The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-05-11
THE CAPTURE OF RICHMOND,
Sensible English Views.

lords, and. most OF the bohuoh paPeISi
have been decryiug the Union cause from
the commencement Of the rebellion, the
working men have almost universally
been our warm friends. The Newcastle,
Chronicle, an orgsn Of the bone aud
missile o. British society, thus sincerely
rcoiees over the downfall Of the Cou.
rederacy:
GRANTS GRAND VICTORY.
Richmond has fallcnl The great
stronghold Of the Slave PoSer, the most
formidable fortress in the world, the city
that has resisted for years the operations
of armies thousands slong, has ot length
succumbed to the perseverance, aud
s,rate lf Ulysses Grant. This Gown
ing feat Of a proluug,d aud bloody slrug
re was accomplished on the % Of April,
and the s iutheru Coufedcracy prcseUt>
to-day the singular spectacle of a Gov
rnmcnt without a capital, Of nution
without center, Of leader without a
himc. The mudsiIs ol Northern soc'eiy,
the swecpings of Northern cities, III
desplscd mechanics of Northern home.
steads, organized by boatman and led
BY a newer of wood, have not only
beaten the soul and strength Of the
s juthern cause. hut shattered Al blow
the last hope Of daring ulirsrchy. The
desperate yalor Of Lees conf ling troops
avail d nothing eg,inst the steadlasts NJ
oTthe soldiers who had been born To
work and had learned 10 win. Thr
greotest prize of The war was At stake -
the very existence of The Conf d racv
depended ON the battle; yet the prize of
Southern manhood broke in unavaiiing
effort against the unyielding rauks Of
Northern yeompn. A victory more com
plcte than any that has vet been won,
was achieved Oh that Stbbtth morning,
ard Rich nond fell an imperial prize I,
the able captain the war has Produced.
The public had been prepared for this
glorious result; we ourselves had vcn-
turcd to expect IL; and yet the news has
come upon all almost as surpriso
Lnng.drlayed, yet long. expected, the f,ll
of Ri ,hnIUnd was announced on Saturday
To wondering, incretulOus, but thankful
public.
The Chronicle then gives long &C
count Of the battle whch compelled thc
evacuation OF the rebel capital, and con.
cludc as follows:
We have n special right 10 rejoice az
this hnrpv result; for we have al. thr ugh
maintained that the North was rot only
lust in the conflict, but able 10 sustain
Il. We could not see, ns others seemed
to see, that slavery was less crime
because the slav.owner called il "divine," !"
and we did not permit ourselves TO br
deluded by the sophisms Of Sn"ncc or
the rhodomonladc of a ROrbuck.. We
refused to acknowledge the virtue &C
slavery because the slave-owners con.
dIctei their campaigns with skill and
fought their battles with bravery. We
pre fcrrei 20 b. faithful to th' cause Of
liberty, white many around us were
begniad by the iranrient successes of
desperate olirarchv. We wore on tho
side Of tho Ere, North from the FIRST, anl
we became more and more attached to
the Federal cause as President lincoln
developed his grand policy of abolition.
To ns il seemed that there could scarcely
be but one end to struggle in which
freedom was graphing with slavery.
But we claim no credit for foresight.
We claim only credit for consistency aud
the right to rejoice. And all who live bv
industry have good reasons TO rejoice
that the most gigantic, tho most nuda
cions conspiracy against tho rights and
liberties Of labor has been utterly over.
thrown. The blood that has bnrn ehrd,
tho misery TINT has been suffered, have
happily not been SHE'D and snff red in
vain. Amerlc1 has won in four wears If
wira glory greater than the Govern
mentS of Europe ever a'temp'el ia nc.
c ,mplish in oil their c"uiurics nf conilict.
LII il C ,mfDri US that the guilty. d'siGn
of established q worse than r ,man bar
barism has been definirclv defeated, that
the greatest curse untion can endure
Inns been deliberately cast nut, that n
swheter, purcr destiny for hmericN and
for mankind has been w1n nv An rio
Saxnn vilnr to he sustained by Anglo
Saxon strength.
vAEIsHED INT, THIN AIR.
The London Army aud Nlvy G"za,tr,
edited by Russell, Of correspondence
memory. saws:
These or Mt events have swallowed up o.
overshadowed all others. There is nonrw-
from Sherman, oalv a rumor that he was
on the move. There is no news Of the
progress Of tho column NOV NJ from East
Tennessee. Their is news from Alabama
that Federal force was couple Of
marches in advance of Eas' port; and
there is news that Canby and the fleet
were aur prizes with Mobile. But the
great fact is the defeat of Lees army;
and it is Justly considered that this de.
feat is decisive of the issue Of the war.
What that issue would be we have
never doubted, and our readers know thai
we have never mislrd them. With only
one army in the field. and that week
one, it Is imposs ible that orpanlz'd rosis
iance can be prolonged. Whom Lee is
gone, Grant and Sherman and Hancock
snd Thomas will be able TO march whore
they please. The dream of slave power
has vanished into thin air.
NEW BIRTH OF THE REPUBLIC.
The London News says;
The republic is tow brought To new
birth. Hitherto II has been laden with n
curse. That curse. instond Of being
thrown off by the fathers OF this genera.
ton, or by their sons, was tnlerat ed; and
naturally it generated more sin, both in
those who cherished il and in those who
had not courage to deal with il. They
have sufft red at last in proportion to their
paltering aud their weakness. Compell-
ed at length to choose or to reject slavery
forever, The mass of the nation has adopt
ed the righ; course, aud secured new
and better life for the republic. In doing
this the nation has determined It's place
in the world and In history; and II now
follows its true instincts, il will afford
new and noble spectacle to mankind.