The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-07-11
pOlhital,
The situation.

changed by the action Of that Con
yen,icn, excepting the ambitious
hopes of the two or three scoros Of
disappointed aspirauts, but even they
have the consolation of knowing that
they have but followed io the footl
steps of the inuumerablo caravan that
has been marching on with continual
accessions siuce tho organization of
parties. Not one Of them bus will
work as heartily for the success of the
ticketus IL he we're on it hImself, and
if any should prove so ochurlish as 60
attempt to embarrass the party ma.
ehiuery, far deeper humiliation
will be visited upon him than the
present.
Nothing Of party principle has
hctn ehmgol by the Convention, and
no new position has been taken For
The past half year il has been appar
ent to every Que, excepting the poIit-
ical bgts aud owls of the party, that
will cctr persist In lowering Viu the
,wilirht-of obsolete ideas, that we
must take decided stand 10 tho plat
form ou the great distinctive prinoi-
Piles Of the party, as laid down by
Congressional aud legislative action,
We have not been disappointed in the
utterahrcs of Cho pIatfurm. lhoy
arc sufficiently pf5nounced TO satisfy
the m6st STRAIGHTFORWARD nisu Of the
party, oudto enable tho opposi ion to
understand our position without the
help Of an interpreter. Because the
platform is 50 pronnuueed it must
mret With the most violent hostility
from the Democracy. This, however,
is convincing proof of its correctness,
aud mrst satisfy all our friends of its
perfect prQprigty Platforms have
heretofore beon proyerbial for their
me iuiugless platitudes, or their glut.
tennq veneru,lties, and have been
built imply for oruamelri and krpt
uniy booluse they are "a goed thirg
20 have in the house In the recent
Convention. however, the platform
makers builded for service, and gave
us a structure to stand on with cou-
fdence that it willsustaiu any weight.
But the mere nomination Ola ticket,
he it ever SO good, aud the erection
Of platform, be it ever so strong,
will neither elect the one, nor cause
the principles enaneated in the 9th
er to prevail. Work remains to he
done, much hard work, or both ticket
and principles will be overwhelnicd.
We believe 6rmly that Gen. Hayes
will be elected Governor in October
by forty thousand majority, and that
the Constitutional Amendment will
be adopted, but we do not base that
belief on the fact that Gen. Hayes is
the candidate, or that manhood suf
frage is in the platform The opin
ion is prcdicatcd on the belief that
the great Union party in Ohio is Il
party of justice, aud that its every en-
ergy will be exeried to make the doc
trine Of the civil equality of all men
a recognized fact Ia our State organ
izatioE, In years gone by our patty
has ,monstrated its unity and its
power in every contest with the nj
toms foe, aud this too when it was
weakened by the consciousness that
il was party to an injustice iu reiu
sing large class Of men thcir natural
rights This demoraliziug con
sriousuess no longer exists, aud the
most active, e9rnest aud influential
mrn 10 the uarty will feel that their
arms are upheld by tue party plat
form, and will work for success as
men never worked before.
\ few Union men think now that
they will not vote for the amen lmeut.
but their opinions will be modified by
the progressive heat of the campaign,
aud the number SO refusing to vote
when the election day comes, will be
50 insignificant as TO be only ridicu,
Ious, aud in another year it will be
Impossible 70 iud man who will aer
knowledge that he voted against the
amendment. .t Crt.1ut g...,
Another reason for the opinion we
have expressed as 10 the success of
manhood suffrage 10 Ohio is tho ode
uoralizcd condition Of the opposition
on that shbject. The great cause Of
their devoted subseryieuey to caste
has been removed, aud their former
feeling exists now only as vestige
oftheir firner peliicai sub eryieacY
f'he p9iticli power oi' slavery died
with the abolition # he peculiar in
stiiutiln, but the Democracy j. not
vet awake 10 the ftct Wrcu they
do awake we may look for a c1m
pete change Of front on the saffrnge
question, All hope they may ever
have felt Of aid from the South in
their efforts to perpetuale the rcign Of
injnstice Is at an end The recent
letter Of Longstreet and other similar
expressions from lcidiug rebels must
have the effect to exiinguish even
from the beuighted Demooratic heart
the desire to continue the disiran-
chisement Of the black loyallsts in
Ohio. When the baliotis placed in
the hands ofthe freedmen 10 the reb.
ell States, and with the concurrence of
the rebel leaders, it must satisfy the
most stupid conservative that there
is no longer anything to be gained by
refusing the same right in Ohio, For
this reason we may expect a respee-
table Democratic vote for tho amend
ment.
True al Ibis statement of Demo-
cratic decentralization may be we must
not presume too much on it, nor cal
cuiate therefrom that that party en-
terlains the least intention Of aband
ouing the contest without a struggle.
On the contrary, they will wage a most
desperate contest from now until the
eie6tioh, we'll knowing that with the
negro enfrauchised their last hopaef
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