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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20

The Detroit Free Press labors hard
70 persuade the Democrats that Gree
ley and Brown are not their best
fhoIt,D bat, as q Democrat said TO us,
the handwriting is on the WALL
Greeley is the coming man for Bal-i-
more, and the Free Press must take
the dose or bolt its party. We re-
sDectfully. enquired OF our Democratic
friend VINO pointed to the hand-writ-
ing on the wall, whether that hand
writing did not also foreteil the down
fall Of Babylon. But our Democratic
friend declined to carry the figure OF
speech beyond his own application.
/ The Detroit Free Press says tnat Gree
Z lev is "nownere" in the affections OF
/ 1.-The Michigan Democrats, and that n
/ WAYNE county, including the thirty
delegates to be chosen in Detroit 70
I the State Convention, there VIII not
/ be a dozen Greeleyites. That may all
ook 50 at the present writing, Dut
! Indiana told the story, for as our aiors-
said Democratic friend remarked,
'fYOu will notice that New York and
Indiana always act together" Now
the Free Press knows that the 4llcni-
gan Democracy, was hewn from the
York Democrats 50 will 90 Michl-
gan Democrats. Indiana Democrats
having gone for Greeley, the Rev
York Democrats viii do likewise, and
in that wake follow the Michigan
I Democrats-and all three States viii
go-to the devil.-Cgeueld5ld Herald
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20
Khat lThe NatIonD SaEs.

The Nation is one OF the papers
which supported the so-called lib
eral Republican" movement at Gin
cinnatl, but it could not stand the
nomination Of Greeley, and has not
hesitated to express its opinion pretty
plainly. The following remarks. are
from the edition of this week:
"He (Greeley) is neither revenue
reformer, civil service refOrmer, nor
any other kind OF reformer that the
people now care about and, as to un-
certainty, the very wind has, since
the establishment of the weather bu-
reau, become mere reliable than he.
The result is, and the history of the
last month shows il, he has not only
not drawn to himself any of the rep
utable discomfort of the Republican
party, but he has driven il back into
the ranks repentant and huniliated.
He stands surrounded, as far as the
/ Republican North is concerned, in
the main by sOreheads and blather-
sixties. His great, and, indeed, only
reliance is the Democrats ofthe North
and South, and especially of the
South, and he therefore presents him
self to the Republican party as SIM
| ply the visible sign of a renewed at
tempt on the part of the old Copper
heads and rebels to get possession OF
the government.
What are honest men to do now
Well, if there is nothing else offered,
If the Democratic Convention COM
mits the absurdity of raising "the
old white hst'' as its standard at Bal
timore, the only way for Republicans
of our way Of thinking to do is to
choose the lesser Of the two evils and
vote for General Grant. We expect
no improvement in the administra-
ton from him; we do not look at his
hands for the removal Ofany of the ex-
isting abuses we know of no answer
to any Of the weighty and reasona-
bic objections made to his admins
tration, but we do know, as near at
may be, what he will do; we know, as
least, the worst he will do. The pro-
liabilities are that, the temptation,
connected With denomination over,
he will on many points change for the
better. Moreover, and this is the
most important point Of all, if he is re-
elected, there will be no general redis-
tributi0n of offices and no financial
disturbance. What Greeley will NOD
and what the motley crew whom he
would lead to Washington would do,
nobody knows"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20
Tin WaterIng-POts for Minnesota
Farmers.


Mr.. Greeley writes to the Hon.
William L. Ames, who is, next to
Long John Wentworth, the greatest
Of living Liberal Republican agricul-
turists, that having retired from the
Tribune instead of from Chappaqua,
he will have time to keep up his cor
respoHdence on agricultural topics,
and that he will continue to send
practical hints for the benefit Of Min
nesota farmers, as they occur to him
from time to time. Mr.. @ says ne is
happy to learn that the drought in
this region is broken, for the failure
of crops would be fatal to the hopes
of purely agricultural candidate for
the Presidency. Before hearing of
this favorable turn, he writes, he had
about concluded a contract with a
Chappaqua tin-smith to supply every
Minnesota farmer with a fOur-gallOn
tin-watering pot, in order that the
producers of this State might irrigate
their fields and save their crops
st. Paul Press.
But after Greeley had got the water
ing pots, What about the water ?
And that reminds US Ofa little story,
and it is q true story, too. Some years
since we had a fearful drouth in
Northern Ohio, and all thoughts were
turned upon the disaster consequent
thereon. A good old lady, who never
let an opportunity slip for planting q
great truth, was making a call where
were congregated half a dOzerf other
ladies. And the conversation upon
carva nf uirIS and bouaaho1d oalaD !
ties, having been exhausted, the
weather was the next topic in order,
and of course the terrible drouth was
lamented and was commented upon.
The good lady thought that the time
had arrived to make the moral i'm
preston, and she remarked "that the
condition of things only showed
how powerless all mere human effort
was, for we were wishing for rain
and we were praying for rain, anC
yet in and of ourselves we could moi
MAKE a drop of water. ~ GeUeyanC
Herald.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20
Tue New Postal REGULATIONS

