Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-07-11
Tho ROco"s,rucuonP parry y-Thc Platform


Harpcrs Weekly which favored the election o
Douglas in the late Presidential canvass, has
most excellent satiracal report of the organiza.
tion of the Antedeluvian Party for the recon-
struction of "the Union as it was" We give
below the platform adopted, and which, in some.
what modified form, was adopted by the Val.
landighammers in Convention at Columbus on
the 4th:
1WerOds, The rascally and diabolical conduct
OF the Northern States, and especially Massa-
chusetts, Vermont and Wisconsin, have plunged
this country into a fratricidal war; and whereas
the blood-thirsty representatives from these
States refused persstently TO avert the war by
adopting the ndvice of such pure patriots rs
Breckenridge, Vallandigham and Hunter and
giving up everything demanded by the Southern
Atd Whcrcas, The Sputherners have already
proved their valor, and the utter impossibiity
Of subjugatng them by force of arms
BE 10 resolved, l. That the times call for the cs-
tablishment of new Northern party, consisting
of all the virtue and worth, and most of the mod
esty of the North, TO crush out and keep out the
rascally, Jacobinical, radical faction.
2. That the cardinal principle of this party be
THE RESTORATION or THE UNioN AS 1T WAS, with
Mason, Slidell, Breckenridge, Davis, and Huuter
in the Senate, Pryor, Stephens and Barksdale
in the House, the fugitive slave law in full opcr-
alton throughout the North aud slavery in all
the Territories present and future.
3. That with view to conciliate our Southern
brethren the officers of the Southern army should
be admitted into the United States army with
the rank they now hold, and that the supreme
command should be given to Cen Beauregard,
who should bc appointed Lieutenant General by
Congress-
4. That Major General Lowell be invited to
resume disposition as Street Inspector in thiscty.
5. That Senator Sumner be tried for trea son,
and if possible, hanged.
6. That a monument be raised in the city Of
Boston to the memory of the late Preston
Brooks, whose Christian behavior was so beauti-
full prototype of the conduct of his Southern
friends during the present war
That Robert Smalls, the nigger who ran
owaY from his owners in Charleston with val
liable steamboat, be returned under flag q
truce, aud Commodore Dupont, who abetted hin
in the theft of himself and boat, be dismissed
| from the service.
8. That the nigger who gave Col Kenly in
formation ofthe approach of the enemy at From
Royal, receive one hundred lashes for escaping
! from his owner without regular pass.
That the true object of the establishment oi
the Government of the United States was the
protection and maintenance Of slavery, and the
encouragement of freedom wherefore law of
Congress should render it penal forever here
'ittii W puDllC
course, Of freedom or libberty, or Of the rights
Of man, and an orator should be appointed by
Congress, on each Fourth of July, to explain to
the people the beauties of slavery, the charm of
the whipping-post the advantage of the IRON
collar the merits of the blood hound, the virtues
of slave-traders and the general common sense
Of making people work without wages
10. That Russia having commenced the eman-
cpaion Of the serfs, diplomatic relations be
broken off with her. that Spain be warned that
if she carries out the project of her leading
statesmen for the emancipation of the negroes il
Cuba and Porto Rico, the United States viii
consider it casus beIi; and that new and clos,
treaties Of friendship and nmuy be conclude,
with the Emperor of Brazil the King Of Dahom
ey, and the Sultan of Turkey.
IL. That it being the deliberate sense of tn
members of this party that the world is goinl
headlong to ruin--that civilization is a mistake
and progress delusion--we take the name anC
title of 'The Antedeuvians."
These resolutions having been put to the vote
were carried men, con-; and the meeting separa
ted in high good humor.