The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-09-21

odg governments, imposed on the
Soltth By the Federal GOUsTn8lent.D -
but more serious consequences re.
main. II the south. thrcu7h the
Asehey OF the Democratic party, Is
kSeh the control OF the Government,
IL ieVerses the judgment Of the war.
IL Is an Endorsement OF those princi-
pies OF constitutional libertyp for
which they fonght and which thev
still maintain. II those principles are
correct the war was wrong; its results
are unconstitutional and void - the
battles fought by the armies Of the
Union were but organized murder /;
Union soldiers were eriminsls.
/ That the South entertains this view
Il shown by the fact that Union Of
ficers stand Indicated to-day In South
eTn States for acts done Ia the line OF
their duty during the war. 1t Is said
that Sheridan is Indicted for his raids
In the Shenandoah Valley. This is
legal and Legitimate II the war was
wrong.
Here T. an instance Joseph Hig-
ginbOtham, OF Lstart, Meigs County
Ohio, was Union soldier in West
| Virginia, under CON mand Of General
ScammOn- During 1862 8 notorious
hWhaeker was securing the cOur-
try along the KanaWhS, rObbing and
numbering people In cold blood
HlggtnbOthAm was familiar with the
country, and knew OF the Villains
rendezvous. General Seam mon de-
tailed party TO arrest the seOundreI
and HigginbOtham acted as guide.
The man was arrested, and, on being
taken tO headquarters. broke guard,
was shot and killed
IN 1872 the grand jury Of the Mason
Circuit Court presented sn indict--
ment against Hig2lubOtham for MUIR
der Ia the first degree, and the Gov
srnOr Of West ViTginia ssnt requisi-
ton To the Governor OF Ohio for the
arrest OF the eriminAl. HiggInbOthan
was 30 arrested, bat = hdbeds eOrplSsu
lnteryened, and on technical ground
he was released. Had he been taken
back to West Virginia he would havs
been hung for having been q UniOn
soldier.
No man was executed for having
been traitor during the last re-
b0lllOn. When the sOuthsFn DemOe-
raey, with their Northern allies, OBJ
tain the National power, do they pro-
pose to hang those who participated.
In the act OF "subjugatiOn >"
II we may Judge the future by the
past, II the Democratic party obtains
National power, through the aid Of q
a'sOIid South, /" that party will be as
1t was before and during the war, the
party Of the South. ls.,
The present House OF Reprfsenta-
tives is Democratic. There are thirty
three important standing eommittees,
such as existed before the war. These
committees shape and are responsible
for the legislation Of the House. The
position OF chairmanship t0 these
committees is 3 most important pO-
sitiOn. or these eilsiFmen, twenty
one ara from tie South, twelve from
the North. II there was one saetinn
OF the Union more obnoxious to tile
South than another It was New Eng
land. Therefore, New England has
not q single chairman, though several
OF tbs southern States have three or
four. The record Of this House
during the last session is startling. It
Is the record Of q House. which
evinees the deliberate attention OF
the GOvernment which
to Ben. Hills speech with
-n
As the party OF the ''s0lid south" !"
the Democracy viii be OOunsltO carry
out the principles and policy OF the
lost cause" q cause which NJ yet h
repentant advocates. Such a
triumph as this j. 3 reversal OF the
DEGREES OF the war, by the success Of
the party which has always consist
emily opposed 1t. -s.et.6 r