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

iuciug the WARP We hope not we
believe not We trust that the les
sons Of experience have not been
taught Ia vain" = t1H
Abiding to tho speech Of one Of
his colleagues, IN opposition to tho
conduct Of President Polk, tho gem
tlemcu ffoin whom l am quoting also
"Codld The voice of their Represeu-
tative have reached their houies In
stead Of hearing him yiudicate his
country from the charge Of boiug tho
10 the conflict, they would
have heard him loudly accuse its
President Of having Wantonly and
wickedlY produced the war = instead
Of hearing him speak Of it as con
test In defense Of our rights, they
would have heard him donounee IL as
a war of agrandiEement aud plundcr
on our part; instead Of hearing him
treat It as . struggle forced upon us
against our will, they would have
heard HIN declare IL a war unconstiy
tutionally made by our Chief Magis4
trade instead Of herring him main
tain that justice is upon the sidc OF
his own nation, they would have
heard him. affirm and repeat that she
Is prosecuting an 'unrightcous, un.
holy and damnablo war; instead OF
hearing him utter words Of feucouragc-
ment to tho volunteer, they would
have heard him describe tho secnce
OF action as a vast charncl house oi
death instead ofkoariug him autiei.
pate triumphant results, they would
have heard him dwell on the cost OF
the war, the destruction ofeommerce,
aud the yet moro deplorable destfue-
tion of life. True, they would have
heard him loodly declare that hcwould
support his country, right or wrong
but coming as the declaration did 10
the midst ofnssaults upon his own
9oyerpment, arguments against hts
eountry's claims, aud forcbodings Of
the gloomiest saddest kind, they
would have stood amazed at such sup.
port. ~ .H " T'ln..
Mr. Chairman, l did sincctoly hope
when | saw the declaration Of the ex.
istencc Of war adopted by vote oil
ia to Ia 10 this House, and 40 to
in the Senate, that we should be
spared a recurrence Of tho disgracefnI
scenes Of the late war. l did hope
that the "peace party" Of that day
would have no imitators now. ~
The distinguished member of Con-
gress who. made the speech from
which these quotations are taken, is
the present candidate for Governor Of
Ohio, Judge Thurman. Now al.
though the war of the rebellion in
volved such vital interestsLintercsts
in comparison with which the issue:
in the war with Mexico sink into in
significance, lam yet so charitable al
to be willing that the people of Ohio
should apply to the conduct Of Judge
Thurman during the war for th,
Union the same rule which he laiC
down as to the duty of public met
twcnty.oho years ago, during the wal
with Mexico. Many of us were JUS
beginning opr political cducatiot
wher Judge Thurman taught these
doctrines. And when we went forth
to do battle for our country in tht
war Of the rebellion, in the language
Of Judge Thurman, We "did sincere
ly hope that we should be spared |
recurrence Of the disgraceful scenes
Of the late war; We "did hop,
that the 'peaco party meu of that da.
would have no imi.ator now" Blu
unhhppily for our own country, w
we're deceived; there we're those WIN
\ sought ato make a little paltry party
capital by throwing the Blame of the
war on the President" Judge Thur
| man must therefore not complain II
we now ask the people Of Ohio q
judge him out of his own mouth, aud
administer to him good strong dose
of his own medicine. r Ld19Hll
! Judge Thurman says that "the old
Wing party became disorganized by
the poison of.Abolitionism, aud it be-
came changed from great natlona
and Union preserving party, into 1
\ Agreat sectional and Union destroying
Organization. Judge Thurman fixei
no point of time at which "the ole
lWhig party became q Union destroy
1 ng Organization" but as he mort
| than once dcsignates "thc past sil
years as the period during which
"thc enemies of6ar Government, hs
he chooses to call his political adver'
saries, hasb been in power, | suppost
| il is fair u assume that he means ID
charge thA Mr.. Lincoln and his sup
porters hid been u changed into q
great sectional and Union destroying
organization by the poison Of Aboli
tionism, a long ago as the President
tial election Of 1907 Ps b21bHud zi~
! Now, I submit that there was moth.
ing in theAbolitionism Of Mr.. lin.
coin, or o'his supporters, which war
rantsd Judge Thurman in calling
them q a Union destroying organiza.
j ton, , and 'Sthe enemies of our Gov
ernment.F / submit, further. that
there was nothing in Mr.. 'Lineoln's
abolitioni,m which justies Judge
Thurman and the peace Democracyin
their hostility TO the war. What was
Mr.. Lin,oln's abohtionism2 What
issue was there between him aud the
slavehold,rs ? Mr.. Lincoln was op-
posed 10 he extension Of slavery into
the Territories. The shareholders
insisted tIAt they had the same right
to carry into the Territories slave
property, that the citizen of a free
State had to take his property into
the Territories. That to deny the
slaveholdsr this right, was TO deny
the slave States equality Of rights
with the free States. On this, as the
main issue, the election Of 1860 turn
! ed The nemoeracV. North and