Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-10-05
FINNEFROCK COMMITS HIMSELF.
If He is Elected He will help
Inagurate Civil War.
In Case there are ssTwO Congreases', He
Will Join the southern!
rFrom the qandusky Register, Sept. 10th, .ss. !


rFrom the sandusky Register, Sept. 10th, SO.
Yesterday Thomas p. Finefrock addressed
the Democracy at the Court House IN Sandusky.
After the meeting Major L. A. Lyon of Nor
walk in presence of several we'll known gentle
men of Erie county, asked Mr.. F. the follow
ing question:
Suppose atthe opening of the Fortieth Con-
gress the members from the late rebel States
should be refused seats because of their failure
to comply with the terms of the Constitutional
Amendment, aud those Southern members elect
should assemble in a separate place with en- :
ough Northern Democratic members to form q
quorum, to tohich body tOOnld you present your
credentials and ,ohich could you join2'
| Nr. Finefrock, after Intellectual efforts to
dodge the question, made the following reply;
''If believed that 1 could depend on those
| Southern members 10 support the Constitution
I ,could present my credentials to and join tht
| majority" @
Let the working men of the Ninth District
who are now paying the cost of civil war
brought on by Democratic politicians, under.
stand the full meaning of this declaration by
the Democratic candidate who asks their votes
| With full knowledge of the meaning of the
language we charge T. P. Finefrock with the
| design If elected, of committing treason against
his country, and of aiding to plunge the coun-
|
| bloody and more disastrous than the one from
which we have Just emerged.
! The plot is this: The Democratic leaders
with Andrew johnson at their head, are strain
/ ing every nerve to make gain of twenty foul
| Northern Congressman at the coming elections
In case Of this success, the South will certainly
refuse to give the guarantees now demanded
by Congress, aud Congress will, in conse'
quence, as certainly refuse the admission o
| Southern memberssto to seats until those guaran.
| ties are given. This being the situation at thu
opening of the XLth Congress, Mr.. johnson
! will invite the Southern members elect and tn,
entire Northern Copperhead delegation to NEE
| together, apart from the legitimate Congress
and if enough Democrats Join the rebel mem
bers to make a majority of what full Congress
should be-in other words, if the Democrat,
members, added to the rebel delegation, shoult
make up the number of one hundred anC
twenty-five, then President johnson will re
cognize the latter body as the true House o
Representatives, send his message to it, anC
ignore entirely the existence of the real Con
gress The result of this is easily foreseen
/ The real Congress would most certainly i'm
peach the President, who would, in turn, cal
on the army. land if that failed, on the entir
South) to aid him in resisting the Impeachment
and in suppressing or dispensing the loya
i Congress. The result is civil war, revolution
and wide spread ruin. 1t is to this result MO
Mr.. Fnetrock yesterday pledged himself TO con
tribute. 1t is to this feast that he invites tn
already tax-ridden people of the Ninth Dis
trict. In the event supposed (the gain O
twenty -four Democratic members) he declare
his designs, if elected, of joining the revolu
tionary capital of unwashed Southern traitor;
and of thus aiding Andrew johnson to over
turn the government of the Republic.
T. Al 1;r1 &c
vote for T. P. Finefrock is vote for dictator
ship revolution and civil war. The fact can
not be blinked- the record cannot be lodged
We ask every voter in the Ninth district, VIII
has seen enough of war, bloodshed, anarch,
and taxation, to ponder this startling declaration
of Mr.. Finefrocks. We cannot believe tha
honest, well-meaning Democrats, after full,
understanding the position and designs of thi
man, will cast their ballots for a candidate Uh
is pledged beforehand to commit an orert act Q
treason and declares his intention Of plunging tn
country in a Betc ciu2 aoar.