Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-08-26


Eternal vigilance is the price Of Liberty -
II the true Union men of the country would
preserve it from disunion; if they would save
the North from civil war and anarchy and their
own hearth stones from the fire Of the ineen-
diary, they should at once organize for the i'm
pending conflict There is not the shadow Of
debut but that the Vallandigham Democracy
are earnestly endeavoring to accomplish what
the rebels have failed to dO-the independence
of the South. Not only this, but they
ganizing their secret societies throughout the
North with the design of establishing North
western ConfedeFacy. Their minions are being
armed and drilled, and are ready at the nod of
their leaders to strike at the liberties and free
institutions of the people. Vallandigham has
not given up his hope of dividing the Union
into four sections, and what he and his friends
failed to accomplish by Congressional legisla-
tion, they hope to effect by the secret order of
the Sons of Liberty. We do not state this on
mere supposition, but from facts that have re-
Gently been elected from repentent members of
the order in the west and from other sources
A plan for a revolution in Indiana had been or
ganized to be carried into effect the 18th inst
and was only prevented by the fact that the
leading cOnspiratOrs ascertained that Governor
Morton was prepared for them. The plan was
to seize Governor Morton and other State Off
GERS, get possession of the arsenals, liberate
the rebel prisoners and arm them, and estab-
iish provisional government. This proving
successful, the leaders of the order in other
western States were to organize similar govern
ments and thus inaugurate civil war and blood
shed in every State, County and Township in
the Northwest. To bring their dupes up to the
proper pitch, nothing has or will be left undone
which can tend to destroy their confidence in
the Administration, in the Union Generals
or in the success of the Union armies. The
finances are assailed, the currency deprecated,
magnihed. The objects and aims of the War
are misrepresented, and all that the final success
Of the rebels, if possible, may be made sure.
'Such being the case it is certainly of the
first importance for Union men to be at work
also. They should organize in every city, town
and hamlet forthwith. Meetings should be
held at brief intervals wherever a score or more
can get together, views should be exchanged,
information disseminated broad cast, and the
loyal masses be brought into more complete
union with each other All are alike interested
in the final issue, ali alike will rejoice and be
glad in final success The crisis of the great
National struggle is upon us, the times that
''try mems souls may fairly be said to have
returned again. Whose would be worthy Of
the heritage of his fathers, must now show his
manhood.
Loyal men must draw themselves together,
and stimulate in eaah other determination to
do and say only what will tend to the saliva
tion of the nation. That is only miserable
apology for patriotism which fails the moment
a sacrifice is demanded. Away with that kind
of pulling weakness, cowardly selishness l.
With the people banded together, there is vic
tory to be won over the armed enemy in the
field and the opposition at the polls. Let then
the Union organizations be revived wherever a
score of loyal men can be found and let all be
done that can be, by word and act, to promote
the Union cause