Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-07-26

Interesting from Alabama.-TorforIsnr
observation-disclosures

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StarvatiOn--ISenctiOn.
Mr.. H. Savage, formerly of Delevap.
Walworth county, Wisconsin, who has Just
returned from Mobile, Ala, whittier he
went as an agent for the sale of shingle
machine, and who has had six years of ex-
perience in the South, has Just returned,
and from him we gather the following bud
get Of facts;
Ho says tits now utterly impossible for
a man to come away from the South north.
ward, unless he can succeed in getting
permit from the Governor of tho State.
which is no easy matter. Mr. Savage sue.
ceeded in getting away, (aftor receiving
two bullet-shots from an officer for refusing
to bind himself TO serve for three years in
the rebel army,) by being secreted on board
boat whose Captain felt interested in him.
The passengers on the boat were examined
at several places along the river, but he
was "stowcd away" so that they did not
discover him.
AT Mobile war meeting was held re-
Gently, at which about $500 persons were
present. Speeches in favor of the war were
made by several clustering lawyers; among
them were w. Spear, j. H. TAYLOR E,
Sprague, and H. Kelsey. A wealthy mer-
chant, brother of ]. H. Taylor, who made
war speech on this occasion, had been shot
dead behind his own counter on account of
his Union sentiments, and nothing was done
about it. At the meeting above referred
to, three grey-headed men spoke the against
Secession movement. One of these old
gentlemen said he was from Louisiana
was opposed to the movement from the
first. He said the South can never con-
quer the North. "You arc fighting your
bread out of your own mouths" he said;
"you are seeing hard times already, but it
is only fortaste of what is to come"
He added: "a pack of hot-headed law
yers and politicians have wel-nigh ruined
the country. More than half of the plan
ters of my State are opposed to this war.
The Cotton States can't live three months
unless they get provisions from the North.
Already bands poor men of several hun
dreds in each party are proweing about the
country, taking everything they can lay
their hands upon, to prevent themselves
and families from starving, and there is no
power to stop them. l have not got pro-
visions enough to last my one hundred ne
groes one month, and tell Inc where l am
to get morel' The other two old men
spoke with equal earnestness and in a simi-
lar strain, and the audience looked crest
fallen after the old men spoke. Had such
a speech been made by a Northern born
man, he would have been shot on the spot.
Mr.. Savage says only few days before
he left Mobile, he saw company of from
six to eight hundred men, many of whom
he well knew, parading the streets with
banner on which was printed "Bread or
Blood ~ and they emptied the bakers shops
of the city, and mono molested them. AT.
terwards meeting of citizens was held on
the subject of providing for the suffering
poor. The meeting quarrled nearly all
night, and finally broke up in row, with
out accomplishing anything.
dc says on the boat on which he came
up the river, he saw thirty Germans with
their families, from Texas, emigrating north.
ward. Tho men having no ''passcs," were
compelled to go on shore, furnished with
guns and impressed into the rebel army
Their families were mercilessly sent up the
river to shift for themselves as best they
could.
Mr.. Savage says the general impression
in Mobile is that they can never beat the
North, but they say, ave must now make
the best show we can, and scare the North
into submission" Others, who are of
French descent, of whom there are many,
encourage themselves with the belief that
France will come to their help.
According to Mr.. Savage's account, the
of affairs is rapidly becoming des-
perate in these States. The terrorism
which has been inaugurated by tho dema-
gogues who got up the Secession move
ment, has unsettled everything in the way
of business. Neither life nor property is
safe, and famine is beginning to stalk all
over the land.
1t is evident that these things cannot
last long. The reaction has already begun.
The question will soon be generally asked,
Shall we follow these leaders of ours into
war, bankruptcy and starvation, or go back
to the old Union, and live and prosper as
formerly' There will ere long be revo-
luton against tho revolutionists.