The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-09-18

votes has fixed the natter So bad
was again made worse. ~ .as
Let me ask, why did General Lee
lsurrender2 Because he could not help
TT! For the samo reason we must sub
nit to the political, not the social (for
that is thing under our own control)
equality of tue freedmen. This is 'the
situation 1.-THE question is, shall we
90 on and again make bad worse, or
shall we try to make the best Of it!
What IS the reason that the negro
vote, iustead Of being scattered, is con
centrated with the full force of solid
column? 1t is caused by the violent
opposition made to the viii of the GEN
eral Government in regard to recon-
structiou. ha
The freedmen have still an underlined
impression that there Is still wish to
reduce them to slavery. They certain
| ly have welI-founded belief that there
is determination to deprive them Of
political equality. 'h
This makes them "pull together !"
remove the pressure and their vote will
be neutralized, and unless l mistake the
power and effect of the superiority Of
the white man, aided as he is by educa-
ton and the possession of the wealth of
the county, in few years they will
vote as before 1885. In the Borough
of Newbern, CASTOR; Hillsboro', Nash (;
Halifax, Daniel; Salisbury, Mckay
Edeutou, johnson; Wilmington and
Meares, it was then subject of remark :
I" The free niggers always vote for the
most respectable man." How is this
pressure to be remoyedG By giving
them assurance that we acquiesce, and
are content to allow them political
equality. How is that assurance to be
giyen2 BY eIecting Grant and Colfax.
Then we shall have peace and the
country will have repOse, which it so
much needs. But elect the candidates
of the other party. This certifies the
freedmen that we are not content to
let things stand as they are; it is an
open declaration of war, and they will
stand firm in solid column against us,
supported by what has been called in
derision, 'FThe mean white men," but
supported by enough to give them a
majority of 10000 votes. What is to
he the result! Agitation of course,
but there is reason to fear worse may
come Of it Has It ever been known
that four millions Of people, after en-
.joyiug political rights for years, could
be reduced to yassalsge without civil
war; and such civil war! The mind
reyoIts at its contemplation. The war
we have just passed through IS as
nothing compared to il. Some suggest,
"How can our condition be made worse
We have a Legislature composed Of
men who pay no taxes, but have un1
limited power to tax us. We have in
competent Judges, clerks, &c Our
ancient mode Of judicial proceeding is
: torn up by the5roots" and many v no
are strangers to it are put in high
places" So much of this as is true is
to be regretted. We must accept the
situation and make the most of it. Di-
vine inspiration teaches us "it is hard
to kick aginst the pricks." Are we moi,
my friends, in some measure to blame
for the condition of thingsl Had we
at an earlier day come out openly for
reconstruction, according to the General
Government, is it not fair to presume
that the Conservative element would
have entered more largely into She
composition of the convention and
Legislature, aud of the high places Of
trust and confidence
Ny conclusion is, we must concede
to the freedmen political equality, if
we can only satisfy them we do so in
good faith by voting for Grant and
Cohax. Then there viii be an end of
the strife. The contemplation Of war
and iblOodshed viii be put far from Us.
The freemen will become satisfied that
it is for their good interest to allow US
to have the guidance of public affairs
and The innate power and yigor Of the
white man will convince the world
that we are able to carry weight Of
four millions imposed on us by the I'M
accountable DEGREES of Providence, and
still work out our destiny as the grand
dest republic that has ever been
ls vn among the nations. n
AnT' sIlG. II I'D by some, "The political
|. rs. y Sc >%e. freedman is a fixed
~ :qaaiIy =. = : !, 'acessary to agitate
and buster about nuIlh.1 s'iou '.tt;aI auS sad ~
in order to restore the const.. s5;caJs
States rights, and to turn the R., =.
out of office"
% In regard to restoring the constitu-
ion and State rights, no one pretends
that the reconstruction measures Of the
or of the General Govern
ment (for an act passed over the veto,
is an act Of the Government are in
with the provisions Of the
ltis also clear that they
are not unconstitutional, but extra con
that is acts done to meet
IN emergency, not forseen by the
ramers of that instrument. Such is
he decision of the Supreme Court by
he concurripg opinion of the three
Judges, Battle, Reade and Pearson, 10
,wo cases-Er parte Hughes; Cook Us
Cook; PHILLIPS reports. So the sug-
yestion of restoring the constitution is
! pretext, and the notion that, rs the
State has never been out of the Uniol,
he instantly, after the surrender, was
entitled to all the rights of a State, as
f nothing had happened, is a fallacy. |
our son rebels; heis still your son,
put is he entitled to the rights and
privileges of a child, nntil be atoHes
md is reconeiled to his parents SO
State rights is out of the
,uest;on. 5dj TefE ht !
In regard to turning the Radicals