Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-07-14
NOT GRUDGINGLY, OR OF NECESSITY

The Hand that strews the earth with flowers
Enriched the marriage feast with wine;
The hand once pierced for sins of ours
This morning made the dewdrops shine;
Makes rain-clouds palaces of art; .,--. t
Makes ice-drops beauteous as they freeze;
The heart that bled to save-that heart
Sends countless gifts each day to please;
Spares no minute. refining touch,
To paint the flower, to crown the feast;
Deeming no sacrifice too much,
Has care and leisure for the least
Gives freely of It's very best; ,-., .-...
Not barely what the need may be, ,.r s.l
But for the Joy Of making blest:
Teach us to love and give like Thee / 8.
Not narrowly mems claims to measure
But question daily all our powers,-
To whose cup can we add pleasure?
Whose path can we make bright with fowers2
a OUR DUTY.
Once more we are entering upon great DO
litical campaign. The interests now at stake
cannot be less important than in preceding con-
tests at the ballot-box. 1t is true that the fear
ful sound of war has been hushed, and that we
wait no longer, with breathless anxiety, the de-
tails ofterrible battles. The shrill bugle that
was to announce the return of our war-worn vet
Grams has already echoed and re-echoed through
out the valleys and over the hills. Their tread
has been heard in our streets, and their presence
gladdens many homes. The contest with armed
traitors is over, and victory has perched upon
our banner: but is our duty done? 1t is the
duty of the American citizen to be ever Jealous
and ever watchful of the Liberties of his country
but never was that duty more incumbent on him
than at the present time. Though we are nc
longer started by the alarms ofwar, yet the dan
ger is not over.
We cannot suppose that our late deadly enc.
mics have been suddenly converted into friends
and good citizens. We ecannOt believe that theil
intense hate toward our Government has given
place to love and reverence. They have put
on the semblance of loyalty, but we fear that
underneath this there turks the demon that has
inspired them during the last four years. They
have seen the hopelessness of armed resistance
yet we cannot think they have lost all hope
They VIII endsayof to accomplish at least some
of their designs in the political arena and there
is danger that those endeayors viii not be alto.
gether futile. They have not mistaken thu
feelings of those who, in the North, continually
cried "peace, peace, during the late rebellion
and since then have dicoursed on the duty o
being magnanimous TO a fallen foe They know
that there are men in the North who sympa
thized with them, and they know that thes.
men. though too cowardly to march with then
to the field of battle, will work shoulder tC
shoulder with them in the field Of politics We
repeat there isdanger here, and we should bt
very careful lest the reward and the blessings
of victory should be snatched from the country
in the very hour Of her triumph.
In such time as this we should be discreet
in our choice of rulers. We must not suffer
ourselves to be blinded and thus carried over tc
the side of our enemies. Their batteries viii
be profuse and their professions of devotion to
the Union will be loud but to these we must
pay no heed. Whenever man calls on us fol
our support, who few months ago told US that
'the war was failure, we may well distrusi
him; but when we have men presented 20 us
who have Arrays stood by the Government, We
can cheerfully use our influence for them. Such
is the character of the men whom the Union par
ty of our State has placed before the people fol
their suffrage. These men have not only fought
the enemy at home but some of them have
led our brave soldiers in battle
But much as we admire the candidates, we
cannot admire them more than the Convention
that nominated them. Here were assembled
men who have cheerfully contributed of theil
means TO destroy rebellion; here were men who
have exerted their utmost energies TO sustain
the Government IN the State and national coun-
cils; and here, too, were soldiers soldiers who
have borne our flag on many bloody field
who have marched from Atlanta to the seas, and
from the sea TO Raleigh and victory. Here, Ger.
tainly, we would find loyalty ifit were to he
found in our State. Ofsuch Convention, and
of such men, we need have nc fear.
Around such Standard bearer as General
J. D. Cox, supported by such a Convention as
nominated him, and representing principles thai
are dear to every true American, the Union men
of this State can rally and give him our undi-
vided support. In so doing We can serve and
honor our beloved State, and make her already
glorious name still brighter.-Cin. Gaz.