The new postal bill which became
q law Just before the session of Con-
gress closed, makes some changes in
existing postal regulations which are
of general interest. The most import
ant is the authorization. of One-cent
postal cards for correspondence or for
printed circulars, similar to those
which were introduced in Great Brit
ian nearly two years ago, and are now
in use in nearly all European cOun-
tries. The House provided in the bill
for a paper flap to cover and con-
ceal the writing. The Senate chang
ed this to an open card. In confer
ence committee the style of the card
was left to the discretion of the Post
master-General, who prefers the open
card and will order that kind only to
be manufactured. The face of the
card will bear a One-cent stamp, and
the back will be ruled for letter. The
price of the card and stamp will be
only one cent. It will probably be
three or four weeks before they will
be ready for sale, as the plates for
printing have yet to be prepared. The
postage on circulars, newspapers and
other transient printed matter, which
under the old law was two cents for
every four ounces or less. Small
circulars, which formerly cost two
cents to mail, can now be sent for one
cent, an important reduction to busi-
ness men who use the mails largely
10 advertise their business. The
change is now in force, the law being
immediate IN its effect. The first
assistant pOstmaster-general refused
to recognize the law, however,
when an attorney laid the question
before him after having been told at the
city postoffce that his circulars with
one-cent stamps could not be sent.
The official claimed the right to sus-
pend the operation of the law until
it could promulgated to postmasters
throughout the country. This claim
is regarded as indefensible. The law
is now operative and everybody is
entitled to claim its benefits, post
masters being expected to know its
provisions as we'll as other people.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20
From Harper's Weekly
Far President: UIySses S. Grant.

The enthusiasm with which the
President was renOminated showed
two things: the deep gratitude Of the
people TO a man whose service to the
country has been inestimable; and
their deep indignation at the measure
less calumDy which has been heaped
upon his name. The attacks upon
Gen. Grant show the very madness OF
hostility. He is represented as
candidate imposed by himself or by
somebody else upon reluctant Repub-
licans, when nothing is palmer than
that no Republican in the country
has so strong a hold upon the party
as he-a hold which is due not only
to the sense of his military services,
but to his answering fidelity to every
principle of the party and to his own
pledges at his Inauguration With
absurd inconsistency he is denounced
at once the most imbecile and the
most dangerous of tyrants.
Indeed, the opposition to him IS so
insanely eXtravagant that it makes
very little impression upon the intel
ligent mind of the Republican party.
And that party enters upon its con-
lest VIII JnDIC IGdAA lGelA eAAASoS saAA
uDanimity than in 1868. Its present
duty is to destroy the organization Of
the Democratic party, by battling the
effort to give it new life by the Gree
ley movement. And it will do that
duty as efectually as it has done all
the work to which it has been called.
Having suppressed the rebellion IN
conditionally and abolished slavery
utterly, it will now complete the des-
truction of the party which sustained
slavery and produced the reballion.
And it will accomplish this work IN
the lead Of the patriot whom Mr.. Mar
tin I. Townsend in casting the vote
of New York for him in the cOnven-
tion, described as "thaJ man of whom
Greeley said, He never has been bea-
ten, and never will be- U. S. Grant"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20
EASY LESSONS.

