The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-09-06

Ocratic party in this country presents
such a perfection Of Government, as
has 40 people ever before enjoyed
lie made this ASSERTION simply as an
apology for not entering into any de-
fence whatever Of the peculiar system
of Government which they had inher-
tied from Il cir ancestors, aud which
was SO successfully, faithfully and
wonderfully administered by the great
organization which founded the Gov
crnmcnt, itself, and laid down the
principles of the Constitution Of the
United States. (Applausc)
Ilehad come to make direct charge
against the Republican party-against
the men who proposed to overthrow
this Government.
There was not much in name II
made but little difference whether you
called man secessionist, traitor,
rebel or a copperhead, or made
mouths at him, 0aughtor)-not much
difference.
IL was not in names he come to
deal, but he conc to make n charge
against the Republican party, and the
charge IS this
At this juncture he charged as fol-
lows:
Since the days Of its organization
in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and firty-six, to this day it
has never proposed single plan for
tho government of this country, nor
laid down n platform of measures by
which the country was to be govern
ed and there was not among the most
intelligent men Of the Republican
party single man who can lay down
, a plain, simple programme OF govern
. mcnt by which the people of the Uni
ted States could be controlled, in al
time to come.
The charge being over the Rcpub
licans present drew breath. Ho mex
proceeded to say:
You never saw in your life-you
never heard of such thing as Re
publican organization based upon
principles that were good-and by
principles / mean those inimitable
truths laid down in the foundation OF
government, as Interchangeable as tho
existence Of God, and as perpetual al
his eternity.
This the Republicans present con
Z sidercd good joke ON them.
After stcaming along for few min
Q utcs he run on to lie.
Speaking of a conversation, whicl
I he had heard, by Mr.. Lincoln, "wh'
"had gone to his grave to expiate th'
c crimes committed in his life, " con
- corning Judge Douglas, hc spoke a
j. follows:
N | heard him say in reply to Stephcl
d A. Douglas said he, "This man
, Judge Douglas is trying to make tn
impression upon the people of tn
u State of Illinois that | am in favo
- of negro jurors, negro voters, negr
public officers and negro citizenship.
=, Said he, 81 now say once for all, an
" | ask the people of Illinois to bea
C witness to what | say, that say n
y such thing. | am opposed to negr
r. voters, negro Office holding, negro ju
. rors and negro citizenship; and
Judge Douglas ever, hereafter, reitci
atcs this thing, | brand him as dc
K liberatc falsiiicr."
et With his own cars he heard thai
t The published debates of Lincoln an
d Douglas will testify to the truth O
falschood Of this assertion.
d In the year of our Lord one thous
l. aud eight hundred aud sixty-cnc, whe
the volcano burst upon the land an
. the people ran from the rivers an
u yallics from the mountains and prG
N rics, and throughout every part {
ID the land, to take up arms in defenC
,r of American institutions, in the Cor
grcss Of the United States my fricn
- y on my right (Mr. Noblc,) sat a wi
III ness TO the fact that there they too
- a solemn oath, swearing before I'll
Q Nearchcr of all hearts. that they ha
( no other purpose in carrying on th
, war but TO restore the Union, an
preserve the honor and integrity q
= this Government. We (the Demo
}, crats) all subscribed to that. (This las
: remark struck US MS being the best an
ccdote in the rehcarsal.) Men, wo
men, and children, churches an
school l-houscs and from your rive
|, sides aud prairies came the people
h stand in defence of the property an
h the Government of the United State
IS But waving all intervening que'
tions, the simple question to-day i
!. whether the Government is to rest
the hands of MoNGREl., lLLIrERArl
BARBARoUs MIXTURE, HALF INJUN
Il HALF CHINESE AND HALF NEGRoE
i TO the utter degradation of the whit
II men who preserved the nation,
taking the history OF the whole wor|
T. il presents nothing like this ON Il
n whole face of the earth,
nj These sentences were intended
show an extraordinary diction and
II reckless familiarity with choice wore
4 in the English language,
, 4 X y \ X
:. Iu the year of our Lord one thou
and eight hundred and sixty four,
y was proposed in this country, as
4 test. that no man was worthy p!a,
D. in this nation unless he had been
r, tho army, Men who were opposed
tha WAY are dcnnunced NJ diSloval =