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

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Wendell Phillips the great abo'i'ion Lecturer
f,nrn poa,oo nttemntea 10 deliver lecture in
Cincinnati last Monday night ard .wae eggedl
from the Hall We are opposed q all inoie, no
matter what may be the pretexti Put We haye
ro svmpathy with these raving abolition i9nat-
~ ics Their work should now bb tlisconli nued
and this scene at Cincinnati eigs. fridenee u ~
fursirg senses Of the people. Let Philips 70
home and preach his detestable doctrine to his
John Brown musicians there.--Afessengsr.
Wendell Philips is one Of the best speakers,
as well asone of the most finished orators that
,hlscountry now afIords He Is a man Of com-
manding intellect, philanthropist, christian,
and gentleman. He has frequently spoken
unmolested in New York, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton and other cities, and always to large and in
telligcnt audiences A week or two since he
delivered an address in Washington city, where
were present Cabinet officers, a large number Of
Senators and Representatives, citizens, and many
slave holders He was listened to attentively
throughout, and no kind Of insult offered y
! He was invited to deliver speech in Cinciu-
natl for the benefit ofone ofthe charitable fand.
Of that city. He complied Over three thou.
sand tickets were sold, and the Opera House
was crowded with many Of the most respectable
and intelligent citizens Of thecity, together viii
from threeto ave hundred straight Democrats
who attended for the purpose ef getting up I
mob. Mr.. Phillips had spoken for over an hou
before any serious disturbance was made Tha
part Of the speech to which the "straights" tool
the most exception. was the proposition whiel
no loyal and intelligent man not blind with ole
prejudices can question,
aThat the war now desolating the land is be
tween the real democracy of the country and th
sectional aristoctacy that wields the power o
African slavery in one hand and that Of the ig
norance Of whites in The other"
Nothing seemed so TO stir the passions of tn
infurated "straights," as the presentation Of tn
fact which is as clear the sun, that the secess
} ion aristocracy who have hazarded their all i
the revolutionary effort to rule the country, nc
only hold the negro race in slavery, but degrad
and oppress the poor white men of their section
and use them to sustain the despotism by whicl
they are debased
While the speaker was demonstrating thi
fact, the @intelligent straights" became horribl,
offended. They commenced groaning for th'
speaker, for sOld Abe and the Black Republi
cans with now and then giving a cheer fo
JEFF. Davis, interspersed with attempts to egl
the speaker The Messenger characterizes thes
proceedings as returning sense the people
But we doubt whether the actors in this dis
graceful transaction ever had any sense. There
fore they could never have lost any to return t
them. The Cincinnati Commercial gives the fol
lowing as, the composition of these "straigll
Democrats" whose returning senses" so please
the Messenger:
"The mob was composed of the yilest class o
our population. The lowest of the gamblers
the pimps, the thieves--those whose trade it i,
to rob the public, as well as private pilfercrs-
the whisky bloats-the bullies in ward election,
the foulest mouthed of the secesh sympaths.
ers-were out in full force tickets having been
procured for them by wholesale, and distributed
through all the sink holes Of the city"
These are the description of men that are ar
rayed against the Administration; against free
speech; against a free press; against liberty
against christianity; against humanity; against
decency; against civilization and against every
thing that is honorable and honest, but who al
ways vote the straight Democratic ticket. =
They are a fit counterpart of the men--did W,
say men7 we mean Mi'.ss-in the Legislatur
who voted against inviting Parson Brownlow /
make speech in Columbus. No wonder tn
!, "returning senses ofthese fellows are approve
> by the Messenger. Free speech and open dii
q cussion are death to the astraights"