Which is the best Democratic paper
in the United States?
The New York Tribune.
Why is it the best;
Because It has lately received what
to Il is q new doctrine, and like all
new converts is especially enthusias-
tic.
What evidence is there that it has
become DemOcratic2
It denounces many things that it
formerly advocated upon Republican
principles-for instance the Ku-Kux
Iaw-it defends Hall and Others Of
New York, vino were interested in
the Democratic Tammany frauds, II
excludes Republican reading from its
columns for the purpose Of giving
Democratic matter, it is trying to get
Democratic votes for its 'pOssum edit
or, Greeley, and insists that the DEM
ocrats shall nominate him at Balti-
more.
What is the reason for this change
in the Tri5Une9
It originated in the disappointed
aspirations ofBfr. Greeley, who Joined
himself with Fenton and others in
New. York to control the State Re-
publican politics and the patronage oi
the government, but failing in this
he suddenly became so liberal in his
feelings that he was willing TO forego
the principles he had advocated all
his life, and took the Tribune with
him.
Are there no other reasons for thi;
change?
Yes; several One, however, viii
suffice. Greeley was "snake-bit" with
the Presidency. This is a very bad
disease, virulent in its action, and 9
man who is struck with it either get:
to be President or loses all principle
Greeley in being led away with
this carried the Tribune with him.
What will be the result of tbi:
change Of the Tribune?
Its only effect has been, and viii
be, TO disgust Republicans; fOr meI
do not forget their firmly fixed prin
ciples as easily as do the organs Of de-
signing men. The Tribune mus
look to the Democracy for support
for its sore-headed editor, and not tC
the Republican party.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20
From The Boston Advertiser, Fuday'l
The Largest Balloon In the World Ru-
ined BIZ Spontaneous Combustion.

All who have heard of Professor
Kings mammoth balloon Colossus,
and who read the announcement in
yesterday mornings Advertiser that
the Professor had been engaged to
make the Fourth Of July ascension
from the Common in the monster, will
learn with regret that the balloon was
greatly injured by spontaneous COM
DustiOn yesterday afternoon. For the
past five months Professor King and
assistants have been hard at work on
the huge balloon at his residence. I79
Chelsea street, Chelsea. Some idea OF
OF the work kmay be obtained when it is
stated that thirteen hundred wards of
cotton cloth, manufactured expressly
for the purpose in one Ofthe Lawrence
mills, were used in the construction
and the stitches, if placed in straight
line, would reach twenty five miles.
The work was nearly completed and
the balloon w2s spread out on a vacant
lot between Chelsea and Watts streets.
! One Of the four coats of oil-varDish
with which it was to have been coyer-
ed had been applied, and on account
of the recent storm the balloon had
been rolled up to prevent iniurv by
the storm, but, as the sequel proved,
it would have been much better had
it been left alone. Yesterday after
noon atabout 3 O'Clock, when the cloth
was unrolled, it was discovered TO be
on fire in several places, and very bad
| ly damaged. Spontaneous combus-
ton, probably induced by the oiled
cotton becoming heated by a thorough
soaking, was the cause. The balloon
was uninsured, and the amount of
damage can not yet be estimated.
Professor King, who was in PhiIa-
delphia, making arrangements for the
construction of a basket of novel de-
sign, and which would hold fourteen
persons, was notified by telegraph of
| tue disaster, which will not only be a
serious loss 10 me Professor, but a sad
disappointment 10 the thousands who
anticipate tue FOurth-of July pleas
ure OF seeing the largest balloon ever
constructed N America ascend from
the Common"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20
Funerals.

The rich and poor, as a rule, are
fond of great displays at a funeral,
Somehow il has come to be thought
that ones respectability is measured
by the attention paid the inanimate
clay of the deceased friend. A poor
family will beggar themselves for a
year, that the one of their number
who has gone before may have a re-
spectacle funeral-respectabl means
rich coffin, a wealth Of flowers, the
family in deepest black, and long
line of expensive carriages. It is an
evil in our land-the eXtravaganee at
funerals, and the extravaganza of the
mourning costume that fashion die
tates. That there are those among
surviving friends who really put on
weeds of woe because they honestly
are,outward tokens Ofinward grief. we
viii not dispute. To such, mourning
attire is a comfort, and solace. We
would not question It's prOpriety, so
long as il is INDUCED in with due re-
gard to the means of the wearer. But
after all, it should not be forgotten
tl,st money will buy rich funerals, and
that there is not, necessf rily, any con-
nection between expensive funerals
and the respectability of the dead or
of surviving friends.
One of the most expensive funerals
of late was that of the late James
Gordon Bennett, The coffin was one
the finest ever made: it was made
with side panels and these covered
with costliest Lyons silk velvet; it
had eight solid silver handles Of an
entirely new design, made expressly
for the occasion; the lid was of French
crystal glass: on one was the name
of the deceased in silver: the lid hung
on silver hinges; the interior uphOls-
with white silk, satin and Venetian
lace.
For pail bearers there were ten
editors and suppose tine things those
editors have said, first and last, of
Bennett, and he of them, should have
been read out at that funeral. And
the street was blocked by a gaping
crowd, and bushels of flowers were
heaped around, and the array of
priests was very great, and there were
more than one hundred carriages in
the cortege, and the display was
very fine one.
Perhaps we have no right to criti-
else that display, for the estate Of the
deceased is abundantly able to pay the I
expense. And we do not eriticise it,
We only say that money will buy
gorgeous funerals, and that such dis |
play adds not particle TO the re- I
speetability of the one eOfiined, nor
VI those who come together "tO pay
SneiI respects to the memory of the /
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20

