The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-06-23
An Honest Confession

Is said to be good for the soul III
this be so. how comfortably complacent
must our friend the Squire have felt, al
ter the issue of the last Monroe Demo
crat. There is another adage about
"children and FOOLS" &C., but we will say
nothing about that, more than that the
Democrat for once has come as near the
truth as is possible for politician of its
class to do.
In speaking of the nominations al
ready made, the Squire draws great COM
fort from the supposed inroads which
Fremont's nomination will make in the
Republican ranks, and, with great gusto,
retails what Fremont, in his letter Of ac-
ceptance of the Cleveland nomination,
threatened in case Uncle Abraham was
nominated at Baltimore. In like spirit,
too, he speculates over the probable great
benefit which the latter day Democracy
may reap from the family quarrel. But
the Squire forgets an important item In
this connection: he forgets that the Re-
publican party is as dead as is that old
fashioned Democracy, which existed in
the days when love of country predomin-
ated over love of party-and when true
liberty was the watchword of the states
men of all parties: he overlooks, too, the
fact which is so apparent to the eyes OF
all who want to see, that the Fremont move
ment, is nothing but the wriggling of the
tail of political-republicanism, which,
according to saying among boys, will
continue to wriggle until the sundown OF
Fogyism buries it beneath the new order
of things, which is bound to have pre-
cedence in these United States. When
this comes to pass, as come it will, our
liberties will be enlarged, our people more
happy, our country more prosperous, and
our standing among nations more exalted
than ever before. And herein lies the
Squire's great mistake, He is oblivlous
to the fact that we have great and
growing Union party in the country
composed of the loyal men of all parties
whose numbers at first formidable have
become overwhelming. 1t is the espe-
cial mission of this Union party to bring
about the good State of things mentioned
above-to redeem the errors of the past,
and to make the future of our country,
precisely what it was designed to be. the
happiest, most free, and best country on
the face of the Globe. The efforts Of all
the Fremonts, and Of the latter day De-
mocraey combined, cannot abate one jot or
title of our duty; nor hinder its perform
ance towards the accomplishments of this
end.
But we have said the Democrat told
the truth for once. 1t was only, bowev-
err, in Democratic sense that the feat
performed-a truthfulness of wish, ac-
companied by an overwhelming amount
of credulity as to promised result. ln
the following extract from the Squire S
leading article it can be seen, exactly,
what FremoDt's nomination means, and
what Democrats hope 20 accomplish by
it. There is no possible chance for his
election. and his supporters do not ex-
pect it; but there is a hope shared both
by themselves and their antipodes-the
Democracy-that it will crafty revenge
on one side, and lead to the election of
the Chicago nominees on the other. 1t
is, in fact but mingling of the strength
of radical Abolitionism, Wood proslave-
ryism, and JEFF. Davis Secessionism in a
mighty effort to overthrow the best Gov
ernment devised, with Gods assistance,
by man. That it will be rebuked by a
virtuous and liberty loving people cannot
for moment be questioned. The Dem
ocrat says: "No one supposes that Mr..
Fremont will be elected, but he will make
such inroads in the Republican camp,
that both the Lincoln and Fremont fac
tions will fall an easy prey to the advance
ing columns of victorious democracy"
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The Tree of Death.
A correspondent writing from Sherman's
army, says: "There is tree in front of Gen.