Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-05-25
LA sRO0Nn REREI.LION.


Many of the leaders Of the late rebellion are
still hoping for second one which shall be
more successful than the first, and day BY day
aregrowing more bold in utterance Of their trea-
sonable designs and expectations. They repre-
sent the old fire-eatpg class of southern chival-
ry as it existed in former days, and possess a
large influence over the Southern mind. They
minds of the Southern people the idea of a Sec
ond attempt, in some form, 10 overthrow the
Government. They hope TO accomplish by the
ballot, in alliancewith the Northern Democrats
and eOpperheads, what they failed to do by the
bullet. On the second anniversary Of the death
of Stonewall jackson, the people throughout
most of the late rebel States, celebrated that
day by draping their places of business and
abode in Grape, and other emblems of mourn
ing, and by visiting the graves of rebel dead
and strewing them with flowers. By such means
they are seeking to preserve the essence and
poison Of secession Cor a renewal of the contest
for their now defunct Southern Confederacy
In this work they are enjoying the unqualified
support Of all Northern copperheads and Of
that party which opposed the war for the Uu-
i ion On the anniversary above mentioned,
Henry A. Wise, late General in the rebel army,
made speech at Richmond, which though
perhaps exaggerated in phraseology, no doubt
reflects the feelings of large class of people
at the South. He was one of those who was
surrendered in the capitulation by Lee to Grant,
but one would Judge that he was the victor in
stead of the vanquished, by the bOldness with
which he aFows his reasonable hopes. In the
paImiest days of the rebellion he could not
have been more defiant From this address we
make the following extract from which our
readers can Judge for themselves: ~
81 don't know that am prisoner (Laugh-
ter. 1 am bound by no chain. l have pass
TO go where | please upon the soil of my ma
tive land. At least Gen. Grant says so. /
might be arrested, but l wanted no man living
to tell me whittier might go. (Cheers.) /
have the proud satisfaction of saying that
fought until we had won the privilege of be-
ing psroled. (Applause.) There is no au-
thOrity here or elsewhere to arrest me or to stop
my mouth, so long as 1 obey the conditions of
that parole and upon that parole shall stand
as long as live. (Applause.) You call ne a
prisoner of war; l am not a prisoner of wa.
IL DflSOuet at ali. L du1 d pflsOueE Ol p6dCt.-
Among the last shots fired by infantry at APP
pomattox were those fired by the troops that l
had the honor and pride TO lead and there at
AppOmattox peace was brought about.
You call the cause lost /; it is not lost. IL
it is lost, the cause of civil liberty is doomed,
for it, too, is lost. There was Paradise lost /
aud Paradise regained, and there will Be a
Paradise regained in this country. The blood
that has been spilled is too precious. l should
not believe in God if / did not believe that
special providence would yet give victory to !
and secure the triumph of civil liberty in this
country.
"One thing can be said, there was one man
who could not be driven to that which he did
not consent to do. As long as one man in this
Commonwealth-(a voice, What Common
weaith?0 What Commonwealth? There never
was but one Virginia. But tell you, Old ' ir- |
ginia is not at home. She viii come back one
of these days, and then the devil take the hind
most. ] am watching and will tell her when |
she comes what has been done in her absence |
Ill say Mamma, your children did not do that |
1t was done by impostors and pretenders -
Again, say, there is but one Virginia. They |
have taken and are welding her powers. If |
am traitor, why don't they try me and hang |
met l have lost my lands and property, but | |
would clean boots on your streets sooner than |
bow 10 usurpation. If | had triumphed ! |
should have favored stripping them naked
(Laughter.) Pardonl They might have ap- |
pealed for pardon, but would have seen them
damned before / would have granted it. For
myself, the boot being on the other leg take
no oaths! ask no pardons! prolonged cheer
ing) l give you that brigade-the old, the last
ing, The enduring Wise Brigade. (Cheers and
applause. }" sr tssr