The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-08-29

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cd as aoon as peace was achieved; and
they are the men who, with dlaboli.
cal ingenuity, add, every day, some
new element Of discord TO aggra Satc
our unsettled aud dangerous eondi.
tion, aud 10 menace us With future
of anarchy or dcspotism.
They overwhelmed With abuse aud
ridicplo every man who, before the
war sought TO preserve the Union by
peaceful means; they hunted down,
as far as they were able, evory Cen.
eral ofthe war, however .meritorious
who refused to become their scrvile
partisan; they deprived Mcclellan. Of
his command because, after South
Mountain and Antietam il was plain
that peace could be speedily obtained
on the basis Of the Constitution aud
UpiOu of our fathers, and because he
was in favor Of thus obtaining il; they
converted tho war from what the
President aud Congress at the out
set declared il to be---a war to pre-
sorye the Union and the Constitution
-iuto a war for the oufranchisement
Of negroes, and the perpetuation Of
the power Of party. -t
"Anct repeating a long Catalogue
Of crimes against the Constitution
and against the rights of citizens,
committed by the party, which sup
ported the Statements Identical
ia Substance, aud very nearly identi-
cal in language, with those which ho
was in the habit Of making while til.
war was still raging-hc proceeds 70
quote long extracts from newspaper
correspondents and others, tending
to show that The abolition Of slavery
ia Hayti, in Jamaica, and 10 other
countries, has proved Injurious 70 the
cmancipated slaves aud ruinous 70
the country in which they we're set
free. Some OF these extracts are very
familiar TO tho, public, They have
been FOR many years on duty in the
mouths Of men who were engaged in
the task of defending slavery aud the
nggressions Of the slave holder.
| do not propose this evening u
notice in detail the charges made by
JudgeyThurman. / take the broad
grourd that If they were all as true
as Judge Thurman processes to be.
lieve them1to be, they would furnish
no Classification to the men who, dur.
ing the great struggle for the nations
life, opposed tho warg9T Uou - 81
The war Of the rebellion was nc
common war; Iiwas not war Ia
settle disputed boundary, or TO vim.
T dicnte the invaded rights OF findivld.
ual American citizens. Wars foI
such purpOscs' are, unfortunately
sometimes necessary, and impose i'm.
portaut duties upon every man who
owes allegiance TO the Goveroment.---
, But the great civil war in which wS
we've lately engaged, was a war oi
much higher Significance. 1t involv-
, ed the existence of our Government
of our nationality, aud tho interest o.
|, free Institutions all over the world.---
! In the language of Douglas, -''it wat
n question Of eolIntry or country
of uoverhmeut or no Government
f and hence it became the imperatiyt
duty ioof every Union man, every
y friend of Constitutional liberty, tC
J. rally to the support Of our common
= ountry, its Government aud fng''-zz
+ II tho words Of Abraham Lincoln, il
% wa "a war testing the question
l. whther any Government Of the peo-
d ple,bS the people aud for the people
h coult long endure"
70 ill not consume the time of
h patrio'c audience, iuquiring as to tn
at Nor have we any cGI&uSR hBGupela il
~ that the City pordhase ihGss works. to Il
r. we heartily assent. We orly advise a lit
u delay so that the repairs you allude 10, (ar
y which for four months these works have be,
- indergoing) may be completed
= cYr Iepib the United States becamai
% involyedid a WaFEith Mexico Inair
Ie ly owing to a dispute on a questio
: Of boundary! SeyeraFmembers Of III
t. Tweuty-ninth Congress, in tho de
;, bates as to the origin and grounds {
/. the war, threw the blame Of the wa
n on President Polk. The friends (
IT the Administration replied to then
r. A distinguished member of the Hous
# of Representatives, from Ohio, too
n part in the debate Of the 14th an
!. 18th days Of May, 1916, and what h
d said Is reported In the Congressionu
q Globe, containing the official repor
IS of the proceedings Of Congress o
n those days. Among other thing h
!. said: T"'''' -i
i different opinions may be enter
c taincd as to- what has produced thi
Q war. In the judgements of some, ou
d own government, may be to blame
:, But this is not the time to be findin
y fault with it. II is not in crisi
r like this that such judgement shoul
{ be pronouncedI Itis NOT the very be
: ginning of a contest with an enem
q thatlwe should lessen our own mora
!, force. 1t is no time now to tell til
e world we are the aggressors. Success
in war does not depend on arms alon
q in this age of the world. We hav
= other enemies, and powerful enemies
!, too, besides the Mexicans-enemie
Z who will gladly seize on eyerythibI
. that seems to put us ia the wrong
c We must not furnish them with argu
mcnts against us arguments tina
/ would derive their chief weight iron
0 being FIRST uttered by us, Above all
Q must We rot disbeartcn our own peo-
pie, and exalt the spirits of our foes
We must encourage, not discourage
) euIistments. We must increase, no
repress, the ardor Of our eountrymen
Did we even know with certainty tina
our Government is TO blame, thi
(, would yet be our duty.
Will there be fouud auV among M