Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-02-12

reat earnestness he urged q a7l4ofQ'ls Pr9s
cution Of the War, and > vigorous g
nent Of the Emancipation policy, A tae
rue means of reeonstTuction and per
aanent Union, We copy the 17silf
eport of the closing portion q General
iantt's patriotic and Eeqsing speech he
aid: col 81 r,fs.ts.s s. -.
| have noticed that although neither
lincoln nor. JEFF. Davis are handsome. yet
4incoln's face viii bring three times g
much as Jet7s in Arkansas Laughter
md applause. The. soldier has large
of greenbacks, and the Arsana'.s
! large quantity Of land that he IS glad e
ell for them, and IN FIVE years his other
laf will be worth more than the hole q
t would be with Slavery, Slaves and al
And in few years their sons and dansn-
.ers viii intermarry, and they VII get
along as happily as ever All the ngnf =
put Of our people, Trade viii bind rs To-
gether. Men VIII trade over cotton, even
though one Of them wear a blue coat and
the other gray coat. Laughter and sp-
plause.l This, then, viii be notonly the
of the country, but the blnd-
inc of It together, and God Almighty SO
intended it; he intended that these iazsitu-
tions should be preserved and upheId uH-
der all circumstances. I get peEfeetlY be-
wildered when I think Of this great eoun-
try where man from Name. is as home
in Louisiana. 1 tell yeu the AmeFeaa
genius win spread all over this lAnd. and
the time will come wheh solz colonies oi
Yankees will settle all over tha5 beasfsiful
land of ours, and churches and colleges
viii spring up where the nal.uhoop 81 tbs
Indians alone has been heard, and tie
time viii come. when on some bright Szs5-
bath, bell will answer tobeII from es6an le
ocean in one grand diapason. beeIs
This is nobody work It IS not tho. a'so-
iitionists; it is not the secsssiohists i =
not JEFF. Davis; il is not Abe lineoins i
is God Almighty that IS dong this Fef,k.
ECheers. get perfectly oYefpoWeasa
because I have studied this more than goa
have. / have been IN the prison and in
the army, been in a pretty tight places
in Arkansas. If you are good Union
men Itwon't offend you. 7IEf y6a are JET.
Davis men l want to offend you: and de-
fly you.
. Some people here say they want te send
Commissioners to bring about peace
And yet loyal Arkansas has organized
Provisional Government and is ready %
come back to the Union, and marx my
word tonight, / win bet that these pease
men viii be the very fellows that wont
want her to come because she has I4'f
slavery behind her. Cheers, But ths
Union men of the South have suffered 4
great deal The way to sustain the Cor
ernment now is to sustain the Union men
Of the South. Let me tell you there ara
one of two classes at the South that must
be subjugated, either the man who has
drawn his sword against the Government
of his fathers, the man who has attempted
to subjugate his Government: he must Sc
subiugated and brought back to the Gov
ernment, or the other man IN the South
who, in darkness and storm and tfial, has
stood true to the flag Of his country With
his faith never wavering. The man Who
has worked for his country must Be sub
pgated, or the rebel must be subiueaEed.
Now which are you gong to whip. He
has lost all. He has been confscafed; ne
has been hunted ike Wild beast VII
| you subjugate that man OF send down your
columns to uphold him and saYe your
country. fCheers,l I have not aimed
to say anything that would hurt the feel
ings ofanybody; I hope YOU viii al get
office that want it. I don't want % inter-
fere with that. We don't know anything
about politics in Arkansas We are for
saving ourselves and saving the coontFY.
We have not time to talk politics Tou
might just as wei talk about a man IeaT-
ing the grave of his dearly beloved and
going to a festival as expect US to 90 into
politics. ..- t..Is,f,
was reported as saying thar when
came out for the Union | was afraid that
my wife would secede. never said any
such thing. She knows to much about
secession and coercion to try that tang
| did say that | had not seen her but once
in two years, and when ! issued nv I'D.
dress | supposed she would say, when
met her, II am no politician I an d 1Fo-
man, and although my womanly instinct.
tell me that you are wrong IN this thing.
yet | will yield to your better Judgment 2
But when ! met her i felt very sad. had
had yituperatiOn poured npon me. look.
ed for consolation to the sHaref 9f ny
joys and SORROWS, to the mother ol ny
children to say whether She would spzlais
me in. the trial hour Of manhood th5i
Tiny duty to apologize, She says Stop,
no explanation or apology Is Necessary; i
is the noblest act Of your life. and sna
proud of it, Three cheers for frs. Can't.
No language nor imagination can describe
my feelings upon that occasion. And eaaiin,
when l desired to 90 to Washington. saf
been with her but little; she had been IN.
suited and plundered BY themercilsss lead
ers of this concern Though i desired Il
stay with her, I felt that something depsn.
ded upon my action. They had planller.
ed her Of her silver. She had WITH Con-
federate money bought a Isie;.y and 1o,z-
es, and said: ''Take them and sell s.'
because it is duty Of pasIiiotisIn. aa|E s. 61
ought to 60" Applause.
Toshow you Something abcnt Tie sen s
ment of Arkansas, 500 Arkansas soldiers.
Mountain Feds we eall them. eanie out and
asked me to address them. Ibid S.. and
told them that the time had come for is
to eO back TO the Union AZ r,lr ls5tk<s,s e,,s|
| want you to take a vote about whether
we shall go back with the curse and tie
cause of the war. Now how do goR think
the vote wass Out of SOC. just 500 voted
to come back without slavery. Cheers.
There was another regiment Just forming
of 500. Willis Jones was one Of thein.--
| thought he was hung for being Union
man. | saved him once. When We ntes
at Little Rock, said 1: HGeod gracious.
Jones, you seareme to see you; thoneht
You were hung s1Well, saws he. Il com