The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-10-15
The Election Of Fl emont would
be the End of the Union

The Election of Fremont would
be the End of the Union
Our danger is not from abroad it i:
at home. The election of Fremont
would be the end of the Union, and
ought to be. The object of Fremont's
friends is the conquest of the South. 1
am content that they shall own us when
they conquer US. but not before.-Sen
ator Ioom6s' letter.
In the division of the labors of the
Republican organs, the New York Her
and seems to have specially assigned to
it the task Of showing the Northern peo-
pie that the election of Fremont would
not endanger the Union. In attemp-
ting to discharge this task, the Herald
of yesterday quotes u recent letter OF
Senator Toombs, from which we make
the foregoing extract, and undertakes
to satisfy the Northern mind that the
Union is in no danger fl ON the election
of Fremont. AS we have a right to re-
gard tie Herald as speaking authora-
tatively on this subject, and as making
the best defense of Col. Fremont's posi-
ton of which it is susceptible, we pro-
pose to give its article o passing no.
tice.
The Herald starts put with a series of
admission on the subject of slavery
which are worthy of particular attention.
We quote and itaAiciSe several senten-
ces
owe agree with our Georgia CORES
pondent, and haye always maintained
similar views in regard to the African
and to Southern Slavery. The African
is a child of the SUMS incapable Of
self gorernment-is adapted TO the eli
mate aud field labor of the tropics-has
been socially and mOrHUy eleUated u1,der
the sAaUery system Of the South, beyond
any advancement Of has social or n.oral
condition az any other country, undey
any other government, or IN any other
age of the arorGh. These are historical
facts and it is also true that uadeT our
Southern system Of &areyy the African
useless, and arOTse than ~uselcSS, as lie
is aohcn LEFT to himself has been made
q powcrfrt agent IN the Development Of
tile prosperity and poacer Of this Repmb-
lie, North and South, and IN the diDu-
sion Of tie blessings ef ciriAicotion
throughout tie qcorM. We are inclined
to ndorse the especial logic Of our Geor-
gia correspondent hat Providence has
ordained tho civilization of the world !;
that tile first step IN tic ciriIic0iion Of
SaUagc is to PIT a cotton SHIRT on his
tack; that Stare MGor IS indispensable
to Tie production Of Tie cotton; and that,
consequently, tile institution, Of Southern
Slavery lies at the rery foundation Of
sidc 6ar5arianS' Of the human family"
With such views as these on the sub
ject of slavery, the reader would wonder
how the writer could be a Black Refub-
lican and a supporter of Fremont, if he
had not already been informed that the
quotation is made from the New York
Herald The sequel will show, however,
that it was not only necessary for the
of the UeraM that it should
such sentiments III +, gard to sla-
very, but that it should maintain that
they are the raj, Though secret, senti-
ments of Col. FREmoAT. After f@alsel,
a~ttributing to Mcssrs BUCHANAN, FILL
MORE, and TooHBs interested motives
f + the fears they entertain IS to tie
danger of the union from he election OF
Fremont, the HcraM proceeds to the
1t is conceded by the Herald that the
sectional character of the Republican
platform cannot LIE successfully denied
but, presidential platforms arc prcsi-
Dental cheats" says the ILeralt and III
that summary way Colonel Fremont is
made to reject the platform of his party
which he has cordially endorsed, aud on
which he has given his word to admin
lister the government in tie event of his
election. "OUr reliance proceeds the
Herald) as The man, and our only guar
ante S has past history, instincts, eiucG
ton, anil aSSociationS." Again, "IIc-
mont qCaS born IN the So til, educa ed
in lie South, and all those associations
and inSti tcts aCAich entered into the fr-
ell character Of tie man, IN lie case Of
Fremont, dtlong to Tie South" But
what is to beer me of Fremont 5 endorse
ment of the Republican creed and his
to carry it out? The Herald
answers: He (Fremont) may be opposed
like Mr. Clay, to the extension Of sla-
very into free territory but let him
tile goal Of tile Presidency
and let him thus be free from the part.
san divisions of q Presidential canvass.
and ace dare sag that tile South aoiU
fnd him, from his early instincts, eQun-
and associations, true to their
,onstitutionaI rights las adnlinistra-
Of that broad and general charac-
ter 1rhich co0ers tile qch0le Upion-Un
ion.
That will do-what do our Black Re
publican friends, we mean the real coal
think of the above sentiments of
their leading organ and the character it
gives their candidate?
o no, what a nominee
Is John Fremont of Mariposee."