The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-03-05
When conscrinllon laws became a

By tho bullets Of tho enemy and the
diseases Of the camp, tho siege, and
tho march; and whom the country was
filled with emocratic denunciations
Of these laws, we risked popularity,
victory, and all, by defending them
as bravely as did our veterans defcnd
the country in tho fold.
When Mr.. Lincoln At last struck
at slavery as tho cause Of oil our
woes, as we'll rs the right arm Of the
rebellion, and when Democratic trai.
tors and writers still more scanda-
lously and pcrsistently illuminated
US as having converted tho war for
tho Union into an abolition war TO
free negroes, wo fSarlessly allied our
cause TO tho humble and tho helpless;
and Providence rewarded US for our
Gdelity, by that brilliant succession
Of triumphs which gave salvation to
the Union as we'll ns freedom to the
slaves.
When the National Convention Of
our opponents at Chicago dared to
hang out tho white Gag Of surrender,
by proclaimihg tho war failure, and
demanded an immediate cessation Of
hostilities, VIC promptly accepted tho
issue; and the soldier, with his cat.
ridgo box and the voter with the bal /.
lot.box, united in stamping their in
dignation on tho disgraceful ayowal.
When the Government was com.
PEELED to issue bonds by the hun
dreds Of millions, for the prcAerva.
ton Of our national existence, Dem %
ocrats ridiculed them as worthless,
and cautioned tho people against
risking their means in them, but the
loyal people we're deaf to their warn
ing; and now the same party do.
nounco them as having made too
good an Investment in their purchase.
When grcenbacks we're authorized
by Republican Congress, who can
forget tho Democratic predictions that
il would ultimately take a hatful Of
them to buy hat; and now they have
tho assurance to seek TO make politi.
cal capital out Of their popularity.
When the 39th Congress rejected
tho Presidents policy Of Reconstruo.
ton, and insisted on one which should
embody Constitutional guarantees
for the future, with full protection
for all who loved the flag and the
Union, our enemies denounced us as
wising to postpone Reconstruction
Whilo now tho same Democrats, with
their allay, tho President, arc striving
to put every possible stumbling block
in the way of their return.
When tho "llth Article" was pro-
posed as an amondmon, to tho Con
stitution, cmbodying no mandatory
suffrage enactment, but protecting
equally tho civil rights of all native
born and naturalircd, making a voter
IN Indiana just as potential as one in
South Carolina, and no more; barring
the door of tho Treasury against any
payments on account Of tho rebel
debt, or the emancipation of slaves,
tho whole Democratic party denounc
cd it, and urged the Southern rebels
to spurn it as they did. Now, the
two Democratic States of Kentucky
aud Maryland demand payment out
of the peoples taxes in the Treasury
for tho slaves the nation emancipated
aud tho two Democratic Legislature,
Of Ohio and New Jersey cndoavor tc
withdraw tho assent Of those States
to this bcnefcont Constitutional
Amendment, leaving tho door open
for the presentation of these Dcmo.
cratic claims, if Democratic Con
gross could bo chosen,
will not extend this letter by ,
defense of the Congressional policy
Of Reconstruction for Senator Nor
tons able viudioatiou Of it has GOV
cred the whole ground unauswerably
Suffice it to say that Congress havin;
authorized tho suffrage Of ovcrl
freedman in tho late rebel States
rebels aud all, except those who. b,
violating official oaths, had addeC
perjury to treason, aud The Democrat
ic party having denounced us for thi
limited aud temporary disfranchise
mont, the same party showed its 70
joicings over the fact that tho ro
maiudor Of tho unrepcntont rebels ia
Alabama have recently aud voluuta
rily disrranchised themselves in tn,
vain attempt to prevent the reorgan
iEation Of that State on loyal basis
Nor is this all, The President
now in full sympathy with the sam
Democratic party which opposed th
election-tho samo person who, as
candidate, declared that Treason
should bo made odious, but who, a
Chief Magistrate, is the hopo ani ad
miration Of every one who "still loves
the lost eause-whose oath bind
him ito take care that the laws b
faithfully executed" aud who keep
It by striking down officer after office
for the performance of this duty
who retains in Office aud under salar,
as his Attorney General (presidin
over ono Of tho Executive Depart,
ments which he Q aims ia his anti.
Stanton message to the Senate shoul
be in unison with tho PresideuO
gentleman who says publicly that h
will not appear bcfote the Court /
defend "the laws" from hostile at
tacks at least self-eonvicted befor
the country as having striyen to iu
dueo the General OF our armies I
defy law he did not himself dare /,
resist Sigually falling in this, hi
Democratic supporters unite now i
bitter denuneia,ions Of that singl
hearted aud illustrious officer wit
epithels which will not soil thes
pages by repeating, But the hear
Of the country, always generous an,
just, turns toward this gallant an,
slandered commander, with even NOR
affection than before, and longs 10
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