Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-07-18

soumd words from Governor johnson.
Gov. Andy johnson, Of Tennessee made,
powerful speech at Nashville on the 4th.
from which we extract the following, and
commend TO our readers the contrast be-
tween his noble and manly utteraucos and
the mis- erably shutting apologies for the re-
bolliou which wero made at the Democrat
ic Convent on st Columbus on the same
day:
al hold that this Government is Of Divine
birth, that il is gift Of God himself, and
that neither Parson Elliott, nor Parson
Sehou, nor Parson Howell, nor Armaged-
don, have a right to break il up. punish
these men, not because they are priests,
but because they are traitors, and enemies
Of society, law and order. They have pur.
sued and corrupted boys and silly women,
and inculcated rebellion, and now let them
suffer the penalty. 1 received the other
day request to ollo,O some ham, s,0eet pick
le and other delic0cies to be carried to these
persons. Itold the applicant to send his
inruries 10 ne, and I aoould find persons a
GOOD deal more i0orthg to receive them than
these rebels. T,could give them to the suf
.fering widolOs and orphans among as,
,Chose husbands and fathers a0ere deluded By
those men into the rebel army, and now fill
rebels grave, or lie in prison. (Shouts o.
"Good good that's rightr') If delicacies
arc to be distributed, think that these in.
of
rupt rebel priests, are a good deal more
worthy objects Of charity and compassion
than the deceivers themselves. Why
should they be feasted and lionized, and
their wretched victims be left to perishi--
"a whistle in the rear Of the crowd.)
hear a whistle. believe it is Goldsmith
who says in his Natural History, that there
are ouly two animals that hiss: the viper,
by reason Of its venom, and the goose, for
its simplicity. think the present instance
is an exception, and the whistler is Cos
ling. 1t is some foolish creature instigated
by others who are too cowardly to show
themselves. Let your masters show them
selves and will attend to them.
But why should these persons ask for
sympathy9 W1en did they ever express
sympathy for the loyal men Oho lie in the
jail of Tuscaloosa, covered Nth filth, and
fed on tainted Daedts Alas, TO their agou-
izing cries no response is made but the
clanking of their chains. These men who
claim special regard, have stolen the livery
of Heaven to serve the devil in, but am
determined that they shall feel the power
of the government which they have sought
10 destroy. Some professed to entertain a
holy horror of coercion. Why, force and
terror have coerced the South into her
present position, and nothing but force and
power will bring her back. You were coer.
ced by the violence and force of secession
and the spirit of secession must be subdued
and controlled by force. The strong arm
Of the Government must be barred, and JUS
tice must do her work. We may as well
understand the fact first as last, and 90 to
work nationally. Without force and power
to coerce we have no Government.
How have matters gone on heretofore?
Why, when the Union army came here, the
first to run to it for protection and privilege
were secessionists, who got promises of pro-
lection if they would remain neutral. On
the other hand, the poor Union men were
terrified with threats Of vengeance if the
rebel army should return. The secessionist
was protected by the Union army, and was
equally confident of protection should the
rebel army return; so hefelt perfectly easy.
The Union man dreaded utter ruin, should
a reverse occur, and was filed with perpet-
ual alarm. So under this strange policy,
the rebel had ta0o guarantees, and the I'm
ion man but one. 1t is time this was stop
ped. The time has arrived schen treason
must DO made odious and traitors in,pover-
ished. These men have used their property
to destroy the government, and I'll the land
with bankruptcy and distress; they have
given their wealth freely to aid rebellion and
treason, and drench the land in fraternal
blood, and crush out the last vestige Of lib
erty, and their property should be taken
from them to defray the srpenses of the sUar.
They are the guilty ones. They are the
real criminals. Tho poor have been delud-
ed and dragged into this war, while the au-
thors and instigators who have kept up the
war by their money and contributions, have
skulked at home, and demanded the pro-
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