Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-07-10
PREAmBLE AND RESOLUrIoNs
OF the Scott Township Union AssOcfa
tiOti, Sandusky County, Ohio,

OF the scott Township Union AssOcia.
ton, Sandusky County, Ohio.
WHERRAs: The historic record of our Nation.
al Government has clearly demonstrated tina
Slavery has been political upas tree, poisoning
the body polite, breeding troubles continually
IN The halls Of Congress, taking away the rgh
of free speech, striking down the Hon. Charlie
Sumner, censuring the Hon. John Q. Adams il
Congress, causing nurderuus assaults on peace
able citizens, filling the South with ignoranc
aud long and dark catalogue of crimes anc
finally involving the whole country in blood,
and civil war, which threatens to break dowl
the Federal Union and destroy the Nationa
Government therefore
Rcso'ved That we believe all persons are en-
dowed with certain inherent, inaienable or in
other words GOdrgiven rights, which cannot
righlfully be taken from them by any previous
or subsequent laws.
Rcso!vcd That as citizens of the United State:
we chcerfully renew our vows of unconpro.
mlsing aud unconditional loyalty TO the United
States of America--a Nationality we are proud
to acknowledge, and are resolved that by every
means in our power we will help to maintain.
ResoIved That the conduct of those who, in.
fiuenccd by political affinities, or Southern sy m.
pathles, and under the pretext ofdiscriminaiing of
between the Administration and the Govern
ment and who throw themselves in the path OF
every warlike measure, is, in our view, a covert
treason which has the malignity, without the
manliness of those who have arrayed them.
selves in open hostility to our liberties, and is
deserving of our sternest denunciations and our
most determined opposition.
RcSo,ped, That slavery is an evil incompatible
IN its spirit and practice with the principles ol
Christianity, with Republican institutions, with
the peace and prosperity Of the country; and oul
long and anxious inquiry, "What shall be done
for its extirpationP" has been singularly an.
swcred by Divine Providence, which has giver
TO Abraham Lincoln, President of the Unitec
States, the power and disposition to issue
Proclamation guaranteeing the boon of freedom
to millions of bondmen.
Reso.ved, That we heartily concur in thii
Proclamation, as indicating the righteousness O
our cause; securing the synpathies of the Iiber.
ty-loving the world over; and, above all, assur.
ing the appro' alton of the universal Father
who is invariably on the side of justice and
freedom.
Reso!ped, That we find abundant reason for
gratitude and encouragement in the recent re-
vival of the nations patriotism, in the main.
tainance of the public credit, in the change Of
public opinion abroad-especially in England
and in the gradual, but we trust sure progress
of onr arms.
Reso!ped That we most deeply sympatbise
with our brothers, soldiers in the field; that VIC
owe them debt of gratitude which money can
neUer pay; that while they are fighting our COM
mon enemy in the field we will, at all hazards:
keep in check the more cowardly traitors at
home, and that we will ncver compromise with
traitors III arms; that although our progress is
slow, our victory is sure.