The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-09-01

5 4 Collection OF Well Known Facts fOl
Campaign Use-The Democratic Com
Q mlttee Trusting 20 the Bad Memories
OF Republicans Consistent Record
and no Change OF Heart.
g Special Correspondence Of the Cincinnati
: Gazette.
WASHINGTON, 8 ugust 70.
The key note of the Democratic
campaign, As its committee here IS
preparing TO sound il, appears TO be
that the questions of the var are set
tied, and the new issues are tax, tariff,
, debt, and reform. The consistent
/ I Democratic record, 80 closely allied to
! what the Constitution calls extending
: aid and comfort to the enemies of the
= Government, is, so far rs possible, to
4 be pushed back out of sight. And
since the people have become thor
!, Oughly out of patience with the con-
I duet Of individual Republicans, the
7 Democratic Committee seems to
. think there Is a chance of their at
tempting to remedy the matter by
: abandoning the party which saved
the country, and committing the
nation into the hands of those who
throughout the rebellion were allied
with rebels.
A glance at this Democratic record
ought To he sufficient To convince even
Democrats themselves that the nation
can not yet afford To trust its interests
in their hands. 1t is thoroughly con-
) sistent throughout, and up to the
present moment shows no change of
hear.
THE RECORD IN OUTLINE.
Ifany one will turn through the
Congressional Globe from the out
break of the war II will be found that
in the cases given below the majority
Of the Democrats then in Con-
gress were arrayed against the
Government, and that in compar-
atively few of the instances cited was
there any marked departure from a
strict party vote:
On the 3lst of December, 1861, the
Democrats In the House voted that
any attempt to preserve the Union by
force would be impracticable and de-
struetive to republican liberty.
January z, 1861, they voted against
4 resolution approving Major Ander-
sons Withdrawal from Fort MOultrie
to Fort Sumpter, and indOrsing the
determination Of the President TO sus-
tain him.
February 18th they voted against
the bill to suppress insurrectiOn, and
authorizing the President to en-
ploy troops for the purpose.
March 3, 1861, protested in writing
against the act to indemnify the Pres
ident and other officers forsuspending
the writ Of hd6eds 0ornus,
August, 1861, and again in May,
1852, opposed bill declaring such
slaves free as should be employed by
their owners in aiding the insurrec-
tion. ~ en-
March, 1862, opposed a resolution,
recommended in a message from the
President, "Fhat the United States
ought to cooperate with any State |
which may adopt gradual abolition of |
slavery, giyingto such State pecuniary |
aid, to be used by such State in its |
discretion, to compensate for the in |
cOnveniences, public and private, |
produced by such change of SYSTEM
April, 1882, opposed bill for COM /
pensated emancipation in the District |
OF Columbia, and prohibiting slavery |
within those limits except as q pun-d
ishment for crime.
April, 1862, opposed iilstructing a
committee to inquire whether any
plan could be devised for the gradual |
emancipation Of the slaves in the i
Border States, and how far the Gov
ernment ought to aid in the mat
ter. l.'-
January, 1858, opposed bill report
ed from a select committee to secure
compensated emancipation in Mis-
sOuri.
December, 1852, voted against a res
OlutiOn iHdorsing the Presidents
proclamation of emancipation, and |
for a resolution declaring it "an as
sumption of power dangerous to the
rights of citizens, and TO the perpetu-
ity of free people"
June, 1854, opposed the repeal of the
Fugitive Slave law.
July 8, 1851, opposed the passage of
the following: "ResOIved, That in tho
Judgment of tllis House, it is no part /
of the duty of the soldiers of the Unit
ed States 10 capture aud return fngi-
tive slaves"
March, 1892, opposed the new arti-
Gle of war prohibiting all persons en-
plOyed in the military or naval force
from employing any Of the forces un-
der their command to aid i'm return Il
ing fugitive slaves.
June, 1852, opposed resolution for
bidding the employment of slaves, in
navy yards, dock yards, Rrsenals
and forts, or at the Naval Academy.
April, 1852, opposed the recognition
of Hayti and Liberia. 4-.
April, 1862, opposed removing the I
disqualification of eOlor'in carrying |
the mails. Ei..- l
February, 1863, opposed the enroll
ment act, and, subsequently, all acts
supplementary thereto. - 1
December 1868, opposed raising,
arming, equipping or paying negro
soldiers. 40 Odd .. Ht..- 4
December, 1853, some Of the rebel
States being occupied and held by the {
Union forces, steps were taken to-
Ward reconstruction. The Democrats
opposed the first bill looking i'm that |
direction, which authorized the Presi-
dent to appoint Provisional Govern 1
Ors in each State reclaimed by the ma
tional forces. ..i {
June, 1862, opposed the resolution 1
requiring the irOn-clad oath for all ap- Z
pointing or elected TO officers to hon
or or profit under the Government.
June, 1864, and January, 1865, voted !
against the 18th Amendment, abOl- {
ishing slavery. 6
February 20, 1896, voted for Mr.. i
Johnson's proposition to admit all
the rebel States to immediate repre-
sentation. '
Voted against the Civil Rights bill {
and the Freedmen's Bureau bill, and
to sustain Mr.. Johnson in his vetOes
of these measures.
July 18th committed the party
against the 18th Amendment, and
to all measures passed [
in pursuance thereof
December q, 1885, VOTED for a ser l
les OF resolutions offered by Mr.. VOOr- \
hees indOrsing President Johnson in {
the views he presented 20 Congress in /
his messages. !
Feb. 18th, 1866, voted against res !
olutiOn justifying tho President in I
still suspending the writ Of hQ6eds |
corpus in the rebel States, and thank s
ing him for employing the military 6
forces to protect Union men and freed G
men. !
June 11th, opposed a resolution de- i
elaring it the opinion of the House ,
that Jefferson Davis should be held in .
and tried under the laws of Q
the land l1E .irs a
June, 1866, opposed UOlOred suffrage G
in the District Of Columbia. n
Such are some Of the main points a
OF the Democratic record during the '
war and the year following it. OF G
course there is nothing new in the 4
courts. But at the entrance of the h
they will serve to refresh /
the memories of voters and prevent 1
any present Establishments of the late +
Northern wing of the rebellion from {
leading any one to forget its real rec Y
ord. - "a E
Since the war, also the party has
been consistent. Every step in recon-
struetiOn has been contested, and ev-
cry measure to protect the Union men q,
Of the South has been bitterly opposed. !.
The various rights sought to be con- =
ferred upon the colOred population =
the freedom of the courts; the opening :
Of the United States Courts to the !
Union men prosecuted for aiding the :
tie 18th Amendment, !
and all tile legislation TO enforce it;Ia
in short, each and every attempt on :
he mart of thp Government fO SpplIrp |