The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-01-18
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: war, its vast slaughter of men an
!, destruction Of property, the war II
self, and the taxes IL has cntailcd ur
on the nation, arc the returns the pee
n pie have received for their confidcnc
y. in tho Dcmocrn party. 1fthat par
10 ~ had not elected James Duchnna
n to the Presidency, il must be admit
}. ted there would have been no war
no slaughter of tens of thousands o
mcn-no destruction of tens of mil
lions of property, aud no weight o
taxation that will, for long years
cripple the industry of the country
because, at the time that public func.
tionary was elected, the Democratic
masses at the South we're not in q
condition to organize rebellion
The followers of Calhoun,---that class
of Democrats, who wcro the advocates
of his doctrine of States rights, were
the fathers and originators Of seccs-
sion and disunon, aud rose in rebel.
lion against the Government.
When il became manifest that the
Democratic leaders of the South had
resolved upon sevcring the Union and
forming n separate government out of
part of the fragments, their party
friends in the North induced the trai.
tors OF the South to believe that Sc.
ccssion would not be opposed by them
and that separation might be accom-
phi, cd without bloodshed but if
hostilitics should onsuc the Dcmoc-
racy of the North would rise up to
aid them in their trca ,on. New York.
they were told, in case of war, would
furnish the insurgents a force of thir
ty thousand men, and they oven had
in contemplation the secession of that
great city. These evidences of sym
.pathy on the part of their Democrat
ic friends in the North cmboldcncd
them, aud the result was the assault
upon Fort Sumptor.
! Having thus aided In br,upinp on
the war, they began u system of the
ties in order to cripple the Govern
mcnt in its efforts to arrest its pro.
grcss. Secret societies were formed
throughout tho North-thc avowcd
object of whose members was to aid
the insurgents; volunteering was dis
outraged, the drafts were OPP oscd in
every possible manner, and every cf-
fort was made to prolong the war
This ~ stem of tactics has cost the
nation the lives of thousands of her
bravost sons and millions of treasure
They hoped by this reasonable course
to weary the patience of the people
with the struggle and to bring the ad-
ministra,iun into dislnvor, so that they
might again be elevated to power and
place.
At no period during hostilitios did
the Democratic leaders and party or-
gans dcnounce those who were strug-
Cling to overthrow the Republic
Their cutirc comsc was apoicgctic (;
aud when our brave men were suffer.
ing from starvation and dying by
thousands in the horrible prison-pons
of the South, they had no complaint
touttcrogainst the inhumauity of their
Southern Democratic allies; no sym.
lpathy for the dying sufferers no con,
dcmnation was uttered against any
but those who were struggling to saw,
the Republic, aud tho only sympathy
they felt was for those who were gull
ty of the accurscd crime of treason.
Tho evils which weigh so heavily
/, upon us now are the legacy bequeath
N\Na 10 NV Wy Democratic rule, aud eve.
'c ry dollar OF the doN, ia Domocvati,
II legacy every tax is Democrat,
|. gift every Government stamp is
IT Democratic sticking plaster. Ever
n person in tn, United States drink
4 Democracy in his tea and coffee, an
4. tho sugar with which he swcetcu
d them is scented with the same mgr,
Y dient. Every article pays its quot
of the cost of Democratic misrulean
+. treason. Tho smoker putfs Democr'
) cy, The sick are physickod with u,
Il mocracy, The laborirg man Civ,
$ one hours labor each day to pay Il
cost of Democratic treason. Th
capitalist pays onc-ten,h of his il
como to pay the cost of Democrat
Secession. Every transfer of prope
, ty is incumbcred with this Dcmoca
-, ic burden. Children yet unborn wi
be taxed from youth to old age TO p'
for the crimes aud treason of the d.
moeracy. Generations to cc1ne wi
g feel the curse of Democratic misrul
!, Had it no, been for the imbocility
= James Buchannu aud the treason ,
\, his party, the nation would not kno
any Of the burdens they now feel
Had it not been for the crime of IA
party, thousands of young men who
bones are now scattered over 4
an South, would now be ornaments
va society, aud the support aud conf,