The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-04-30

'-leas 1s1 Beating the Air.
FoS several weeks past the Democrat
&c press Of the country have had SEN
sstiOn-a run Of luck. Some persons in
! New York (and It is strongly suspected
they were Democrats issued a paper
styled the ''Impsrialist, few weeks
siDeewhieh advocated an Imperial form
Of Government in place of our Republ,
csp sysSem. Of course the Democratic
newspapers throughout the country
were supplied with copies, and thersup-
on their jubilee began. The CincinRa-
! Ii Enqsirsr denounced it as a Radical
'BOnd-hOlders organ, ,shd the lesser lights
took up the song and joined in the chO-
rus For two weeks our neighbor of
the Messenger fessted on it, and his col
nmns grew fat with unctiOuS exudstiOns
4 ---but the community wouldn't startle.
The ruse was too apparent
The Stiffness of the attempt TO con-
vince the American people that 3 Mon
Rrchy is preferable to Republican form
Of government at once pfonounces its
advocates the veriest idiots. There is
not a crown in Europe held by GER
tain tenure. They are all trembling on
the brows Of their wearers, and thrones
ara tOttering. The death of Louis Ma
-pOleon would be followed by immediate
revolution. Spain has exiled her queen
and is to-day more Republican than
smOnatchie government Cuba battles
for independence. And even in coun-
Z tries where crowns seem Arm, liberal
principles prevail To talk, therefore,
Of substituting the effete systems of the
old world here, where liberty only -four
isheA stamps the advocates of It as
.knavss or idiots who know nothing a.
bout the temper of the people they
address.
Of course we do not object to our
snsighbOr denouncing the scheme. On
the contrary, let him level his shafts at
it, and prOPel them with all his vehe-
mence. But bis attempts to show the
LaapsrtQIist to be a Republican organ,
and hold that party responsible for its
origin and doctrines, is quite another
thing; and were the editor not utterly
reckless in regard to facts would not
be made.
A few years sgO-not SO long as to
have escaped the editors memory-the
Slave olgarchy of the South, attempted
to disrupt this noble Republic of ours,
and substitute = system of government
based on slavery as its corner stone.
To this end they made war upon the
general government, stole its treasures
appropriated its forts, and retained its
munitions of war, and the Democracy
could find no power in the Constitution
10 allow them to "coerce" State to re-
main in the Union. Democrats com
Initted the foul wrong, aud Democratic
officials would not interpose to prevent
{ts perpetration. Democracy was will !
ing that a change should be effected,
aud the glorious fabric which he and |
his cOmpeers now profess to venerate,
would have crumbled into ruins ere
it had put forth hand to arrest the |
work Of demolition. Just then the rsins |
of government passed into the hands Of
the RepubHcans-they whom he would !
now stigmstize as favOrers Of monsr-
ehy-and the slayeholders' efforts and
the Northern doughfsces' sympathy, |
failed to accomplish the purpose they |
desired. Throwing itself into the breach |
the Republican party stood uuit in
favor OF the Union and the principles OF
the Republic, while the Democracy dis
puted its power to ''coerce, "and denoun-
ced its efforts to repress the insurTectiOn
rs tyranny and oppression. Repubi-
canism attested its love and devotion to
the principles of the Republic upon ma
ny a hard-fought field, and myriads of
It's adherents lay down their lives to per-
petuate the government. Democracy
decried our successes, laughed at our
defeats, sneered at our repulses, and e.
ven in Convention assembled, declared
'the wan q failure" while Grant thun-
dsred ct the gates of Richmond, and
Sherman ''marched down to the sea"
And this party would now srrsign the
the Republicans as in favor Of a mOnar-
chy. The effort is amusing but harm
less. "Blow winds, and crack your
ebseks."