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The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
Resumption of Specie Payment.

In a recent letter, Treasurer Spin.
uer writes of the payment Of govern.
ment bonds
For time after the putting down
Of the rebellion IL was believed that
the Government was unable TO resume
the paymont Of IT'S obligations. II
this was true 10 the past, IL is GER
tainly not 50 now. The short time
securities Of the Government have
now nearly all been redeemed, by
payment in money, or converted into
bonds payable at its option after Eve
and within twenty years from the
dates Of their respective isspes. What
refraius will, within the next two
months be so paid or converted, or
will lose its figit to 10 converted or
to draw interest. After that, 1 can
see no reason why tie Government,
so far as itself is concerned, might not
almost Immediately resume specie
payments. f.t
1t is much to be regretted that The
subject OF the matter Of payment of
the ss"a twcuty bonds was ever agita.
ted BY those WHO are Ia favor of pre-
serving the credit Of the Government
untarnished. II i. had been permit.
ted to romain at rest unti, specie pay.
mont had been resumed, there would
have been nothing to discuss save the
naked propositions of honest pay.
ment or faithless reputation.
When the Government shall have
honestly resumed the payment of all
its obligations in coin, there is scarce
a doubt that its credit will become
so firmly fixed that it will find no
difficulty 10 obtaining loans, both at
home aud abroad, to enable it to con-
solidate its whole debt at rate not
to exceed four por eeut per annum.
v X 4 X X. x x
The gallantry and heroic virtue Of
our soldiers and sailors have saved
the country from the distracted con
dition of a Mexico. All should now
unite in firm resolve aud fixed de-
termination, that the public honor
and faith shall be preserved uutaru.
ishcd, and that the nation shall be
saved from sinking down to the stag
naut prostration Of n Spain. The
has done its part Of the glo-
rious work nobly, and deserve and
will receive tho nations gratitude, If
civilians desire that prosperity should
hold their names in grateful romem
brance, they must 6uish honestly
what was so splendidly achieved by
those who bore arms in the struggle
The soldiers mission has gloriousiy
ended. The civilians duty is still
before him."
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
"By Their Works Ye Shall Kno%
Them.n

The Ohio State Journal, thus sums
up the work accomplished by the
Democratic Legislature, last winter
They disfranchised the disabled
defenders of the nation domieiled in
the Soldiers Home at Dayton.
4" They laid an embargo upon cdu
cation by enacting that students at
Colleges shall not exercise the elect
i've franchise.
"They passed laws which will no.
stand the scrutiny of any intelligent
court in Christendom, aud then at
tempted to prevent the Courts of the
State from passing on their consti-
tutionality.
They neglected every measure OF
public Importance pending before
them, aud spent their time in acts
of partisan folly, aud bigOted pro-
scriptiou."
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
APPOINTMENTS.

F0STORIA.-Geu, Gibson and
j. NJ. Ashley, will address the poo
pie of LOudOn. and vicinity, on
Wednesday, Sept. 10th.
REPUBLIo,-R. Med. Gibson
and II. g. Pennington, will address
tho Grant Club at Republic, on
Friday evening, Sept. 4th.
LAPHAMS CORNERs.-Thc Re-
publicans of Scipio Township will
have Pole and Flag raising on Sat-
urday afternoon, Sept 9th. ate O.
clock. Address by Major Steele
President of Central Graut Club.
Turn out everybody.
WHITE HALL SCHOOL HOUSE
Major Steele, President of Ccurtpl
Grant Club, will address the Grant
Club Of Clinton Township On Satur-
day evening, Sept. 8, 1868. All are
invited to attend.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
The Nomination of W. P, Noble.

At the Crestline Convention last
week, the following sentiment was
embodied in the resolutions passed
by that Democratic body;
"The nomination of Warren p.
Noble, of Seneca county, by the Con.
vention which met at Monroeville on
the 9TH of August last, was brought
about by trading politicians, who
sought only their own private ad-
vancemeut, and the securing Of their
own private interests, regardless of
the rights and interests of the great
mass of the people, and his nomina.
ton is highly distasteful to large
portion of the honest and faithful
Democrats in the other counties of
the District, and one which neither
reflects the opiuious nor the interests
of the lOboring masses Of the party in
the District"
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
Mr.. Noble as a Trustee-Who is
he Trying TO Cheat9

