The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-02-22

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suit which is calculated to promot
the interest Of not only one sectior
but of the whole country, from on
extremity to the other. Indeed
look upon the restoration of thes
States as being indispensable TO a
our greatness.
Gentlemen, | know nothing furthc
that | could say in the expression q
my feelings on this occasion.--and the
are not aGccied--morc than 10 adj
that | shall continue in the same lin
of policy which | have pursued fror
the commencement Of the rebellion 4
the present period. My efforts hav
been to preserve tho Union of th
States. ] never for n single momcn
entertained the opinion that n Stat
could withdraw from the Union of it
own will. That attempt was made
IL has failed. I continue to pursu
the same line of policy whichha. 10
my constant guide. | was agains
dissolution. Dissolution was attcmp
tcd-it has failed and now canno
take the position that State whicl
attempted to scccdc is out of tn,
Union, when contcnlcd all the tim,
that it could not 90 out, aud that i
icVcr has been out. | cannot b,
orccd into that position. Hence
When the States aud the people shall
iavc complied with the requirement,
# the Government, | shall be in favor
If their resuming their former rcla-
ions to this Government in all re-
spects.
| do notintend to say anything per.
sonal, but you know as well az | do
that at the beginning, and indeed be-
fore the beginning, of the recent gi-
yaniic struggle between the different
sections of the country, there were
,xtrcmc men South, aud there were
extreme men North. | might make
use Of homcly fgure-which is
sometimes "a good as any other, even
in the illustration of great and impor-
tant qucitiohs-and say that il has
been hammer at ono end cf the line
and anvil at the othcr---and this great
Government, the best tho world ever
saw, was kept upon the anvil and
i'a.'Lno,'u h h, Doao'o ~ .hg iepG'l'on' anu u
and there seems to be disposition to
a AL 4 : u
+, ymuu a,.''.,.,. .ao n''"'orIng Ia, un''i inc
,,,re o,'""s"J % ,I't .,,.,.,,, w. u'ns,royou' .Iy
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tTHe Gorcrnmcn,, Il, HE as,epnon o/I
4 ,jowers. and IN the maintcndncc oil
,e priaeiples of The Constitution, has
tkcn hoH Of one cr,rcmc, and ,eaL
10 strong arm Of physical po,cfr has
ut do,ra tho rebeilion. Nop, as qce
Iciag rownd The circle Of he Union,
rih q fred counterpart Of he da.
'iicdtc n Tie same spirit hn pioyedI
. his }cciing aad these persoas in tic
iDU'h, his othcr c.rtie7ne which stands
n he uoy must get ow ofd, and he
iorcrnmcM mWst stand mistaken ondI
moccd on is basis. The Gorcrun,cat
lud be preserved.
| will only say in conclusion, that
hope all the people of this country
n good faith aud in the fullncss off
heir hearts, will, upon the principles
'hich you have cnuntiated here to.
ay of the maintenance of tho Con.
titution and the preservation Of the
lnion, lay aside every other feeling
or the good Of our common country,
ma with upiiitcd faces to Heaven
wear mat o~ gods and our altars,
ma AL, shall sink in the dust togethl
r, rather than that this glorious I'm
ON shall not be preserved. | Great
'pplousc'l
| am gratiicd to iud tho loyal sen
imcnt of the country developing and
nauitcsting itself in these expires.
ions; and now that the attompt In
lostroy the Government has failed nj,
nc end of the line I trust wc sh,Il
70 ON, determined 10 nrcsorvo tbe
'Jnion in lis originol nnritv ocoinst
II opposcrs
| thank Won. rcutlomcn for thc
,omplimcnt Won have mid ma and |
.osnond most cordially to what bos
,ocn soid in vour rcsout;ous and Nd.
lrcss, and | trust in God that the
imo will soon como when wc cnn
meet under moro fnvorablc onsnicos
han we do now
,r. p,rnvrN NJ p.,
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= c' W W .,';,, '"''oG"e' " you 'n' ,honipeiS
= , NV NV S"u',,'o U '"u n'"o 'ho paris
= = w, wv ~ ~, ''on 'Nn'.n my conc,
his IL "as ou may " eut'lhcu .na,
,ar,s 80 v;sm;,;a ,on ;n,rna,,o y, All
Sou Mr. Kcen ,bo Senator from
spottsylyenia; Mr. Joues tho delegn,c
rom Petersburg Mr.. Garter Senator