Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-08-05
TfIneIr words.

! The Hon. John Sherman in his remarks at
the BHrnette House few days since, among
otheT we'll aid things made the iollOwmg re-
marks!
We have reached the limit ofpaper money
Not only the limit fixed by the aetOf Congress,
but that established by the unchangable lawsof
finance and trade Those among y0n who VIII
transact business hereafter upon the idea that
the currency Of the country Is to disappear like
the assienats in the French Revelation. win
surely meet ruin and disaster. This country
can carry on this war upon. the present basis of
expenditure without bofr0Eiug from ans traitor
croaker or coward: and although the debt that
we may impose on pOsterity viii l-be large, very
large, yet We must remember that every ten
years sdouhles our ability 10 pay--that we
baVeboundless fields of gold waiting forthe hand
OF laboz-7that We hayean active and energetic,
people, before whom financial and physical diff
ictaties disappears and a country tssmfng
with every kind Of wealth. and fields broad
enough to give active employment and great
prosperity 70 one-half of the OyerhOwing labor
Of Europe. @sEE esesFg
Iwould not underrate the burdens Of war,
but gentlemen, you must have observed that
every man who, during this war, has had faith
in the Government and has conducted his busi-
ness uDon the idea that it will survive all the
struggles of his time, that its bOndswill be good
and its money good, and its credit untarnished
has been successful, and viii continue to be
successful. Applause When we look to
discouragement- We have been told very Oft
en- thata nation of eight millions of people could
not be subdued. Many ofus undeTate the task
Of compelling the rebels to obey the laws, but
| the progress Of our armies shows US that We
can compel obedience to the laws, even where
the rebellion extends to eight millions of people
We may be discouraged occasion1y by raids
and defeats. The line of our advance may wa
yer. s-r1fF sllsss ts EsrsH
But the general course of military exents has
been constantly favorable TO our ultimate sue
cess. We had to suffer defeat to learn the worth
lessness of some of our generals We had to
suffer defeats to cure the conservatism Of some
of our people. But now, thank God, no politi-
cal general and no eroaking conservative can
affect the march Of our armies Experience has
taught us some lessons, and among them is one
that military movements can only be conducted
successfully by educated military men, or those
whose natural capacity enables them soon to
overcome military experience Applause. +
And we are no longer troubled by the eonser-
vatismi of men who. could not have a negro aid
us in the war lest he might be killed, and who
would not have us emancipated the slaves of
our enemies because it might interfere with the
Democratic party.
Il Gen. Grant now thunders at the gates of Rich
mond, and l trust, is already in possession of
Petersburg CApplause.] General Sherman
has traversed three States, and is now IN the
heart of the Southern Gonfederacy at the boast
ed city of their power, by the water flowing into
the Gulf of Mexico [APplause.] And now
fellow -citizeRs, / ask you, if you who are en-
gagged In the peaceful pursuits of civil life, who
are working IN your shops and offices, OEculti-
vating the beautiful hills which surround your
city, ask yon if you have not duties to perform
as well as the soldiers in the field or the civil
officers Of the Government Without your and
armies and money viii fail. Both must have
the hearty support OF the people, W hO in this
1 country, the source and fountain of power Ev-
& cry man of you owes to his country in this time
/ of peril a sacred duty, and the feeblest csnno
! refuse to render this service without being falls
1 to his country false to his duty-a WORTHLESS
! atom of the community in which he lives. How
I then, can you better peform that duty than b.
4 heartily and cheerfuliy paying the taxes i'm
Z posed on you by law; by eheerfully and kindl,
: supporting the constituted authorities IN thei
/ very difficult duties; by treating them wit
= charity and forbearanee remembering that yO
r have great stake IN their success as they ca
: have; and by prompt and cheerful obedience I
= the laws which are necessary in these times G
|. war, to fill up yovr armies and supply you
Treasury. Applause.
What viii posterity think of those men
!. your midst who, In great civil wal, go aroun
= among YOU croaking and growing and grumt
= ling: talking in favor ofthe enemy and demand
: ing peace! peaeel peacel upon any terms.even if
sacrifices the existence of their country, the hor
or of our soldiers, and the fate of repubIca
i, government for generations to come? With VIII
4 scorn will the children of this generatio
d, and the men of the next generation point
y s these base recreants, who In the period
- ~ their country struggle, lend no aid to her n;
- tional cause, but endeavor by all the arts of d.
y magogism toimpede It's success. Will they n
be regarded with even greater eontem
-, - in the future than the Tories ofthe Revo
y ution, or those who, in the late war with Gre
" Britain, rendered indirect aid to the foreign en-
q nv? For one had rather be the emancipate
I slave of Southern plantation, or wear the liV
4 cry of the Russians despotism, than be one
q the army of the traitors and croakers who W
- be pointed out to the next generation as D
enemies of their country, in the great slave hol
= ers' Rebellion.
~ And, gentleman, if in the progress of this W
n our institutions should be purified from {
~ n stain that has always rested upon them-th
oa of African slavery, if in this broad land OF ou
F there shall be at the end of the war no servltu
- or slavery except for crime; If all men shou
~ enjoy the natural rights of life, liberty, and
~ pursuit of happiness, it will not lessen
~ grandeur of our triumph, but will show to ma
IN kind that republican government Is not on
- strong enough to defend itself against inter-
Z enemies, but III the process, to purify itself
all institutions inconsistent with unIyer
IN liberty. (APplause.) "A '
~ again thank you. gentlemen, for your kiI
- ness and must apologize for OBTAINING you
,bs long with these remarks (APplause)