Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-05-30
The CompromIsers az washington.
From the Nashville Union, May 20.

The ComprOmisers are busily employed at
their great work in Washington, aud will prob
ably present their bantling to Congress in short
time While the people of the Union are awake
to the grand questions of the day, and the armies
of the Union are going on from triumph to tri-
umph and the cIeDlies of the Union stand on
the verge of utter defeat, we hear a feeble cry
coming from men who are not of this age and do
not comprehend its momentous issues, and are
not qualified TO direct its prOgress-"DOnt be
radical. You must be conservative, or the
country is ruinedl" Now conservatism is an
admirable thing, and not only so but essential
TO the existence of every Government and SO
far as the word signifies the preservation Ofwhat
| is good we are conservative. And so far on the
other hand as radical means uprooting and des-
troying what is good, we are anti-radical. But
we have heard this cry of conservatism and
radcalism too long not to know that the first
term is often used to. express that which OBJ
structs the path of human progress, while radi-
calism is an epithet used to brand that course of
action which is prompt, bold and decisive
| When man lacks moral courage to strike like
hero he steps timdly back from the scene of
danger and calls himself conservative; and such
man is sure to call his independent, bold and
energetic neighbor who fixes his eye upon one
great and heroic purpose, and lets collaterals and
4 minor consequences take care of themselves, a
radical.
Il Well, what are these Congressional conserva.
tives aiming at in their efforts 10 COMPROMISED
Diyested of an immense cloud and fog of yer
, biage and threadbare common places, they vir
tually tell this great nation now fighting for it
life against the most wicked, and desperate. ant
reckless rebels the world ever beheld: Yoi
must fight your battles te',derety and with grea
regard for the welfare of your erring BRETHREN
When you fire your cannOns touch Ute,p o6edsy.
You must be yigilant in protecting the pro
perty of rebels, for if in marching through dis
trict where the people are trying to poison anC
assassinate your soldiers, slave should accident
|, ally run off, It might sour some traitor agains
Government.
On no account hold leading rebels in custody
but if you do, lionize them and feed them higl
at first class hotels.
The first grand requisite is for our army 4
protect rebel property especially negro propert.
i and rather die than this should not be done, le
c the Constitution and the Union perishl
This is a fair statement of the creed which oil
political fossils are trying TO force upon this ma
: ton The army of the Republic is to be fet
It tered and disaI1ned in the flush of success an
e made subservant TO the whins of clique @
Il comprOmisers, who seem more anxious 10 secur
0 the reinstatement of the rebel leaders in thei
! former political power than to redeem strug
5, Cling nation. II such disastrous counsels pre-
e, vail, we may expect to see Davis, Stephen
: Wigfall and Floyd in Washington before man
n months, again uttering their treason boldly an
is defiantly in the ears Of the National Council.
If We utterly repudiaie such mischieyous heres
is les. They are fraught with nothing but mis-
Y, chief and disaster. If the eompromisers carr
d through their plans, treason, far from being Dc
e stroyed will pause only while it takes breatl
g. ing spell and gathers fresh strength to renew i
" attack upon the Union. We shall have a trout
s. led sleep for a few months until coneiliatio
has given over the chief posts Of honor and prof
10 to the arch rebels. And then when streaso
T. has done its worst" the clangor Of the fre-bell
70 the glare OF general conhagration, the crash
d tOppling buildings, and the shrek Of mortal al
II ony will again awake us TO drama tenfol
o more dark, and bloody and horrible than tn
now being enacted We shudder as we no
" contemplate the picture.