Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-08-10
NO. 81.

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tage over the other; that they must travel
together and exist together, under equal
protection until the Territory shall be cloth
ed with State sovereignty, and that both
alike are national. The other is, that the
Constitution treats Slavery as local mu-
nicipal institution; does not give to il sin
gle attribute Of nationality; that il has not
an equal status with Freedom; and that its
extension is to be discouraged. How shall
we act between these opposing viewsG
answer the inquiry! Our laboring classes
deserve all the encouragement and protec-
tion we can give them; southern statesmen
regard them as white slaves; let us not sur
render them to such mercies as the owners
of chattel labor would extend to them
Our farmers and manufacturers have long
been cut off from all the bounties of legis-
lation, by the force of southern prejudice ;
we should enlist on their side. Our coun-
try has suffered much in the estimation of
mankind, from our manifested attachment
to system, notoriously in counteraction to
the principles upon which our Government
was founded; considerations of morality,
expediency, and consistency should incline
us to do all that we lawfully may do, to save
ourselves from further imputations. Sla-
very within the States stands behind i'm
pregnable defences, but it holds no charter
! to travel without restraint. 1t has long la
bored for, but has not yet reached, a posi-
. ttOr Of ohcolnfscrY1 Co.
as it is the only means by which tyranny
can ever save itself. Our danger is immi-
nent, but we can yet overcome it, if we al
low reason, rather than prejudice, to shape
our efforts. Democracy, as now interpreted
by those loudest in the profession of it and
almost monopoliziug its name, no longer
means the will of the majority; it contemns
= the masses; holds no association with la.
; bor; and utters no word of encouragement
to the poor. Its professions are impostures,
and must soon fail to deceive. 1t has be.
come worse than the ally of Slavery-iI
r is its plant and prostituted tool. Wisdom
and propriety must alike repudiate it, un.
S less speedily regenerated.
D Our true policy is that of resistance tc
the extravagant and unconstitutional de.
I maDds Of the South. We can only make
r 1t effectual in one way-by the support O
: Mr.. Lincoln. He is honest and. capable
s and attached to the principles of the Con
\ stitution, and his election will assign limit
h to sectional oligarchy, and make labor hon
orable and remunerative.
a The question, in its true aspect, is not a
4, to which candidate should be elected by th
h people; it is this-shal Mr.. Lincoln b
l. be elected? The 100 electoral votes of tn,
s. South will be divided mainly if not exclu
d sively, between Mr.. Bell and Mr.. Brecken
,e ridge, and their support will be almost
is not entirely confined to that section. Sue
s. effective force as Mr.. Douglas may posses
s. is in the North; but his most sanguin
s, friends admit not only that his election
y impossible, but that he cannot carry owe
r two or three States. The body of th
Is Northern vote will be given for Mr.. Lincoln
h Mr.. Douglas supporters can do nothing 70
l. him; the only significant result they cal
l. possibly produce will be to withdraw enougl
S strength from Mr.. Lincoln to throw tn
e election into the House. This done, an,
s. Lane would certainly be chosen by the Ser
y ate-the condition of parties in the Hous
j. being such as to prevent a majority of tn
h States agreeing to either of the candidate:
IS Resting on these admissions, every vote civ
l. en- to Mr.. Douglas must tend to the eleva
Or tion of Lane, who possessing neither edu
rs cation, experience, or executive ability, ha
= been selected to enable the South to max
y the most out of an accident in case it sha
= occur. To out-Lane Lane in apostacy t
d. the North, and in crouching, fawning sui
IN serviency to the South, need not be attempt
in ed by the most ambitious in that line-no
e. even by a Federal office-holder. Even If
cy could believe that the leopard could chang
- his spots, and Mr.. Douglas do the North ju
l tice, would not sustain him under the ci
l cumstances which surround us, and ami
~ the peris which now environ us.
~ have not attempted a speech Ny pu
ty pose has been to talk plainly. l may ha,
been unfortunate in succeeding too we'll
D. this respect. Feeling, as do, and know
re ing the vast importance of the canvass upo
is which we are just entering, could not /
n less distinct in my expressions. Immens
e. inappreciable consequence depend upon tn
n decision we are about to make. We shoul
| tromble when we fear that those most il
s. terested in the present and the future, II
at frugal artisan and laborer, may fail 10 con
u prehend them. But let us hope, citizen
ne that we are so far right as to be able to G,
re pect the favor of Almighty God through OF
n trials, and that He viii continue to bic,
d, the Republic, until it shall become prop,
le example to the nations of the earth, and
10 blessing TO universal mani