Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-12-01

e4S Ao'tbS tClliO4o tlulCS w
on the Reserve. The Cleveland National
Democrat has the Harper's Ferry ague,
bad. These SYMPTOMS are now the test
of the national dc tnocracy. The National
Democrot SEES armed abolitionists ii every
bush. John Brown, r. is EARNED to the
teeth topreyens 81 arrest" Arrest for
what? For being the son of John Brown
of Ossawatomie? Has he been indicted
for that? Or is Marshal johnson anxious
to do a little arresting in advance Of legal
process! What kind OF a country is it up
there, if peaceable men, without crime, ac-
c~usatiou or Indictment, are obliged to arm
themselves to the teeth toprevent an arrest.
He can fire t~hirty-two shots, the National
etc. says, without reloading. He told this
toJudge Giddings, son of ]. r. Giddings,
which at least doubles the shot. The
Natoiaal thinks he is arming men to aid
in the release of his father, but if he is
doing it secretly. The editor is quite sure
he is doing it secretly, because if he was
doing it openly, it would be known squod
erat," etc. He knowingly remarks:
The men will not go in company, but
one by one they will make their way to the
mountains, and in the recesses of the Blue
Ridge will join their comrades. Of this
we have evidence.
What he is doing is secret, SO that is a
matter of belief with the editor; but what
the men wiA do secretly he has evidence
OF. Most sapient of nationals! "These
facts What?) be says, connected with
the burning of property CT the Jurors before
whom Brown was convicted, convicne US
thatthere is q settled plan to rescue Brown"
Of course it does! These men, arming
secretly and dropping along o at a time
are burning grain stacks and barns to
TO light their way, or to allay the Gears of
Virginians and put them off theiIa guard.
That is undoubtedly the way to 20 it,
The extra regiments, Governor Wise is
orderingto Richmond in consequence, will
only increase the facilities for rescue.
Blu: here is a letter that fixes the thing;
SO necessary, so important, aad so natural
that the rescaers should write it! 1t is said
to have been received at Cnarlestown in
cipher, postma,ked Cincinnati:
"OBERLIN (no date).
DEAR B.: We are all right. You may
look for us, one By one commencing to-day.
"Feign fanaticism as much as possible.
Keep in good spirits till We ONE Don't
be alarmed.
COMO" Il
For the sake Of the next census, let not
that ancient dispensation, a septennial fool
killer, come this yearl Desiring to i'm
prove blessings while spared US, we copy
further from the National:
"Since that letter was written, men have
left Oberlin, on almost every train, with
out apparent business, and have not yet re-
turned. They all left in the trains for the
east, and are generally of that class of ul-
ira Abolitionists, without families, who
would be presumed to join in such an expe-
dition." s9
Let him comprehend all vagrom men,"
leaving for the east, one by one, without
families, without apparent business, and
not returning. Let them be examined,
their bus ness made apparent, made to
leave three or four at a time, bonds taken
for their return, aud above all put in tho
way of families! Marry a man and you
unfit him for treason stratagem and spoils.
1t is like a blacksmith, putting a @tourni-
quet on the nose of a fractions horse, to
give him something to think Of. A mar
ried mar has something to think of besides
plotting treason. He viii have enough to
do to regulate his own domestic institu-
tions in his own way without poking his
nose into Virginia; and as for stratagem,
secresy is essential for that.
The editor should see to it. No one
will deny that he is the ,'most sonseless and
fit man" for the purpose. The formula for
examinations is laid down in the books, by
a wiser than he; the quotations we have
made will be sufficient reference, where af-
inity is SO strong.
Now, if there is evidence, as the editor
says, that John Brown Jr. is arming men
for the rescue, who are leaving on almost
every train, why does he deny that Marshal
johnson telegraphed that to Governor
Wise? He must have telegraphed so, or
the editor plays a variation when he says
there is evidence of an attempt at rescue.
This is a triangular dilemma, one horn of
which is palpable. Does not this disclose
the origin of all the cock-and-bull dis
patches, sent from Ohio?