Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-09-13

2lst. Hon. J. A. Bingham.
Secrotaries.-J. NJ. Coffinbury, Charles Hams
James L. Kessinger, Simeon Wolf, Charles C.
Murdoch, and F. G. Lewis.
SPEECH BY MR.. EWING.
Mr.. Ewing made a very pertinent speech,
practical and right to the point. In the
course of his remarks, he said;
"Now Gentlemen, the only method by
which the power of the nation can be put
forth is through the arm of the lawfully
constituted authority of the country. In
any other mode we are powerless.
As to the manner in which the proper
authorities are to proceed, different persons,
again, have different plans; some think
this, and some think that. Now all this is
of no avail. We can't throw off the legally
constituted authorities. In order to sup
port the Nation we must support the Ex-
ecutive of the Nation. (Great applause.)
The time may have been when it was 9TH
erwise. But that time is not now. When
our country and its capital are threatened
by hostile force of armed rebels, is not
the time to refuse our support to the Ma
by force.
remember, at one time, when rebellion,
threatened the country, and when Gen.
Jackson planted his foot upon it, that /,
With twenty other good Wings, called upon
the old General to assure him of our sup
port of his measures to crush incipient re-
bellion. And l would do so again.
(Cheers.)
Under the troubles that have SO grev-
ously assailed our country, there has been
much of crImination and recrimnation.
The Republican has said to the Democrat,
you have brought these evils upon us; and
the Democrat has replied to the Republi-
can, you did it. But it seems to me that
he representatives of party had better just
agree to close and balance accounts with
each other. Laughter and cheers. But
the fact is, my friend, the origin of this re-
bellion is with neither of the two parties, as
such. The source of the evil lies much
deeper down and further back than all this.
From the time Gen. jackson planted his
foot upon notification in South Carolina
in 1888, there has been general progress
in the schooling for rebellion in that State
Within that time whole generation O
young men has there been reared up anC
educated to disunion. She is disunioI
State. And the fact is now unquestionabl,
that she can be kept in the Union only BY
the strong arm of power; and would
stretch out that arm with an unhesitatine
firmness, and force her to remain. I'm
mense applause. Other States have beer
by degrees, seduced from their alegience
TO some extent, by influences similar tc
those which have proved so pestilential tc
South Carolina. You all remember the
wild buccaneering that was set on foot il
1s49, when organized bands of adventurous
young men invaded the Island of Cuba
in which invasion an unfortunate and mis-
guided nephew of the venerable John G.
Crittenden was taken prisoner and garroted.
Now, these young men and their associates
and sympathizers trained to live without
labor, many Of them poor and all of them
proud, became the knights of the Golden
Circle" "a secret organization-set on foot
to carry out their desperate and villain
Gus plans. But this was put down. They
organized anew, and were again put down,
but not till after desperate struggle.
have conversed with Judge Cambell, U. s.
Judge in Alabama, on this subject, and he
informed me that 50 strong and so violent
had become this secret orgnization, that he
expected on some occasion to be violently
torn from the bench and cast into the waves
OF the gulf. These secret conspirators then
turned their attention to the North to edu-
cate political schools in their desperate doc
trines. They sought to distract the coun-
try on tho exciting subject of slavery. They
30 far and so well managed their machina-
tions as TO break up the Democratic party
at Charleston. BY this rupture they 50
weakened the political power Of that party
as to bring about the election Of Mr.. Lin
coin and thereupon seized upon bis election
as pretext for dissolying the Union.
We also heard much about the admins
tration going to far, and doing to much
Ny objection is, on the other hand, that the
Government has been too long suffering and
patient. My voice would have been given
70 stop the proceedings Of the rebels at
onee upon their rearing Notifications at
Fort MoultEie. Yes, my friends, l think
the Administration, ifmistaken iu anything,
has made the mistake Of waiting to long,
and has not at any time been too strong 10
ita movements. Cries Of atbat's so."1
Another charge that Il sometimes ure.
fered against the Administration 4 that a
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