We said, incautiously, that If Mr..
Noble had received the nomination
Of Convention properly constituted,
Democrats might consistently vote
for him. We have on reflection,
found more than one reason to recall
the remark.
Mr.. Noble AYERS that he has no
bonds Of his own but confesses that
he holds a very considerable amount
of that species Of property in trust
for others. This puts him in a worse
fix than if he were himselfa bondhol.
der. II places him In a dilemma
from which there is no escape, name.
ly; lie Is either false to the Democ.
racy on one Of the leading issues Of
the campaignj or he is false to those
whose property he holds in trust.
1t cannot be otherwise.
The Democratic party holds that
special privileges OF the bondhOlder
are odious, oppressive, aristocratic,
aud ought to be done away with.
The boudholder, caring nothing
for these objections, maintain that the
faith of the Government is pledged
to perpetuate all the advantages
which he enjoys, aud that it has no
power to release itself from the obli-
cation,
M. Noble can d0L--Staudiug 10 the
relation of trustee sdyoeato
measure disadyantageous to nose
whose interests he represents. lie
would be a dishonorcd man, whose
faith was broken, in relation which
the law, as well as the judgeme Mt of
all meu, holds to be peculiarly sacred.
If he cannot maintain his fduciary
relation honestly, and with the most
perfect good faith, he ought to sur
render it; and if he be not with the
Democracy fully on this important
issue, be ought to decline candida
cy. One or the other he must do, if
he be an honest man.
Who does he propose 10 botray ?
The Democratic party, whose candi-
date he assumes to be? Or the Wild
ows, orphans, or other persons whose
trustee he is One or the other.
He cannot maintain his faith to both.
lilo cannot servo God aud Mammon.
Il Bucyrus Forum. .. 4 ~
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
Democratic Doctrine Then and
Now,

When the legal tender bill was
pending in the House Of Representa-.
tives, Mr.. Pendletou, the present ex.
poneut of the "grecnback" system,
bitterly opposed the measure, giving
the following reasons therefor, which
We respectfully refer to our demo
cratic friends for their considerable
thinking that coming from this beau
ideal Of Democratic perfection, they
will give it at least passing consid
GRAFTON. These are the exact words,
which stands in such direct incon.
formity with the doctrine of to-day:
"You send these notes out into the
world stamped with irredeemaLil ility.
IoW put on them The mark Of Cdin,
and, IKE CdN, they ,oH go forth TO
bO pdgabonds and f6gitircs on The
earth,-What, then, viii be the con q.
sequence
1t requires no prophet to tell what
will bo their history.
The currency win be expanded;
Prices will be inflated;
Fixed value will depreoiate;
Income will be diminished
. The savings Of the poor will van
ish;
The hOardipgs Of tho widow will
melt away;
Bonds, mortgages and notes, every
thing Of a fixed value, will lose their
value;
Everything of changeable value
will be appreciated
The necessaries Of life will riso in
value;
The government will pay two
certainly largely more than il
ought-for everythingit goes into the
market to buy;
Gold aud silver win be driven out
OF the country;
What theng
The LAY Of reckoning must come.
Contraction will follow,
Private ruin and pubhc bdakrapt-
cy, either with OF without REPuDIA,
TIoN, viii inevitably follow"
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
What they Endorse.

On the 6rsI page Of this issue is
published an extract from the "Old
Guard" where treason is made glo-
rious and loyalty odious, In the fol-
lowing words -
"Tho cause upheld by Jefferson
Davis is the cause of God, liberty
and our American civilization
While that upheld by Abraham
Lincoln, which blindly and impiously
strives to reverse natural order and
amalgamate races, is the most impi-
Gus, accursed aud nonstrous that has
ever insulted heaven or outraged
earth since time began"
Such sentiments 40 these are Gu
dorscd by the Democrats organ Of
this city in The following extract
from its issue Of july I'd:
This excellent Democratic period
ical, for July, has made its appear
anco on our table. 1t is undoub todly
one Of the best aud most ably con.
Quoted magazines in the country, aud
we believe it would do much good in
the coming campaign If properly cir.
culated."
On the Both of July, of tho Au.
gust number which contains the
aforesaid extract, ho again iuditos:
"The August number Of the Old
Guard Is on our table. 1t contains
an excellent portrait of HoRATIo
SEYMOUR, our candidate for Presi.
dent, together with number of DO.
litioal aud miscellaneous articles. 1t
should be in the hands Of every
Democrat in the land"
Hero in the face of such language,
we lind IL endorsing and advising
shat at should bo placed in he hands
cfece,y Democrat in The land"
viii loyal men longer doubt that
treason turks like serpent beneath
the folds fthis mantle of Demosra-
Cy. lfyou would not go on to GER
tain political death, then at once
come out of this cOppcrhoad den, in
to the free air, untainted by such
poisonous vapors as emapate from the
"Old Guard" and its kindred publi-
cations.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
Thurman's Shirt Story.

