The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-10-03
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VIEWS OF
J0BE. EvENS0N
IN A
Speech Dellycrcd at Clnflnnail, Sat
urday, September, u, 1861.
OBJECTIONS TO ruE DEMOCRATIC
PARRY.

PARTY.
have two objectionsto the Dem
ocralic party; One is that it was
wrong during the war, This is a
grave objection. The other is, that
it is wrong now. \ third might be
added--that in all probability it will
be wrong forever, if-it last so long
1t is not in fact denied that. the
so-called Democratic party was
wrong during the war, Some Of them
pretended to claim some credit, be-
cause some cousin or brother in.la@,
or some Of thcir wives kit were in
the war. Many Of tltom were auitc
willing for their wive' 5 relations to so
in, so that they need nut go in. How
many of thenChad wiye's,relAtiycs in
the war but what claim patriotism
fer that? They are a little like "a
loon keeper in London. lie had
placed IN bis Windows, a, fosk, with the
notice, "Ilere is the fork belonging
to the knife that was raised against
the king So some Of them have
the fork belonging to the kuiie that
was used in the war,
They initiate thefboncst Dutch
man who passed judgment on him.
self. You remember the story of
Hans. Getting tiredas he was one day
of plewing in the field down by his
mill, he concluded to rest, aud sat
down in the shade As he sat there
/ no thoOghtlhc would like to pass his
opinion on tcworld. So Hans pass
ed his opinion upon his neighbors,
and thought very few Of theih would
ever getripto heaven. as they had all
done something wrong TE
After passing judgment on all 9th 7
ers,r he, called up himself: "Hans,
come up here. Don't you own mill
down there on. the creck2' Yes,
Lord, | do" Don't you sometimes
take too much toll2'' "Yes butiI give
it to the poor" But don you Keep
some of il sometimes2n "Yes, Lord.
[ confess do" "Then you cannot
come in" That is the waywith the
Democratic party, if they would sit
in judgment honestly, their conseien
ces would say to them that they
should have no right to any part in
this government until they had purg'
cd their souls from their sins against
the nation. They acknowledge this
virtually, for they don't Naut to talk
about it. They want to talk about
State Rights, a thing which is dead,
aud which stipketh in the nostrils of
the'uSti6nAc fhey,want to talk about
greenbacks, thing which is to come.
This IS a question this nation will
have to solve some day, aud VIC will
solve it. But we cannot trust them
to solve it for us. They were not to
be trusted, aud must not suppose they
cun be trusted now. SOM OF them
want 20 food the country with green
backs; they might as well strip the
leaves from these trees and lse- thom
for currency. They simply weat to
drown the national credit, to sink il
into a sea Of irredeemable currency,
and if they thea had the power would
assassina;e the Government. They
arc now runpipg in this very District
II man who, though protesting to be
a Republican, is just so long attached
to party as tho party is attached to
him; man who will, no doubt, be
willing to repudiato so much Of the
national debt, except what he holds
What useisithere in talking abppt
the finances of the nation until Se
know thereiisTa nation. Jf you buy
apiece of land. the FIRST thing you
want to know is whether the title is
good, then you 80 to paying for it,
But these gentlemen want to pay the
debt first, aud then examine the title
We will not stip now toexamine I hat
question, for you havehere a'nanwho
towers not only in the State Of Ohio,
but before tho known world as a
fuancier, and you will hear from, him
Wearc told that the administra-
tion is corrupt. | will grant that.
And what is the Administration
Andrew Johnson And what is
Andrew Johnsonls administration p
A Democratic que. HTosay it is cor
rupt is simply to say that black is
black. iIThere is no questiavabnuf dt
You might as we'll expect purity frSm
a foul fountain as purity from An
d ew Johnson's administration -
Whatever charge of corruption they
may make against themselves | am
ready to doubleit. 2 il.l
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