Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-06-20
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tThe Constitutions as - tis''-HEyPocrisy OF
rhe Whraac.
The Wheeling intelligencef--publlshed
IN border State, be !. remembered and
where !. could see all the blessings of Al
s'coneiIialory" policy toward ibe gqefriIla
rebels, if they were any such blessings
has the following comments upon ihecOurse
Of certain "conscralives," which we COM
mend 10 the attention Of those who in this
State arc seeking to convert the Republi4
cans Of the State TO "union" with
those who hold such doctrines as are here
shown up:
4 There Is hothing on tbiseaFil, aud newer
was, more false and utterly hollow hearted
4 than tliis hypoeriticalcant about preserving
lthe CONSTITUTIONS as il IS ibis pretcncc thai
I the loyal Northern people are all abolition
lists, are al. lis enemies, and are going TO
: destroy it-this apprehension Of sApii,Sle-
very Despolism,n What is an Aati.Sla.
very DespotisIn2 Il IS a term employed by
those who,sympathiso with the pro.slavery
absolutism now warning against Democratic
n Government Simply that and nothing
more. What reason is there TO say that
the Northeru people are enemies 10 the
Constitution None. A few Of them, ra.
lical and fanatical, have sneered att all
their lives, but 10 republican governments
the liberty Of speech and opinion is tolerated
|, But even they have never taken up nrms
E TO assault it. They do bot oppose physical
force 10 the execution Of its provisions
I They do not kill the soldiers il calls into
r the field They make no war against il ex-
cept with their tongues, and have never
done much damage, as yet, And yet the
curato,s par szeeltaace Of tho Constitution
can sec nothing more criminal in the levy
ing Of terrible and criminal war against
tho Constitution, than in the idle and inef
fcctive sneers of few fanaticsl There car
/. be but one explanation Of a proposition Sc
o monstrous. Il is as already suggested, thai
u they cry "Lord Lordr When thoy mean
i .Satan! Satanr' They lose sight of'every
provision of the Constitution except that
: which protects rebel masters in their negro
: property. They want no other provision
; enforced. They are willing that all those
{ sublime declarations that are embodied in
u the Constitution. upholding this fabric ol
constitutional liberty, shall be sunk in the
bottomless abyss, so that negro slavery be
y preserved in all its pristine beauty. This i
: The Alpha and Omega of their preservation
fthc Constitution as it is-their restoration
Of the Union as it was. The Union neve
can be restored as il was, DO more than
man can call back his life and live il over
The past is irrevucable---the mischief oftht
: past is irrepairable. Can youres;ore 10 life
: TO their families, TO society, the thousand:
Of gallant and generous souls who were
murdered, ahd mangled afterward, by arm
ed traitors because they would not tamely
surrender their Government and Constiiu
tion--their free instilutious--theirc civiliza
toni Can you restore the millions ol
, treasure that have been swallowed up be-
cause the Union has been assailed and must
and will be preservedl If you cannot, then
you cannot restore the Union as il was.-
But YOU may restore it, and make it better
than it was. You may sink conspiracy
. against freedom and human right 10 deer
10 the ocean Of infamy that no plummet
can ever reach it. aud no bubble will eveI
come up 10 show where it went down for
4, ever, You may make the Union bette
re- than it was, stronger than ever, more res
d pected abroad and loved at home, bat yo
ne must at first expuDge the last vesiige {
ie secession, otherwise il will linger like tn
a dreaded plague, and the war for our itstitt
lr tions will every few years have 10 be fougi
Sc over. t