The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-07-18

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Hence il you want peace aud secu-
rity for yourselves, if you want oEr
machinery ofGovernmeut to roll on
smoothly aud harmoniously, let there
be no man without that shield which
even the mighty, the strong aud the
powerful cannot fail to respect. Let
there be no man without that magic
wand which transforms the great
Governor Of To. day. representing the
sovereignty Of millions of people, in
to the affablo candidate fto morrow,
who anxiously aud sympathetically
enquiries for your dear health, aud
well.bcing Of your good lady aud
children.
For these reasons We said 10 the no
gro in tie Southern states: "Friond !
wo have done our best to protect you.
We have tried it from above Down
ward and itwould not do. We passed
Freedmen Bureau aud Civil Rights
Bills, aud they gavo you 10 security,
We must now adopt the American
plan of self-protection, aud try it from
below upwards. We will elotho you
with that power which alone affords
socurity aud fair start in lifc-tho
right to vote. Take the ballot and
protect you self" Aud, sir, this rem.
edy at ouce effected the desired cure.
The poor contraband is no longer the
prosecuted outlaw whom incorrigible
rebels might kick aud kill with i'm
puniiy, but he at once become "our
colored fellow citizen" in whose well
being his former master takes the liv
liest interest. Thus by bringing the
negro under the American system. W
have completed his emancipation.
lie has ceased to be pariah From
an outcast he has been transformed
20 human being, invested with the
great national attribute OF self pro-
lection, and the re-establishment Of
peace aud order and security, the re.
vival of business aud trade, and the
restoration of the Southern States on
the basis of loyalty aud equal justice
to all, will be. the happy results of
this astonishing metamorphosis, pro-
vided the party which has inaugura-
ted this policy remains in power to
carry it out II, however, the reins
of government should fall into the
hands of tho party whose leading
principle is opposition to that policy,
the great peace. work now accomplish
ed would be uudone, the foundations
which we have laid for the new edifce
would soon be torn down, the storm
Of passion aud hatred would break
loose anew, and anarchy, confusion,
bloodshed. and perhaps a war of races
would again deyastale the South and
prevent, perhaps for generations to
come, that peaceful and prosperous
development which few years more
of republican rule will secure.
While endeavoriug to extend to the
negro, in justice to him aud for rea
sons of public policy and peace, ouI
system of selfproteotion, it is natur-
al that we should offend certain preju
dices and antipathies. the results oI
the wrongs the white race has inflicted
on the black. "We generally dislike
those whom we injure;" is an old say
ing, verified by the Democratic party
in this case. But, if anything distin,
guishes our people, it is the facility
with which they overcome obsolete
prejudices. Look back at our shor
history, and you will behold with as
constituent how many prejudices an,
popular errors wo have overcome -
We have overcome the mistaken belle
in the necessity Of STATE church,
prejudice from which European ma
tions are not yet emancipated. w
have overcome the time -honored pre-
judice in favor of hereditary aristoc
racies. We have overcome that meaI
relic of barbnrism--the predjudice II
gaipst Jews which disgraced Euro
pean civilization for so many centur
les We have overcome hat prejl
dice and timidity with which durini
the war, we approached the FIRST step
towards emancipation. We have ov
ercome the prejudice against negr
soldiers, 80 dexterously famed an,
stimulated by the Democratic party,
Now if you consider how little time
comparatively, it took to overoom
each of the prejudiees have referred
to, you will agree with me whom sa.
deliberately that the policy Of peo
pie like ours cannot permanently b,
guided by prejudice. Prejudice
may gain a temporary hold on tn,
public mind. They may temporaril,
sweep everything before them anS
"strnt and fret their hour on tn,
STAGE" but you cannot engraft then
upon our Government or make then
the basis Tor a successful party organ
ization. The sober second thought o
our people will always be sure 4
sweep them away.
And herein, Mr.. Chairman, lies th,
cardinal error of our opponents
The instincts of our people are demo
cratic. Democratic ideas have eve
swayed the country. Our nationa
existence was conceived in the spiri
of Democracy aud Democracy stoo'
watching over its cradle As long a
the Democratic party understood u i
it was successful. As long as it un
derstood how to appeal to the demo
cratic instincts of the masses. it al
most invariably carried the day. ant
governed the country almost witbou
interruption. The moment it turne'
its back on its own Fundamental
principles, aud openly and uueqaivo-
cally discarded the Declaration o
Independence that great eVangel o
American democracy, the doom of tn
party was sealed. As long as il wa
possible 70 cover up its apostaey, o
TO dodge the real issue, the masse
clung, with the old affection, to tn
Democratic name, though the Demo
cratic spirit had long departed. II
: that Ennawis,r. laluctc.. nta.oa