Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-07-19

Our readers will remember how certain per-
sons in our town professed to worship Douglas
during last Falls campaign, and with what zeal
they labored to secure his election. None pro-
fessed more regard for him than did the Editor
of the Messenger, and when he was reported as
dying, the grief Of Mr.. Bean seemed almost in
consolable and he exclaimed through his paper,
Douglas shall not dc I" and when that sad event
happened, which was truly a national calamity,
aud regretted by no one more than u.s. twas
thought by many, and not without cause, that
our friend would not long survive the shock his
nerves had received. Even the best "Otard" for a
long time failed to afford any relefto the strck-
en- man. The grief of Mr.. Bean was highly
honorable to his heart, for was not Mr.. Douglas
his intimate and personal friend while in WASH
ington3 Had not Mr.. Bean eaten at the table
Of the now lamented dead, and had not his ears
listened to the most important political secretsf
To use homely and not unapt phrase, "Did not
we apples swim" admirably down the Demo-
cratic stream of Washington politicsS
Douglas has been dead but about six weeks
and who would have supposed that in that short
time our neighbor would have forgotten the
teachings of the man whom he SO processes to
venerate. Not only so with the editor of the
Messenger but with numbers Of Others Of like
ilk in our midst. These pretended followers OF
| Mr.. Douglas have now discovered what that able
statesman failed to see. They now charge that
the Republican party is the sole cause of the
war; that the President has violated the Con-
stitution of the United States by calling out
volunteers to protect the Government. ENG
land fought 600 years to establish the writ OF
habcas corpus r. says one of the Douglas haran-
guers of last fall and now Lincoln has sus-
pended it, taking away one of the dearest rights
of the people" To hear these men talk it il
evident they are sorry that JEFF. Davis didnt
take Washington, and that the secession judges
are not permitted to release the traitors as fas
as our army captures them. Yet when in th'
presence of the patriots, these "cow-boys' arr
as good Union men as can be desired. They arr
for putting down the rebels but it must be don't
in constitutional way" They cannot beal
to have their southern friends treated in dis
respectful way. Such terms as "traitors, - "reb-
els" DC, must not be applied to them. When
speaking of the secessionists these terms are
carefully excluded from secession sheets ant
secession sympathisers. They are our "errinl
brethren" and must be coaxed back by kline
words. Gen. jackson, who was once though
to be good Democrat, but who, if he was nov
living, would be termed "Black Republican,
not an Abolitionist, took different view ofthes
fellows when they attempted the "secesh" gan'
with him He was for hanging every scoun
drel of them "as high as Haman," and every
honest man cried amen. True, very large
majority of the Douglas Democracy are in favo
of Jackson's plan now, which makes the con
duct of the men we are speaking of the more
ldishonorable and Infamous.
If there is a Douglas Democrat in this county
who has doubt as to who commenced this war
we refer him to Mr.. Douglas last reception, al
Chicago, on the first of May last When max
ing his last speech, he said;
"THEEE HAS NEVER BEEN TIME, FROM TIL
DAY THAT WASHINGTON WAS INAUGURATKD FIRs,
| PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES, WHEN TIL
RIGHTS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES STOOD FIRMEl
UNDER THE LAWS OF THE LAND THAN THEY d.
NOW; THERE NEVER WAS TIME WHEN THEY Hal
NOT AS GOOD A CAUSE FOR DIsuNoS AS THEY HAv,
TO-DAY"
Va