Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-10-03

more infamous than hang-man's cord, and
by penalties borrowed from the dungeons o.
the Inquisition.
Thisfsgitious national wickedness has moi
left it to caucuses to make the issues for the
coming election. The South has made the
issues She has broken landmarks, inva-
ded sacred territory, silenced lawful voters
erected Legislature that needed no instruc
tions from Rome; but, by the native malig
nifty of slavery, equalIed in month, that
which the Inquisition gathered by the slow
experience of centuries. The issue is forced
upon US. Shall nation make itself respon.
sible before God for all this unparalleled
wickedness? It is in the power of the
North to annul and solemnly rebuke it. Il
with that power she confirms it, and elects
men to carry out and consummate the evil,
then, the guilt is no longer that of a party,
or section, but of the nation! And the
question is, shall this nation ratity the s0ick-
edness of desperate men in Kansqss
No matter how men may seek to evade
or avoid the issue. There is but ONE CUES
TIoN now really before the American people.
Shall the North become partner IN the
'Uickeduess Of making Kansas a Slave
State?
The American question has some impor-
tance. But it is not the question now
When house is in flames, all questions of
food, of family government, of domestic ar
Irangement, no matter how important, give
way. The first thing is to put out the fire.
All other questions can wait. Tarif,fnance,
naturalization laws, internal improvements,
these all will bear keeping. The question
of Liberty in Kansas must be decided now.
1t aOiH be decided now.
Christian men may deceive themselves,
but God is not Knocked. He has allowed
this tremendous issue to come (may we not
believe p to try and prove his people, and to
see who among this nation are honest are
lovers of justice, of liberty, and of true re-
igion. Every Man who neglects to vote, is
one who hearing the trumpet for battle hides
himself. Every man that votes for any 9TH
er issue than free Kansas, is carrying help
to the enemy, and really votes for the vii
lain-code of Kansas. 1t is not once in a
thousand years that men are placed in cir
Icumstances where they are permitted and
commanded to vote directly upon the life Of
an Empire! Every Northern vote strikes
right through all pretenses and false issues,
and says, before God and nations, either
Ransas shall be free, or Kansas shall be
enslaOed. Every vote for Mr. Buchanan is
an open undisguised endorsement of the
Kansas outrages. Every vote for Mr.. Fill
more is disguised vote for thesame. The
short road and the long road, the direct vote
and the circuitous vote, the explicit Buchan-
an platform, or the silent evasive Fillmore
platform, all come to one issue. They give
Kansas over to Slavery Noy, while vo.
tiers are to be deceived and won, it is denied
As soon as the election shall have given vic
tory to Mr.. Buchanan, all disguise will be
thrown of, and it will be declared that the
people meant that Kansas should 90 to sla-
very. They will boast, and what is more
| they will act upon this issue, as if every vote
that did not 90 for the Republican movement
was meant to go for the South. They will
Judge rightly. There is but one question
and two parties. Freedom or Slavery-fol
or against All other things are deceptive
Iimpertinences. They may mislead mer
now. The Judgment day will strike sun.
light through them! No man need be de-
ceived unless he aOashes to be. 1t is certain
that Kansas is free, if Fremont is elected
1t is certain that she is enslaved if either
Fillmore or Buchanan be elected. If mar
really loves freedom why should he aban-
don directness, certainty and openness for
indirectness and deception? Vote honest
Ily! Vote openly! Do not vote with a lie
in your right hand, saying Fillmore" when
you know that it will come out Buchanan
If you want slavery vote for Buchanan
If you want liberty vote for Mr.. Fremont
If you want slavery covered by the unman.
illness of lie, vote for Mr.. Fillmore.
If you do not vote at all, your country
suffers by neglect. If you vote wrong, you
stab her. If you vote right, you raise hel
head and put the cup of salvation to hel
lips! +
The value of Five Dollars.