The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-09-14
Soldiers Letter to Cox,

! We publish bclow letter dircctc'
TO General Cox Which has been hand
ed to us by the subscribers, for inscr
ton in the Tribune. The writer's o.
the letter being soldiers, we take II
for granted that they arc true mon
and arc Influenced by desire to pro.
mote the welfare of the country, and
would not voluntarily do anything tC
liuiurc the cause for which they peril
lcd their lives and made such grcat
sacrifice.
But, however honest they may be,
thcy are certainly umwittingly playing
Into the hands of tho enemies OF the
lGoycrnmcnt aud the Union
While The subscribers to the letter
lwithstood the storm and shock ofwar
lin the field, and bore aloft the banner
Iof our nationality, amid scenes ofca
mage aud death, there we're a set Of
mcn nj home, who had for them no
word Of cheer, no language ofcncour-
Ingcmcnl, aud who neither by word or
Iact of any kind. ever aided the coun-
Iiry of their birth, in her tremendous
struggle for life with the rebellion of
the slavholdcrs. But, on tho other
hand, gave all their influence to com
fort and sustain the enemies of the
nation, Taking il for granted that
lhc rebellion must succeed, because it
was conducted by the old leaders of
the Democratic party, they refused to
aid their country in the struggle
During the four years of rwar in which
the country was engaged, they oppos
ed every measure of the country TO
suppress the rebellion, and ike ra-
vcus of evil omen, they were forever
croakiug and predicting disaster and
ruin. AS political party they took
such position as 10 stake their iu-
.turc success upon the ruin of the
Republic, and during all that time
! lhcr whole stock in trade was the
"uiggcr," " When appealed to, t.
SAYS the uuion, aud stay UP the hands
or the soldiers in the field, To let par
", for the time being, 80, and to at
tend to thc-grcat and responsible du-
ties Of the hour, their only reply was
Iniggcr; niggcr niggcr, They OPP
posed thcwarin 1861 and 1862 because
they feared that in the contest Il 9 Mig
gor might get loose, They opposed
| il in lS63 because the "niggcr was
permitted TO take up arms aud win
his freedom while he aided to save the
Union. They opposed the war in ls-
lGi because by the mighty conqucsts
of our nrmics, the emancipation of
the negro had became II fixed fact,
land had ceased to exist, Aud now,
when contrary To thoir hopes, oXpcc-
tations aud predictions the war has
GUIDED in the complete triumph of the
Union, aud their criminal conduct du-
ring the war threatens To come up
in Judgment against them, they resort
to TIE one democratic idea, and seek
10 shield themselves from the coming
storm by Justify crying niggcr sui-
ragc, niggcr equality, misccgcnation,
aud ringing all the many changes up
on the, to them, all important mig
ger. The agitation of the question
of negro suffrage is kcpt mp by these
men calling themselves Democrats for
the purpose of avoiding the real is
sues now before the people Of the
State. How does the question of ne
gro suffrage become important in the
present canvass? Who is proposing
to lcgislatc, or to mako ony change
in the Constitution aud laws Of the
State upon that subjcct2 Certainly !
it is not General Cox or the party
who onominatcdhim prcsidcutJouN-
soN in his reconstruction policy has
rcr,rrcd this matter to the people of
the States whore it properly belongs,
aud the Union Convention of Ohio
have endorsed that policy without
qualification. The right of suffrage
cannot be given to negroes in Ohio
without an amendment to the Consti-
tuition, and such an amendment eau
not be made without the conscut and
suuctiou of the people of the State
Whou'a proposition to 50 amend the
Constitution has been made aud sub
mittcd to the people, then, aud not
tin then Will the discussion of this
question bc proper and legitimate
We have grave and important issues
to scttlo now, and which demand our
istmoiinc attention, and not the least
important among them is the great
question whether mon who have fm
four years been guilty ofmoral troa-
son to the Union shall now bo per
United 10 manage and control the
affairs of the State, Let the true
irieuds of the country compel the so
called Democratic party to "a discussion
of the living, vital and present issues
before uS, and not suffer- themselves