Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-05-05

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. That de assazsinatioh sf ths Pzssidsnt is
a legitimate offshoot of the rebellion no onscan
doubt That i has been speeuEaged BY re-
peated enunciatiOns and threateniDgs from
Nortbefa 6opperheads Is susceptible of demon
stratiOn. We have already quoted the malig-
nans and bloodthirsty articIswbie appeared IN
the La Crosse (Wis.l DeDaoerat, in August last
The following extracts from speeches made IN
Chicago during the sessions of the Democratic
Convention in August last, show that Booth il
not the only man in the North who has coOlly
contsmPlatedth the assassination of the President
s. s. Cox. who has disgraced Ohio in the halls
: HFOr less ofsnses than Bfr Lincoln had been
guilty Of the English people had chopped of
the bead of the FIRST Charles IN NY -(Cox's)
OPINION, LINCOLN ANDDAVIS OUGHT
TO BE BROUGHT TO THE SAME BLOCK
TOGETHER 1rs7 -tes.rt siff fest la
G. Ohauncey Burr, editor Of several Copper
head New York journals, said;
aAnd it was wonder that they had cabi-
net and men who carried out the Infamous or
ders of the gorilla tFrant that usurped the
Presidential chair. Mr.. Lincoln has stolen
coed many thousand negroes, but for every ne
gro he had thus stolen, be had stolen ten thOus-
and spoons. rs ,.lf q, -s5s--.--.,
Capt KOOntz. Of Pittsburg, an ardent MoClsl-
Ian leader, said: s,- ff-r..,. ,.s,.i,s-s7.-.
"If Democrats catch Lincoln's bloody spies
among them, they must cut their d-d throats,
that's all. IApplause.] tits the duty ofevery
American to vote for peace candidate"
The people viii soon rise, AND IF THEY
CANNOT PUT LINCOLN OUT OF POW
ER BY THE BALLOT THEY WILL BY
THE BULLET" Loud cheers.
W. W. O'Brien, of PeOria, also threatened -to
try him as Charles the first was tried, as a ty-
rant and traitor, and if they found him gnilty
to hang him." Ofeourse Seymour, Vallandig-
ham, and few Of the more cowardly, were
more guarded in their language. They affiliated
however, with these nenl and more than half of
the speakers threatened Lincoln personally with
death. The essential unity Of Copperheadisua
with assassination appears in the following re-
marks of Koontz, Of Pennsylvania:
Shall more wives be made widows, and more
children fatberless. and greater hate be stirred
up between children of the same glorious -on-
stitution2 If NOT, We MUST PUT OUR
FOOT UPON THE TYRAET'S NECK, and
destroy it, The Democratic government must
be raised to power and Lincoln with his Cabi-
net of rogues, thieves and spies be driver to
destruction. What shall we do with him7 A
voice-"Send him to me, and III make a coffin
d-n him. = Yes, d--n him and his miserable
followers. should like to see the noble
George Mcclellan as President. Icheers,1 and
that great democrat, HOratio Seymour, should
occupy the position Of Secretary of State.
The Chicago Times the chief copperhead or
gan Of the West, in its issue Of July 1st exceeds
in disgusting malignity all the Recommendations
Of mulder which we have quoted. Ii says of
Mr. Lincoln:
aHe could not be more worthless dead than
he is living, but would be infinitely less mis-
chievOus, and his corpse, repulsiFe a. il would
be in its freshest state and richest and most
graceful habliments, would yet be the most ap-
propriate sacrifice which the insuited Nation
could offer in attonement for its su6misaion TO
bis imbecility and cespOtism.
Such are the authoritative teachings of North
ern COpperheads Such are the lengths to
which the sympathizsrs with the rebellion in
the North have gone. These utterznees Of rnur-
derous and traitorous hearts maksthe blood run
cold with horror, and as we read them now, we
wonder that We were not moved with greater
abhorrence when we first saw them, during the
heat Of political campaign. These men have
now had their wish. Their mad words are re-
allied. The murderwhieh they threatened and
eulogized, but dared not do, has been accom-
plished. 1t will be noticed that one of the
speakers which we have quoted declared that if
Lincoln was not struck down by the ballot he
would be by the bullet. The foes of the coun-
try failed at the ballot-box. and, according TO
the threat referred to, the bullet was called in,
only month after Lincoln's second insugura-
| ton. to Dc the dssdl5 work.
Not only, therefore, the rebels of The South
but the COpperheads of the North are response
bic for the terrible crime and calamity of ths
Presidents murder. But these utteranees in
spired, encouraged and nerved the assassin
Had he not been sustained by such declarations
and threats as these, he would not have COM
mitted the crime which has orphaned the ma
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