The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1856-09-24
Is the Black Republican Party Sec-
tiSnal2


w. Julian, of Indiana, at a Fremont
meeting at Grecnville, Darke County, o.,
"Wednesday evening, September 10, 1856.
'''It is no use to deny it any longer our
Republican party is II sectional party, be-
canSe the South has forced us into it
The st::mpers of this O.d-line horse steal
ing Democracy, not having the fear of
God before their eyes, charge us with be-
ing sectional. 1 tel you ,ce arc sec
tional, P0,ty. Ii is not alone fight be-
.wccn the North and the South-it is a
fight between freedom and savery-be-
tween God and the Devil-between Heav-
en- and He'll" Loud applause
The Hon. George w. Julian, who
made the above frank admission, is one of
the most distinguished and prominent
Black Republicans in the United States.
He was the candidate of the Abolition
lists for Vice President, with John P Hale
for President, in 1852, and is now the
principal Fremont orator in Indiana
His testimony, therefore, is not likely to
be gainsayed or repudiated by his own
partisans, some of whom have hitherto
denied, i'll the face of the most overwhelm-
in and patent proof of its truth that the
Fremont Abolition organization was Sec
tonal Yes, they have denied it, altho'
their party has no existence south of a
geographical line; although, in their NOM
mating convention, only one (tbe North
ern) section OF the Confederacy was rep
resented; and although their platform
tenders a SectlOna I,sur upOu sectional
grounds. They La d MED il, although
their political appeals are ali made to the
North, and are filed with ths most bitter
and scurrilous ATTACKS uuo.. ne South, to
awaken a prejudice against which their
principal elemen, Of strength lies.
Mr.. Julian knows them to be facts
and, with more hon, sty than many of his
co-lahorcrs III the cau> o. disunion, CON
feSStS II.
The Rev Theodore Parker too all
other prominent Fremont orator-was al
so frank when, at a Black Republican
meeting i'll New York, a few months ago,
he thus expressed himself in regard to the
sectional character of the Black Republi-
can organization Parker-according to
the report in the New York Tribune, the
great oracle of the Freedom Shriekers''
said:
"But rather than one more fugitice
Stare should be sent back, aoould let the
Union be broken into fragments no larger
than the space upon schich Mis building
stands; and then l wonld place myself
upon a little piece of free soil which was
not contaminated with my brothers blood.
But it seems to me that the dissolution OF
the Union is unnecessary. Let US see
what we can do without disturbing it
The free States can choose for their Off
GERS men who are men--men made by ma
ture and not by natures journeymen'-
Then let New York pass a personal liber-
ty bill refusing to gice mp a .tmgitive slave,
and that evcry slave shall be free achen he
steps upon omr soil; then to pass a law to
punish kidnappers by imprisonment IN or
| State Prison; then punish those who are
in the American slave trade the same as
you do those in the African trade
"All this they could dc in Albany with
ont violating the Constitution, for you
are a sovereign State and have right to
interpret the Constitution for yourselves.
Then, in natioual point OF view, repeal
all fugitive-save bills. Then abolish sla-
very IN the District Of Columbia and all
| the Territories Abolish the entire slave
trade and make at piracy. Then make
slarehozding sacapacitate q man from
holding GnY ?bice. Then reconstruct the
United States Judlciary--they need not
remove the Judge from Office, bat remove
the office from the man. Then, in their
places, would take honest men who love
God and love men, and then the Constitu-
ton would no longer he a pro slavery
document. There are things in that doc
ument that are bad things, which would
tread under my feet. But there are other
things which are noble and they prcpon-
derate. Then, at lass, 1 ,oonld decree q
day .fred and certain, 'oaea ZACH State
should abolish slarery, end u hey did not
do 1t the Government shou}d sate posses
sion Of them and form a repn}{:cc,a gooern-
men In the neat Sir months sOe can place
Republican man tn tie Prssiden'im chnir
and, If THIS is accomplished, freedom ac II
trTumph."
Fellow. citizens, those of you that APP
prove of the above programme will vote
the Black Republican ticket.--CSn. Eaq
Americans, Read !--Forelgn Despots
and MonarchiSts LaborIng to Secure
the Election Of Fremont, because
They Want to See the Union Dis
solved.
There is no doubt at all that this Black,
Republican disuuion movement is fostered
and encouraged in Great Britain. The
London Leader, prominent liberal pa
per in England, says:
1--WE know that the Abolitionism Of
the Garrisons and men of that stamp has
been fostered and excited by the Aboli-
ZIONIST incendiaries of Great Britain, who
would have sacrificed the American Re