Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-01-31

~ NKl9Ays SaAaaFl N as lo0fs
s,oer nejghbor ef The Dsnccfei did not have .
.wprd 10 say In regard 70 the extraordinary
todlse.qf Rapfosqhfafive Thorp 10 the LegislaI
,tdft, Are W. 70 Infer ifeh this that the editor
4n1tsees hiInt--.tonssink2 ilf9t lEia t'iiAfl
ssi Weprtsuhsoasn eikhbOrreFers, 70 SIf, Thorp's
iyose 10 opposisicn y laying the Dressed resoin-
lions on The table, We reply, briefly, that Mr..
Thofn during his visit here. about ten day .
since, promised 70 give ds statement IN REFER
iehest6 that sote, aad fot this reason we have
MT referred to ahe matter heretpfore. We have
since learned. hewever, that fr. Thorp has ad
dressed his comniuniestion to the Messenger, and
NE public nay expect 10 hear from him through
sthatAned.ash ihis week ksto the Dressed res,
alutiona, we dielike them because their ohiec
was 70 prodnce mischief among Union men, anc
commit those who sustained them against
measure which may Become "a military nccessi
ty,f though ue do not recognize s,ich necessity
es existing noy.i We think, therefore, that th'
funion members very properly voted olay then
On the table At the same time, we do not en-.
dOre6 the strictures OF the Journal upon Mr.
Thorp, believing them 10 be unealled lot and
iil-timed. We shall defer further reference Il
.thessubject nntil we see Mr. ThOrp's statement
--,Dcmocrdk
We DO not quote the above reply Of the Dem
ocras for the purpose Of now making any furthe
remarks enthe course Of Mr.. ThorP but to say
e word or two in reply 70 our smooth speaking
neighbor. We shall dismiss the sUnionn n,
Representative from this county until we read
his defense which the Democrat says is to ap-
pear in the Messenger, although we viii say
incidently, that il would have looked much bet.
ter sOr Nj, Thorpe had he chosen one or the 9th.
er of. the Union papers here in which to hav,
inserted his communication. But let that pass
The Democrat says it "disiikss" the Dresse
resolutions, because their object was to produc,
nqischisf among Union men. Our neighbor car
not perceive that any mischief would be produ.
ueed to the country by getting the people of Ohio
pledged 10 the dectrine that slavery must not be
interfered with -on any ground whatsoever. =
IT seems to admit that the abolishment Of Sla-
very 4fnay become q military, necessity" bu,
does not recognize that such necessity exists
row. II is now nine months since the war broke
out We have collected together an army oI
$4,000 men, have created respectable navy
have already sacrificed $4,000 lives, expended
over $500, 100000, aud are now at daily ex-
pense of over $2,O00,OOO and what have we got
to show for it2 We have Bull Run, Great Beth
Ell Edwards Ferry, Springfield. and lot OF
prO-slavery do-nothing Generals. True, our
brave soldiers have beaten the enemy at some
points as they would at all points, if they had
skillful and go-abead commanders. In the mean
time the rebels have an army nearly equal to
ours IN numbers and equipments; have extensive
and unequalsd Notifications; have at least seven
regiments Of well drilled slaves at Manassas as
has been well sseertained, and large numbers at
other points. Their Notifications and earth
works have been principally constructed by
slaves. and slaves produce the clothing food
and whatever else is needed by the rebel army.
In fact slavery is the lie and security of the
rebellion. We do not say the rebellion cannot
be put down without wipipg out slavery, but
we do believe that one hundred thousand lives
and untold millions Of dollars can be saved
to the Government by ordering our generals
to free the slaves as fast as they reach them-
Should foreign Governments interfere no other
course would be lett US, except submission. Yet
these fellows that favored the Dressed resolutions
would not let US interfere with slavery though
every nation on earth should aid the South
against,us. III view of these facts, the Demo
erat has the intelligence to say that our remarks
IN regard to Mr. Thorpe were -uncalled for and
ill-timed." We have the qualification ofknow-
ing that our readers, those that we have talked
with, unless with one or two exceptions
they said our article was right but ip,politic-
approve Of our course throughout We have
recsived letters from Nr. Thorpe's town, urging
Us 10 give il to the @traitor, : and one Union man
in Green Creek township come into our ofice
and solicited US to prepare petition asking
him to resign. But we dscountenced any such
movement. If the Representative from San
'dusky county possesses the JacksoDian qualif-
cations for Office, to wit: honesty and capacity
any thing we may say wiz not drive him from
pursuing an honorable and dignifed course in
the Legislature. r.ls sst