The World has FOR several days
been crawling back 10 its kennel ike
q spaniel fundamentally damaged by
q square-toed boot. What q funny
dog the editor Of that paper is! He
can dance on his heel, jump through
more hoops, turn over, jump higher,
than any trainedpup ever seen on
the tau-bark Of the stage. To-day the
World is Of the opinion that II Gree
ley would give assurance that every
mem Der OF his cabinet shall be pro-
nounced Democrat. and that every
important question shall De decided
by them, then Greeley might make q
good Democratic President, and the
country have assurance Of a Demo
cratic administration. On, what 2
World !-NeU York Commercial Id
I Uefriser.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20
The Singing Rebuke OF a Life
Long Friend.

For many years Charles Sumner
and VIM. Lloyd Garrison have been
warm personal friends. For many
years co-laborers in the great cause
of anti-slavery and the triumphs of
the Republican party. Mr.. Garrison
regards the present course of his
friend with deep regret. The letter
which we publish below is a most
scathing rebuke of Mr.. Sumner for
his bitter, malignant course toward
President Grant. His speech in the
Senate the other day showed that his
hostility was purely a personal one.
1t abounded in eXtravagant state
ment and Misrepresentation. To
every candid mind it bears its own
condemnation, for from beginning to
end it reveals a bad spirit, ill-becOm-
ing a man who occupies the high
position of Senator. It is a note
worthy fact that Mr.. Snmner's speech
has failed to shake in the least the
public confidence in General Grant,
or to render one whit less certain
his reelection in November. The
following is the text ofMr. GarrSson's
letter. Its cool, candid tone and
statesmanlike sentiment can but give
it great weight among Republicans
all over the land:
ROXBURY, June l.
DEAR Mr.. SUMNER: I owe it to
you to say it with all frankness,
which sober friendship justifies, that
1 have carefully read your speech in
the sharp arraignment of the Presi-
Ia,A 80 AHnA So.
ill-judged, ill-timed, and so extrava-
CANT in its charges, and bitter in its
personality, IS TO neutraliZe whatever
just criticism can be found in it. 1t
will assuredly serve the purposes Of
y2nr worst foes. The cause of impair
Uial freedom has the most to fear.
Very of them now are rallying under
the deceptive banner of the Liberal
Republicans, but loyal liberty, up
holding the party with which YOU
have hitherto been proved to be iden-
titled, will peruse it with deep regret,
if not with unfeigned astonishment.
Certainly you do not represent Mass
achusetts in this sweeping impeach-
ment. Your Republican people are
almost a unit for the reelection Of
the man whom you attempt to stain
with crime, and cover with infamy.
You cannot separate General Grant
from the party which put him in the
Presidential chair, and which meals
to keep him in it, if it is possible,
another term, being satisfied as to his
ability, integrity and patriotism, and
therefore, in stigmatizing him as a
"venaI self.seeker," +" and an "unscrup-
uIous usurper" you virtually pro-
nounee it to be equally corrupt and
untrustworthy. This you have a
right to do on your own responsible
tv, if you must, bat in so doing you
will find yourself for the first time in
marked opposition to the sentiment
of Massachusetts, as its Senator in
Congress, and surrounded by Others
who have beenyou deadliest enemies.
Occupying as l do an outside position,
write this. not under party bias,
but only because I feel constrained in
this manner to free my mind, and as
a proof of my friendship; receive it in
the spirit which has dictated it.
Faithfully and respectfully yours,
WIN. LLOYD GARRISON.
To Hon. CHARLES SUMNER.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20
GREELEY GEMS.

