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

and child In this district was to rise
up and press 1t upon me, would no
take il. hate the Government o
the United States, and would give my
life 70 overthrow It, Hence, sir, as :
gentlemen, could not accept offic,
in its service. It's a question OF hon.
or With me. | hate the Government
and despise its disciples. / would not
sit with the men who are at present
in Congress.
"'If l were admitted should soon
he expelled, for should rise at the
first opportunity and denounce as ut
terly fraudulent the Infamous amend
ments. This would not be tolerated
as orthodox, and | would soon shaks
the dust of the Senate from my feet
again.
1--WE stand squarely with General
TOOmbs, as q matter Of personal SEN
timent and principle in which we
have q right To indulge"
Here Is another gem from General
TOOmbs. On the 26th Of January
1876, he addressed the Legislature 0f
Georgia, by invitation, and spoke as
follows
1--WE got good many honest fpl-
lows into the Legislature, but / will
tell you how We got them there. j
will tell you the truth. The News
papers won't tell it TO you. We got
them there by carrying the black vote
by intimidation and bribery, and
helped tO do i'll 1 would have
scOrned the people if they had not
done 1t ! And | will buy them as
long as they put beasts to go Ia the
baIl0t-bOx! No man should he given
the elective franchise VINO has not the
intelligence to use It property.
1.-The rogue should not have Il, for
| Government IS made to punish him I;
the fool should not have 1t, for Gov
ernmelt Is made TO take care Of him
Now these miserable wretches, the
Yankees, have injected five millions
Of savages into the stomach OF our
bGdy-pOiitie, and the man who says
he accepts negro suffrage aecursed be
he ! will accept everything-I will
accept Grant and empire before l will
accept such Democrat The poor
ignorant DegrO-talk OF him govern
ing you and me! 1t takes the highest
order Of intellect to govern the people
and these poor wretches talk OF gov
ernIng US Why they can't perpetu-
ate their own negro power. In the
counties where they were in the ma
jOTlty they did not preserve their
power and perpetuAte their rule. Nv
remedy helped us to break up that.
We carried them with us by
bribery and intimidation. I all
vised it and paid my money for
it We all know IL, but won't say IL.
But will say 1t, for 1 fear no man
and am prepared to render an account
to none but the Great Judge, before
whom must appear in a few years,
for my enemies have thought my SER
Vices to my country 50 great that they
have done me the honor to exclude
me from again serving my people. /
contest that honor with our chief,
Mr.. Davis. am just as good as he is
and he Is no better than am. de-
mand that they shall place me beside
him. thank them for il! 1t is very
few things that have to thank them
for. but do thank them for that"
The Mobile Register Is q leading
Democratic paper of the South. It's
editor Is John FOrsythe, a delegate to
the Democratic Convention OF 1868. |
In that year his paper said, speaking
of the Reconstruction acts :
1--WE shall obey the laws until the !
people OF the United States speak at |
the polls and the Supreme Court pro- !
them unconstitutional. But |
In the meantime the people |
Of the South will keep their |
powder dry, against the hour when It |
will be needed to recover their liber- |
ties."
This paper maintains its consistency. |
September 20, 1873, discussing the |
question Of inserting III the new Con-
of Alabama a provision de-
claring that the right of secession no |
longer exists, it goes on to argue that |
from the very necessities Of the case,
that right must exist. That q Fed |
aral Government means that States |
went into it OF their own accord, aud |
can go out again, when
sver they so desire. IL says Alabama
'Ought for this principle, and
"If they submit to the laws OF war
and tue stare deciSis of arms, until
arms shall reverse the judgment,
have they not done their whole duty
In the premises Are they called on
70 deny these opinions aud go back
upon principles they oeIived TO be
vital to the liberties and happiness of
he whole people Of the United
States ?n
General Cerro G3rdO Williams last
year was q candidate for Governor
IF Kentucky, and, later, candidate for
he United States Senate to succeed
Hon. John w. Stevenson. July %,
1875, In Covington, Kentucky, Gem
sral Williams made q speech in
which he is reported to have said as
OllOws, in speaking OF the action Of
during the war
ave did not feel any remOrss or re-
,ret for the part we had borne in the
lresdful drama through which we
lad passed, but We felt proud of the
heroic struggle our people had
made"
In ths course OF the same speech he
observed
"The Democratic party hsd work
,elOre them. IL was their mission tO
estOre the country. He WAS one OF
hose Democrats who did not believe
my principle had been lost. People
ften said, that is settled by the war,
md this is settled. He did not know
ut one thing that had been settled,
nd that was the inability of the
IOuthern psOple to whip the North
i've or six millions to thirty mil
ions."
Mr.. Senator Norwood, OF Georgia, {
made 3 speech, February 26, 1875
App. Cong. Rec, p. SSl, in which he
aid of the rebellion
"Fhat war, sir, was fought on c
rinclple. Its origin was in dllfer-
nee OF opinion on the right eOnstrue-
ion of the Constitution. We OF the
onth honestly believing that rights
7hich we held were guaranteed by
hat instrument, could not be pre- 1
arVed in the Union, sought 10 secure q
hem under 3 separate and independ- ,
Mt government. We struck no blow !
t the existence OF the Federal Gov !
and so impartial history I
YiIl record It's verdict"
Ex-Governor Benz. G.. Humphries,
T Mississippi, made speech at re-
nion of the Thirteenth Mississippi
confederate Infantry, at Meridian,
n the 22d of November, 1875, in
7hich he said:
ave have surrendered none of our
and still claim the right r
{ vindIeatiOn. In looking back at il
ur past actions and motives. and the {
yrongs we have suffered and are still
we confess that We have
o regrets for the choice we made be-
ween the 'hlgher-laW' license Of ma
1ritles In the Union and the sacred 8
ecurity OF seli-gOvernmeDt in the =
tates, between the Federal and Con-
.derate Governments. We are not 3
DnscIOus OF q single direlietiOn Of q
uty, either as citizens or soldiers, Il
nj feel that truth, reason and relig-
IN exculpate US from WrOng-dOing.
We know we were right and though 3
rushed to earth, we should ever re- v
lember, and teach our children to q
our cause was just. We II
re still proud OF the cause, AMI glory C
D the fight we made" b
In view OF these remarks, the Obler- v
atiOns OF John J. Patterson, Senator b
ON South Carolina, made lin the a
enate August .. 1876. appear to be 1
ertinent: Z
"SOlth Carolina was the Pandora !
OK from which proceeded all our ills.
rom il proceeded all the woes the
Duntry has been suffering. IL wss the
rst To secede. The first gun that q
raa fired at Fort Sumter inVOlVeJ 4