Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-09-13
A Political CatechIsm for Ch,ldron

1t is the boast of the United States that our
children imbibe political knowledge almost with
their mothers milk, and that our boys at school
possess am experience of political affairs which
is not surpassed by that of average citizens of
most foreign countries We are not surprised,
therefore, that we have received the following
Political Catechism, which appears to have been
prepared by some very sensible American Mat
ron for the sake of her boys, and we commend
it to the perusal Of young men of all ages:-
Hdrpcr's lFcok{y.
QueStion-What is a Democrat, mammal
A,,Sper--A Democrat, my DEAR is a defunct
species, of which you will find finely -preser-
we'd specimen at Lancaster, Pennsylvania In
their day Democrats were hearty patriots who
sought the good of the whole country. These
Democrats have now gone to the wars, and are
fighting the battles of the country against trait
ors. Nobody calls himself Democrat now-a-
| days except broken down politicians who have
no honest means of living, and who assume that
title in the hope of being able To cheat and steal
| Qucstion-What is a Republican, mammal
AisSicer-Republcans my dear, were people
who sought to prevent slavery entering the ma
tonal territories. AS the question of slavery in
the territories (and other places beside, per-
haps) has been pretty thoroughly settled by the
great rebellion of the shareholders under jeff
Davis and other traitors there are no Republi-
cans left now except few persons who desire
| places in the Custom-house.
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mttee mammal
! A,,SUor-The Democratic State Committee,
| my dear, is composed of dead bodies which are
SO offensive in the sight of God and man that
no one has the charity to bury them. In No
vember next this unpleasant job will be done by
the people at large.
Qucstioi,-What is a Breckenridge Democrat
A1.Suer-A Breckenridge Democrat is a per-
( son who desires to see this Union overthrown
and the rebellion of jeff Davis successful.
QteStion-What do the Breckenridge Demo-
Gratis want, mammaP
AnStcor--A very natural question, my dear
Some of them want offices under jeff. Davis
one wants licenses to sell southern lottery tick
cts; another owns slaves and wants to bring
them to New York; others have money owing
them at the South, and would like to get it; but
most of them are mere vagabonds who want &c
see anarchy established in the hope of making
something out of it.
! Question-What is coercion, mamma?
characterization is resisting robber whC
tries to plunder you.
! QucStiOn-What is compromise?
AiSCcr-Compromis is giving the robbe
your purse, your watch, your coat and you
boots, on condition that he leaves you you
shirt collar.
Question: What is a fratricdal war9
A1,sacer-A fratricdal war is putting dowr
thieves and traitors who happen to be your fel
= low countrymen. The United States engaged
in fratrcfdel war when they chased and caugh
the traitor Burr; and they would have underta
ken a fratrcidal war against the traitor Arnol,
in uncommonly short order if they could hav
got at him.
Cl,estion-What is liberty of the press2
Anscer-The liberty of the press, as under
stood by the trainers of the Constitution, is tn
right of publishing what you will, provided n
one is injured thereby; but the liberty of tn
press as understood by the friends of jeff Da
Wis, is the right of playing the sneak -thefwhe
one has not courage to play the burglar.
QueStion-What is state sovereigntyt
AnSwer-State sovereignty, my dear, is fiji
phrase under which bad men choose the la
which they will obey and the laws which the
will break. 1t is anarchy raised into a system
QuestiOn-What is neutrality, mammal
Answer-N Neutrality, my dear, is meanly shirl
ing your duty as citizen, and helping the EN-
my in a cowardly underhand way. A ma
who stands by and sees a poor fellow beaten
death by a rowdy is neutral, and the model
those who are neutral in the present war.
Question-What is the cause ofthe present wa
, Ansucr--The war, my dear, is the last dyn
D. struggle of slavery as political power.
It. you have read history Alright you must hay
learned that all great and powerful systems
bodies die hard. The Roman Catholic hera
chy, the divine right monarchies the feudal o
igarchies, all struggled very hard before the
in gave way to common sense and the rights
ar the people just so slavery, as an element
political power, is now making its last dyiI
struggle, and you may depend upon it, it W
fight to the last. But if you have read yo
n Bible right, and have the true instincts OF
- free-born American boy in you, you cam
doubt how the contest will end.