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

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Dixon's line merely. twill be WITH
in our own borders, in our own
Streets"
For the evidence Of tho correctness
Of this opinion the rcbels could point
confidently TO such speeches aud rcs-
olutions as those We are now consider.
ing. Governor Orr, Of South Caro-.
lima, In recent speech at the Charles.
ton Board Of Trade banquet, ia re
ported to have SAID.
| know there Is an apprehension
wide sprcd in tho North and West,
that after the reconstruction OF the
Southern States, VIC shall fall into the
arms Of our old allies and associates,
the old Democratic party. | say 10
you, gentlemen, however, that I would
give no such pledges. We have nc.
counts to settle with that party, gen
tlemon, before I, at loast, will consent
to affiliate with IT, Many OF you will
remember that, whom the war first
commenced, grsai hopes aud sgpscia-
lions ,oere hsii ou'. 6y or friends in
he North aSd West. that thore ,oouid
DO No ,oar aud that ifit commenced, Il
'ooRid Be North Of Nts9A aRd Di1ons
line, aud not IN the Sou'h
SLAVERY AND REDELNoN Convert.
lBLg TERMS.
Without pausiug to inquire how
much strength accrued to the roboll
ion In its earlier stagea up the en-
oouragemout 1t received front sympa.
thiEers ia tho North, et us pass ON
to tho spring and SUNNI r of 1861, af-
ter the BON m5ardncut aud surrender
of Fort Sumptor, and WHOM the arm
los Of tho Uniou and of the rebel ion
we're facing each other upon n line of
operations extending from the Poto.
mac to the Rio Grande. The most
superficial observer could not fail to
discover these facts.
In the South, where slavery was
strongest, the rebellion WAS strongest.
Where there wero few SHAREHOLDERS
there were few rebels. South Caro-
lima and Mississippi, having the larg-
est number of slaves in proportion 10
population. were almost unanimous
for rebellion. Western Virginia,
Eastern kentucky, East Tennessee,
had few slaves, aud love Of tho in.
ion and hatred Of secession ia those
mountain regions were nearly uoiver.
sal.
Tho counterpart Of this was found
everywhere in the North. In count
los aud districts whero tho majority
OF tho people had been accustomed
to defend OF excuse the practice of
slaveholding aud tho aggressious Of
the Shareholders thero Was much
sympathy with the rebellion aud
strong opposition to the war. Mou
who abused aud hated negroes did
not usually hate rebels On tho other
hand, anti.slavery counties and dist.
ricts were quite sure to be Union to
tho core.
THE WAN DEMOCRATS.
In Ohio, as in other free States, the
Democratic party could not be led off
in body after the peace Democracy.
Brough, Tod, Matthews. Dorsey,
Steedmau, aud a host Of Democrats
of the Jackson school, nobly kept
tho filth Lytle, McCook, Webster
and gallant spirits like them, from
every county aud neighborhood oI
our State, sealed their devotion to the
Union aud to true Democracy with
their life's blood.
They believed with Douglas, In thu
last letter he ever wrote, that "it wa,
not u party question, nor a question
involving partisan policy; it was a
question of Government or no Gov.
ernment; country or no country; and
hence il became tho imperative duty
Of every Union man, every friend Of
constitutional liberty, to rally to tho
support Of our common country, its
Government aud flag. AZ the only
means of checking the progress Of
revolu ion and OF preserving the
Union Of the States
They belle cd the wo ds of Doug
las last speech. This is no time icr
a detail of causes. The conspiracy
is now known. Armies have been
raised, war is levied to accomplish il.
There are only two sides to the
question. Every man must be for
the United States or against it. There
can be no neatrdiS in ibis Dar-ouiy
patriots and traitors" >"
EFFECT OF THE WAR ON POLITICAL
PARTIES.
As the war progressed, the great
political parties OF the country un-
derweht important changes, both of
organization and policy In the
North the Republican party, the
great body of the American or Union
party oflS60,and the WsvDemocracy
formed the Union party. The De-
mocracy of the South for the most
part became rebels, and 10 the North
those who did not unite with the
Union party, generally passed under
the control aud leadership of the
Peace Democracy
At the beginning Of the war the
creed of the Union party consisted of
one idea-it labored for one object
tho restoration of the Union, Slave y,
the rights Of man, the principles Of
the Declaration Of Independence,
we're for the time lost sight of 10 the
struggle for the ustion's lifo. As
late as August, 1862, President Lin
coin wrote to Mr.. Greeley: "My
paramount object is to save the I'm.
ion, aud not either 10 save or destroy
slavery, If | could save the Union
without freeing any slsve, would dc
it; and if 1 could save it by freeing
all the slaves, ! would do il, and il
could do it by freeing some and
leaving others alone, would also d.
that"
Slowly, gradually, after repeated
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