Granny THURMAN is expected to
address the uuterrifed at this
place on next Saturday. He will
undoubtedly rOgalo his hearers
with that same old story Of the shirt
which it is said ho is repeating to his
hearers again in this campaign, iu
which he attempts TO convince his
audience that they are being crushed
under load Of national taxation by
saying that poor mau who goes to
store aud buys a shirt pays four
dollars for. what only used to cost
him two, and that the difference in
cost marks the amount of tax he pays
to the government on his shirt-in
other words that he pays two dollars
government tax on every shirt he
buys, andHin like proportion on all
other necessities Of life. Senator
SHERMAN in his recent able speech
at Hillsboro, took up this passage
in THURMAN's address and thorough i.
ly exposed It's falsity aud its Gishou-
esty, THURMAN told his audience
there was tax on raw cotton Of
three cents per pound, and a multi.
tude of other taxes which affected
cotton cloth directly aud indirectly
until they aggregated two dollars Oh
a pair Of shirts by the time thoy
reached the consumer Mr.. SRRR-
MAN answered by saying that the
three cent tax on raw cotton was en-
tirely removed months ago, TIL,
tax on the manufacturer who makes
the cotton cloth was entirely remov-
ed last June, and the only Fedora
tax, affecting directly or indirectly
the cost of cotton cloth is a tax o.
two dollars on every thousand dol
lars of sales by the merchant. This
tax on the shirts mentioned by
THURMAN would amount to abou
tour .6fths Of Oaa eeaL Now, ALLES
u. THURMAN either know that he
was hlsifying or he did not lf h,
did, he is a dishonest demagoguo ant
not entitled to the respect of men il
he did not, he is too ignorant Cor
eampaiga speaker, aud unGt tOrepre
sent even the Democracy of Ohio il
the United States Senate.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
Mr., Mobiles Ultimatum.

The following ultimatum from Mr..
Noble was read before the Crestline
Convention and Immediately tabled :
"MR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE CONVECTION / have said,
aud now repeat, that am in favor Of
harmony in the District, aud will do
all that is required to be done of an
honest man to produce this end
namely harmony--and that the De-
mocracy call Convention to meet
at---at convenient day, when a
candidate shall be selected, aud who,
when selected, shall be supported by
the whole Dictrict. | shall myself
mostrespecIfully decline being can
didate at that Convention. l. don't
pledge myself to demand votes for
certain candidates. / have no power
to control certain counties or dis
tricts. This can only be done by
their own delegates, and with the as.
surance that this proposition will
heal all difficulties in this District.
| will sustain whatever this Conven.
ton shall do.
On beiug asked what he would do
in case new Convention was called
aud some other county than Seneca
should present his name aud he
should be again nominated, Mr.. No
BILE replied that he should certainly
accept This was enough for the
Crawford men, aud, turning their
backs on Mr.. Noble they at once
nominated third candidate. They
will not go into any compromise
movement which admits the po ssibil
of w. p. Noble being the candidate.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03

Tho Ptda Dealer Of last woek aban.
dons its charge that the public debt
has Increased since the close of the
war-an assertion SO palpably false,
aud so utterly unsupported by evil
dence that We are at loss for terms
in which properly to characterize it.
The simple fact is that the public
debt has been reduced from the 6rst
of August, 1865, to the Rrst Of Au-
gust, 1868, the debt has been reduo-
ed from ss,757, ,sO3. .6s6,9I to $685.,
03t, t,fSO.GT-a reduction of more
than s22AOOO, 900, or more than $40,
100000 a year--aud this in spite of
the faot that hundreds Of millions Of
war expenses have been paid during
that time, aud that the tax upon
manufactures has been abolished,
willis other taIea have been greatly
reduced. tttt '
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
The Only Issue.

