The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-09-21
THE Ex-RkBEL PRoaKAMMe.

SAiu onb 'NtlV0 US DOa8S5siOQ Ol
the Government and the North will
be the rebels next time.' This WAs
the talk, aud the talk In earnest, As
was the talk OF the same men Ia 1861.
They meant II They talked II oveI
eOOllP and seriously. 5Aid they had
already 4 united South, which would
be nearly enough, aud that their
| Democratic allits in the North dare
not deny them the little more, the
few more Votes, that they would need.
This Is their idea tO-dHy-tO gain by
legislation, by means OF diplomacy
and trickery, what they failed t0 gain
by means Of f0T0e. believe is; 1
know 1t. All their sxpressl0ns sug.
gest 1t. What else do they mean
Why Is 1t that the State Of Missouri
has issued To every former owner OF
slaves in that State = certificate for
81 600 for every slave, payable when
the General Government will pay lt
This very thing, the total amount OF
the value OF their emancipated slaves,
Is now estimated as q part OF the
State debt Of Missouri ! | used to
think that this was = Republican
fslsehOOd, the certificate matter. But
It is an actual fact, and these Certlfi :
Gates, and all certificates or shOwings
OF losses sustained thFoughOuE the
State, are being saved up as carefully
as money against the day when the
Democracy, and the rebel element
ruling tin the National Government,
shall have attained 10 power. IL
Missouri will do this thIng, and bold
out this promise to pay for all eman-
cipated slaves, why will not at the
SOutheru-ali the worse rebel States
do it, and will they not do it 20
THE CONFEDERATE HOUSE.
"When these things came to my
knowledge, could not do less than
halt for further Developments, watch
ing suspleiOasly every movement
made thereafter which I could see had
q tendency toward drawing the Demo-
eraey, North and South, nearer to-
gether, a union which, I could see,
would put ths old rebel element at the
head OF, aud virtually In control Of
the party. lApplause.l Events have
culminsted rapidly since then, and l
had not long to wait 10 see the whole
programme. The Democratic House
soon gave me light enough.
lCheeTs.
"For soma time have been ready
tn answe= the question. Have you
left the Democratic party p have.
TGreat applause. And | am often
asked now. SIS it so ? Will you vote
for Hayes aud Wheeler % IL Is 40
and will work for them a. well a.
vote for them. Renewed applause.
My Democratic friends asked me for
my reasons. There are plenty of
them, and all OF them can not be todd
in these few remarks. And it Ii not
necessary to tell It AL. First let me
say that my abandonment Of DsmOe-
racy was not caused, a. has been
charged by the press Of that party,
because Of the currency or tariff quss-
tions. 1 have no objection 10 those
planks Ia the St Louis platform.
But my reasons are, ~ have already
Indicated, and will now state fur
ther."
What may bs the consequences Of
the suecsss % the Democracy At this
election IL already iOrsshallOwed.
The constitutional amendments are
already a dead letter In the Southern
states. This may appear = startling
statement, bot II Is true. sr
The rebel claims presented to the
Congress just sdjOurnsd mean the
bankruptcy 81 the National Treasury.
Bot the whOls ground 10 e.jysred by
an editorial In the st. Louis Repsfbli-
can OF November ., 1874 The Re-
publican Is the leading Democratic
paper In the Southwest It says:
"Fhe return Of the Democracy u
pOweT-lOr nothing but idiOtie folly
can prevent the triumph % this party !
in lS76-wili bring Wsth it many DIT
fieult and delicate questions. It VIII
invnlye the restnratiOB Di the co.
equality Of the Southern States. the
free voice aud vote Of these States on
a National debt. which Il the price OF
their subjugation possibly also,
claims for property seized Gsad de-
StrOged Lg the Union army, a reeLoDiI-
tiOH for The VdiIe OT eDldHcipGtsd
slaues, aud the Federal assumption o|
the State debts, created by the c0Tpof-