The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-08-01

Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gen tlemen D,
Sovereigns Of the Republic
1t has been we'll said that a" Eter-
nal Vigilance is the price of Liberty"
Vigilance at the primary meetings a.
we'll as at the polls. To dsspiSe pol
itics, is to despise government. To
despise lazy, professional Office seek
ers Is another thing. To neglect the
primary meetings is to surrender the
field to professions Office seekers. II
10 asif a farmer would give seed time
to the enemy to SOW tsres, chess,
cookies and thistles, and look for 6ne
wheat in harvest. The primary
movements are now over with US, so
far az the chief standard. bearers Of
this State are concerned, and we have
only left us to choose between Hayes
and Thurman. They are beth rep
resentative men, each of HE own
party. There are two, and only two,
great political parties of this nation,
each having a civil aud military wing.
and may, with marked propriety, be
denominatsd the Union aud Confed-
crate parties. They are sometimes
called Union. Re publican and Demo
cratic, sometimes Radical aud Cop
perhsad, but the first is in better nc-
cord with the rules Of nomenclature.
The military wings we're lately led
respectively by Grant and Lee. The
civil wings in this State are led BY
Hayes aud Thurman. OF the civil
wings, one, in the late struggle, stood
steadily and resolutely by Grant, en-
eouraging enlistmsnts and enforcing
the draft. The other discouraged en- /.
listments. resisted the draft, and
threw every impediment and smbar-
assment in the way Of Grant and his
party. Their shots were all for tho
North their batteries ever had their
breech toward Richmond. Carrying
their action In this directi on as far al
was safe. with personal liberty, and 3
little farther in some instances, for
Hall, Olds, Vallandigham and others
went beyond endurance and were
given private apartments and time
for reflection. 0lds took quarters al
Fort Warren, and complains that the
damned scoundrels deprived him oi
bis bible" Vallandigham was ar
rested, and but for Governor Tod his
wife would have been a widow. The
Sunday after bis arrest ives walking
with Governor Tod in the streets Of
Columbus, when General Burnside
Adjutant, from Cincinnati, approach
ed and said, privately, J" If the Gov
ernor makes no objection, Burnside
feels it his duty, in this emergency, to
hang Vallandigham at once" The
Governor thought it would enragC
his Southern friends, and {" FIRE the
Southern heart, and though deserved
policy pointed to the Dry Tortugas
The lenient, lamented Lincoln modi-
fed this, and Vallandigham was ban.
ished to his friends-Was received
with shouts Of joy, given safe con.
duct wherever he desired to 60, ran
the blockade, sought an asylum un'
der the flag Of the " Alabama " build.
ers, hovered on the border, became
the chosen leader of the party oi
whose principles be was the embOdi'
ment, and was beaten over one hun
dred thousand votcs. The civil winG
Of that party now gives the standard
into the hands Of Thurman, the en-.
dorser of Vallandigham, the advocate
Of his elscti9h aud the Vallandighan
voters.
Gentlemen, that is enough for me
1 never will forgive Vallandigham fol-
bis desperate struggles against hi
country in her dark, dark hour
nsver, never, neverl Nor will I evei
forgive any man who voted for him
so help me God.
|. / think hear some one ssk-"Dea
con, is that y good Christian spirit
Do you pray to be forgiven as yoI
forgiven" Exactly, exactly so.-
When I have occasion to be forRiveI
for voting for YAllandigham, or an,
one Of his supporters, Il will be tim
enough for me to forgive the sin Il
others.
On second thought, I viii say that
on the whole, l will forgive them, bu
lI'll put It off until my last sickness
and till ] have been in the hio-cough
about three days.
| But Thurman has record Of hi
own, and in that record out Hsrcd
Herod. Like the long nosed man