The Democratic party with their
usual craft and cunning, are using
every means in their power to make
i" TaKation and " Bonds the issue
Of the campaign, as il not only gives
them a better opportunity for ap-
| pcaling to the prejudice of the poo.
pie, but il also affords them a screen
behind which to hide and cover up
their shameful war record, which
they are so anxious TO "bury with
the past" Their candidate for Vice
President who fought 10 the Union
army and has no Infamous war record
to conceal, strikes their key note to
the campaign in his fOmous fcyolu-
.ionary letter to Col. Broadhead, up
on the eve Of his nomination, aud up.
on the strength Of which letter, he
received tho nomination at tho hands
Of that party. lie there says:
+" 1t is idle TO talk Of bonds, green
backs, gold, the public faith and the
public credit"
And then declares his revolution.
airy policy, thusly:
n n 1--WE must have Presi-
dent who will execute the will Of the
people by trOmpling into dust the
usurpations Of Congress. known as
the Reconstruction acts
He closes in the following positive
language
al wish to stand before tho Con.
vention upon this issue, for II is Que
which embraces everything else that
Is Of value in It's large and compro-
hsnsiye results. II is the ono thing
that includes all that is worth a Goa.
test, aud without IL there is nothing
that gives dignity, honor or value to
the struggle"
How can the Democracy lay inside
their dignity aud honor by ignoring
the issue promulgated by their party's
leader, wto stood before
their convention upon this question
alone1 and taking up the dead issue
of their defeated Pendloton, seek to
bedazzlc aud blind the people Of the
west, with " greonbncks," while their
leaders are secretly paving the way
for revolution and the overthrow Of
the government.
There can be no other issue in this
campaign. What would bonds, tax.
alton and grecpbaks amount to if the
rcins Of government were to fall into
the hands Of these revolutioulsts p
Nothingl Reputation would leave
you without a curreucy,--war would
leave you without q government and
civil strife, without a home. Grant
is the representative of peace and
govornment--Blair Of revolution, an.
arohy and ruin, There is but one
issue--peaee or war. Choose yo.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
Democratic Reward to Traitors.


vallAndigham vas the friend of
rehsls throughout the war. and pas
commissioned by the Richmond aa
tbV'itssto argaqise p,obs and force a
reroIs,ioa ia The North in order to
create a diversion in favor Of the
rebellion For this act of rebellion
against his oOpntry. ho is now put in
nomipation by this ianoesat aud much
ats.od parry, foF membership Of the
FOrty-drst Congress, as reward for
his Ateadfasl aud uOswerviug dsvo-
ton to The principles Of his party -
Such is the reverb meted out TO
traitors by this NOppsrhOad crew,
ye'ept the Democratic party.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Kick dog aud he will yelp and
howl.-Fremont Messenger.
Who has been kicking Van2

WARREN Z.
NOBLE he,
Cant begin to run with LEE -
[ Bucyrus (Dem.) Forum.
The war democrats Of the Third
District are repudiatiug the nomiua-
tiOn of Vallaudigham for Congress.
Gen. Schenck was unanimously re.
nominated for Congress in the Third
District last week
Perry Fuller, chief of the whisky
ring and rejected Internal Revenue
Commissioner, has been appointed
Collector of Customs at New Orleans.
Gov. Hartman, Of New Hampshire
will spend a week in Ohio the latter
part of next month. He is the ablest
stump orator east of the Allogh anies,
The Demo cratic party deliberately
sacrificed thousands of white men ia
order to save their slaves, and yet it
calls itself u white mans party
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
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The First Gun of Victoryl
10000 FOR VERMONT.
.s~-~s--- ---~-..-
"Shout the Glad Tidings p'
~ --.-~ - -~.---.
'rll VICTORY Is OURsl
"shout the Glad Tidinrs p
VICTORY Is oURsi

MoNrPELIER, Sept. L..
MoNTPELIBR, w., September L.
The annual election held in this state
today resulted in the success Of the
Republican state ticket by largely
increased majority over last year.
The election of three congressman by
heavy mejorlties, the choice of the
state senate unanimously Republican
aud the house nearly so. The returns
from one third of the state indicate a
Republican majority Of $4,000 for
governor, Good judges set il as high
as 30,O0Os The vote is the heaviest
ever known in the state since lS40.
y Mr.. Ashley will speak four times
in the Ninth District aud General
iGIBsoS will return the compliment
by speaking four times in the Teeth.
Since the nomiuation ofMr AsuLEY
the Republicans of the Tenth District
have closed ranks aud all arc work
ing earnestly for victory. ias
,tnf q. ------l--z- sn
hs The report current last week that
MUSGES Of the FiNh District had
been defea ted IN the denomination to
Congress, was incorrect. RAMSEY
and the other aspirants, fearing that
they would be slaughtered incouti-
uently withdrew aud the ''pOetic
William" il again candidate for
Congress. Alas, for Congress.
SO many Republican papers iu all
parts Of the country are joining the
sDemocraoy that We cauuot hud room
to print their names Bucyrus F-
eHa.
Now 70 defy the Fbrum to point
MS to single instance in the State OF
etohio, where arrepublieAn paper has
joiued the democratic ranks. Itean't
be did, Such an assertion bears
'falsebOOd " upon its face, aud will
mot be believed for a momeat, except
by a few iguOraut COPperhsads that
h'evor read nor could not II they Dc
sired 20,
n Tie Adeeriissr called Grant a
"spoonsg', ia last weeks sissue. But
here Is what the man whom the I'D.
fver6ssr glorifed aud endorsed so
persistontIy fer the Presidential can
didato Of "a party Geo. II. PondIe.
tSp, says Of him ia speech do.
liveFsd at Augusta Maine
~ shall not dlspcrage tho ability
tor character Of our opponents. !
would not If oOGld pluck one leaf
from the lanrels Of GepeEal Grant.
Whateser may be his ability as q
rsoldier he has stood the Isst al suo-
gosBs, and. 80 far as j have known. n
.Aai borne hiaiself l0ifh moderation and
spseypa aini,y ID his high el6es.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
Mobiles Love for the Boys in
Blue.


