The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-24
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DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTA-.
De "'a TIVE MEN, '.'r.'

General SCHENCK, in hia speech at
Dayton, on the night ofSaturday, the
18th, gave the, foll0Ving portraits Of
the most prominent Southern dele
gates at the Tammsuy Democratic
Convention. We commend the pic
ture TO the soldiers ofths war, aud TO
all who had kindred 10 the army;
Now let us look at some Of the in-
diFidual cases, in order to better un-
derstabd what such an association Of
rsbels and peace Deu ocrAts, mean
Let US select two or three ofthe prom.
iuent men who we're foremost there in
the deliberatiops, or 10 the union At
least, for there Vac not much deliber.
alton about it, Of that party in Con.
Ventiou assembled. YOU will recol.
lect that a committee Of Senators and
Reprsse ntatives.Was appointed in Con
gress to Investigate all matters of
most moment connected with the
progress ofTeyeDts While the war
!, Sted. TT was called The Committee
on .,,,,s Conduct of the War, and you
mae have seen the report of that
committee. Among the, subjects, OF
their inyestig Ntiops they inquired
into , massacre ,yhich took place at
Fort Pillow, Atout one half Of that
report 10 tue deposition of sworn wit
nesses as to what tra.hsfired on that
occasion. Look at that history
Along come, rebel chief, brutal ac-
tive, energetic aud cruel, dist 'Sursh- =
ed for these characteristics before. as
several i'ems of bis history had ShoN "
and he compelled IL to surrender.
And after the surrender tork place,
our wounded, as it is,proven by many
witnesses, that lay at the margin Of
the river, half in the water aud half
on laud, we're permitted to be bayon-
eted by this rebel chief as they lay
there. Our poor fellows we're hunted
under bluffs on the river, as il they
were vermin, aud shot by these rebel
soldiers, after they. had lad down
their arms. One man was buried
alive, but somehow managed to escape,
aud, believe, is living to-day 9th.
ers, lets fortunate, we're pinioucd to
the side Of the house, and made
targets of for the brutal aud fcndish
rebel soldiers. AS if this we're not
enough to satisfy the 6endiSh veu-
geance Of these men, they took others
of their prisoners aud shut them up
ina wooden house (some OF them
wounded aud sot ere to the house
over their heads, and they shot or bay.
oneted any who attempted to escape,
and these men were burned alive.
Asif this were not enough, these in
fernal scouudrels, with their, devilish
leader, bayoneted our poor fellows as
they lay sick and wounded upon their
cots in the hospital Thus they
treated prisoners. Aud the leader OF
that baud was N. b.. Forrest, who
helped to make the uouiu ations al
New York, who was most promin
cnt leading spirit in that Convention
to make a platform aud to make d oln
nations for you aud me to vote for
What soldier is going TO do that
| I"None" "Noue!r1 What patriotic
man, Who has stood at the back Of the
soldiers aud helped maintain them
and encouraged them in their holy
work, be he Depocrat or Republican
can vote with and follow out the lead
ofsuch a man as that7 T"None ! ~
FShall | give you smother Instance
Who has not heard of Andersonvillei
Who does not caIry about a sad hear
when he thinks about what trapspireC
there, aud the history of our poo
fellows who were prisoners Of thos,
hell hounds at that placer Do yol
rscoileet what you heard about il
There are thUse here probably to-
night who have experience TO giro il
confirmation Of what j say. Their,
arc those here whose tears are scarce
lily yet dry, shed'for th6 terrible suf
ferings, the agony, starvation ant
death Of some dear sons, whose live
were lost through rebel crpelty. d.
you remember what We have beef
told about it7 Do you recollect hov
twenty live thousand Of our sbravl
lboys we're atone time shut up withil
the limits of few acres of ground
and a large portion OF that wer,
} swamps, through which octed q mud
dy stream. which afforded ihem tn
ouly water with which to slHke tbei
parched lips under the scorebing SUI
of that State2 DO you romembe
how, denied sufficient food, permitte,
: to become ragged and naked, and b,
, degrees pore, emaciAted, their mind
/. wandetibg, their lh6dies we're convert
: ed into mere skeletons2 Do yo'
: reoolleot how We were told the
erawled along, and with their long
snakey fnEers would dig into I'll
marsh, in order to get few roots L
exc out gfeg dFysl lenser that terribl
sxisteneef Do you .Tecolleet boy
when one of our poor boys, dragging
himself along in order TO secure
csst-oh crust or moral, would ran.
tuTe too near the dead line, snt