Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-05-16
nIEssENGER CoLUnrN.
The MESSENGER funny.

The Messenger mquisitive.
"Will the Journal man tell us plainI
whether he is in favor of the restoration {
the Missouri Compromise" I" Certainly no
e If We can take advantage of your william
IN repeating that Compromise, to secure a
our territories for freedom. II we cannc
! do this, then we shall go in for the restora
ton of the Compromise, that we may a
f least save that part of our territory fron
slavery which the Compromise had securec
to us. But mind sirs, your villainy is nom
the less in repeating the Compromise, wheth
er we do or do not want it restored. Yor
must be more barefaced liar than We have
seen of late, if you dare deny that your par
ty in repeating the Compromise meant tc
give all to slavery. How else did you gel
the vote OF the entire south in favor of that
repeal? Do you suppose the Shareholders
In Congress thought you meant to open
the territories south of the Compromise
line to freedom when you erased that line
They kneW You meant to betray liberty, and
hence their votes were on your side then
and are now. The republicans want the
Compromise restored if they cannot do bet
ter. If they can take advantage of the pub
lie Indignation which your villainy in repeal
ing that Compromise has reused, and thus
prevent the admission of any more slave
states, either north or south of the Compro-
mise line, they mean to do it.
The Messenger mendacious.
1t says the Republicans have exempted
twenty millions of dollars of banking capital
from taxation. The Republicans have not
exempted dollar Of banking capital from
taxation. They have taxed every dollar of
their capital in the state Just as the charters
of the banks, the constitution of the state,
and the supreme court of the United States
require them to 90.
The Messenger says that the republicans
have increased the taxation of the state. but
forgets to tell its readers that the thieving
rascals their party have placed in the State
house commission, in the treasury, in the
board of public works, &c, have run the
state in debt so enormously to fill their own
pockets, that we must either raise heavy
taxes, or repudiate.
The Messenger smelling"
The Messenger smells three smelling
committees" and they have raised terri
bic stencil already in the nostrils of the rot
ten office holding Office seeking, Ohio de-
mocracy. 1t is greatly to be feared that
the whole rotten race will become snub-
nosed for life, in consequence of keeping
their noses turned up at the stencil raised by
these smelling committees" Dear reader.
what do you think it is that smells so vii
lainously TO the immaculate nostrils of the
Messenger? 1t is the exposure of the rob.
berry of the people to the tune of millions
by democratic state house commissioners.
directors of lunatic asylums, treasurers, Gc.
Don't faint dear Messenger. Reserve your
strength; for the stinks which have offend
ed your delicate nose, are nothing to what
you must yet smell. We shall hold your
nose to every separate sinking morsel of
villainy of which your party has been guilty
The Messenger logical.
The Messenger argues that we are terri
bly, inconsistent because we want no slavery
in Kansas, and yet favor the efforts of the
free state men, who, it says, have adopted
constitution which forbids negro, either
bond or free, to live in Kansas. Better a
thousand times that all blacks should be
shut out of Kansas, than that they should
be slaves there. But we do not approve,
and no republican, in congress OF out of it
has approved of the attempt to shut free
negroes out of Kansas.
The Messenger instructive.
The Messenger man tells his readers that
the republicans have nominated Fillmore,
who signed the fugitive slave law, for pres
ident, and Donaldson, the owner of hun
drcd slaves, for vico-president! The Nes-
senger evidently believes that the fools are
not all dead.
The Messenger cheating.
The Messenger inquiries with great gusto,
by an extract from the PLAIN Dealer, 'who
are the rufians now?" and tells us that the
free state men have murdered sheriff Jones.
The Messenger lies like sinner when it
says this. The free state officers have Of
fered reward of $500 for the detection of
the man who shot Jones. A public meet
ing held in Lawrence utterly condemned
the act, and every effort is being made to
secure the murderer. Contrast this with
the utter inaction of the territorial and
United States government when Barber and
others were murdered by Missouri rufians.
Change of Tune.
A few years ago the Locofoco organs us
ed to play merrily over the fact that nearly
all the Governors of the Free States were
Democratic in politics. They had a good