The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-10
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eREss.GSi,ie, pig North CoNrRoMlst
W. sSy S ssSoI y sSEYEISS o,1'gG! aS h.
coputryfwith apyssarq,l ra0 over the
events and say If We have NOT always
besa yiellpgs SaSls Riohstieu.y Cat
dioab IFrmcds kfHmTNt means ID
eogsllaisb asssSfsilsAosll me4as
to CcutshF y sAwcrica AfehQwed lhS
Iltiel ates, oftthate wise and good pAu,
under whVye adm pist~tion Frapee
arose fromrAeysrty RRds leBlincss 70
distlneiiop and 5oqoTT and became 4
P9wsr among the, pa i0asl laf lhs earth.
The NprthrwhiplI u America for Il
is loyel---used. every. means ia her
p5aee!t6 sSaciiatS lb6 geSpie of this
South. Failmgiu that, she raised
her arms 'S1d With shb strength lcft
no HiIaas dhttief % etAsh them, aud
that isTwhsEe va yere rt,hL 4 -
''0T aui aEbtljcSeT, hSaTt aed soul, ~
the doetrinss Of,the Republican par.
ty:gSk lbolieSo hbst lyppuity has
rights omnpotept aud as eternal ar
God Phpsslr--righ,s q that cannot
permauentls be swFested from US
kings'Rad Govsrninepts may crush,
but they eannot destroy. They may
be burisa1tbuughppt ages of wrong
and oppressippv but they will reap.
Pearrud TeaspeyI themselves. Ma
tions maj, lTemhle /; blood may flowH;
ruin sapd .disester may, bo brouglit
about, but Truth aud Right viii
march haud IN rhgod Ybefurc the vim
,dieating najasiy- Cad, .sSsat-law
| am a.Reppbliean because | believe
this, aud 1belhtA that the Republi-
can party Of to day recognises this in
spirit aud letter, 1t is belief
which we havSfn tho very foah5a4
tons of cur being 4it s. hAieF
hSs been proven by-rhc battle
fields of thu Republic, and dn the
blood Of three huudred- thquSph nd
spen. l stand with that party to-day
'becaosc tits progressiSe-beca1se Il
is carrying forward the highest 1qbost
AMI noblosh designs oF.Goa, in giving
universal liberty aud free iom to all
mankind. tGreat aPpia0se. ! "H %
\ We yielded, L say, TO- theSouthern
power everything stkCy 6skodss w .
gave them guaraptee after guarantees
for the protection of .slavery.- We
gave them that most stringent slave
law for, the gecpptpre iof lheirvfugi-
tlves, when,ithey demanded il, und
you know as well as J., that Ohio
hunted through her free aelds and
forests for the Oescaped' subject of
bondage orestore himsto hismastor.
The earliest reoollee etions l have Of
my own life was standing IN the
streets Of Bostna-and boholding An
thony Burns, who escaped from this
s9rS''"'i, Si, i,,. tnkaa- -hnek 70 South Car
.Olna. Did the North complain Z
Nay, verify. Did we raise up in
arms against the authority of tho
Government, and attempt to over
throw these CONSTITUTIONAL provis.
tons Not at all. Why, Massachu
.setts trembled with indignation when
that man, whom ber people believed
as well entitled to liberty as the.a.
selves, was torn from her soil aud
carried back to bondage. But Mass
achusetts Submitted, and she was
justified ia submitting simply be-
cause the South, under the COnsti
tuition, had a right to demand him, !,
aud we let him 90. De zoe '-o''s'is
say we yielded eEerywhsreJ We
gave them tho, Missouri Compro
mise, and when they dcmsnded.
that that Compromise should be re-
pealed, the DemoerScy 'of the North
struck hands " Slf them and, repeal
i0g il, reopened thei grbnt question
that Clay, Webster and Benton, and
all men had thought was forever
hse tfled aud at rest. d But when they
demanded, with knitubrows and Hn
CRY faces, sdhat this Rovernmeut-
this ,1HnoB femenisd with, tho bhpd
OF the futhers,l should be- giFea Ap,
then was stirred the hearts ef the
North and they cried out, nay. Why
did they zdemand this9 Because the
American people had, at the baIiot
box, ,eleeted Abraham Lincoln Pres-
.idsut Of the United, States, What
was tie platform upon which he was
elected ? Did il propose to Interfere
with slavery, or strike down one
single barrier reared, for its ,protsc-
tion 2 Not at air It simply said
thar hereafter the e.power Of the Gov
efn ent'should not be- so used for
the profession of the iustiEutiou as 10
be anlagoastie torlibsrty, That 10
the States 70 come 10, it would be do
ing violence to our cOnsciences and
20 God II we reared this giailt Of sla-
very IN ,territory alfOady lfoem We
single feeehoed tho WofdalOf, Henry
Clay that he meyer would give iRis
voice TO extend slavery, 10 America
We siInpiy carried out the designs
aud ideas of the wise mcoo aWihq
IGSq9ded Ihis Republic, and. declared
tnaI heuce Forward every new teTrlT
tory should come Stamped With the
seal of Ffeeaomd We eleeted'a p res
idsOt upon that Rfatfarfn. = uIp 1856,
we were defeated on, the .saws ,ph,t--
form, What did we do2 What did
Ohio doY TiYld simply aud fairly,
Withouta murmur or duestiotf 10 tie
|NoicslsOf ithSs Amencaa pcDpIe sx !
,prssseas al tbs, ballot db6k. IoWhep
ARTabep LiFna9lnl took the standard
in his lands, aaa bore ustOu to VIC
tory, I ask you Democrats or Kel
pdbiieausS 1--WE Of the North s4iad
bnOt pelsnt right tosxpect laad tiopl
pose that etAarPsopis ,Ofs che SOalS
would ylsld-as. Feadtiy-asuthe people
0fahe North slb them hid (hey !
N96 AT alt Mhst, y4N the sekeuse
offered? Did they say that we had
elected a Ptesideut Ia hn z unconsh- >
fhfeidnab Hlah5sE9,aK Kdtat alRs d.b5Gp !
|Ci sREeek ensidgeo stleN asdsi oqpe npf
the great lights Of the Confederacy.