The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-08-22
b IUT TIFFIN, FHlvRSDAY MORNING AUGUST, % lS67

to whom they surrendered.
2,lItis VOL calculated to afford
protection 10 all loyal people, white
or colored, against those who would
opprcss or iujure ;hem on account Of
their loyalty!
3. Itrluces the new State Govern
mepts of tho South upon the solid
basis ofrIpstics aud equal rights. ai
p This plan received in Congress the
support of many members of Con-
grcss who did not uniformly vote with
tho Union party, and was acceptable
to some Of its most distinguished ad.
versarios, In the Senate, Rcverdy
johnson, a Maryland democrat, vot-
cd for il, aud made effective speeches
in its support The loyal press Of
the North, without exception, upheld
it. rl i'tqa D.
TUE SUGGEST or THE UNION rbAN IN
Tue SOUTH.
In tho South its success was every.
whore gratifying and unoxampled.--.
Its enemies had said that itwruld or.
aanize anarchy in the rebel States
that Il would Immediately inaugutate
a war Of races'betwccn the whites aud
blacks, aud compared the condition
Of the South under it 70 the eoudii
ton of ludia yndor English oppr,s.
sion, aud to Hungary uudcr the dcs.
potism of Austria
Butthc course of the public press,
aud the conducts the letters md
speeches of public mcn in the rcbol
States, vindicaicd the wisdom and jus.
tico of the measure. Twill quote on.
ly from rebel sources. .0Hl a"h
In Virgiah tho Charlottesville
Chronicle addressed It's readers as
follows :o lc-f te't Hn
For WHITg Folks AND CoLoRsD
Botlls.---EvnSy colored person may
now go where and when he plcosos.
lie is a free man aud full citizcn
This is not all; by another bound
they have become voters. They will
take part in tho government of the
country. No people was ever so sud
denly, 50 rapidly lifted mp. -.- i-.f
Shall VIC all live happily together
or shall We hate each other, anC
quarrel aud b6dr malice? ,
Letus aliitry and get on together
The land is big enough, Let the
whites 9coqmmadato themselves tC
tho new state of things. Let then
be polite aud kind to all, aud be al
ways rcadyto accord 20 every man
whether white or colored, his full
rights, We mako bold to say tha
the behpyiog Of the colorcd people o
this State, since they were set free
has surprised all fair-mindcd white
people. We do not believe the whit,
people, updor tho same circumstances
would have behayedlso we'll by twcp-
. ty per cent. They have shown th
greatest moderation. They hav
passed from plantation hands to free
dom and the ballot without outwar,
excitemont, ffaf Nt .ar
The Richmond Examiner the or
gan of the Gre.caters, says Of the col
ored people g n-4 900 trJ
This class of our population, as
general thing, manifest disposition
to prepare themselves for the nltcrc
political condition in which the event
|, of the past two years have place
them. Tho sudden abolition of siay
= cry did not, as most persons expect
ed. turn. their heads They hay
been, in the main, orderly and we
. behaved. They have not presume
upon their newly acquired freedom
/ commit breaches of the peace or TO
$ gnilty ofany acts calculated to so
= dissenslon between the two races
The utmost good feeling is felt byth
; white people of this city toward th
: negroes There is not one particl
of bitterness felt for them. cog
'a In South Carolina Wade lIainpto
addressed a mixed assembly of white
. and colorod people, at Coiumbia, /
which he quoted from iormor speec
to his old soldiers,l ids0.rodi ynu
There is one other point on while
: there should be no misunderstandin
as to ourpositiouTno loop on whic
, to hang a possible miseonstruetion {
> to our yiews--and that is tho abeli
tion Of slavery The deed has Tee
> done, and for one do honestly dc
clare that / nc ger wish to- soeJ it re
, voked. Nor do | believe that th
! people of the South would now.ry
! mand the negro to slavery If they ha
> the power to do SO unquestioned.- =
Under our patcrnal care from mel
handful he grewto be mighty hos
He came to us a heather; We mad
, iiiin a cbristian.h Idle, vicious, say
> age, in his country, in ours he bocau
industrious, gehtle, civilized AS
:. slave he was faithful to usj as fre,
= man, let us treat him as friend
Deal with him frankly, justly, kiuC
ly, and, my word for il, he will re
!. ciprocate your Kindness. If you wis
a TO see him eoutented, ihdustriou
useful, aid him in his efforts TO el'
yate himself in the scale of civiliza
ton. and thus fit him not only to CT
. joy the blassings Of freedom, but
! appreciate his duties.
5 After stating theprovisious Of atb
q military bill,r as he calls the Recon
? strpction law, he said to the coloro
people;
! But suppose the bill is prohoanee
f. Unconstitutional; how-then3 1 te
you what / am willing to see DONE
: | am willing to give the wight Of sui
frago to all who can refd and VIII
pay certain amount Of taxes, and
S agree that disqualification shall bea
on white aud black alike. You weul
: have no right to complain OF aalaH
q II. 4 ....k stotr On tanrfaat t.o