Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-03-10
WHAT WAS THOUGHr IN CHARLEsroN


WHAT WAS THOUGHT IN CHARLEsT0N
- ~ "a IN1S61. - So sst
Tiele brings many changes. The paper that
in 1861 gave vent to the following outburst OF
braggsdocio and treason is now a migratory in
stitutiou, and before it ends its wapderiipps NAV
witness many transfers Of Iocatson as the
Memphis -Murfresboro Grenada jackson At
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From the Charleston NaTcurY January 9th, 1851.
Great events crowd rapid one upon another.
Three short weeks ago and the greatest event of
the century upon the Western Hemisphere was
transacted in Charleston. The Union of the
States OF North America was dissolved by the
action of the State of South Carolina.
IL appears to be decree of history that upon
all great revolutions or changes Of the Govern
n'ent ot a people the red seal of blood must be
/ set 1esterday, the 9Th day Of January, will be
memorable day m history. Powder has been
burned over the decree of our State. timber has
been crushed, perhaps blood spilled south
Carolina still maintains her liberties aud ber
independence whilst there IS "a single shot IN
| the lockers Blind iuiatuatiOn IS driving our
enemies forward, and stroke bY stroke the liber-
ties otthe South are being welded and cement
cd together.
Thee expulsion ofth steamer Star of the West
from the Charleston harbor. yesterday morning.
was the opening Of the ball of the Revolution.
We are proud that our harbor has been 50 hon
ored. We are more proud that the State of
South Carolina, so long, so bitterly, so contemp,
ously reviled and scoffed at, above all others
should thus proudly have thrown back the scoff
OF her enemies. lLDtreBehed upon her soil she
has spoken from the mouth of her cannon. and
not from the mouths of scurrillOus demagoeues
fanatics and scribblers
Contemned. the sanctity of her water violated
with the hesiile purpose OF reinforcing enemies
in our harbOr, she has not hesitated 10 strike
the first blow, full in the face of her ipsulter-
Let the United States bear or return at their
good will the blow still tingllng about her ears
the fruit of her own bandit temerity. We
would not recall or exchange that blow for mil
lions 1t has wiped out half century of
scOrn and outrage. Again South Carolina NAV
beprOud of her historic fame and ancestry, with
out a blush upon her cheek for her present
honor.
The naughty echo of her cannon has ere thus
reverberated from Maine to Texas through ev
ry hamlet Of the Northwest The decree has
gone forth Upon every acre of the South arm
ed men viii spring up the sound breaks up-
on their ears, and it viii be found that every
word ofOur insOlent foes has indeed been drag
ons teeth, sowu for their destruction
And though greasy and treaeherOus ruffiaBs
may cry on the dogs of war. and traitorous no.
liticians may lend their aid IN deceptions South
Carolina will stand under her own palmetto
tree iuierrified by the snarling growls or the
assaults of the one, aud undeiteTed by the willy
Vaccinations OF the other. And if the red sea
of blood be still lacking TO the parchment of our
liberties and blood they want blood they shall
have. and blood enough to siampit ali in red
For, by the God Ofour Fathers the soil of South
Carolina shall be frecl
Letter from Gen. Shermn Nils views Of the
Causes of the War and Of It- IBevitabI Re-
suits.
The following letter from Gen. Sherman has
just been published:
HEADQR's Mn. DIV. OF THE MIssIssIPFI.)
Is THE FIELD near Marietta Ca,
Mrs. Anna Gilman Bowen Baltimore:
DEAR MApAN;-Y our welcome letter Of June
18th came to me here amid the sound Of battle.
and As YOU say, little did | dream. when knew
YOU pia wing as school giri on Sullivan's Island
beach. that should control a vast army, point
ing like swarm OF AlaTie, toward the plains of
the South. Why, Oh why Is it? If know my
own heart, 1t beats warmly as ever toward
those kind and generous families that greeted
us with such warm hospitality in days long PAST,
butstill present in memory, and to-day, where
Frank and Mrs. POgcher, and Eliza Gilman, and
Mary Lamb, and Margaret Blake the Barksdales
the Qusshis, the Proyors indeed, any and all of
our cherished circle, their children or eventheir
childIen's children, to come to as of old, the
stern feelings Of duty aud of conviction would
melt as snow before the genial sun, and believe
l would strip my own children that they might
be sheltered; and yet they call me barbarian,
vandal, aud monster, and all the epithets that
language can invent that are significant of ma
lgnity and hate. All 1 pretend to say, on earth
as in Heaven, man must submit to some srbiter.
He must not throw off his allegiance to his Gov
ernment or his God without lust reason and
cause. The South had no cause-nOt even
pretext. Indeed by her unIustifiable course
She has thrown away the proud history of the
past aud laid open her fair country to the tread
Of devastating war. She bantercd and bullied
Us to the conflict. Had we declined battle
America would have sank back, cOwardly and
craven, meriting the contempt of all man kind
As 4 nation we were forced to accept battle. and
that once begun, 1t has gone on till the war has
assumed proportions at which even we in the
hurly- hurley, sometimes stand aghast ItvouId
not SUbjugdte the South IN the sense so OfsnSiUe-
~ assumed, bit could make sUsTy citizen of TIE
land obey the common ldr submit to the sdgne that
IRE dO--nO l00rSe, HObetter--Our eqldis, and not
O,r SupsriOrS- l knew, aud you know, that
there young men IN our DAYS, now ne
longer young, but whOcOntrol their fellows who
assumed to the gentleman of the South, a SUI
periority Ofcourag,e and manhood and boastine-
ly detied us of n Northern birth to arms. God
knows how reluctantly we accepted the issue,
but once the issue joined, like in other ages. the
Northern race, though slow to anger once arous-
ed are more terrible than the more inhammable
of the South. Even yet my heart bleeds when
see the carnage Of battle, the desolation Of
homes, the bitter anguish. of families, but the
UeTy moment the men Of the South sag that ia
stead Of GppealiTg to Icdr they Sh0uld haze ap-
peded to reason 10 0ur Congress, to our courts,
TO religion. and to the experience OF hiStoyU
then i0A I sag Psace--Peacs; go back to your
point Of error, and resume your places as AIorF-
lean citizens, with al their proud beritages-
Whether ] should live TO see this period is prob
lematicaI, but you may, and tell your mother
and sisters that l never forgot one kind look or
greeting, or ever wished to efface its remember
anee; but in putting on the armor of war / did
1t that our common country should not perish
in infamy aud dlslOnOr. am married have
wife and six children living IN Lancaster, Ohio.
NV course has been an eventfui one, but hope
when the clouds of anger and passion are dis
persed and truth emerges bright and clear, you
and all who knew me in early years will not
blush that we were once dear friends. Tell Eli
"a for me that hope she may live to realize that
the doctrine of secession" is as mOnstrous in
our civil code as disobedience was in the Divive
law And should the fortunes ofwar ever bring
you or your sisters or any of cur old clique un-
der the shelter of my authority, do not believe
they will have cause to regret it. Give my love
to your children and the assurance Of hay res
poets to your hOnored husband.
Truly, W. I. SHERMAN
REMARKABLE LONGEVITY.
One Joseph Crele, residing short distance
out of Portage City. Wisconsin, was born in
Detroit, of French parents, one hundred and
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