The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-09-19
T1FFN, ONO THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER, 49, 1867

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Forgiveness is good, but repentance,
[ in eases Of transgrcssion, Ia essential
to justice. God is morcirul, and for
this we can never be sufficiently
thankful; but He is also Just; for this
we should also be thankful Tako
from Him this attribute, and lie would
cease to be perfect, and man would
have no reliable ground for either,
Saith or hopo God is mcrciful up to
The point Of justice, but whore mercy
would be injustice TO His Govern
mont, it is vain, we are taught, to pc
tition for it, This is right Human
7 experience teaches us that il is right.
This is the truo meaning Of mercy,
practioed by nations in accordance
with the principles Of Justice. In
any other sense, mcrcy 10 trausgros--
sors is a cruel wrong. IL was this
latter kind Of mercy that the North
cru sympa,hizers with the rebellion
clomorod for Tho rebellion had
bocu suppressed by force of arms. 1t
had been fairly crushed. The rebels
admitted their defeat, but did not
cease to declare their belief in the
Justice Of tho ''lost cause
Would it have boen Just TO the ma.
ton to have restored the governments
of tho robollious states to the hands
of these uurepontaut robels2 Would
that have been an act of mercy either
= 60 the rebels or the loyal peoplc2--
! Certainly not The nation had sac
! riGcod too much blood and. treasure
in supprcssing a wicked rebellion to
place the Government, in any degree,
in tho hands of the authors of that
rebellion, whilo the lattor were glo.
, rying "a tho shame of the diabolical
attompt to break up a Government
which, as tho Vice President of the
, CouCoderacy said, had been known
only by the blessings it bestowcd.-
J Yet the Northern Democratic party
, demaudcd--yos, domanded-thot this
, should be done, aud that rebels
I whose hands were red with the blood
5 of loyal men, should bo admitted tC
I, seats in tho National Congress,
3 People who opposed that kind oI
- reconstruction were denounced by
$ rebel sympathisers as bloodthirsty
D Radicals. Well, the principal cvi
denco of bloodthirstiness, about tha
3 time, was in Andrew Johuson, who
n in order, as we are now bound to be-
0 lieve, to cover up tho reasonable
4 policy he was plotting, breathed
r threatening and slaughter against
. the leading rebels, which frightened
those who did not know him, and
q disgusted thoso who did,
| The loyal people did not approve OF
, that policy. They believed that some
4 Of the prominent traitors should have
| been tried, aud il convicted, punish
D ed; upon tho same principle that w
Q hang men for murder-not in spiri
0 of revenge, but as warning to othel
= men aud other generations.
MOTIVES OF THE UNION PARTY.
We have been charged with hating
the Southern people. This is false
/ 1t is unreasonable The Southern
i people are large part of this nation
a 1t is our interest that they siH0uld be
t at peace among themselves aud will
. us, in order that they may 60 to wort
- in their fields and in their shops
5 build school houses aud churches, en-,
+ grow iu morals and in wealth. Thi
5 is, | say, our iuterest-the interest o
G every class and every section, and be
S cause we arc thus interested, and be
!; cause this interest can only be secure
;. by establishing the Government up
r on a foundation whose chief corne
r stone shall be equal rights to all men
y We seek security for the future--se
c curity against rebellion, securit.
0 against all attempts in the future t,
0 break up this Government. Entor
tanning these views, it would be mad
@ ness to place the Government in the
If hands of those who were racentl,
l forced to lay down the arms will
which they sought to destroy il
Would not this be madness2 ? Woul
Z it not be criminal? We seek per
&c manent Government aud a lastin
y peace, ia order that we may be happ,
k aud prosperous, and in order that th
I Southern people may be happy an'
d prosperous. Tho latter supposed
n they could fare better without US thar
,, with us. We believed We could far'
t better as one people and one nation
$ Tho South thought slavery the bes
d material upon which to build an en-.
r pire. We believed freedom the only
safe foundation for Republic These
o questions were decided by the sword
v The North won the battle. We nov
p say to the Southern people, come anC
+ enjoy with us the blessing which I
l, Republican government, based upoI
= civil rights, is sure to bring but a
g you fought against such government
y and have not yet been able to appre
c ciate its blessings, you must permi
IS us to take the lead in putting The
= machinery in place, and running i
d until time shall satisfy you that wal
# for the destruction of governmen
o where all power is derived from thu
d people is bad business. Becaus'
o we thus seek to protect ourselves, anC
J, because we thus seek to preserve fol
$ our children aud your children thu
e only Republican Government on the
II face of the earth, are we to be charged
e with hating you2
i This brings me to speak plainly o
4 THE rwo PLANS,
S The question coming under thi
t head is narrowed down TO this
= Whether Andrew johnson, represent