The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-09-19

ernmcnt arc guilty or no crime, aud
are 6t persons to rule the nation; that
rebel soldier IS as good as Union
soldier; that Robert T.. Loo staads on
the same footing, legally aud morally
with u. 5. Grant. | have no doubt I
the leaders Of the Democratic party
esteem Lee more highly than they do /
General Grant aud that they would
vote for Leo for President oft Uni.
ted States in preference TO Grant, or
Thomas or Sheridan. Why, up at
Maysville, the other day, Vallandig.
ham made a speech, in which no said
"l'm a Buckeye. Was born Buck.
eye, but thank God my parents were
born in the grand old Commonwealth
of Virginia. the mother Of Wash.
iugtou, of Jefferson, Of Madison, Of
Monroe, of Robert r. Lee and Stone.
wall Jackson. Loud aud prolonged
cheering The two last are great
aud glorious men, the patrimouy Of
our country, aud no loyal wretih
shall throttle me TO keep me from pro.
claiming their glory aud grcatnoss.--
cheering Speaking Of loyalty, |
remember when boy how | listened
to the old revolutionary patriots talk
ing about Loyalists; how their eyes
would fash in anger. The other
name for Loyalist was Tory, aud the
Loyalis,s of this day arc no better
Thus you have the views Of one of
the representative mcu of the Damo-
cratic party as to tho high estoom in
which rebels are held Ifany body
doubts the accuracy of the quotation
| refer him to the Cincinnati Enqui.
ror, whore ho will find the speech re.
ported.
This platform also speaks of the
National Congress as ths so-called
Congress. The rebels during the
war, aud the Democratic party, spoke
of that body as tho so-oallod Con-
gross. Because rebels are not there
it is a so.oallod Congress. Becouso
the States are not represented which
robelled against the Government, it
is so-called Congress, This is as
much as to say it is an illegal body,
and that all its acts are Illegal. This
is uuquestiouably what the Demo-
cratic party mean, aud upon this
theory they would act if restored to
power.
The Democratic Convention in this
county reallirmed tho State platform
and added new plank favoring the
issue ofgreoubacks for the purpose OF
taking up the bonds, which means re-
pudiation. 1t also adopted the Ken.
tucky secession resolution of 1898.
Thus fellow -citizcns, | have shown
you whore the Democratic party stood
previous to the war, during the war,
and whore it stands now. 1t has been
all along, and is now, haod in hand
with the rebels; aud if you desire to
put the latter in the control of the
! Government which tho loyal people
saved from destruction, you have on
| ly to vote the Democratic party of
the free states into power.
DEMOCRACY PURE AND SIMPLE.
Jesse d. Bright-you have heard
of him, | presume-recently elected
to the Kontucky Legislature made a
speech previous to the election in that
State, in which he stated the Demo.
cratic doctrine pure and simple
What he said the Democratic leaders
of Ohio mean. Bright said the war
was unconstitutional; Congress was
an unconstitutional body; its acts are
null and void the National debt is
not binding; slavery is not abolished
slaves must be returned to their mas
ters; Southern men must be paid foi
all losses sustained during the wal
and the country must b. governed bJ
the principles of State rights lie
closed by advising the people not t.
pay another dollar of taxes to the
National Government.
l promised to show you where the
Democratic party would lead you il
you should conclude to follow it,
have fulfilled the promise.
RECONSTRUCTION.
Armed rebellion having been bro
to close by the surrender OF Let
to Grant, the attention of the countr,
was Immediately directed to the worl
of reconstruction. There was dis
J cusson MS TO whether the so-calleC
Confederate States were out of or il
the Union, and great deal of time
as il seems to me, was wasted on that
abstraction. The States, so far as
regards organized Governments, had
been destroyed by the act Of THEN
people in rebelling against the Ma
tional Government aud seeking tC
Withdraw from tho Union, with a view
to establishing an independent Con-
federacy. This fact couli not be dis
puted 1t was not disputed When
therefore, the rebel armies were sur
rendered, and peace restored, wC
found the rebel States without any
legal organized government. The
people we're there-the territory was
there; but there was no legal organi-
T zation. The people had committed
treason against the Government OF
the United States, and every man who
had taken up arms, or given aid and
comfort to the rebellion, was liable tC
} be tried for treason, and il convicted
hung; while the property of traitors
was liable to be confiscated, and the
proceeds paid into the treasury ol
, the United States. Tho rebels were
/ at the mercy of the Government thai
conquered them; and while they
might tpotition for clemency,they could
demand nothing as right. This
was unquestionably the situation al
the close of the war. Ii was so ac-