"POlnt wherever you will to an
election district which you viii pro-
nounce MORALLY ROTTEN-0iUen I'D
an great part to de6duche5y and Uice,
t0lsose rOters slt5sist mainly 6y keep
ing POlicy-hOuses, gambling houses,
grog shops, and darker dens of in
ydBeI-dRd that district lOiH be found
giving a large majority for the Demo
cratic party. :
What Is the instinct, the syDlpa-
hsetic chord, which attaches them so
uniformly 70 that party ?i-H Gree
ley.
~ there tgere not a newspaper or a
common school IN the country. The
Democratic party lgOllId be far
stronger tbzn 4 q. Neither an ele-
mentaEy Instruction nor KNOWLEDGE
of passing events is necessary 10 teach
the essential articles Of the Democrat
ic creed. ."-H Greeley.
''It Is not true that all Democrats
are horse-thieves, but all horse
thieves are DemOcrats."-H GreeIev.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20
GRANT GINS

shall have no policy OF my own
10 interpOse against the will Of the
people Grants Letter, Nay % 1883
Human liberty is the only true
foundation Of human government.-
Letter to the citizens Of Memphis.
care nothing for promotion so
long as our arms are successful
Grant to Sherman Fs6rIoTy, 1862.
No theory of my own viii ever
stand in the way Of executing in good
faith any order I may receive from
those in authority over me.-GraRt
20 Secretary Chase, Nay @, 1866.
Ifmy course is not satisfactory re-
move me at once. do not wish in
any way to impede the success of our
arms.-Grant to .HaReck, february,
6, 1852.
This is q Republic, where the will Of
the people IS the law Of the land
Grants Letter to President johnson,
Asgust, 1867.
Let Us have peace.-Grant's Letter,
Nay @. 1864.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20

The appropriation made at the last
session Of Congress for the pay Of the
army during the next fiscal year was
Sl2, los, ,59l. The army pension ap-
preparation was $50, 200, 900. The en-
tire cost Of the army, including every
thing, amounts to about the same as
the pensions. The idea OF expanding
more for pensions than for army pay
must stsike European as almost in
credible. The motto Of our Govern
ment is 'Iet rs have peace.n
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20

The man who started the report
that John A. Jones, of Georgia, was
a Greeley man, had better take to the
bush. Jones is not for Greeley. Hear
him:
al am not for Greeley. I have DO
confidence in Greeley. He said be-
fore the war we had a right to seceede,
let US 60 in peace, etc, and when we
succeeded was most blatant in help
ing on the hyenas and wolves. 1 am
for State rights as the only ife-pre-
server of freedom. / am for the Dem
oeratic party, its unity, as the only
safe support of State rights. If the
Democratic party orders it, l will
vote for Greeley. 1t will almost kill
me to do so. To admire his good
heart for signing Davis bond is folly,
when he prosecuted the men, woman
and children of ten States. To hope
he will give Us some of the offices IS
mean-despioably mean. He is at
heart savage"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20

Vice President Colfax reached his
home in South Bend on the 18th inst,
and he received q perfect ovation from
his friends, who were present en- D1asse.
In response, he made speech full Of
fervor and Republicanism, and closed
by saying that he should be as earnest
and honest Republican in private az
he had tried to BE- in public life. Ar
ter three cheers for the speaker and
three for Grant and Wilson the crowd
dispersed.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20

The New York Tribune used its
best efforts to get the Ku-Klux law
enacted BY Congress, by which the
loyal people Of the south, white or
black, could be protected from outra-
ges. Now, since it is San organ new
er more" !" It denounces the law, and
the President for enforcing it. 1t had
better have remained an organ, for it
was honest then.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-20
Getteysburg Memorial ASSOCIATION.

GETTYSBURG, PA, Juue 15.-At the
annual meeting of the Directors of the
Battlefield Memorial Association,
GOverner Geary presiding, a commit
tee was appointed to invite the sub
mission of plans, specifications, and
proposals for the erection of indication
Obelisks or monuments, intended to
designate and explain the position and
movements of corps, divisions, and
during the battle of Gettysburg.
These plans and proposals will be laid
before the meeting to be held on the
2d of July. y resolution was unani-
mOusly passed to exclude partisan seq
tional spirit from the indications, aud
to make it purely a scientific work.
Gov. Geary was reelected President