Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-06-24


land or Germany, to dwell among us, aud 20 add
to the wealth Of the country, Before yon can
be acitizen you must stay here for I've years
Ii We are 50 cautions about foreigners who vol
UNFAIRLY rerounce their homes TO live with US,
what should We say TO the traitor, who, al
though born and reared among Us has raised
paricidal hand against the government which
always protected hin2 by Judgment Is that
he should be subjected TO severe ordeal before
he is restored to citizenship. a fellow who
takes the oath merely to save his property, and
denies the validity ofthe oath, is perured man
and not to be trusted Before these repenting
rebels can be trusted, let them bring forth the
fruits OF repentance. He who helped to make
all these widows and orphans who drape the
streets OF Nashville in mourning should suffer
| for his great crime ~rs
The work IS in our own hands. We can des-
troy this rebeAien.s With Grant laundering on
the Potomac, before Richmond, and Sherman
and Thomas on their march to Atlanta the day
will ere long be ours. VIII any madly persist
in rebellion? Suppose that an equal number be
slain in every battle, It is plain that the result
must be the utter extermination Of the rebels
An, these rebel leaders have strong personal
reasons for holding out, to save their necks from
the halter. And these leaders must feel the
power of the Government. Treason must be
made odious, and traitors must be punished and
impoverished. Their great plantations must be
seized and divided into small farms, and sold to
honest industrious men. The day for protect
ing the lands and negroes of these authors of re-
bellion is past. e is high time IT was have
been most deeply panied at some things which
have come under my observation. We get men
in command who, under the influence of fisttery,
fawning and caressing grant protection to the
rich traitor, while the poor Union man stands
out in the cold, often unable TO get receipt or
for
from all parts of the crowd.1 The traitor can
get Lucrative contracts, while the loyal man is
pushed aside, unable to obtain a recognition Of
his lust claims. am telling the truth. / care
nothing for stripes and shoulder straps. want
them all to hear what I have to say. / have
been on grid;ron for two years at the sigkt of
these abuses. | blame not the Government for
these wrongs, which are the work OF weak or
| faithless subordinates Wrongs will be COM
| mitted under every form of government and ev-
cry administration. For myself | mean 10
stand by the Government till the flag of the
Urion shall wave over every city, town, hilltop
| and crossroads, in its full power and majesty.
The nations of Europe are anxious for our
overthrow. France takes advantage of our IN
| ternal difficulties, and sends Macmillan off to
Mexico to set ap monarchy on our borders
The day of reckoning Is approaching. The
| time is not far distant when the rebellion viii
l De put QOWn, ana WneN we VIII aIleDO 10 THIS
Mexican affair, and say to Louis Napolecs.. "You
| can set up no monarchy on this continent. -
| [Great applause An expedition into Mexico
would be a sort of recreation to our brave sol
diers who are now fighting The battles Of the
Union, and the Frer@I concern would soon be
wiped out.
Let US be united. know that there are but
| two parties now, one for the country and the
other against If, and | am for my country. ]
am Democrat in the strictest meaning Of the
| term. | am for this Government because it is
| Democratic-a government OF the people am
| for putting down this rebellion because it is
war against Democracy. He who stands of
stirring up discomfort in this State, and higgling
about negroes, is practically in the rebel camp
| and encourages treason. He who in Indiana or
Ohio, makes war on the Government out Of rs-
gard to slavery, is Just as bad. The salvation
Of the country is now the only business which
concerns the patriot.
In conclusion, let us give our thanks, not
formal but heartfelt thanks to these gallantofh-
GERS and soldiers, who have come to our resene
and delivered us from rebellion. And though
money be expended, though life be lost though
farms and cities be desolated, let the war for the
Union go on, and the Stars and Stripes be bafhed,
ifneed be, in a nations blood, till law be re-
stored and freedom firmly established
Governor johnson retired amid loud and con-
tinued cheering, and the larged crowd dispersed
i to their homes