ing ever the entire country. To day we
CONE h,tr - give the liz 10 the ns., rtion
thut The l0ur vtafs Of war Tor the Union
#, through which wc have passed, have
proved a failure. Great cheer Tour
years ngo saw the sturdy sons Ot the
! Ircrublic fastening 10 the Il I'D to sustnin
\ The ilug &c their c. untry, which llhd been
dlsUwnc1 uud dishouured IN tho eleven
States Of the Uniun; To duy secs that
hpGorcd ensign floating IN trumph over
every foot OF American soil. Cheers
The must wicked, moncntous md afro.
ci,us rebellion the world has ever seen
has disnppcarcJ like dissolying view,
us armies scattered, iis leaders prisoners
or luglivcs, uhd the arch traitor, tho lie
1nd soul nf the rebellion, the naughty and
impcriOus lyrant of socnllcd Cunicdcrcy
las been captur d. flying inglorously
disguised 10 the hab limPnis of woman.
tChecrs aud laughtcr1 Peace blessed
puece, rrighs Throughout Tho length nn0
breadth u The luud to-day. We have
cunsct tJ congratulate ourselves on no.
eVdnt of cert,in questions 6ginting the
county briurc the rebellion broke out.
1t has been settled that n Northern man
will fight lChcrfs,l It hus been sct
tied that one Southern man cannot whip
five Northern mcr. [Chccrs.l II has
bceE settled that fron Ills timr hence.
forth, the foot Of nu sluvi shall
press the soil OF this free Republic
Great che r.. II hJs been settled that
from this tiue hcncet0rth, no State Of
his Uaion has the right to seccde from
The General Goycrmeni. Aud to-day,
In cxu iant pride, we car insrribc on our
national ilag Liberty aud Uuiop, now /,
mud forever, one aud inscperuolc.
Cheers.
We owe "a debt or gratitude somewhere,
Tor these great rc.ulls. Aud fret of all, I
lei VA rcnd 7 cur humble aud heartfelt ,
thn,ks 10 almighty God, whose overru-
ling providence has vouchsoicd this grrn,
victory N ~, under God, uur gratitude
Is due 10 the labor, virtues aud genius uf
cur late l1mcnt,d Chef Magistrate f; and
when We forget in VIRTUES, when we for.
Ct HE toll and urdy rg putr olism, and
cease 10 dcplcrc l,is untmcIy death, mpy
our namc- aud the names uf our postcrity
perish t,r v,r from the mcmury OF man.
kind. [ScnsaIion aud applause. We
awe Il IT. 1T uf gratitude Iu thr soldiers
who hove taken lhrr lives in their hands
aud gone forth to the field IN defense ol
the Institutions oi their country. [Grent
cheers Tn men who shuuldcrcd the
musk,, let u r. member them gracefully
or,vcr; let ~ honor their unmarked
graves ihut cover the hills aud valleys of
Tue South aud let the needs of their
" ives aud children be looked after by us
their survivors, with anxious and rc'igi.
Dus care, lChecrs.l And this country,
every s,ctiuu of Il, owes dcm OF gruti.
.udc 10 the firm aud staunch Union men
Nho remained ~ home, ard who backed
up, by their encouragement, their means
nrd supplies, the mcu IN the field. In
the darkest hour Of the Rcpublc they
never ALTERED, hut sent the mrn AZ the
front their words Of clcer. Auplou'c
lrnm me army delrgalion.J Every man
who hiss stood by his country Ia tho h, ur
pi trial deserves the srati,ud, Of the pco. !
pie,
We have, fellow citizens, still much
labor before us, Ltus, us good cid.
zcus, ~ lovers of our 4, untry, give the
uulhorilv, that now control
the destinirs OF the II public our cnrucs,
and hearty support. [Chrcrs,l LIT Us
rtanu 10y them Ia every measure culcul,.
ted To tsior the era of good feeling, and
To heal The wounds that war has nude /;
aud while we will never forgive the men
that plunged this country into The dread
lul war from which we have jus, emerged.
let US tmpcr our Justice with mercy.