Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-02-09

alarmed the people, and induced them to
discard party. and support Americans for
Office, and none others lis this prevalent
Mitchell spirit, so beloved BY our neighbor.
that has given rise TO Know nottingham,
and Of the two, we're we compelled to choose
either, we should take The latter, and let our
neighbor stick TO the former, as his sym.
pathies appear 20 be altogether with those
Who come from the other side of The deep
water, to the exclusion Of every thing Amer
ican. The very man whose memory and
acts be pretends to revere SO much, (Mr.
Jefferson. once said he wished 'qhere ,cas
an OCEAN OF FIRE, Jetween Us and tie
old country"
Nov as to Know Nothingism being a
slavery scheme, it is simply ridiculous. and
our neighbor knows it, or he knows less
than We are willing to give him credit for.
He says it is useless to give the evidences,
that be warned his readers last fall that such
was The fact, but they did not believe it,
Last fall, our ueighbor, although be profess
ed to be an anti-slavery man, supported a
full-hlooded, Kansas Nebrska, slayesy-ex-
tentionist. while his opponent was consist
ent auii-slayery man! He done this know
ing this to be so. and urged his readers to
do the same. Is this consistency? Is it
honesty and fair dealing? Or is it rank Ly-
poerisy? The man who will do this should
never accuse others of slavery tendencies.
Who is Henry Wilson, just elected to the
United States Senate, by the Know Moth
ings Of Massachusetts, Is be a slavery
extension;st, neighbor? Who is James Pol
lock, Gv,erncr Of Pennsylvania? Tell US
neighbor, IS he slavery extensionist?-
Who is Durkee, elected to the Senate Of the
United States, from Wisconsin? Is he a
tool Of the slave holders? WHO'S Harlan,
elected to the same body from Iowa? Is
he dough-face? Who composed the tick
ct for State Officers in Ohio last fall .
TWENTY ONE members of Congress
from this state; were they slavery extern
sionists. neighbor? We might go on and
add pile upon pile of testimony to show
that your statement is erroneous, but j! is
useless. because your statement is so glar-
ingly incorrect, and yo1r conduct so incon-
sistent that nobody will believe your
charges
The only slave party we ever knew in this
country. is the so-called Democratic party.
of the principles of which, our neighbor is
an exponent. and he has said bis party has
always stood by the south. The leading
democratic statesman Of the United States
Senate, said that the Northern Democracy
were the natural allies of the Southern
Shareholders ;-and the conduct of our
neighbOr proves it, for if be was not Hatar-
ally inclined that way, he would not have
supported dOugh:face for Congress, and
urged his neighbors to do the same. They
attempted to pass law, investing all Post
masters with the power to examine all
mails. and if they discovered document
that alluded to the subject of Slavery,
burn It. They passed the Fugitive Slave
act, the meanest enactment since Tor be-
fore) the fall of Adam. They passed the
Nebraska bill, for the extension Of Slavery,
and scores of other laws equally mean.
We challenge our neighbOr to show that
Know Nothings are Slaveryites Come
neighbOr rake up such catalogue Of dark
sins as the above, and wen come down
And while you have your hand in. tell us
what kind of an autirslavery man your party
in the Ohio Legislature elected TO the U.
S. Senate. Can he show as clean record
as the Know Nothings Tell us how your
fayorite society, the Sag Nichts, stand on
the Slavery question.