Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-07-11

V.-y;t;nss and sueakings. IL In the first thing
,hov ,b;nk Of in the morning when they awake, |
and the last thing in the evening wher they 60
TO bed; and, no doubt, IN thoir dreams eAbol- |
ZIONIST" forms the principal portion Of their un-
conscious thoughts. But what is most remark
ahla about all this senscless clamor of the enc
mics Of liberty aud civilization il that any man,
o.,,oc;aIlv anv Republican. should permit him
elf "a No aisturf,ad nv n man might as well
and with lust as much reason. shrink from being
called christian or a patriot ns TO shrink at be-
ipp termed an aAbolitionist." Let us see what
consfih,tesan Abolitionist. according to the DEM
oeratic view. The Southern Literary Messenger
saws;
aAn Aboltionist is any man who does not
love slavery for its own sake as Divine institu-
ton; who docs not worship u as corner stone
El cls,i .n,,d;,,, nm ,h;ch
on, frepnbIican government can be erected; and
who does not, in his inmoet SOUL desire 10 see it
extended aud Perpetuated over lhe Nho,e eafth
az ~ nu',,, ",,a ~ %
lof Christ He who does not love African slavery
with this love is an Aboliuonist."
This is the explanation given by the South
ern Democratic party as to what constitutes an
l"Abolitionist," and the sentiment is fully in
dorsed by the leaders of that party in the North.
After reading the above, where is there any de-
cent man who will deny being an "Abolittonist2" ?"
But those who apply this epithet TO the I'M
ION party, 90 still farther an, usn such refined
language as .wooly heads, I" "amnlgamationists" E"
lanipper-loyers." DC. The Vallandgham De-
mocracy cannot conceive it possible that man
can hate slavery and have any higher views than
labolishing II from the land. While we believe
with the Declaration of Independence, that "all
men are created with certain inailenable rights,
amongst which is life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness" and as a consequences that every
slave ought 70 be free truth compels us to say
that our hostility to slavery springs from more
selfish motives. We acknowledge that our OBJ
liect in advocating abolitionism, is more for the
benefit of the white man and the aggrandiscment
of our country, than for the bettering the condi-
tion of the blacks. Slavery has been and is the
bane of the Union. 1t engenders strife, discOrd,
and hatred, not only between the two sections,
but between neighbors and individuals all over
the land. No act of Congress can be passed, but
that its bearing for or against slavery must first
be determined. 1t has long since divided the
! churches, aud estranged those who claim TO be
the Ministers of God. 1t enters into all our elec
tions. In the language of George Mason, o
Virginia, slavery discourages arts and manu-
flcturers. Thepoor despise labor when perfor-
med by slaves They prevent the emigration oi
whites who really enrich and strengthen a
country. They produce the most peInicious
effect on manners. Every master OF slaves is
born petty tyrant They bring the judgment
of Heaven on a country As nations cannot be
rewarded or punished in the next world, they
must be in this. By an inevitable chain of
causes and effects Providences Furnishes nation
al sins by national calamities" This language
of Mason has proved to be prophecy. Every
sentiment has been fulfilled. Our national sins,
the most fearful OF which is slavery, are meeting
wlthJust retrlbutlon.
Then what ought the people to do to avert the
impending judgments OF God upon our countryf
for we believe this nation is now undergoing a
similar process to that of Egypt at the time OF
the emancipation OF the lsraelites. In Other
words, God Is calling upon us to break thu
chains OF the bondman, and let the captive 6
. reel 10 this ehd' we nave all go' 10 Oecon
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