Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-01-02
Fremont Jonrnal.
Fihs November Iiles'lon'.

WmO NUWUmUIN MfNttNAOAANf
From tho London Daily New, Dec A. ....r,r,th-
As for any effect 70 be wrought on the
great work Of emancipation by any result
Of the Noglbern elections, we may dismiss
II from our thoughts. The present Demo.
cratic victories 10 New York and elsewhere
are Just what might have been oxpeclcd.---
If tho Republican party had been much
moro worthy OF power than il has shown It,
self tho result Of these elections would not
have been very different from what II is
fits impossible that a nation so heterogen-
oous, and, at the same time, so closely i'm
pIicated in great national sin and politi'
cal anomaly, can become wise and virtuous
through Que paroxysm Of feeling. Not on
ly this but the whole Northern people did
not pass through that paroxysm. If it is
not true that Mr.. Lincoln was elected by a
minority Of even the North, It always was
certain that the virtuous policy represented
by the election was iutellgeutly professed
by only small proportional society. 1t
was always certain that amid "lhe great up
rising Of 1861 there was large majority
by no means prepared to assent 10 the nee
essary conditions Of ultimate Northern sue
cess.
There was considerable proportion
which fought "for empire" as Lord Rus
sell wrongly declared Of the whole: some
fought from pride and wrath, and very
many iu hope Of overriding, by means o
'ths Constitution as il is" with all it
Southern accretious thick upon it,) the gen
uine Republicans of the North and the in
solent bullies Of the South All these anc
the better citizens, and the mere mercenar
les, marched under one flag; and the Graf
of the one sort and tho national pride 0
another, and the sanguine faith Of third
combined to keep up the appearance Of un
ity as long as possible. The time could no
but come when the falseness of the appear
ance must become evideut;a aud il not soon
er, the time must be when the election
would bring the citizens TO the test. Tn
rupture Of the Democratic party in 1881
gave the Freesoil party the victory.
was inevitable that on the first opportunit,
all its antagonists would unite to recove
power, and stop the process of dealing will
the main cause of the civil war.
We sec, accordingly, the lawlessness o
New York, its official corruption, its mum
cipal incompetency, its slave trading inter
est, its emigrant ignorance and Jealousy
uniting with its Southern commercial inter
osts 10 put down the patriotic reformers VIII
have at length made clear to the nation tn
true road to the recovery Of Republican lib
erty. Partially aud temporarily, the coalit
ion of illicit interests has succeeded; but
is not true that the national spirit and in
teIligence have therefore declined, or tha
the rule of Republican principles is comiuI
to and end. 'On the contrary, tho growt
and spread of Anti-Slavery views and fee
iugs area at present rapid beyond all preced
ent. The present elections conclude moth
ing they only indicate certain facts whic
may or may not effect the choice of the mex
Federal Executive.
Asitis plain on thospot that such chang
of mind as there is in favor of Republica
doctrine and principle, while the Democra
ic maiorities consist only Of the old element
in state of malignant activity, it may ;
fairly anticipated that the way to a wise d.
cision will remain open till the effect Of a
auti-Slavery policy is ascertained. Thi
pollcy cannot DC teIaceui ueisneI e"u
stop halfway. Iffor the next two years
falslfes all the forebodings of its enemie
the Republic is safe. Not to despair of II
Republic is now a small merit. The wise
and best of tho citizens are those who pc
ceive that it has made, and is making, rap
progress toward regeneration, and that II
concentration Of the energies of its enemi
is one of the evidences Of its advance
Time is what the young virtue Of the FRI
States needs. 1t is making the most off
time; and the next change of Federal Go
ernment will show Of events do not prov
it soouer) whether the American nation wi
fulfil or disappoint the expectations of Il
world.