The Western People Almost To A Man Desired
Abolition.
The States there were sending out their tens of
thousands of young men into the army with a prodigality as to their
only source of wealth which they hardly recognized themselves,
because this to them was a fight against slavery.
The Western
population has been increased to a wonderful degree by a German
infusion - so much so that the Western towns appear to have been
peopled with Germans. I found regiments of volunteers consisting
wholly of Germans. And the Germans are all abolitionists. To all
the men of the West the name of Fremont is dear. He is their hero
and their Hercules. He is to cleanse the stables of the Southern
king, and turn the waters of emancipation through the foul stalls
of slavery. And therefore, though the Cabinet in Washington would
have been glad for many reasons to have removed Fremont in October
last, it was at first scared from committing itself to so strong a
measure. At last, however, the charges made against him were too
fully substantiated to allow of their being set on one side; and
early in November, 1861, he was superseded. I shall be obliged to
allude again to General Fremont's career as I go on with my
narrative.
At this time the North was looking for a victory on the Potomac;
but they were no longer looking for it with that impatience which
in the summer had led to the disgrace at Bull's Run.
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