Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-11-10
Our National

the Bishops, in. attendance on the Episco
pal Convention at Richmond, called on the
President at Washington, and hat the
President exhibited to them a spear taker
from Browns arms for the invasion of Vir
ginia, which District Attorney Ould had
brought him from Harper's Ferry. Doubt
less the President drew a deep moral from
this terrible weapon, aud impressed on the
minds of the worthy Bishops the necessity
Of REFRESHING all agitation except that abso-
lutely necessary to guard and extend the
divine Institution. The President has
certainly founded a museum of implements
and relics of war that, if perfected, will vie
with those of the Tower of London or the
Invalides of Paris. We hope that mea-
sures will be taken at once to forward all
the most notable of these weapons and
curious relics to the White House; then
when next the House of Bishops calls on
the President he will show them through
his national museum in this wise:
"Here, Reverend Gentleman, you see
the two rifles with which Clark and Gard
ner shot Barber in Kansas. Barber was
riding quietly along the road, a capital
offence at that time, and was shot in the
back. Clark was my Indian Agent, an
excellent patriot. 1t was not certain which
killed Barber; bat in order to make sure
that justice is done, l appointed Gardner
Postmaster at Lawrence, and Clark Purser
in the navy. That is a copy of his com
mission, Gentlemen. Carrying ont the
scripture, you see; those faithful in q few
things are appointed over many things.
"That, Gentlemen, is the cannon taken
from the Government arsenal at Liberty,
Missouri, with which Jones and the Nilsson
rians bombarded the town of Lawrence and
battered down the hotel and several dwell
lings, after they had pillaged everything
they could carry off. Hero is a copy Of
Jones' commission as Collector ofcustoms.
True patriotism will never die, Gentlemen,
while the country rewards her heroes.
"This, Reverend Gentlemen, is the knife
with which Murphy scalped Hops. Hops
was a free State man, a very dangerous
class, gentlemen; you cannot too much
warn your congregations against this agi-
tating element This is Murphy's appoint
ment as Agent for the Pottawotamie Indi-
ans, where he can teach them the civilized
mode ofscalping. Virtue is sure TO be re-
warded, gentlemen. Remind your corgre-
cations of that.
"Here you see some of the muskets and
pistols taken from the United States Arse
nal in Missouri, for butcherilig the Kansas
settlers. The Canaanites are to lie driven
out, Gentlemen. The Scriptures are clear
on that head. All means are lawful, even
the seizure of United States Arsenals, to
put down agitation"
"Here reverend Bishops, is a precious
relic, and a great comfort to a true patriot,
especially in view of the recent wicked at
tempt to disturb the family realtion, estab-
lished by the Patriarchs in the sale of their
brother Joseph, by which we have the
comforting assurance that the traffic in our
blood relations is peculiarly blessed; this is
the Ratchet with which Gibson killed Fred
erick Brown, a son of that mighty man of
valor, before whom the hearts of the chiv-
airy became as water. With this Weapon
he was slain unarmed and a prisoner His
wife and one child were spared; an injudi-
cious humanity towards such a race. Ma
ny good men strove for the privilege of
killing him, but it was given to Gibson to
hack him to death with this Ratchet, even
as Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before
Lord" You see gentleman, how the de-
vout mind is sanctifed by the scriptural as
sociations of these national trophies. This
lot, Gentleman, will not be complete until
we get the rope with which the father Of
this sinful agitator, who has been in an un-
reconcilcd condition since this d%ispensatiou
on his son, is hung. Then the mind that
is properly disciplined will be highly edited
by trophies so full of incident and allusion.
Gibson has not gone u%nrewarded; a govern
ment office he shows to n wicked and pre-
verse generation that republics are not IN
grateful.
81 now come, gentlemen, 10 the choicest
relic in this collection, and the one best
calculated to inspire patriotic and national
emotions. Here in this glass case are the
pieces of the cane with which a true South
ardent as a Southern sun, with irwin
chile courage and pockets full of revolvers,
up TO a sitting Senator who had in
in the profanity of free speech,
him to the floor and continued bea-
ting him till there is hope that they have
have silenced his profanity forever. These
are the revolyers and bowie knives with
two of the bravest sons of the South
guarded the patriotic deed, to prevent inter-
and here is IN engraving of the
monument which the admirers of true he
in South Carolina are erecting 10 her
most heroic son. Future generations, gen.
Llemen will judge us by tie monuments
build. l will send you copies of this
engraving for your Sabbath schools, that
The youthful mind may be stimulated by
he reward of true virtue" State Journal.
Three Men Ruined by one Lot.
terry.
A man has ten chances of being struck