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

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Pence unbroken would have presery-
ed RI; peace restored will, hope, in
some time reconstruct IT, The only
bonds which can hold these States in
confederation, the only ties which
can make Us one people, are the soft
and nlken cords Of affection aud in-
terest. These are woven in peace,
not war in couciiation, not coorcioni
In deeds Of kindness and acts Of
friendly sympathy, not 10 deeds OF
violence aud blood. The people eftne
NorthCesi ,oere carried a,gay by he
ercitemsai of Aprit ard My Thsy
belirrsd the .oar ,oogld restore me
TJ,,on They trusted to the assur-
s-ces Of the President aud his Cabi-
net, and Of Congress. thst Il should
be carried on for that purpose alone
They trusted that II would be carried
on under the Constitution. They
we're patriotic aud copfding. They
sent their sous aud brothers aud hu,
bands to the army, aud poured out
their treasures at the feet Of the Ad-
ministration. They feel that the wal
has been perverted from this eud
that the Constitution has been disre-
garded that abolition and arbitrary
power, not Union aud Constitutional
liberty. are the governing ideas Of the
Administration. They are iR no tenn.
per 10 be trifed cith. They think
they haze been deceiusI. There is dan
ger Of rcvoiEtioa. Theg are tonyiay
for peace
Need I pause to inquire who would
receive encouragement, or whose
spirits would be depressed, on read
ing these remarkable seutenes- ?
Imagine them read by the rebel cawp-
fres, or at the 6rosides of the rebel
people. What hope, what exultatinn
VIC should behold ia the faces of those
who heard them On the other
hand, at tho Union camp fires, OF
by the loyal 6residos Of the North,
what sorrow, what modification, what
depression. such statements would
surely carry wherever & ey were heard
and believed
The course Of the Peace Democra.
cy Of Ohio during the tho memorable
contest of 1868, between BrOugh aud
YalIandigham, is too well known to
require attention now. Judge Thur
man was one of the committee who
constructed the platform of the Con-
vention which nominated Mr.. Villar.
digham, aud was the nblest member
of tho State Central Commute which
had charge Of the canvass in his bc-
half during his exile.
The key note in that canvass was
given by hr. Yallandigham himself
In letter written from Canada, July |
Is, 1863. That letter contained the |
following:
Dthis civil wdr is 10 t5rmindie only |
by The mljagation or Submission IF ne
South to force aud arms, he nVdat Of |
to-day loiH not lice 10 see the end eff |
No, IN another iody only can q be
brought to a close. Travelling thol,,
sand miles aud more. through nearly |
half Of the Confederate State, aud |
sojourning for time at widely differ.
ent poiuts, | met not one mau, woman
or child, who was not resolved to per
ish rather than yield to the pressure
of arms, eveo in the most desperate
extremity Aud whatever m,y aud
must bo the varying fortune Of tho
war, in all which | recognize thA
hand Of Providence pointing visibly
to tho ultimate issue OF this great
trial Of the States AMI people of
America, they are better prepared
now every way to make good their
memorable purpose thlu at any period
since the beginning of the struggle
These may be unwecume truths hut
they are addressed only to candid
aud honest men.
The assumption of the certain sue
cess Of the rebellion, and that the
war for the Union would assurodly
fail, was tho strong poiut of these
t6n.lamen IN favor Of the election of
Vallandigham aud the defeat Of
Brough. Fortunately, tho pilrio;ic
people saw tho situation from unoth.
er stand point, aud under the inAu.
snce Of different feelings aud differ
ent sympathies.
In the elections of 1863 the peace
Democracy OF Ohio aud other States
sustained defeats which have no par.
allel in our political history, But,
Notwithstanding these reverses. the
year 1864, tho year of the Prci.
Dental election, found the Ohio lead
Srs possibly sadder, but certainly not
wiser nor more patriotic than before
At the National Convention at
Chicago, in August, Mr.. Pendeion
was nominated for Vice President
Judge Thurman was a delegate ofthe
State of Ohio at large, aud Mr.. Val
landigham as district delegate, aud as
uember Of the committee on platform
was the author Of the following res
olution, adopted by the Convention;
Resolped, That this Convention
does explicitly declare, as the sense
Of the American people, that after
four years Of failure to restore tn,
Union by the experiment Of war, du
ring which, under pretense Of militar,
necessity, or war power higher thai
tho Con ititution, the Constitution ha
been disregarded in every part, an,
public liberty and private rights hav,
been alike trOjden down, and th,
material prosperity of the eountr,
essentially impaired. Justice, hu
mauity, liberty. aud the public vel
fare demand that immediate efforts b
made for a cessation Of hostilitie,
with 3 view TO an ultimate couvou
tion Of all the States, or other peac,
able means, TO the end that at III
earliest practicable moment peac
may be restored on the basis Of IL
Federal Union Of tho States.
Nh. vALLAEDlGHAM SHOWS CHl
TUE CAMPAIGNS OF GRANT Al
SHERMAN ~ 1864 WE'RE FAILURE