Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-09-05
ELMoaE, August 20. ls5s

MI EDIToR:-Leaming from your last
paper that John L. Greene has been cor
responding with the Dollar Weekly Times
preparatory, perhaps, to another somerset I
was led to inquire whether or not he was
the Invisible Green, that conesponded 50
largely with the Times; if so, I would suo-
gest change of cognomen to VisiBIy
Green.
This knight of the Sandusky county de-
moeracy visited our place short time since.
A meeting had been called, and every effort
was made to get up crowd to hear Visibly
discourse democracy to them. Evening
came, and nothing unusual occurred to mar
the quietude of our village. One lone bug
gy, just at nightfall, entered town with two
gentlemen aboard, one of rather portly dia
mensions and of gaseous temperament,
both from the adjoining town of WoodviIIe.
Whether they were sent out to reconoitre
and see whether it would be safe for the
WOodville delegation to enter town, is more
than can say. At any rate they had a
care-worn look, and seemed to be over anx-
ious about something. At length the
WOodville delegation was announced. Two
wagons, with five or six persons in each,
with one small flag on hickory pole, com
posed the egation-sometime afterwards
a struggling buggy or two arrived. Such
wonderful display by this time had caused
the republicans of the village to eongregate
in numbers superior to the democrats. At
ter some little casing on the street they
repaired to the school honse, where Mr..
Greene was introduced by Mr.. Hall, Presi-
dent of the club of six.
Not over fifteen democrats from this
township were out to hear him. The first
half hour was occupied in defending his
course in the recent somerset of his. After
presenting all the circumstances that seemed
to justify his course, he declared himself
honest, and that his change Of politics proved
him honest. 1t is generally believed here
/ that desire for Office was the prime mo-
tive power that influenced his course. Let
this be as it may, he gave unmistakabIe
signs of his visibility in asserting his own
honesty. "Stop thief" is generally the cry
of the actual thief in order to attract the
attention in some other than the right di-
rection. Another of his visi5iilities wasthat
he took especial pains to inform the audience
that he had made speeches in the legisla-
ture, and that those speeches had been re-
ported as Mr.. Peck's. Alas, for poor Visi-
Die, Mr.. Peck is wearing the laurels that
rightfully belong to Visible Another of
his disabilities was that he undertook to
show that the taxes had been increased by
the republican party, yet he dare not say 50.
I In fact, he even denied ever having said so,
and pronounced the article in your paper
false that represented him as 50 saying
Again his visibility is manifest IN his trying
: to prove Fremont a Catholic and slave
] holder, and yet not daring to say he was,
thus giving unmistakable evidence that such
= is not the case. He dare not say that hs
+ was favorable to slavery extension, yet he
4 tried to prove the necessity for it. He said
''the happiness of the slave demanded it,
. that the larger the border the greater the
d opportunity for the slave to escape from his
4 master" Philanthropic, IS he not! He had
J. great fears that this glorious Union would
; be dissolved, by electing the sectional can
+ didate. Poor fellow, wonder if he does not
1t think his time is very near up. According
\ to his logic the north must suceumb to the
a south to save the Union. He spoke of to-
# ries, of federalists, of wings and of republic
O cans, and asserted their idenity. He spoke
y of banks, of tariffs, of the public proceeds,
and of the "rascally bankrupt law" Re
port says he is quite familiar with that law
He denounced them all, and claimed for the
democratic party the honor ofalways being
: - in the right. One would suppose from
ID hearing him that iufallibility belonged to
the democratic party. Finally he declared
J, the abolitioni,ts guilty ofrepealing the Mis-
souri, compromise act DC.
: The meeting was quite orderly, very little
: enthusiasm being manifested, and the re
publicans feeling satisfied that its uisi5ilits
was manifest to ALL Our citizens general
ly attended, except the grocery keepers, who
were kept at home TO wait on customers
10 Be assured, Mr.. Editor, that more good wa
Is done the republican cause than harm, b!
C Yisibly Green's visit here.
ID Yours, SEAL SKIN CAP.
: Great Mass Meeting.