The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-12-12

more than s20O, 900 900 per snnum to
maintain the supr9meoy Of the negro
governments after they arc establish
ed. The sum thus thrown away
would, If properly used, form sink
ing fund large enough to pay the
whole national dobt in less than ff.
teen years.
1t is vain to hope that negroes will
maintain their asCcndeucy themselves,
Without military power they are
wholly incapable Of holding in subjec
tion the white people Of the South.
FSANciAL AND ornER CONSIDERATIONS.
submit to the Judgment Of Congress,
whether the public crcdit may not be injuti.
ously affected by system OF measures like
this. With our debt anG ysst private inter
ests which are complicated with Il, we cam
not DC too cautious Of q policy, which might
by possibility, impair the confidence Of the
world in our government, That confidence
can only be sustained by esrsfully iucucAt-
ing the principles OF justice aud honor In the
public mind aud by mos, scrupulouS fidelity
TO all our obligations aud engagements OF
every sort.
| ANY ttNlOus uftACu OF organic law nfFAiAA=
ell In Tor = considerable time, cannot but ere.
ate fears for the stability Of our Institutions.
labitual violation Of prescribed rules which
we bind oursclvs, to observe, must iemoral.
ile our people Our only standard Of civil
duty being sot At naught, the sheet-anohor OF
our political morality is lost; public cousci.
oncc swings from ia moorngs, and yields to
every impulse, passion and interest II we
repudiate the constitution, we will not be eH.
pected to care much for mere pccuniary obli-
cations.
The violation Of such pledge Ns we made
on the 22 OF July, ltGl, will assurcdly d.
minish the market value OF our other prom.
lscs. Besides, II We now acknowledge that
the national debt was created, not TO hold the
States 10 the Union, ~ the taxpayers were
led to suppose, but to eIpel them from IL aud
hand them over to he governed by negroes,
the moral duty to pay it may seem much less
clchr
say Il may soem 40, for 10 not admit
that It, or any other argument In favor Of re-
pudiation caa be entertained as sound but
ia innucuce ON some classes OF minds may
well be apprchended. The financial honor
Of great commercial nation, lately indcbt.
oil, and with republican form Of govern.
ment administered by agents Of the popular
choice, is u thing OF much delicate texture
and the destruction Of II would be followed
by such unspcakablc calamity, that every
true patriot must desire to avoid whatever
might expose It to the slightest danger.
The great interests OF the country require
immediate relief from these enactmonts Bu
4noss In the South is parali1ed by u sense o.
general insecurity by terror Of conhscation
aud dread OF negro supremacy. Southern
| rr.,p .yht lh, h.V "A
rived so great profit under government OF
law, still langnishes, aud can never be reviv.
ed until It ceases to be fettcred by arbitrary
power, which makes all It's operations unsafe
That rich country, the richest in natural
resources the world has ever seen, Is worse
than lost II II bc not soon placed under the
protection OF u free constitution. Instead OF
being what II ought to he, source Of wealth
aud power, It will hccome and intolerablI
burden upon the rest Of the nation.
WORD Aupur rsE srArS ELECTIONS.
Another reason for retracng our steps will
doubtless Dc seen by Congress In the late
Manifestations Of public opinion upon this
subject. We live In acountry where popular
will always enforces obedience to itself soon
er or later. II is vain TO think Of opposing
il with anything short OF legal authority,
|
It cannot have escaped your attention that,
from the day on which Congress fairly aud
formally presented the proposition to govern
the Southern States by military force, with Il
view TO the ultimate establishment Of negro
supremacy, every expression Of public senti.
ment has been more or less adverse TO IL
The affection Of this generation cannot be
detached from the institutions Of their ances
tors. Their determination to preserve thit
inheritance OF free government In their Owr
: hands, aud transmit IL, undivided and uniin
paired to their own posterity, is too strong
to be successfully opposed. Every weaker
passion will disappear bofoIo the love Of lib.
erty and law, for which the American people
are distinguished above all others ia the
world.
THE PaRslDESr's DUTY CONSIDERED.
How far the duty Of the President tn pre-.
serve, protect and defend the Constitution
requires him To 20 in opposing AN unconsti.
tutonal act of Congress, Is n very serious and
important question, on which have dclber-
ated much, aud felt extremely anxious tt
reach proper conclusion.
When an act has been passed, according u
the forms Of the Constitution, by the supreme
legislative authority Of the country, Execu-
tive resistance to 1t, especially in times a
: high party excitement would be likely I,
produce violent collision between the re
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