Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-03-26

thriving trade, and mechanics pursuing with
profit their various occupations. Real es-
tate, in town and country, has increased In
value almost without precedent, until In
some places il is commanding prices that
never could have been anticipated. Whe-
ther this healthy and happy change is the
result solely of my Executive labors, or not,
it certainly has occurred during my admin
istration. Upon yourselves must mainly
depend the preservation and perpetuity of
the present prosperous condition of affairs.
Guard it with uneeasing vigilance, and pro-
tect it as you wonld your lives. Keep
down that party spirit which, ifpermitted
to obtain the mastery, must lead to desola-
ton. Watch closely, and condemn in its
infancy. every insidious movement that can
possibly tend to discord and disunion.-
Suffer no local preiudices to disturb the pre-
vailing harmony. Toevery appeal to these,
turn deaf ear, as did the Savior of men
to the promptings of the deceiver. Act as
united band of brothers, bound together
by one common tie. Your interests are the
same, and by this course alone can they be
maintained. Follow this, and your hearts
and homes will be made light and happy
BY the richest blessings of kind and mu-
nifcent Providence.
To you, the peaceable citizens of Kansas,
l owe my grateful Acknowledgements for
the aid and comfort your kind assurances
and hearty cooperation have afforded in
many dark and trying hours. You have
my sincerest thanks, and my earnest PRAYERS
that you may be abundantly rewarded
of Heaven.
To the ladies of the Terrific y-the wives.
mothers, sisters and daughters of the hon
est settlers-I am also under a weight of
obligation. Their pious prayers have not
been raised in vain, nor their numerous as
surances of confidence in the policy of my
admin is.ration failed to exert salutary in
fiuence.
And last, though not the least, must
not be unmindful Of the noble men who
form tie Military Department of the West.
To General Percifer F. Smith and the Of
ficers acting under his command, return
my thanks for many valuable services
Although from different parts of the Union,
and naturally imbued with sectional pre-
judiees, l know of no instance in which
such prejudices have been permitted to
stand in the way of a faithful, ready, cheer
ful and energetic discharge of duty. Their
conduct in this respect is worthy of univer-
sal commentator, and presents bright
example for those executing the civil power.
The good behavior of all The soldiers who
were called upon to assist me, is, in fact,
deserving ofespecial notice. Many ofthese
troops, officers and men, had served with
me on the fields of Mexico agaiast for
eign foe, and it is source of no little sat
isfaction to know that the laurels there won
have been further adorned by the praise
worthy alacrity with which they aided to
allay destructive. fratricidal strife at home.
With a firm reliance in the protecting
care and overruling providence of that Great
Being who holds in His hands the destinies
alike of men and of nations, bid farewell
to Kansas and her people, trusting that
whatever events may hereafter befall them,
they will, in the exercise of His wisdom,
goodness and power, be so directed rs to
promote their own best interest and that
of the beloved country of which they are
destined to form most important part.
JOHN W. GEARY.
Lecompton, March 18th, 1857.