The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-03-29
The Grand Union Party.

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The effort 60 build a new part
upon the revolving idea Of restorin
TO supreme power the men who a
tempted to destroy the only fire
Government Ia the world has alrcod
been covered With ineonceivablc dii
Krnec. The movement had scarcel
acquired the proportions Of a suggo
iios before it Quailcd before tcmpci
Of popular ridicule and indignation
Even the Southern men, in whose bt
half II was hypocriticnlly initiated
turn from It with contempt Bu
desperate aud impossible as II ha
been shown to be, il has served th
ono good ond ofenabling our country
men to give another proof Of their
unqucs,ionOble and uuqucnchablc
patriotism. One Of our fsvorite
boasts during the rebellion was elicit.
ed by the devotion aud disiuicrested
ness Of the American masses in tho
midst Of tho trials and sacrifices Of
that unprecedented period. But
shat shall VIC say of them now7 No
grsndcr moral spectacle was ever
presented than the conscientious up.
rising against the threat to employ
the restored powers Of the Govern.
ment in the rehabilitation Of the men
who sought its life. In an Instant,
almost without notice, from the far
tbest East to the EXTREMIST North.
west, came fierce protest against
this wrong, and loud appeal to the
representatives of the people stornly |
10 assist il. Nor has this majestic |
demonstration como from one particu-
lar party. Combining, doubtless, nh
overwhelming majority of Ropubli'
cans it has enlisted the sympathics
OF thousands of differing opinions
The very weakness Of the combna-
,ions that have rallied sround what
Mr.. johnson calls "my policy ia
proof Of the intrinsic fallibility of that
illfatOd plan, as Of the purposes of
those who have it in charge. The
primary or foundation idca was an
error so gross and bald we may well
wonder that il should havo been Sc
lected as sthecorncr-stpno ofany party
but even if it had better basis, what
is there in sheer and stolid oppcsi.
ton to the measures of the majorities
of the present Congress upon which
10 build a temporary. much less u
permanent organi1ltion2 Look at
the new party in the light of this in
quiry. All sensible men must admit ,
that the statesmen who suggested aud
prepared our mighty financial ma
chiuery are best fitted to improve, to ,
watch over, and administer it. Who
better qualified to adjust thcrelations h
OF the recently seeded Stltcs to the 4
u ltional au,horisy than the represen' :,
tptives OF those whose armies chas. !,
tiscd aud conquered tho rebellion p /
Who So competent to care for aud :.
ci,i.enize the mauumit,ed millions as ,
the philanthropic publicists who have
been their friends throughout all the :,
bitter and bloody oonaictp To whom !,
shall We trust the protection Of our =
national securities and the erection Of =.
the dikes and fertilization against tho .
waves and tempests Of reputation, ;,
but the careful, trusted, aud long. ,
tried servants who are still found at
the Congressional helm2 Who moro
than the Republican party and its
leaders in civil aad in military life
will aiIectiouatcly and steadily care
for the Union soldiers that lives, and
the widows and children of those who
have fallen in the defence of our lib
critics? Who but these, at tho close
o tho war and at the downfall Of
slavery, can carry out and finish, so
as to last through endless time, the
resulting reforms by which tho peo.
pie are to be secured republican, gov.
ernments In all the States2 These
questions havo but one answer; and
all who attempt TO act upon any other
hope but that suggested by the only
reply that eau be made to them,
whether it be ten thousand times
President, or party larger than that
which sought to defeat Abraham Lin.
colin ia 1864, will be humilia,ed and
defeated. The American Republic
saved from death and slavery, vii
not be ta,nely surrendered by thos,
who gave to its cause their choices
gifts of treasure and of blood.
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