Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-09-05


O. A. prouvnson on Hmamcipntiors
Below We give an extinct from re spdeoh De-
livered by oresics A. Brownson 1t Wsshinkton
last week, 10 response to Tia compliment ola
serenade. Itoounsels are wise aud timely
nm not here az an abolitionst lapplauae1 or
an nnt-abolitiOuist lRenewed applause,l y
stand here, gentleman, an Aincfic6n cifiEth.--
Cries Of Good, and applause Istand here in
love win the Union Tint We have hilherio called
the United States. f"we do yetn1 love Il
as nation, as country; love Il rs my couu-
try and as yours; and am here, md wherever
/ am, for the countryside nation first, the ma
tion second and the nation last, and to die when
the nation itself dies I"Good, and applause.l
have asked not for abolition's sake, yet tell
you there are from 10000 to 100000 men with
In the radius Of fifty miles Of you all armed to
the teeth ready TO cut our thfoals; and why arc
they thereY Beca0se they have the slave labor-
ers at home 90 raise their bread corn aud wheat,
and to take care OF the plantations. Now, what
! want TO do, is to take away from them those
same slaves, so that they shall have to 20 home
and raise their own bread, intend % their own
plantations, and protect their own families. APP
plause.l do not want them here 10 cut your
throats or mine, and the way not 70 have them
here is to provide for them work at home
| ILaughter.
So far, am in favor Of abolitionism Iamin
favor ofdetaching those slaves in all the rebel
lious states from their masters, and depriyinR
them Of their service / care not whether they
render us any positive service or not; but say
If we can take away their services from their
masters, their owners or from the southerncanse
we have added equal 20 3 000, 900 10 our own pop
ulation. lAppause.l know there Is great
hestancy about it. Many people talk Of con-
stitutions, of the horrors Of San Domingo and
all these things. understand perfectly well
what the constitution says. When the agitation
i OF the question Of slavery threatened to cndan-
ger the union of these states Iopposed It, APP
plause.1
l said, "Down with agitation" ICheers. i
When now the Union is threatened from
other cause, and slavery is the main thing which
can sustain the party opposed TO the existence
OF this government; when 1t is, IN my judgement,
impossible to preserve both the Union and sla-
very say down with slavery. Vociferous ap-
plause Let every slave go free, but let the
country be saved. Renewed applause.l Add
less we are prepared TO say that TO it very soon,
and to say It, not as am saying it. private in
diyidual from this platform, but until we arc
prepared to say it from the Capitol and from the
I White House, in tones that viii ring throughout
the whole civilized world, the dangers which
threaten us viii not be diminished. IApplause,
and cries of "That's so."1
| ] do not stand here to find fault with the gov
ernment. There are many things no doubt,
remiss in its actionsl many things which would
like to have had different; many things which, If
had been the government, would have done
differently. IApplause.J But then / am not
the government. IVoice-"I wish you We're"
and laughter.1 We must sustain the Govern
ment we have Tapplause1 only praying God that
the government may always prove equal to the
wants of the country ICries of@That's So . and
applause. know there are many difficulties
about it. Many men look only at the obstacles
and the little objections which may be brought
against this and that measure.
Why. there was never measure proposed in
this world against which you could not bring
objections enough to overwhelmn every little
mind that contemplated IL; but the men fitted for
the times never dwell on those objections. They
look at the great positive reasons for the meas
ures the positive gain that is TO be derived from
it, and they seize upon that, and present it be-
fore the people to electrify the whole country to
carry it with them. CApplause.l That is the
only way we can act in times like these.
In order to overcome these difficulties, these
little technicalties or obstacles which may be in
the way, or petty attorneys may imagine or
bring up or cavil at--things of that sort--we
must stand up like men and say the country is
first, and if there any of these little difficult
ties in the way, let them go the way Of all the
earth-sweep them away with one strong determ-
ined blow. TApplnuse.] do not ask, as said
before, abolition for abolitions sake. So far as
the abolition of slavery is concerned, / feel not
the slightest uneasiness. The shot that was
| fired at Sumter knocked off the fetters of every
slave in the land. IApplause.]
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United States or for the Southern Confederacy;
| let the present administration remain in power
or let jeff Davis and his gang come here slavery
is alike doomed. And as an a1ti-slavery man
care nothing about it, and touch the question
only in its bearing upon the great military
operations fthe country--in its bearings ON its
strength of the two parties; and / want them
emancipated for the purpose of weakening the
enemy and thus increasing relitivelythe strength
of the North. Loud aPplause.]
Furthermore, want this same thing done be-
cause there is that cloud hanging over us of in
tervention. Some say there is no longer any
danger Of it. | tell you there is, until you in
inscribe along with this word Union another
word ofstill greater import, and without Union
is nothing, Liberty. LaGood," good" and ap-
plause. just put on your banners "Union and
Liberty" Liberty to ALL" Eapplause1 whether
white, black. yellow, or Unprecedented - in
scribe them in large capitals and illuminate
them and / tell you that all humanity is with
you. Loud and prolonged applause The
whole civilized world is with you. rApplause
All that is strong, generous, noble in the human
heart is with you. Renewed applause And
what is more than all humanties, God, the
Eternal Creator himself is with you, and will
give victory to your arms. CLoud and contin-
ued applause.
1t is therefore to weaken the enemy, and thus
relatively strengthen the cause of the Union and
prevent foreign intervention that ask for the
declaration of the freedom of the slave.
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