The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-08-01

shell from a rebel gun knocked the
low tariff planks, State or National
Bank planks, aud planks on distribu-
ton Of the surplus funds in the treas
ury, into the middle Of the next cen
tury. When we come up with those
planks, i'll am about, I will get on
again. The fugitive slave planks
shall never again see, for the var has
Knocked them into place not polite
to mention, and now my Democratic
friends, seriously, If you are bound to
stick TO that plank I advise you to
take along palm. leaf fau, for il is
very warm down there. The war
plank, solitary and alone, is left of
all tho Democratic or any other cuti:
socesh date. We Democrats used to
express ourselves on that plank about
as follows 81 was for the last war,
| am for this war, aud you may put
me down for the next war" Who
is on that plank nowP On this pure
ly Democratic aud only living old
Democratic plank proudly stood and
nobly died the lamoutOd Douglas, aud
you will find still standing proudly on
II, Tod and Logan, and Siekles and
Dix, and Thomas and Sheridan, and
host Of others, who have the Same
disease l have, aud / reverently thank
God the hospital is full of such, aud
DR.. Thurman eau never discharge the
patients.
Now a word on that piece OF polit-
ical India rubber of African descent,
what the Johnies used to call smoked
Yankees. 1t is singular what effect
. vote In ones hands has on neigh.
bor's respect. Foreigners, before
they can vote hore. are often called
4" Flannel .mouthed Paddles, or "Lop.
cared Dutch" but when they hold a
vote We discover that "rich Irish
brogue or sweet German accent" SO
vote has converted a =" "niggor into
our" oolorod fellow citizen" Strange
metamorphosis which the South COM
PEELED US to make
But to the franchise amendment;
four millions of blacks on our border
have been set free aud given the vote
by our congressman, whom We in
dorse by re election. By our Con-
stitution as it is, about half Of the
oolored class of Ohio have vote.
Nov I ask what danger is there in
giving il to tho little balance, aud
what consistency in Withholding it
from them2
1 made n speech in Wilmington,
North Carolina, to q oolorcd regi-
ment, which, by the consent of their
Colonel, had marched to the front of
my tent, as 1 was about to leave the
service, and startled me with lusty
cheers. Among other things, / said /;
Black boys, l 90 home to tell the
people that / have seen your valor
tested aud found you ever reliable, as
half your nur. ber left on rebel breast
works will testify. / have seen you,
colored soldiers. mount and carry at
the point of the bayonet, rebel breast
works as gallantly as did the 600 at
BalaklaVa, of whom Teunyson wrote,
and like them you felt it was
Not yours 10 make reply
Not yours TO reason why
Yours but to do and die.
Though some one had blundered !
stu into the jaws OF death,
Into the gates ofhell
Rushed the ak hundred.
Again, I said l would advocate
giving a vote to four classes Of color
ed men:
First-I would give il to all who
had borne arms in putting down the
accured rebellion.
Second--To all who could read and
write.
Third-To all who had the thrift
and energy to accumulate sufficient
to take care of himself aud friends.
Fourth and last-To the balance.
Those are my sentiments to-day.
As to disfrauohising white men. not
one is disfranchised by the amend
ment but bona fde, absolute, volun-
tary deserters, who fad before the
war was over. Our opponents, on
whom the cutoff falls, will charge
that it disfranchises all loyal boys
who happened not to be with their
commands, aud wheu marked On the
rolls, absent without leave =" but
when the amendment is adopted they
will change front like johnson oil
the powers Of Sheridan, and 90 on
the other extreme. johnson asks,
+" where under the sun does Sheridan
get authority for removing civil Off
GERS" Sheridan answers, in your
veto message, Mr.. Johnson"
A word or two about our oppo.
nents who are floating off to sea on
those planks in the old platforms
which have deeayed or been knocked
out by rebel SHELLS. Those persons
who can't understand how new
platform can be made with the old
live oak war plank in the centre, sur.
rounded by new planks from the tree
Of liberty, all fastened with the bolts
Of progress. 1t is said that some Of
those johnny rebs who so desire the
success of our friend, Judge Thur
nan Wheh IN lamp OhaSei were
asked:
Union :" What are you JOhnnies
fighting for2'
RO6.--,pOmpOusly)-." for our
rights"
Union" But what rights?"
Reb.--" Our Southern rights"
Union" Yes but what Southern
rights p
Rob" Our rights in the terrific
ries." t'
Union =" Well, but what rights in
the--pshaw, no matter, you don't
understand me. I'll ask you a ques.
ton you do understandable you
know Jesus Christ was dead ?"
Reb.--" He'll no. What regiment
did he belong TOT"
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