The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-10-01
Speech Of Governor
Hartman.
TIIE rAsr ANn rnrsrNr.

boarts were falling men for fear. Then
the candidates Of the Democracy we're
Mcclellan and Pendioton, and the
platform Of the party was opposition
TO the further prosecution Of the war,
aud the Democratic party went into
the campaign apparently confident Of
a glorious triumph. You remember
tho result. Now, my fellow-citizens,
no war cloud is hanging over us. The
rebellion, which they pronounced un.
couquerable, has been destroyed the
prophets of evil have been put TO
shame, and to you, who we're faithful
and true, has como the return Of iny.
But not willing TO retire from the
contest, they want more sorrows for
victory, aud the leaders of the rebel
lion in the South have recently met
their sympathiEing brethren of tho
North, in sweet convention assembl-
ed, in the city Of New York, and laid
down a platform of principles dictated
by your FORESTS aud Wade Hamp.
tons. Of the late rebel nrmy, present.
ing candidates for the sufTrages Of the
people acceptable to nobody who dc.
sires the humiliation and shame Of
those who couspired against the life
of the Republic.
RECORD or TnE DEMOCRACY.
What party was IN power when the
rebellion broke out2 The Demo
cratic party, with Democratic Pres
ident, n Democratic Cabinet and
Democratic Senate. Where was
your Democratic Prosidout2 Iii.
arm hung ncrveless at his side when
the country was waiting to see him
take treason by the throat, as Audrew
Jackson or any other decent white
man would have done. Laughter I
He issued his proclamation that be
had no power to prevent State from
seeding. Pity the sorrows of
poor old man" Rcncwcd laughter |
The leaders Of tho Northern Dcmoc-
racy hos assured the couspirators that
they could go on If they desired aud
break up this Government and form
Confederacy of their own, aud receive
no serious opposition from the people
Of the North. Upon that suppose
tion, on the nineteenth of February.
1861, Jefferson Davis, one of tho
leaders of the Democracy of the
couutry, was sworn in as President .f
the Southern Confederacy and Alrx.
II. Sicr hens, anothcr leader of tho
Democracy, was sworn ia as Wee
President Of tho Southern ConGcder-
acy, two weeks before Abraham Lin
coln was sworn in as President of the
United States. But that is not all
every single State that seeded had
Democratic Governor, was ia Demo-
cratic hands. Every officer Of the
Ccnfederaoy was Democrat. The
Speaker Of the House of Representa-
tives was Democrat their Cabinet
aud their ministers, every man of
them, were Democrats. Their great
army leaders were Democrats. Lee
was Democrat. Beaurcgard was
Democrat, Breckenridge was a Deuo.
crat, Wise, Cobb, Hardce, Buckuer,
Mngruder, were Democrats, every
single one of them, aud every mau OF
note among them was Democrat.
But, sir, that is not all. Every man
at the North, as you will bear W.T.
ness, who shouted no coercion; who
said it would be unconstitutional TO
suppress the rebellion who gave aid
aud comfort to the Infamous aud wick.
ed work, every solitary man of them
was a Democrat. Don't you all know
it2 Laughter and answers Of
Yes How could act any luu.cr
with the party? How could any man
who prctends to be aotualed By the
principles of love for his country?
You say the Democratic party has
always beer tho Union party. No,
sir, In this strugglc-tlie ouly
struggle in which you or ever saw
tho life Of the nation thrcateued-tho
Democratic was the disuuion party,
the only disunion party. Every man
knows that the euiirc Southern wing
Of that party raised its bloody hand
against your Government, and the
Northern wing, as organized with Mr..
Buchanan as its head, told the con
spirators they could 20 on, that the
Lincoln hordes would not dare 20 lift
dnger against them TVoice. /" But
they were mistaken."] Yes, slightly
mistaken. Laughter
DURING TuE WAR.
During the war, when this great
conflict of the nineteenth century was
rocking the earth TO its center, when
the sun in heaven vas draped ia sack.
cloth, Vheu the blood Of loyal tnen
was poured forth in deIeasc of their
country, whcro stood the leaders of
the Democratic party?
We d0d tho leading Democrats of
my State aud yours, and of Indiana
and throughout tho North, solcmuly
declaring their unfeigncd hostility to
the war declaring that no true Dem.
erat could fight in such a war as this.
We fud, Mr.. President, the Demo
cratic press and our State Legislature
resolving, in 1864, that the war must
be brought to ala immediate close, aud
that We must settle our difficulties by
negetiation, o0 the basis Of restored
nation or some other basis. We fnd
no sorrow for our reyerses, no rcioic
ing for our victories, 40 eulogies for
our slain. no sympathy for that soul
burdened, brain-racked patriot, Alb
raham Lincoln, Aud when our six
haadre1 thousand soldiers in the
Geld, or dying in hospitals, were call.
ing on us to send down more men, for
Gods sake, to save the country, We
ind this great aational Democratic
party in convention at Chicago, and a
voice comes fCsm that convention
which almost freezes the very life
blood Of the soldiers, declaring that
the war is failure, that our armies
were defeated. AID that hostilities