Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-07-04
Fremont Journal.



The MASK Of ssOonservasism.1
Whenever any especially iuhuman and
repuisise measure is proposed in Congress
and elsewhere, il receives the support Of
people who call themselves, and are called
by their friends, ''the Conservative party"
Whenever base and disgracefpl inierpre-
tatiou is given 10 any clause Of the National
Constitution, aDd it is called by the same
persons s'tho conservative view." When
ever any rigorous and radical means ofsup-
pressing this cruel rebellion arc suggested,
they are Indignantly resisted by the same
conservative" party and papers. Tho per-
sistent political allies Of the rebels, like
Vallandigham, Powell Bayard, and Sauls-
bury, arc leaders Of this conservative
movement, while the newspapers which
openly supported the rebellion until the
Government took it in hand, or which from
their continued support of it received a
very significant warning, are tho organs Of
the same faction.
The same "Couservatives" during tho
last Presidential canvass solemDly warned
the country that they could not allow any
body but their own candidates to be elect
ed and they brought eminent "Conserva-
tives" from tho Southern States to confirm
what they said. The same conservative"
gentry at the South, when the new admin
istration was coustitutionally chosen, took
up arms and have maintained desperate
and bloody war for more than year. The
same conservative" citizens at the North
are now most anxious to make compromises
with their friends who are red to tho neck
in the blood Of the brave and hardy youth
Of the loyal part Of the land Peace, at
any price, whether Of civil order, of nation
al existence, Of human rights, Of individual
honor, or Of common decency, is the hearts
prayer of this conservatism If a man
shows himself false 10 our common human
ity, or Indifferent to our national unity,
they bail him as conservative" If any
man aims TO destroy or abridge the equal
rights which the Government was founded
to protect, they rally to it as "conserva-
tive" measure. If a man is faithless to the
Democratic principle he is Sound" II he
sneers at justice and maniness, and honor,
he is "prudent."
These gamblers are still busy, but their
game is played out. 1t is transparent
"Conservtism" has been used as conven-
tent apd alluring name with which to con-
ceal the effort 10 sustain the predominaDce
Of single class in this country over all other
men or classes. james NJ Mason, famous
for fatheriDg the Fugitive Slave Bill of 1850,
and for nothing else but furtive ondeavor
to implicate his political enemies with John
Brown; John Slidell, famous for the Pla-
quemine election frauds, and for nothing
else but the most INSCRIPTIONS political in
trigue; John B. Floyd, famous for stealing
and running away, and for nothing else;
Wigfall famous for whisky drinking; Pryor,
famous for not fighting with Potter; Cobb,
famous for emptying the Treasury and i'm
pcriing the credit Of the country; Toombs,
famous for idiotic believing in the United
States Senate; Jefferson Davis--thcse, and
an endless string more, are the representa-
tive CONSERVATIVES" Of the present epoch
in our history, and their "conservatism" con-
sisted and consists in the effort to destroy
all the safeguards which our Constitution
throws around the rights Of all men; and,
baffied in that, in the fierce and furious
armed attempt to overthrow that Coustitu-
tion and ruin the country.
This game of Conservatism" is up
Meanwhile the great and true Conserva-
tive party Of the country-the party of all
faithful citizens who, to whatever political
band they may have hitherto belonged, are
daily learning that national peace can be
preserved only by maintaining, by conserv-
ing the cardinal and distinctive principles
of our Governments engaged iu the tri-
umphant suppression Of the rebellion insIig.
gated by these pseudo Conservatives" and
their abetters at the North in Congress and
the press, and having preserved the country
from the military blows which rebel treas
on strikes at its heart, it will equally save il
from political plots of rebel "Couservatism.'
--Hdrper's Weekly.
So