Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-02-24

was uol arrayed ike one OF these. In
aglne one of these men letting of his spir-
Its in the Rocky Mountains, cracking rocks
or toting about railroad rails. No, sir!-
1t is fallacious for those who are ALWAYS
talking about their readiness to spill the
last drop of their blood are generally viii
ling to let anybody else spill theirs first.
Cuba seemed to Mr. Thompson to be
an element of weakness rather than
strength, and tending to interrupt our pea
ceable relations with other powers. He
did not believe that England or France
wanted it, but if they do England will
| fight for it, and France will go in for the
glory of the thing. The battle of the
Gods and Titans, the battle of the fallen
angels, as described by the poet, do not
equal in grandeur her warfare. Recently
10000 Persian cavalry on the plains Of
Teheran were charged by regiment of
Scotch Greys, LED on by three lieutenants,
who fell one after another. The British
rode them down like nine pins, reformed
and charged back and again, till in twen-
/ ty minutes there was not so many Persians
left as there wele by Leonidas at Their
mopyle. That's the kind Of fighting Epg-
land does. For thousand years her tenn
pie of arms has never been shut. John
Bull is, in fact, bloody old bruiser, who
has been roaming about the world, brow
beating, insulting and whipping everybody
he has mind to. If we bad Cuba, we
could not raise such Instructions as would
keep him out of the Cult, and for the reas-
on that we have no navy to match the
English and French steam fleets. We
should be driven out of the waters, not be-
cause our people are not brave, but because
we could not stand such fight. f
If we are to hold it, it must he by forti-
fcations and he would have a committee
composed of the officers who went to the
Crimea to whom he would add Senator
Davis and Gen. Shields to survey and say
where the Redans and Malakofs shall rear
their crests 70 withstand the English fleets.
tive continue crying for more, like
pampered child whose stomach is not big
enough for its appetite.
Mr.. Thompson had known gentlemen Of
Va, to be ruined ere now by owning too
much, would be sold for the taxes upon it
till they died. There was barely enough
to pay their funeral expenses. Our own
country would be too big, and the treaty
of Gaudaloupe would have been curse
had it not been for the fortunate turn up of
gold in California. But as to Cuba, there
is not any Godsend lett there, nor has it
gravitated one inch, not even by the pas
sional attraction of the free love school,
We would derive no benefit from it. We
would pay more for it than it is worth and
negroes being cheaper there than at the
South they would rise in price, and the
Cubans would sell out their possessions at
high rates. He had also other insuperable
objections to the BILL Ifit means anything,
it means that the money is to be drawn by
the Spanish Minister of the day, who will
make treaty, and is thus offering pre-
MUM to revolution. -
Here Mr.. Thompson made some palpa-
Bile bits at the Democratic party, saying be
understood the discipline was very strict
and that whoever does not chalk mp to the
mark, goes overheard. Indeed, he must
take an opportunity before his term ends,
to ask the Senator from Illinois if he has
not been doing something with Cuba to
amuse the South and the Keystone. bound
to him by bars of iron and hoops of steel.
The President might demand q renomina-
ton, for he never knew Scotchman but
he would hold on till death. 1t was said
his luck would kill Mr.. Buchanan, but Mr..
Thompson knew something of Hyge.e,
and gave decided opinion that his life is
good for ten years yet, and then may leave
it to son of his-politically of course, for
none he has otherwise. In conclusion, Mr..
Thompson utterly condemned this rampant
spirit that clamors for war. 1t is wrong
spirit and wrong teaching for the country.
After We get into war with France and
England, we would repent it to the last
day of our lives. 1t will saddle US with
debts which it will take as long to get rid
of as the Isralites were in Egypt making
bricks without straw. Old John Bull might
be likened to bull dog hunting up fights,
Caesar, Pompey, Jumper and Jubiter fol-
lowing in his trail, and when he pins any
thing they go in and worry it to death, and
then out goes nation from the map of
Europe, or if left in, it is crippled all the
the rest Of its life to pay the expenses of
the fight. Our lower order have an in-
veterate hatred against Great Britain,
just or unjust he would not say,
but to hate a red coat and a Britisher 10
an element of our national character.
1t is true we eat suppers and read Shake
'peare together, but that is no more than
:wo old ladies do, having bit of scandal
'ver a cup of tea, and hating each other
ike the devil. We can back against the
pull dog terrier that has the spirit in him
If the seven devils driven out of Mary Mag
lalean. and in getting into this war we
must go through with it. We will suffer
U 1t however we may come out. Hence as
he powers do not seem to want to hight,
here is no need to provoke it. Cuba,
lowever, might do for a platform.
Here Mr.. Thompson, addressing himself
lirectly to Mr.. Seward, said he would vol
,nteer him piece ofadvice that would be-
,seful if he came to be President. As far
S the noise and laughter permitted the
eporter to hear, he understood Mr.. Thomp-
on to ironically advise Mr.. Seward to fol-
,w the example of other Presidents, and
brow down the ladder when it had placed
i'm in mower. There was alternative to
sst il aside. The advice was, don't stand
N tba nlatform when the cars are in mo-