Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-01-15
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lPAr H,lehs - AmsElees pggsfrgst .,His
'tAttho'saad meeting " Wfldh hr oe5den
made his noble speech ia defence Of freedom
and The Hor,ls Chat other champigp Of rbpsann
rights, who Is loved epd bonored In this country
even mote thth he.is n (bhid~b. John Bright.
paid the following glowing tribute to the pow
sr Ofdandc7yi tgBuant yehl43
sBut there is one point Of thia questisn-io
which 4 nystirefsr befpye1 eit doves ab. that
is that the enemies OF popular right aud power
have been pcihtingto the dreadful procf Which
Is afforded in America, thatan extended suffrage
~ thing 70 be summed ns the most calanitcus
thing possible 20 ocUputrys / won't feferto
the speeches that have dealt with this qnesfion
In this manner, or to newspapers which have 30
treated IL. II believe now that great many peo-
| pie in this country are beginning to see.that
those who have been misleading them for the
last two OF three years hhve been profoundly
dishonest or profoundly iguoraiith IOheers. y
II am TO give my opinion upon II l should say
that that which has taken place In Amefica with
in the last three years hffordsthc most triumph
ant answer TO charges of this kind. Let us SEQ
the government Of the United States IInight
say a good deal in favor of IL in the South even,
but wo will speak of the free States. In tho
North they have a suffrage which is almost
what here would be called manbood suffrage;
there are frequent elections vote by ballot and
10000, 10000, and 100000 persons vote at an
election. as1 l.f a.gtas .iclaw sall D. ftrga
swill anybody deny that the government at
Washington, as regards its own people, is the
stroDgeit government inthe world at this hourf
! lChoers. And for this simple reason, because
1t is based on the will, aud the good will Of an
instructed people. COheers.l Look at its pow
erio am not now discussing why il is, or the
cause which is developing this power; butpow
so tbo
countries, and which they ascribo mainly to Eu-
ropean institutions; but look at the power which
the United States have deyelopedl They have
brought more men into the field, they have
built more ships for their navy, they have shown
greater resources than any nation in Europe is
at this moment capable of. Look at the order
which has prevailed at their elections, at which,
as you see by the papers, fifty thousand, or one
bundled thousand or two hundred and fifty
thousand persons voted in a given State, with
less disorder than you have seen lately in three
of the smallest boroughs in England, Barnstable,
Windsor and Andoyers daughter and eheers.J
/ Look at their industry N Notwithstanding
this terrific struggle, their agriculture, their
manufactures and commerce proceed with an un-
interrupted success. They are ruled by a Pres
ident chosen, it is true, not from some worn out
royal or noble blood, but from the people, and
one whose truthfulness aud spotless honor have
claimed him universal praise; and now the conn-
try that has been villifed through half the or
gans oftbe press in England during the last
three years and was pointed out, too, as an ex-
ample to be summed by many Of your states
men, that country, now in mortal strife, affords
haven and home for multitudes flying from
the burdens and the neglect of the old govern
ments Of Europe; Ccheers, and, and when this
mortal strife is over--when peace is restored,
when slavery is destroyed, when the Union is
cemented afresh. for l would say in the Ian
guago of one Of our own poets, addressing his
country, isfg.heg i'fst t.t ~ tat.ss, ots
'The graves not dug where traitor hands shall lay
In fearful haste thy murdered oorse away, -. 81 4
Clond cheers then Europe and England may
learn that an instructed democracy is the surest
} foundation of government, and that education
and freedom the onl sources of true great
9 ness aud true happiness among any people,
| TIInmense cheering. !" eIa T. usr3I lfw if