The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-09-20

true stlll, l nave Decn IN the army as
a soldier. | was put on this Chair
by the votes Of this convention.
Voices, " No, no, no We did not
have a chance TO vote"
Moreover, the meeting was called
for those who support the policy Of
the President. You have your off
GERS, aud tic Court House can be OBJ
tanned for a meeting at any time. If
there be but three soldiers here, we
have right to hold our meeting.
Col. GIBsoN--I withdraw my sug-
gestion.
Mr.. CLARKsoH-What the Chair
man has said, is true. Could I bring
my mind TO think ns you think, |
should say that every man, under the
Constitution, has right to his own
opinion, and the fight to express that
opinion at the right time. We do not
propose to do more than to appeal to
your sense of right. If / shall not
lconvinco you that my propositions
are correct, do not accept them if |
shall convince you that my views are
right, take them.
There is no necessity for one un-
kind feeling. There is no necessity
for one unkind word. Give to every
citizen that which you claim for your
selycs-thc right to,think and speak,
aud act for himsolf--he being respon-
sible, only, to the authorities and his
God In this | think | am right. 1t
is what | fought for, boys. A voice,
" Oh. don't call us boys.h1 II is
what we all fought for. was in the
South in the year 1860. 1t was not
allowed a man there to say or think
his own mind; men were mad with
passion. Shall it be said in 1866,
that the same feeling prevails North
! "a voice, "Thc same feeling against
rebels We are not made of that
kind of combustiblc feeling. Besides,
no matter how much we disagree or
differ; I have talked with mon from
Maine to Georgia, and | have never
seen n man, North of Mason & Dix
on S line, with whom | could not con-
verse without getting into n passion. |
never saw a man, previous to 1861,
South, with whom | could converse,
on certain topics, without his getting
mad, and making me mad, and getting
up row. There is no earthly ne.
ccssity for trouble there is no reason
why We should not meet as citizens of
America, and ,he State of Ohio, for
consultation together. "Givo us a
voice."1 | will come and hear you,
if you will sit and hear me. Con
vince me that you are right and that
| am wrong, aud | will vote for you
the last vote | have on the face of the
earth. Let us convince you that VIC
are right, and you will vote with us
There is no necessity for hard feeling
it is only question of thought and
of reason.
Three days after the battle of Bull
Run, the Congress of the United
States, by both Houses, in substance
resolved, that the present deplorablt
civil war had been forced upon thC
; country by the Seccssionists of tht
Southern States, now in rcvoltagains
, the constitutional authority of tn,
{ Government, and were in arms agains
I the Capitol. They resolved, that thu
, war was not prosecuted on our par
in any spirit of oppression nor 70
the puposc of conquest or subjuga
E ticn, nor for the overthrow or inteic
renee with the rights and establishe,
institutions of those States, but to dc
, rcnd and maintain the supremacy o
- the Constitution and the preservation
t of the Union, with all the dignity
. equality, aud rights Of the sovora
, States un,mpoircd. AS soon as thi
$ object was accomplished, the wa
& ought to cease. Upon this PROPOSE
!. tion, men of all parties went into tn
II army. | enlisted, as you did, to pre-
n serve the Union. Never before, i
c the history of our country, has arise
l. the question that now agitates it---r,
,, construction. When you look at ii
J. magnitude of the question, you wi
l. see how far from us we should banis
!. passion, and how close to us We shou'
= bring reason and consideration.
] comes now-tho question of rocoI
| construction. What is right?
take one view of the subject, and som
r of YOU gentlemen take another, VIII
is right? And for that purpose, an
8: that purpose only, did come her
g to-day. Now, there is no necessit
% for agitation upon this question. Il,
g us talk as brothers to brothers. W
/. differed, or, did, from Il good man
Q men, on President Lincoln's Emanc
is patton Proclamation.
rs Now. | have claimed, ever since
70 have been able to understand tie Il
n fairs of this Government, that eyeI
is man is entitled to the benefit of tn
- declaration, which says that there n
p certain inalicnable rights, and tn
Ii among these rights, are the rights
=" life, liberty and the pursuit of hapl
n ness. | claimed then, as | claim no
h that all men are born free, ca
ot not whether they are white or blac
Ill yellow or red they are all equal
&c the natural sense. In the grave, 4
We peasant lies beside the king.
lis are equal. But on the path that go
10 from the cradle to the grave-ior d
+. coffin and the cradle stand in juxtap
N sition--cn that path there are diiic
It. enoos arising. One man is ondowe
as by the Almighty, with more intel
gence, more genius moro force ofcha
ny aoter. He rises up to a higher pos
NJ ton in the estimation of his fello'
Z, men, than another, On this pat
MT between the two extremes, equali
n ceases, There is no equality AFT
D. the birth and before the death.
,r 1868, after the issuance of the Pro
$. lamation of Emancipation, there We
Id good many men cleared out
Ot NirkSh hacauso thew said thi