Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-08-24
COOP READING FOR JOHNSON MEN.

THE CONSENT OF NECEosAk1.
Shall the man who gave his influence and
his means to destroy the Government2-Is he
to participate in the great work of re-Organiza-
tion2 Shall he who brought this misery upon
the State be permitted 10 control IFS destinies2
If this be So then all this precious blood of our
brave soldiers and officers SO freely poured out
will have been wantonly spilled. All the glo-
rious victories won by our noble armies will be
for nOught and all the battle fields which have
been sown with dead heroes during this rebel
lion will have been made memorable Ill vaIn.-
Why all this carnage and devastation? 1t was
that treason might be put down and traitors
punished. Therefore, say that traitors should
take back seat in the work of restoration. If
there be but five thousand men in Tennessee,
loyal to the Constitution, loyal to Freedom,
loyal to Justice, these true and faithful men
should control the work of reorganization and
reformation absolutely Andrew johnson,
June 10, 1864.
TREASON AND ITS PUNISHMENT.
Treason is the MgheH crime known in the
catalogue of crimes, and for him that is guilty
of it. for him that is willing to lift his impiOus
hand against the authority of the nation, |
would say death Is too easy a punishment. -
[Vice President johnson, April 3, 1865, on the
| fall of Richmond.
@When you ask what l would do, my answer
is, aoould arrest them, Iaoould try them: looald
commit Uenl and l aco'ld hang them.
We have put down these traitors in arms: let us
put them down in law; in public judgement
and in the morals of the world. y Vice Presi
dent Andrew johnson, April g. 1865.
"I have always thought that theft was
crime, and should be punished as crime; that
arson was crime, and should be punished as
such; that murder was a dreadful crime, and
should be punished as such; and that treason
{Ho of fnUn -;o1oe on1 chOul1 no
ished as such. II President Andrew johnson,
April, IL, 1865.
with other and inferior offenses our people
are familiar. But in our peaceful history trea-
son has been almost unknown. The people
must understand that it is the blackest of crimes
and will be surely punished. J. make this al
lusion not to excite the already exasperated
feelings of the public, but to point out the prin
ciples of public Justice which should guide our
action at this particular juncture, and which
accord with sound public morals. Let it be
engrafted upon every heart that treason is a
crime, and traitors shall suffer its penalty.
But we must not for
get that what may be mercy to individuals, is
cruelty to the State. ~ President AndreU
johnson TO the Illinois delegation, April Is, 1866.
"Treason must be made odious; traitors must
be made odious; traitors must be punished and
impoverished; they must not only be punished,
DuG IlelI Social power IiluSt Dc ueSJOJCuy anu
after making treason odious, every Union man
and the Government should be remunerated
out of the pockets of those who have inflicted
theis great suffering upon the country. ."-An-
dre,e johnson, April 81, 1865.
ON DEBARRING TRAITORS FROM PUBLIC SERVICE.
IL say that the traitor has ceased to be citi-
zen, and in joining the rebellion, he became a
public enemy He forfeited his right to vote aoith
tOaQI men lohen he renOunced his citizenship, and
so,tqht to destroy our Government. We say TO
the most honest and industrious foreigner who
comes from England or Germany, to dwell
among US. and TO add to the wealth of the
country-aBefore you can become citizen you
must stay here five years. Ii we are so eau
tious about foreigners who voluntarily re-
nounce their homes to live with us, what should
we say TO the traitor, who, although born and
reared among us, has raised a parricidal hand
against the Government which always protec
ted him? My judgement is that he should be
subjected to a severe ordeal before he is restored
to Citizenship. A fellow who takes the oath
merely to save his property, and denies the
validity of the oath, is perjured man and not
to be trusted Before these repenting rebels
can be trrsted let them bring forth the fruits
of repentance. II Amdre,O johnson, June 10,
1864.
on EQUAL CIVIL RIGHTS.
81 desire that all men shall have fair start
and an equal chance in the race of life, and let
him succeed who has the most merit. This, ]
think, is principle of Heaven. l am for eman-
cipation for two reasons: first, because it is
right in itself, and second, because in the eman-
cipation of the slaves, we break down an odious
and dangerous aristocracy; I think that we
are freeing more whites than blacks in Ten
nesse."-[ Andrea johnson, June 10, 1864:
a. Andrew johnson, hereby proclaim liberty
full, broad and unconditional iberty-to
every man in Tennessee! will be your Mo-
ses, and lead you through the Red Sea OF strug--
ole and servitude, to a future of liberty and
peacel Rebellion and slavery shall no more
pollute our State! Loyal men, whether white
or black, shall alone govern the State. An
dreav Johnson's speech to the cOlOred citizens Of
Nashville, October 25, 1864.