Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-07-13
The Thegy q wsep Z caoguiodsly 81 over the

Sheridan. They weep copiodsly over the
memory Of Stonewall jackson, but have
not tear to shed for the untimely deaths
Of Lyon, Kearney, Mcpherson and Hackel-
man.- They mourn from day to day over
the fictious sufferings of JEFF. Davis, but
have never yet expressed a regret for the
murdered thousands at Andersonville and
Salisbury. ,5' .i.l'a2!e9' s''i ~. o'7
These things point to their feelings and
their policy with the unerring certainty of
the needle to the pole, and leave the ra-
tional mind without a shadow Of doubt as
TO what they would do should they again
come into control of the Government,
They are opposed to equalizing the rep
resentation North and South, because It
would diminish the power Of the, rebels
in the Government, They are opposed
to prohibiting the assumption of the rebel
waf-debt, fT-that would- be to prevent
them from doing just whatthey intend to
do should they get the powero9grro5u9 OF
We are able to predict with absolute
certainty what would be their frat meas
nres should the great calamity happen
that they come into power They would
assume the rebel war debt, and put the
owners of it upon the same footing with
the holders of the Stocks of the United
States; they would pension rebel soldiers
and the families. Of rebel sobliers, qbestow-
ing Upon them equal honors and emold-
ments with those who belonged to the ma
ton; they would as nearly as possible re-
duce the freedmen Of The South back to
the condition Of slavery, by depfiSing them
of all protection and civil rights. They
would harass and oppress Union men both
North and South, by subiectiug them to
vindictiSe lawsuits, and to the brutal ven-
geance Of rebels whom they had defeated
in arms. t's tsQ'tle>sH 9af .1o 't2sTo0 7iiTIs
And most important Of all, they would
proclaim the right of secession, and bid
the Southern States to golf they yet wish.
ed to do so, and tell the States ofthe North
west to go in peace aud form Northwest
ern Coufederaey if such was their de,
sire. There is not an active Democratic
leader in the Northwest to-day who has
not from the beginning of the war assert
ed that the people of the North were the
aggressois, and that the people of theSoutb
were standing justly in defense of their
constitutional rights. o. 7'.sa -Frol a.t
CoPPERHEAD INSULTS TO SOLDIERS.
While the war was in progress Copper.
head politicians denounced Union soldiers
as sLincoln hirelings," as mercenaries
and as fighting for pay and plumber, and
not for principle, and their treatment o.
Union soldiers now is precisely upon that
theory. They appear to believe that the
adherence Of soldiers to the Union party
is for the sole purpose Of getting ofict
and official rewards, and if Il happens thS
a soldier fails to receive nomination foi
an Office, hundred Copperheads run af
ter him and whisper treason in his ear, as
sert that he has been betrayed, and asstirt
him that if he will but desert To his en-
emies, and join the ranks of those whit
fought against him, they will not only for
give the fact that he was Union soldier
but will take him to their arms and cove
him with rewards, just as the Devil offerec
our Savior all the kingdoms of the worlC
if he would but fall down and worship
him, when in point of fact the lying oh
rascal was only tenant at will himself
and hadn't foot of land to give. How
the the gallant soldier who periled his lifi
for his country, and has returned maimeC
and shattered from the battle, must fee
\ tlishonored and Inundated when he find
himself treated as a mere tIlercenaTy, ant
is approached by copperheads with argu
ments and temptations which stain hi
manhood, and insult the memory of th'
!. dead who fell in, battle by his side. Them
selves regarding ofice-getting as the sob
business of life, hsRd that government
were established only to provide hungry
politicians with lucrative places. they an
unable to conceive the idea Of the patrio
soldier, who, loving his country more thai
wealth, luxury and the comfortsTof home
laid all these, together with his life, as ;
cheerful sacrifice upon the national altar
| NOhO IU fOUhG MEN
And here let me address a word to th,
young men of Indiana. You are jus
starting in life, with the world all befor
you, with freedom where and how Il
choose. Beware how you connect your for
tunes with decayed and dishonoret
party, indelibly stained with treason, ant
upon whose tombstone the historian vii
write, 'false to liberty, false toits country
and false to the age in which it lived" p
The Democratic party has committed I
crime for which history has no pardon
and the memories ofmen no forgetfulness
whose colors grow darker from age to age
and for which the execrations of mankin'
become more bitter from generation t
generation. It committed treason agains
liberty in behalf Of slavery; against civil
zation in behalf of barbarism; and it
chronicles will be written in the same vol
ume which records the most dangerou
and malignant factions that have eve
afflicted government or retarded tn
progress of mankind. The rebellion wa
DOfH Oi Glio OoinOCIdtiC pdAsy OiduAoO n
its lisp, nursed from its breast, and chez
ished and sustained byit until it perish
ed by the avenging sword of the nation
and it must soon be followed to the tom
by its guilty parent. 80,
The Federal party opposed the war 9
1912. and died from the effects Of it in
| few years. The Wing party opposed tn
Mexican war in 1916, and lived about 81
years longer, yet these parties meditate'
mo treason, and when the conflict bega
did not sympathize with the enemy, o
give him aid and comfort but gave thei
fearnest and hearty support TO the Govern
ment and the army. How, then, shall
be with the democratic party--the paren
fof the rebellion, who,. while the Souther
wing was in arms against the Govern
ment, the Northern wing gave to il mater
ial aid and comfort, and eheercd it on j
the deadly contest2
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OUTLINE OF CoPPERHEAD HISTORY IN IN
.,f s..-.r D., DIANA.