Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-10-12
Keen IL before the People.

Keep it before the People,
That, while Douglas, the democrat candi-
date for President, claims to be in favor of
letting the people Of the territories regulate
their domestic matters in their own way,
H.v. johnson, their candidate for VicePresi-
dent, declares in a speech made at Rome,
Ga, few days ngoi
81 believe that it is the right Of the South
to demand, and the duty of Congress to ex-
tend protection to persons and property of
every kind (ncludiug slavery in the Terri
tories during their Territorial state. This
is no new opinion. advocated the doc
trine as far back as 184s in the Senate Of
the United States. If you have any curl
osity to sec the argument, I refer you to my
speech on the Oregon bill delivered July,
9TH of that year, and reported in the Con
grcssional Globe. How unjust, therefore,
are the insinuations that they are in favor
of "Squatter Sovereignty" who happen not
to agree with the seceders from the Charles
ton Convention l REPEL THE INSIN-
UATION so FAR AS IT MAY BE IN
TENDED TO APPLY TO NE, COME
FROM WHAT QUARTER IT MAY,
AND PLEAD MY OWN RECORD IN
VINDICATION."
Keep it before the People,
That Douglas, few days ago, disclosed
to the people of Pennsylvania, that he was
not only in favor of a revenue tariff, but
that he was in favor of a protective tariff;
While on the 1st of March 1855, in the Uni
tel States Senate, he uttered these wordss
81 am for reduction of the tariff to a
strict revenue standard. l AM FREE TRADE
MAN TO THE FULLEST EXTENT that we can
carry it, and at the same time collect money
enough to defray the expenses of the Gov
ernment. In other words, am for no 9TH
err kind of tariff than revenue tariff"
Keep it before the People,
That H. V, johnson, candidate for Vice
President on the Democratic ticket, declared
in speech made in Philadelphia, in 1852,
that "capital must own labor" virtually de-
claring that the poor laborug-man ought to
be owned, soul and body, by the rich.
Keep it before the People,
That Douglas, the Democratic candidate
for the Presidency, lodged every issue of
Importance to the American people which
came before the Senate of the United States
last Winter, thereby showing himself po-
ltical dodger, and unworthy the canfdenco
of any intelligent people.
Keep 1t before the People,
That the democracy, in the last four years
have drained a full Treasury and accumula-
ted a National debt of $l6O,oOO,OOo, which
will have to be paid by the people.
Keep il before the People,
That it has been shown by the Covode
Committee, that the peoples money was
taken out of the National Treasury by the
Democratic party, 10 corrupt elections, and
bribe the peoples Representatives in Con,
gress-and all to advance the extension of
Slavery.-DelaWare Gazette.
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Ought Ihe Democracy to be again Trusted.
During eight years they have. failed to
pass one bill for the benefit of any great
national interest. On the contrary they
have defeated every good measure the Re
publicans have proposed
They defeated the Homestead BILL
They defeated the Pacific Railroad bill.
They have defeated the Overland Cali
fornia Mail bill.
They have defeated the bill to abolish
Polygamy in Utah.
They defeated the bill to repeal the un-
constitutional Slave Code of New Mexico.
They have defeated the bill to admit
free Kansas.
They did introduce slavery into Kansas,
Nebraska, and all of New Mexico, and in
the two former refused to let the people
vote it out.
They did create national debt of $780,
100000.
They did wink at the slave trade.
They did reprimand Naval officer for
arresting the expedition of Filibuster
Walker, after sending him to do it.
They did bust wide open, one of the
fragments did endorse the unmitigated mig
ger, and the other did fuse with the Know
Nothing party afterfaiing to fiud its mother.
Gross Democratic Outrage.
The following item we find in the Cleve-
land Leader. By it our German friends
can see how the democracy treated HER
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