Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-07-04
The Right Talk from the night Quarter
and In the night Place.

and la the night Place.
The citizens Of Louisville gave a banquet
in honor Of Brig Gen Rosscau. The Lou
isyillo Journal says il was a most "fervaptI
and patriotic demonstration" Speeches
were made by Hon. James Guthrie, Gen.
Rosseau and George D. Prentice. We
give the following extract from tho able
speech made by Gen. ROsseau:
81 have warned our Southern friends Of
the danger Of continuing il much longer;
and tell you tonight that, ifthis wdr con-
tinues year from this day, there wH not
be a slave on this continent. The greatrev-
olution will take care Of itself--the dead
will bury its dead-snd those who are caus-
ing all the bloodshed and desolation around
us under the false pretensc that we desire
to free their negroes, will, If they persist,
one day fiud slavery snufed out as you
snuff out candle. Staverg is not worth
our Government. II isnot north our ib-
erty. II is not worth all the precious
blood now being poured out for freedom.-
It is not worth the free navigation Of the
Mississippi river. No, we must still have
our Government-if not as IL non is, with
slavery in it--StW zoe must have our Gov
erRmeaL We cannot be slaves to JEFF. Da-
Wis & Co. We must and will be free
We must have the free navigation Of the
Mississippi river; and if slavery gets in the
way Of any Of these rights, why slavery
must get out Of tho way That would be
the last resort, and l should be sorry to
have recourse to il; but am for the Gov
ernment Of our fathers against all things
and everybody. Whilst the liberties of
the people are secure under it, as they ever
have been, would allow nothing but death
to prevent my upholding it. And 10th as
you may be to decide, you will soon, as I
believe, be called upon to do so. In spite
of your entreaties, the issue will be cruelty
thrust upon you, and you will be forced to
decide between slavery and your wives and
children. As for me, am ready for the
responsibility. A Southern man as / am,
born and brought up in the South, with all
my sympathies with the South, could not
hesitate one moment when the issue is pre-
sented between the nigger and the Govern-
ment of our fathers. | am for the Govern
ment of the United States against all its
enemies. ] hope and pray that our North
ern friends will not force us to extremes on
this sensitive point. We deprecate such
result; for we want our rights under the
Constitution, and we are all ready to fight
for theirs under the good old government.
l would most willingly gird on my sword
and fight for any right belonging to them,
slavery included. but they must not put sla-
very between me and the Government and
laws of the United States. l will not sac
riice tho happiness of my wife, children,
and friends, the welfare of my beloved
State, and the glory of my country on an
alter dedicated to the "Ebony Idol" When
l see placed on one side Government
formed by the noblest men the world ever
produced, the legacy of Washington to the
human race, a glorious country filed with
a happy and enlightened people, and ad-
mired or feared on every spot that is trod-
den by the foot of civilized man, and on the
other country rent into significant frag.
ments, engaged in continual wars with each
other each on its knees begging assistance
from some foreign monarch or other against
a rivel fragment, and object Of contempt to
him who uses it for his own purposes, then
l shall not be long in coming to decision,
though negro slavery may be on one side
aud not on the other.