Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-30

The Poor Dirt-Eatere.
Tho "peace at-any-price democrats" in the
free States get little comfort from their friends
the rebels. The following is the reply which
comes up from Richmond, in the Dispatch Of
January 10, to the peace propositions made by
Mr.. James Brooks recently in this city:
"Mr. Brooks appears to be in earnest in these
extravagant propositions, strange as it may ap-
pear to any man who has possession of his SEN
ses; for, upon the occasion of presenting them,
he made long speech, and expressed himself
confident Of their success Are the northern
people all natural born fools, or are they only
stricken with that judicial madness which we
are told the gods always iniiet upon the VIC
tins of their wrath preparatory to their ruin?
Can they suppose thatthe South are as galless
and as lylivered as themselves, and that they
are willing, for mere considerations of interest,"
to forget the uuhcard-of outrages under which
they have suffered during the war? Can they
believe them capable of so soon burying in OBJ
livion all tIat they have done, and all that they
have suferedt
"If the whole Yankee race should fall down in
the dust Tomorrow and pray us to be their mas
ters, we would spurn them even us slaves. Our
only wish is to be separated from them finally
and forever-never to see the face of one of them
again, never to hear the voice of another Yankee
on the south side of the Potomac or the north
cription whatever with them. We are fighting
for separations and we will have it, il it cost the
life of every man in the Confederate States.
"Wo are aware that many persons believe that
the party ofwhich Brooks aud Van Buren are
representatives, desire and design to restore
peace, and that at present they dare not speak
out their real sentiments which are n favor of
separation. We do not believe they are in ia
vor ofany such thing. They would like peace
on condition of our return to the Union and
they are fools enough to believe that a majority
of the people in the Confederacy are in favor of
reunion. They would like peace on these terms,
because it would restore the commercial suprem-
acy of the North, and especially of the city of
New York, which is gone forever if the Union
be not restored. But they are as bitterly OPP
posed to separation as Lincoln himself, or any of
the thieves and murderers who lead his armies
In the event of refusal TO return to the Union,
they would, to man, unite in bounding on the
assassins who are desolating our country and
numbering our people, as fiercely as they have
ever been bounded on by Beecher and Hale
They look only to their pockets when they
preach of reconciliation aud restoration. If the
same Object could be effected by entirely des-
troying the people Of the Southern States, and
they thought it as easy to do, they would rec
omlnend it as the best of all possible policy
Let them be satisfied, however. President Da-
Wis expressed the sentiment of the entire Com
federacy in his speech the other night, when he
said the people would sooner unite with
tion of hyenas than with The detestable aud de-
tested Yankee nation. Anything but that
English colonization, French vassalage Russian
serfdom all all are preferable to any association
with the Yankees"
To any one who still retains decent selfre
spect such rebuff rs this would be sufficient
But such spanels as John Van Buren, and Brooks
can take dozen such cuffs, and be dragged
| through the Spittle afterwards, and then turn
round to lick the hand that sinote them. Does
anv one believe that this contemptuous retort OF
a Richmond rebel will be resented hy the poor
creatures at whom it is levelled? Not at all
I they will go on fnwnng begging down on their
knees, and whining, Just as before; it is the ma
! ture of some persons to like kicking; they even
plume themselves on the contempt of gentle
man. Like those unfortunatcs in the Southern
States who are known as "clay-eaIe1s." they
have contracted filthy but unconquerable hab-
it of eating dirt their constitutions are habitu-
ated to the vicious practice, and there is no hope
of their restoration to the health and rectitude
of manhood.--N Y. Post
4 The Richmond Wig has the following.
! We have committed many errors in our treat-
ment of the Yankees. Not the least has been
4 in regarding them as something better than they
! really are. They are by nature menials, and
I fitted only for menal duties. Theyare in open
and hagrant insurrection against their natural
4 lords and masters, the gentlemen the South.
In the exercise of their assumed privileges, they
deport themselves with all the extravagant airs,
the insolencc the cruelty, the cowardice and
love of rapine, which have ever characterized
the revolt of slaves. The former leniency ol
their masters only serves to aggravae the feroci-
ty of their nature.
\ When they are again reduced to subjecton
and taught to know their place, we must take
care to put such trammcls about them that they
will never have an opportunity to play these
i tricks again.