Fremont Weekly Freeman

To the Whigs of Sandusky County,

Again, in the course of events, the wheels of Time have rolled round another year; and we deem it again necessary to sound the tocsin of alarm to the Whigs of this county. The October elections are at hand, and if we expect to see Whig principles ultimately triumph, we should be up and acting! and that right speedily. There is too much listlessness on the part of many Whigs; some thinking, perhaps, that it is useless to combat any longer, where defeat is morally certain; and others, perhaps, preferring rather to spend their time at work upon their farms, than attending political meetings.

To both of these classes let us say, that although we may be beaten in the contest, it is not a defeat which should bring disgrace upon us as a Party; it is a defeat of men merely, not principles. The principles of the Whig party can never be overcome. This every true Whig must feel; and while his foes are quarreling about the division of the expectant spoils, he has only to consider that his vote counts ONE, and will surely in the end tell for the truth and the right.

Our opponents are always at work—they are organizing their forces, and every stubborn and refractory member will be whipped into the ranks before the October election. Our party lines are not so strongly drawn; and we are willing that men should think, and act, and above all things act for themselves. For this reason, a Whig Mass County Convention, has been appointed, and the Whigs of the county are earnestly requested to meet in council and counsel with each other on the various subjects which are agitating the public mind. Let not only the Delegates from the various townships come out, but every Whig in the county should drop his work; let the plow stand in the furrow—let the hammer rest on the anvil—the saw upon the bench, and for one day come up to the Mass Meeting at Fremont, on Saturday the 7th day of September next.

Remember that NOW. above all others is the time for ACTION. Let the people remember that the Democratic party are striving to annihilate all the banks in the state, and will next winter make the attempt to engraft upon the New Constitution, a clause forever destroying banks and banking privileges in any form. The evils consequent thereon, are self-evident to every thinking mind; and we will not insult the good sense of the people of Sandusky county, at this time by rehearsing them. The men who last winter showed themselves lost to all sense of law and order in your legislature, are again making the mightiest efforts to maintain their ascendency; and they will spare no means to accomplish this end. They are at work night and day, and whatever may be discordant among them, experience has shown, will be silenced, and the voice of the dissatisfied will be hushed at the proper time.

Whigs of Sandusky county, there has been no time, since our own Buckeye state had a separate existence, that her interests have been so nearly shipwrecked as now. Deadly hostility. has been sworn against all chartered corporations, and without them what must become of us as a people? To what does our nation as a whole owe her greatness? Combination! united efforts of individuals, too weak to accomplish anything alone, have made the United States and Great Britain, the home of Freedom, the abode of the Arts and Sciences. Be not deceived then by the cry of "Down with the monopolies," which the enemies of freedom are raising in your ears. They fully understand the falsity of their position, and wish only to blind the eyes of the people and excite the prejudices of the poor for the sake of the spoils of office.

Come up then, one and all to the Mass Convention. Each one rouse up his neighbor to action, and make one more effort in the cause of freedom and equal rights. Work! Be active and above all remember, that "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty!"