The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-10-23
Frank Blair Fierce for Re=
beIIiOn and Murder.

DCA1lOu ana MURDER
There were some passages which the
wires did not give us in the speech Of
Frank Blair at ST. Louis, that are even
more bloody than his letter, which pro
cured his nomination. in that speech
he prophecies rebellion-he would call
it reVOlution-which shall take the life
Of General Grant in the White House.
We make an extract from the speech,
as reported in full:
Ny Friends, Democrats without arms in
their hands, with nothing but their naked
hands, and their uncOnquerable hearts, have
almost grasped the victory in this prelimin-
ary skirmish from our enemies, and We be-
lieve It is within the reach, aye, we believe
that with our good cause inspiring US, and
the heart Of every Democrat ready to make
every sacrihce necessaTyfto accomplish the
victory, We shall at last grasp the victory
and tear it from their brow. ICheers.
This is no holiday tight. This is an cleo
ton transeending in importance any that
was ever held in the bounds Of our country.
II We are defeated in it. it is my candid be-
lief that there viii never be another Presi-
dental election in America. TGheers. I
These people have already established des
pOtism in ten Ststes Of the Union; why shall
they not establish it in all? l speak to a
people who can well appreciate what Radi-
cal,tyTanny snd despotism is. / speak to a
people who have been ground 10 dust be-
meath the tread Of Radicalism-they know
what it means, they know what prescription
and prosecution, what fraudulent voting
what Acknowledgement and the bayonet can
do it to maiataiu in power men who have
not the confdeL,;e of the 1.-THE Of the men of
this State.
The plain meaning Of that portion of
Blair's speech is, that if the Demo
Gratis in the October election, uoit1osst
arms in their hands, almost. won a vic
tory, they can win victory in Noyem-
Der, NTH arms N their hands, and if
Blair could make the people believe his
that the defeat of. the Dem
Ocratic party in November will be the
death knell of popular elections, they |
viii be ripe for armed resistance. But
his sentiments are made still palmer |
when farther on he declares as follows: |
The point to which desire to bring you is
this: That in this struggle we have every
thing at stake; that it is the final and last |
straggle for the preservation of free consti- |
government in American; that if we |
tail in it, the Republic fails with US. It be- |
comes a mere sppendage of the military |
chieftain who is lifted to power in the name |
Of the President, but ,oh0 loiH 11eVer ledue the |
Presidential mansion dtiUs. Sensation, fol- |
lowed by applause. I know that gentleman /
wei. have nothing to say against him /
l have no intention of derogat- /
ing from his great merits as soldier, and 1 |
have no desire to tarnish any of the laurels |
which be won 10 the services that he gave TO
The country during the late war. but l have /
Iust as little design of surrendering absolute /
power into the hands of any man, no matter /
how illustrious he may have made bis name /
IN this late war. He comes back conquer.
or, and as by treating these States in viola
lion Of the constitution as conquered pro-
vinces, he shows his intention to treat the
whole people of this country as conquered
provinces if he should ever be able to make
that one stepping stone and arm himself with /
The Presidential power. That is my judge
nent of his character and his design.
In the Broadhesd letter, and in this
speech, the people of the county can
see the reflection of the features of the
Democratic candidate for the Presi-
dency-s rebel and an assassin. Turn
these things as you may, in one he d.
rectly advises armed aunihilatiOn of
Congressional acts, and in the other
6ortells the murder of the Republican