The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-06-21
The pamooratio Idea.


Tho Ad,xrtiser, 10 an article urgiu
the al told you so 4" party to tur
out en- massc at the Convention hel
on Saturday, says, with beautif'
air Of Innocence and patriotic regret
The sensible portion Of the pcopl,
sftor mature and calm thought, hav
compared the situation and condition
Of our country under, what the ioys
rascals would call "copperhesd rule,
10 what Il is now. They SEQ that th'
glorious old Union for which thes'
3 laval patriots " have SO eloquent,
talked, and called upon thousands o
The brayest and best 10 die, is still
uurestored. After fighting for foul
wears to preserve the Union, they find
that these political mountebanks are
now exerting themselves to keep up
discord and dissensioDs, to do what
the rebels failed in, destroying The
Union, and now they find that these
men have the impudcncc and unblush-
inc assurance 10 call themselves
U Union men - and the friends of
the country
After stating what the sensible
portion of the people have seen un-
der the rule of "loyal rascals why
didn't tho Aderdser state what the
"scnsiblc portion of the people y
,oonn hare soen If the "Copperhead
rule had prcvailed2 If ii is left to
us TO state what would have been seen
by the +" sensible portion, under the
latter circumstances, thcu We state it
thus:
They would have seen the black
disgrace Of slavery--tho selling and
owning Of the souls and bodies of
mea-not only all over tho South, but
in few years all over the North
That is one thing which the sensible
portion don't sec now; but instead
they see a country where it can be
truly said ono man is slave. " They
would have seen themselves bowing
down before, and paying homage to, a
set of ambitious aristocrats in the
South. But instead of seeing that,
they see now the fact, that after all,
the people Of the United States are
only equals that a northern poor
man is as good as southern planter;
and that one chiyalric son can't, by
mere muscle and courage, dcmoralize
six yankees by any means. The Ad-
rerhsT says:
On the other hand, under Demo-
cratic rule, they see kat the country
advanced and prospered among the
nations Of the earth taxation was al
most unknown, the burthens Of the
Federal Government were almost un-
felt; no stamp was required on every
piece Of manuscript; no worthless pa
per money was in circulation; license
was not required for every business
millions Of money were not required
to support the colored people Of tho
South. All was peaceful and quiet:
Here is clear intimation that i'll
the country had been under Demo-
cratic rule, at the outbreak of rebel
lion, there would have been no war of
resistance, else how could the Aduer-
tiser promise the sensible portion
a release from the burthens of the
Federal Government, the cost of
taxation, and the odious stamp
II occurs to us that such things are
necessary to carry on war, The only
way the Advertiser can solve that
problem, would be to say, that in that
event there would have been no war
Southern arrogance aud oncroach
ments would have been allowable mat
ters Of fact.
What do tho sensible portion
see, 10 fact? They see restores
Union upon a broader, drmer ant
more enlightened basis than ever he
fore. They see a National Legisla
ture, after the stern, calmly viewing
the situation of the country, and de-
liberately, and with stern justice en-
deavoring TO again restore the rebel
lious States upon the true principles
of equal rights before the law. In
sober truth who are the "political
mountebanks ?" They are the prom
ipent men Of the Democratic party,
who, for venemous reasons cuoourag.
ed the Southern people TO revolt -
who held their hats and coats while
the contest ragged aud who now. in
accordance with the code of homo"
between principal and second, :"
sympathire with them in defeat, aud
continue to advocate their lost cause,
They make no effort to help the cause
of restoration, but every effort to re,
tard il.