The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-08-20
The Abyss Before Us.

H. l. Ihe seizure of Rabouadcd po,o,
oper the Southera States bv he Ia
Rebels. In stating this, we state b.
what they, through a thousap
mouths, have already proolaime,
Not Frank Blair only. but pearl
every talking Conservative" IN ,b
South, has assumed that the eloctio
of Seymour will be a popular verdic
against the whole Reconstruetio
policy Of Congress, aud esoeciall
against the right Of blacks to vot,
They tell US that the election of Sew
mour aud Blair will be rati6catio
Of that plank Of their Tamman
platform which stigmatizes tho Re
construction acts as Revolutionary
null and void, aud that they shal
proceed TO treat them accordingly
That is 10 say; They will treat IN
new State Goveruments as nallities
and proceed at ouce to replace then
| by what they call ''White Men
GovernmentsH---that is, government,
based on their own good pleasure
That they will be resisted, aud tha
bloodshed and Snarchy will result
are inevitable. l ,t.IrU .tHfsian
i III. Another result Of Seymour,
election will be e.the triumph Of tha
sneakiag, eOVa, diy form Of Repsfia
Goa termed P0yiR5 the Eoe Tocntie.
IN Greeabacks. We do not mem
that this yillainy will.-ultimutel,
prevail; but its advoostss will foiI
the poincot be uppetmost. aud will
push IL to the extent of debnsiun
our currency so thatit will have M
definitc vaide and the property OF
the widow aud orphan, now held in
trust, will be rendered worthless
knaves will pay their debts with, ten
to twenty cents on the d,llar. and
Labor will be, paid of iu money that
has little or no value. Ultimately,
the iu6uite evils Of this scheme will
strip its advocates Of power replacing
them by champions OF financial in
tegriiy; SO the debt will at least be
paid, but not til after it has changed
hands to tho loss of many timid OF
needy holders, and its rcpudiatio a
will have wrought general bankrupt.
cy aud ruin.
III The Whitc Uaionis,s ,ciH Be
hunted from The South as they ,oere ip
Me Wtnter and Spring of 1860 6l /.
Many Of them viii be Killed in the
process, as they were on the former
occasion. They Rcppbliaus1 van.
to getup free debate,'' said Cling
man, OF North Carolina. in the SEN
ute in Decemoer, 1860, a as the Sen
etor from New York Mr., Sewardl
oppressed 1t, in one Of bis speeches
BuI u Senator from Texas [ Wigralll
told me the other day, that "a = e''t
many Of these free deLd,ers zoe hang
ing JfOdt hG 6ees o3nH% country"
Texas Such was the Southern
response to paosfc over'ures from the
North after We had sieeted our Presi
dent, Itw,ll b rougher than that
If they shovtd now elect their man,
From e,ery Southern islump, tis.pro
cl-ined that the "carpet baggers
Republicans from the Mortal an ID
" scalawags" GWhite Republicans
born in the South will be run out
the moment they can be without fear
Of damaging Seymours prospects.
Should be be successful in November.
the " hite Republicans in the South
will be hunted over. the. Potomac and
Ohio 'or intO a their graves, before
Christmas.
IV. Tie Blacks will generally gceu be
allowed to stay if they criuge enough
aud abjure the Right of Suffrage
A few OF the leaders will be killed
for ,ekhnpleis sake, Sbht he great
mass will be simply reduced to the
condition of beasts OF burden aud
toleTated 50 l9pg as, tbeg abide, in %.
II they er6vel sufficiently and keep
their mOu lis shut, their lives will be
v But ,he khole fa.iu4As. 81
Black Education will be arrested at
oooe. The schools kept by Whites
will be burned; those keyt by Blacks
will be HpBesmplofily Dshut upA A
negro seeking education for himself
or his children will be regarded aud
treated ss an ,incendiaEy, All-that
has been 80 uobiy aud we'll begun for
the enlightenment and mora elevat 1 on
Of the FrecdmeL will be stopped, and
their education made a orime ia fsct
If not also in law, Z, Darkuess will
Igain settle upon the face of the
lapd, and eQmpPa Achpois, even fof
Whites either be forbiddeni or Fgen
orally allowed 10 fall into disuse.
Such aret some of the inevitable
results Of Seymour's election, were
that election possible, a The scondi-
ton Of the South resulting from such
a triumph would make angels weep
and devils blush. It would be a
Victory Of dsrkness--a jubilee Of
treason--a long stride towards Chaos
and Primeval, Night. Its not pos
sible that such fate is in store for
IRE TIED 4ePpblic NJ ~ Tribune.
The Cincinnati Enquirer has a
rePntatiogfor being staunch DEM
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