The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-08-15

appendix to that speech. he published
an extract from a card in tho Cincin-
natl EaQsirer Of November 10, 1860,
from which quote:
Aud now lot me add that did cay.
y * ina public speech, at the
Cooper Institute, on the 2nd Of NJ
vember 1860, that il any one or more
of the States Of this Uuiun should. at
any timc, secedc, for reasons of the
sufiiciency aud justice of which, be
fore God aud tho great tribunal of
history, they alone may judge, much
as | should deplore II, neUer 'ooEli.
as Representative iR the C5Sgress Of
the Uaitcd States, vote one dollar Of
money ehereby one drop Of American
blood should be shed IN a civil war."
4 y y "Aud now deliberately
repeat and reafhrm il, resolved
though | stand alone, though all 9th.
ers yield aud fall away, to make it
good to the last moment Of my public
life"
llore was another strong man, Of
large influence, solomuly pledged to
allow the Union to DO broken up and
destroyed, in case the rebel couspira.
tors chose that alternative, rather
than fyrego their demands in favor Of
oppression and against human rights.
JUDGE THURNAN's RESOLUTION AND
SPEECH.
On the 23rd of January, 1861, the
Democratic party held u State Con.
ventiou at Columbus. Remember, at
th"t date tho air was thick with threats
Of war from the South. The rebels
were organizing aud drilling, arms
robbed from the national arsenals
we're in their hands, aud the question
upon all minds was whether the re.
public should perish without single
blow struck in her defense, or wheth.
er the people Of the loyal North
Should rise as one man, prepared to
: wage war until treason, and, IL need
be, slavery went down together Ou
this question that Convention was
bound to speak. Silence was impossi
: BILE. There were present. war Demo
crats aud peace Democrats followers
/, Of Jackson aud followers of Calhoun.
There was determined aud gallant
struggle on the part of tho war Dem
ocrats, but the superior numbers, or
more probably the superior tactics
and strategy, Of the peace men tri-
umphed.
The present candidate of tho Dem
ocratic party for Governor of Ohio,
Judge Thurman, gentleman ofchar.
acter aud ability, dis inguished law.
yer and judge, and politician Of long
experience, succeeded in passing
through the Convention this resolu-
ton:
Resolped, That the two hundred
thousand Democrats of Ohio send to
the people Of the United States, both
North and South, greeting and when
the people of the North shall have
fulfilled their duties to the Consti.
tuition and to tho Sonth, then, and
not until then, will il be proper for
them to take into consideration the
question of the right and propriety
Of coercion.
In support Of this famous resolu-
ton Judge Thurman addressed the
Convention, and, among other things,
is reported to have said:
9 A man is deficient in understand
ing who thinks tho cause of disunion
is that the South upprehendod any
. overt act Of oppression in Lincoln
, administration. is the spirit of the
: late Presidential contest that alarms
! tho South. X II pouh ht
! the ethics of any man 10 deny that some
= If the Southern States have no cause
for revolution. II Then you must
be sure you are able to coerce before
: you begin The ,oork The South are a
brace peopie. The Southern States can
not be hell BY farce. The blacks
,cont Gght for The inuaders y X
The HmgarianS had less caasc of COM
plrint against Austria than the South
had against the North.
When we reflect on what the rob
els had done and what they were do.
iug when this resolution was passed
1 ,it seems incredible that sane men
having spark of patriotism could
j for Que moment have tolerated its
0 sentiments. The rebels had already
= deprived the United States Of its jur-
= isdictun and property in about one
fourth of its inhabited territory, aud
were rapidly extending their insur-
, reetion so as to include within the
, rebel lines all of the slave States.
The lives and property of Union citi.
Gems in the insurgent States were at
the mercy Of traitors, and the nation
al flag was everywhere torn down and
: shameful indignities and outragos
0 henped upon all who honored II.
r MORAL AID AND ooMFoT TO rHE
= REBELLION.
This resolution speaks Of fulfilling
! the duties of the people of the North
3 to the South. The first and highest
, duty Of the North TO themselves, to
, the South, to their country, and TO
: God, was to crush the rebellion. All
9 speeches and resolutions againt either
. the right or the propriety Of coercion
: merely gave encouragement, "moral
aid aud comfort" more important
D than powder and ball, to the enemies
of the nation.
Do | state too strongly the mis-
chlevous, the fatal tendency of these
proceedings2 The resolution adopt
ed by the peace Democracy of Ohio,
Q is addressed 10 terms "to the people
!. of all the States, North and South. -
+ and was in fact sent, l am informed,
Q to the Governors Of all the States.
. In the South, Union men were la
Q boring by every means in their power
!, to prevent secession. Their most
D cogent argument was that the National
, Government would defend itself by
q -. a,,a;nak raholItou To thia ~ NJ