Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-09-09


It is terrible Febrllion with which the Aner-
icaD nalien is now coutcn,ling, there is really
b'a o'se gFeea isSte- The American nationality
must be preserved in lls prigihal integrity, or
th; Independence of the SoutlIerif COniedeTacy
must be acknowledged. Demagoguess politicians.
mercenary traders, sId cowaEtss may attempt
to hide and cover up tie issue, but it cannot be
hidden or covered upsie The nation as a nation
aud the citizens Of the nation as citizens, stand
lace 10 face with this issue before them this day
! as they steod three years siucc, when the rebels
hOisied the bloody flag ofthe rebellion on the
battered RUNS of Fort Snmter. 1s
AT no time since4he outbreak Oi the rebellion
have the rebel authorities hlnted at pe;,ct, at an
| armistice.or at any thing else looking lo
suspension of hostiities, except on the basis ef
their seferate eXistance as a national power, IR-
dependant of the Government Of the United
States. To ihls broad assertion we chalauge de-
nisl from any quarter.
When, therefore, tho Democratic party OF the
Conservative party attempts To bnodwnk the
people by the silly and cowardly cry Ofpedce,
PEACE, Il Is simply the cry ola disgraccful ma
tienal death.
The American nation can have no peace with
this trtacherOus and bloody shareholders REBEL
ion until conq'tcrS peace, or ,oltlthe nation IT,
set isconquered bythercbels
This issue was distinctly placed before the
by men Of all political creeds and parties and
by none more distinctly emphatically than
by the leaders of the present peace Democracy.
The GincInnati Enquirer of the 22d of MAY.
1861, has the following paragraph IN the body
of strong and stirring editorial on The national
issue:
"lftbere is Democrat living IN tho North
who has a lingering hope of bringing those se-
ceded States back into the Union by peaceable
means, let him give it up. They can only
be brought back by the overwhelming power Of
the Federal Government We have been rcluc-
tant 10 come to such a conclusion, but now must
look the matter sterfiiy in the face, cast to the
minds 0NhOpeS otd peaceful ISOLATION, and rely
only on the S,90Jd. itmast now he our destruc-
ton As Government and people, or that of the
secedcTs and Confederate States Government
We can not hesitate, nobody 6ut q traitor can
hesitate 10 oaSf M lite and property, into The con-
test. There pl,tst be- mdiolciSb selSibiityOR
the subject. The realty Of lodr must nO,o he met
and eahered IN eUe'y shape in Iohich mGypre-
sent Itself" .
Can anything be palmer or more emphatic
than this? Did the Republicans of 1861, or do
the Union men of 1864, ask any thingnlOre than
thisf The statement of the question is as true
to-day as it was when uttered by the Enquirer
in 1861. "The only peaceful solution is by the
sword. The rebels were not satisfied with the
"Constitution as it is and the Union as it was"
They therefore made a nesy Constitution, aud
proudly proclaimed that "its cornerstone was
human slavery"
For three and half years they have been en-
deavorng to overthrow "Our old Constitution"
and establish the one framed at Montgomery in
1861, The success Of the rebels is the establish
ment of the Montgomery Constitution of the
United States. Shall the rebels succeed2 This
is the question now. TO be determined by the
American nation, and all the demagoguery of
cowardly and corrupt politicians cannot put it
ide.-Lo1tiSUHle Press July 80.