Some Of the boys that respo ude d
to the cal of their country aud went
forth to stem the storm Of war, re-
late a pitifGl story on the present
Democratic candidate for Congress,
1t appears that the boys after having
beeu enlisted, were, through some
unaccountable mistake, placed in a
New York regiment and consequent
ly credited to that State. Dissatis-
faction existing among the boys, it
was agreed upon to make applica-
tion to Noble, then Congressman for
this District, for transfer 10 an
Ohio regiment, which he very will
ingly consented to undertake, moan. i.
while treating them with great mag
uanimity aud most devoted Kindness;
but when the time came for definite
action, he politely informed them
that he could do nothing, without
each promised to reward him with
ten dollars, making in all 81 900,
Certainly this was very reasonable,
as that gentleman was only receiving
from eight to ten dollars per day as
Office fees. Boys in blue are you
prepared to cast your vote for such
a mang-Cyde RGmes.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03

We call the atten tion Of our read
ets to the opinions Of Treasurer Spin
ner, to be found elsewhere il to days
paper, They are plain apd OOmRrs-
hensiVe aud give the lie 70 tho thou,
sand apd one deceptive assertions Of
tho opposition on the financial qaes.
ton, DOR't fail to read them,
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03


TuE CoRNHILL MoNrHLY.-This
is one of the lneanest aud stupidest
Of Boston notions, and we will thank
the publishers to send us no more
copies. 1t is printed badly, on mean
paper, aud wears the stolen title OF a
respectable London periodical. 1t is
loil, of course Crascfo,d C6mty
FOrWm.
Aud Of course ought to be slauder.
ed by the F6ram whose editor is a
Cgmer after Brick POmeroy, and
who gets just close enough behind
that worthy to lap up his siop aud
hash Il up for the readers Of the
F6raR,
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
Attachment Notice,

Nicholas steihnels, rprR J
n va. = 49, .
Jacob L. I.ants, nert IN Attaehment
pEFOREI V. Johes.J, p, Of Ioadoa town.
~ ship, seneca county, O., on tue 10th day OF
August, A, D. 1855, Raid Justice issued an order
Of AttAohmenti In the above action for tho sum OF
three hundred d0llars. Fustoria, Aug. ", 'aa
ni6-at NICHOI.AS SrEINMET2.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
Attachment Notice.

Foster olmst0d Jr., PPtG va. !, n. Jackson aud
Josiah heraard, Defts.
HEFoRE J. V. Ionea J, p, Of LouGon town
ID shtR, Seneos TO, o., On the 18th day OF
August io6a, said Justice issued an order %
one hgndrel and tDpr dqllaIq aud soventy.iiye
cents. FOSTER oLMSrED.
Aus. % Ca ..f n46-3t.
The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-03
The Seoessiouists Candidate.

The Sandusky Register, speaking
of the recent nomination by the Sc
eessionists of Crawford County, says:
"a horrible suspic.on has already
become current that the Crawford
politicians intend to convey the i'm
preston 10 the Democratic masses of
the District that the Robert Lee
nominated at Cres'hne is the late
commander of the rebel army. 1t is
claimed, and we may as we'll admit,
that the general acceptance of this
canard would so inspire, enthuse,
and unto the Democracy of the Dis
triet that Noble would be forgo tten
entirely. aud Lee would receive the
solid support of the party in every
county. This alledged effort to mis-
lead the Copperhead rank aud file
must be exposed at all hazzards.
Mr.. Noble owes it TO himself if he
hopes to poll the vote of corporal S
guard, to publish this Infamous trick,
1t is infinitely worse than the harm
less thimble rigging by which Craw.
ford county says he secured the Mon
roeville delegation from Erie aud
other counties.