Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-04-18
Washington Correspondence Of the Fremont Journal.
Letter FROM Washington.

Mr.. EDIToR The recent discussions In the
Senate show in the most unmistaSable manner
what we may expect from slave-holding repre-
sentation, let it come from what part of the
South it may The shareholders of this city
make all the opposition they can to the bill
emancipatng Slavery in this District They
use the old arguments 10 sustain the institution,
and argue against the abolition of slavery here,
just as if they owned the Capitol, the Govern
ment, the buildings, the departments, and every
thing else belonging to the United States in
and about this city.
One year ago Washington was in a precarious
situation. 1t was not certain whether the reb
els would take il or our Government hold it,
These very same slave-holders, many of whom
are secession women, were, as a class more
willing that this city should fall into the hands
Of jeff. Davis than remain in the hands of the
North; and now, to hear their whining, one
would think they were the only persons in the
United States whose interests should be pro-
tected by the Constitution.
There is no use TO deny it, when man or
woman once accustoms himself or hersslf to
turn deaf ear TO the cause of the oppressed,
to them one department of the heart becomes a
barren desert. How else can we account for the
hearless arguments used by the heartless crew
against any attempt to better the condition of
the down-trodden. Every one of these argu-
ments, stripped of its flllacy, amounts to pre-
cisely the same specimen of chop-logc as was
used by the first murderer, Cain: "Am my
brothers keeper?"
The vote in the Senate the other day to abol-
ish Slavery in this District, brought to light in
the most significant manner what may be ex-
pected from even Northern Democrats. They
too, as well as the Border State men, were op
posed TO touching Slavery. They seem to ac
as if the destruction of Slavery would be tn,
destruction of their party, and hence, if the,
would save the party, they must save Slavery
What makes the action of these cravens NOR
contemplate, is, there are a few who win b.
disturbed by abolition in the District 1t il
supposed, on good authority, that there are no
more than eight or nine hundred Slaves ounce
| in the District, and about two thirds of thest
belong to rebel owners. These same owners
| draw the wages of their Slaves and devote then
| to the interest of rebellion. 1t may be that the
opponents of this bill hate to have their old
friends so severely tested, for the owner of eacl
Slave who may be emancipated, is required tC
swear, before he can obtain his pay for him
that he has never by any means assisted in thi,
rebellion, and that he always has been, and al
the time of receiving hispay, is loyal. This rul
will be applied to all owners, whether male o
female.
The Republicans will of course carry th
bill through the House, and it will probably be
come law without the aid of one Democrat
vote.
As far as the votes of Northern Democrat
members of Congress is concerned, one ca
scarcely get rid of the conclusion that they loo
upon Slavery as not being the least guilty
aiding or abctting our enemies, shooting OF
pickets or hanging Union men. They sustai
the Government. OF course they do-khgy da,
not do any thing elsc-but then as to touchin
Slavery, they are just as sensitive now the
were four years since.
The enemies of Fremont are still on his tracl
They were on his track from the moment the
heard that he would accept command las
June. His first foes were treacherous Republ
cans. His next were Knights of the Golde
Circle, who are West Pointers; and his last wei
new set of Republicans and Brecknridg
: Democrats This malicious horde pursued hi
during the hundred days of his campaign in h
Western Department. Some of them tried I
: thwart his success long before he had any ide
l., of their existance.
mand, his prosecutors thinking they had e
him helpless, let him alone, but Just as soon
he takes the field they begin anew 1t won
not be the least surprising if some of the Leaf
ers among them would yet be called TO accoun
He knows them all
/ During the last week the command of Ge
n Mcclellan was cut down to mere shadow
its former self the Departments of Genera
Banks and Nc cDowell having been taken from
From the arrangements made, we have ever
reason to expect the capture of Richmond befo
the Goth of this month. The orders are so gi'
en- to both Gen. Mcclellan aud Gen. McDowe
as to leave it open to them to prove by the cal
ture of the rebel Capital which is the better 30
. dier. Gen. Mcclellan has mnch the best stal
having every thing necessary to complete
. equip an army of over one hundred thousaI
! men. He has ninety batteries of artillery
~ six guns in each battery-the largest force
artillery under any man that ever lived. Let
be patient till we see how he uses it. Genel
Il Mcdowell, ON the other hand, has not half
many men, has little or no transportation,
he has two things which Gen. Mcclellan is su
"A pected not to have-they are good head and
IL stout heart.
ii It may be because Gen. Mcdowell is Buc
eve that am partial to him. ! viii admit
C / know one thing of him; he is not Knight
ID the Golden Circle, and know that all last f
and all winter he wanted TO fight. He owes
enemy a grudge since the affair ot Bull Hu
= Give him chance and he will wipe out th
stain ought not to call it stain. VIII
the history of Bull Run comes to be writ
out, it will be seen that our Buckeye Genel
mt did his work handsomely and well. The failt
ca lies at the doors of other men, although he i
had all the blame to bear.
as Almost every branch of business throughC
the country has sent delegations to Congress
show what they suppose to be good and SUI
cient reasons why their branch of busin
1t. should not be taxed But it is no use, eve
thing and every body viii have to be tax
an and so fhey should Is it not better to be tax
to the amount of one fourth of what every {
would make, and have peace and safety the
with, than it would be to have the tyranny q
terror consequent upon such state of thin
as the rebels wished to inaugurate2
n Had the rebels succeeded in obtaining p'
,er session of the Government, they would sc
eS, have shaped the laws so Ms 10 impose upon
FREQ States all the burdens of corrupt and
trayagant oligarchy, if not monarchy, maxi
era us at the North while the slave States would
ers most likely left out, pay probably much m
), to sustain our tyrant masters, than We will
AZ ~ called upon to pay under the forthcoming I
With this fact before us, we ought to face
!. tax cheerfully. By the aid Of good confs
tion bill to help US start in the way Of pay
our national debt, and few years of peace
enterprise, we shall soon be able to remove f.
our National ledger the vast amount Of cree
" which we find enrolled there. Until this is d
bic we must econOmise, pay our taxes, defeat 10
Ter, foism, help get rid Of slavery, cease TO do
and learn to do well. BY these means in
q. than no time we shall be better off as nat