Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-10-25
Fremont Journal.


We commend the following, which we
clip from the Utica Herald, 10 the special
consideration Of young men--and to their
friends as well. Who does not remember
to have wished thousand times, on read
ing deeds Of daring, haroic endurance and
matchless patience, recorded in the history
of our fathers and their war against oppres-
sion, that he had lived then and been a
mani Who does not now remember those
wishes, and wish again that he could be
one to go forth and battle against moster
rebellion There is occasion, ample occa-
sion for all young mon TO emulate the
deeds of tho worthy and patriotic dead.
But we give the article;
"Permit me to say" writes Gov Spfsgue,
of Rhode Island, to Committee in Yer
mont, "and especially to the young men Of
Yermont-that class whom am trying to
represent in my own person-that the glor-
.ious privilege Ct doing some real service to
ones country now exists, and that lifetime
may never present another such occasion"
The suggestion is one which he has n right
to make, and which his example illustrates
and commends. The wonder is, that any
wait for the hint, that any can be chained
to the drudgery of eeyryday duties, when so
broad and so noble field Of action expands
before them.
In those halcyon days, when young men
luxurate in the example of the fortunate
few to whom opportunity has been partial;
when aspiration is ventursome, and pants
to do parallel deeds of sacrifice and daring;
when the judgment tests life by other
standards than yard sticks and money-till
whom ambition seeks rather to be, than to
seem; when yet achievement is accounted
possible, and mere existence fails to content
when companionship with the heroes ofhis-
tory and romance both delights and inspires;
the one lament of the generous heart is
wont to be for the opportunity of exertion
and Of performance. Oh, for the occasion
to demonstrate that love of country, that
glowing patriotism, that self-sacri6ce, are
not vet extinct, has been the involuntary
wish Of young men always in their best
hours. Whether it has found words or
not, a general emulation has arisen when
ever Young men have read the records which
historians and poets have fashioned of gal
liant deeds, under Grecian or Trojan skies,
along the Tiber on the Swiss Mountains,
where Bruce and Wallace fought, where
Hampden fell, and later on the fields which
secured and established our own liberties.
The occasion now invites US. 1t is the
old record of an ambitious leader seeking
to overrun tho classic land, and still rings
the voice Of the orator: "Let us march
against Philip" 1t is the old story of the
barbarans attacking the imperial city; and
the bridge over the Tiber still requires the
defenses of an Horatius. 1t is again the
protest of manhood against caprecious des-
potism, and the arrow needs Tellto speed
it TO the tyrant's heart. 1t is once more a
struggle for liberty under the law, and the
friends Of Milton have the old duty to per-
form. 1t is the world old conflict for home
and all that makes it dear, and the stirring
cry of the steady defenders of Londonderry,
'Neyer surrender" and the slashing charge
of the Highlanders at KilIiecrankie need to
be echoed and repeated. 1t is the second act
in our own war Of independence, and we
may create new Bunker Hills and Sarato-
gas and Yorktowus. 1t has come to be
gloriously true that
ave may make our lives subimsr'
Tho occasion is upon us. 1t now awaits
our grasp. Whatever aspiration has de-
sired, now opens in the future. Rhetoric
pales before the facts of our position. Such
an opportunity as now spreads before young
men, neyor allured proceeding generation
1t will not come again in our lifetime. Now
or not at all, it must be accepted.
Surely the difficulty is not TO induce an,
to accept the opportunity to serve the caus
of liberty and their country; it should b.
rather to chose between the crowds press
need urging to go. Only stringent neces
ity should bind any one at home. 1t is
matter of duty, to be sure; but the luxury
raud privilege are so great as to overlay tn
duty. A scar won in this contest for tn
Union will outshine orders of nobility anC
insignia Of wealth. To claim part in th
victory of the Republic will be fortune
enough for families, and an heirloom of hon
or for generations. Gov. Sprague is right
A GLORIOUS privilege now offers itself Il
Young men--an Occasion which will moi
come again in a lifetime.p sai
CoIdness BetyveeR France and England
N. Gaillardet, the accomplished Paris cor
respondent of the Courier des Etat,a
Ugis, in bis last letter 70 that journal, re
feEs 10 the growing bitterness Of feeling be
tween France aud England. Some word
incidently dropped by Lord Palmerston ii
recent speech have given great ofens
across the cbannel--so great indeed, as &
provoke bitter retort from NJ Michae
Cbeyalier, the devoted advocate of the Eng
lish alliance. The stationing of British
fleet at Naples is also regarded as a coun
terpaft to the protection which the French
accord 70 Plus TX. and to Francis II. a
Rome. Some experiments, too, on th,
Thames, with view to test the power 0
the Armstrong guns have received sus
picious construction. 1t IS true the Morn
iiag Posi- denies that any hostile demonstrs
lions against France are intended; but ad
mits, at the same time, that united a
France and England are by the bonds Q
interest. they are no more so than were th