The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-08-27

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plittec, 446 Fourteenth Street, Wash
mgto" d. c., 1agust Isl, 1865.
CGWR4DEs: The din of battle haI
oo,.eS b,"t tho conflict Of idcas still
con,;nues ] 90 ,'hc shock of arms endet
with the surren a.,r at Appomatto,
Court House, but iho struggle o
principles still goes on. HaH Abra-
ham Lincoln lived, doubtless our "a
bors and tolls, ere this, would hsyo
been over and past. s'ia.'
But the bullet that carried Andrew
johnson into the White House re-
vivi6ed the dead rebellion aud bafiied
the advance ofpeace. Since then tn c
nation has beeniu one ccasoless strug
gle with copperheadsu and rebels.
They have filled the public Offices
they have swarmed over the land in
places where only loyal men should
go ; North they have been an eye =
sore End ofcnse to every loyal oitizou;
South, they have opposed recoustruc &.
ton aud equal rights, and now or
ganize their Ku.Klux Klans, in def d.
ancc Of the spirit and civilization of
the age. The Democratic Party, un !.
abashed by its unpatriotic and shame
full course as a party throughout the
war, now again confronts the couu-
try with platform and candidate
which are at once an insult to every
living soldier mockery to every dead
soldier, and reproach to every pat
riot in the land.
On the other hand we behold the
Republican Party with their shining
record of patriotic deeds, the banner
of our country floating proudly over
them, aud the great leader of our
conqueriDg army as their choseu
champion. They we're our hearty
steadlast friends throughout the war,
they sustained us IN kthe field, they
defended us at home, they rejoiccd
over our victories aud mourned over
our defeats they fred no rebel bul
lets, they recruited no rebel armies
they gave no rebel votes, and now
they ask us.aSain to aid in carrying
the nation forward TO its natural aud
logical destiny; to help secure the
rich fruits of the war 10 all their full.
ness, to assist in grounding the Re.
public at last on the immutable basis
of loyalty and justice, and equal
rights to all.
sSoldiepstn .Horado Seymobt tho
Democratic Party have a ftoandidatC
a representative coPperhead aud a
rebel in disguise. In our own U. S
Grant we have the simple honest sol
dior aud loyal defender Of the Union
Theon represents reaction, the other
progress. The one sympathized with
theConf6de ncy, Lhc lStEetfor the I'm,
ion. The one stands on the National
| Reputation, the other, ofNationaI
Fa ;th iHviolate aud iuyiolable, The
one SUNNI ons YOU to the defense OF
class aud caste, ;5e ether declares fol
the rights of man, as maa, Fer loyal
ty and libatiy,,fnf equal and eEac'
justice to all men. Comra1cs; the
issue is plainly made up, and now
choose yes sir tsaI s,.ai 10 lse.a.
= Soldiers, it is the old cause, and
the hosts are again gathering for the
conflict. The Old Flag is again un-
furled aud Grant again heads the
c0Is1rad1 Heli u It0Aho btatd -pat- :
riotic soldier that Ted you to victory
during the 1t is the Flag you
supported so galladtly on many o
bloody field. 10 is the same gloriogs
cause for which during the War, SO
many of our comrades laid down
their ligss., Shall it be said; that we
fought al In vain, and that our dead
died thus in vainp No; you will
not reverse the record Of the battler
field, no; you will not prove false to
your slain comrades, no; you will not
now desert the old cause and turn
your backs upon your old chief aud
leader. 4 You will not fbrget the
shining record of Donaldson and
Vicksburg, Of Chattanooga aud the
Wilder1ess. Of Petersburg aud Ap-
pOmattox Court House, no But IS