Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-12-27

War-bound together strongly aud faith
fully under written treaty Of alliance Of
offensive anil defensive, they could no.
have more efficiently aided, sbetted and
comforted each other than they have done
in fact and in truth. think that m ore
than half Of the members Of Congress in
South Carolina and Alabama, for twenty
years past, have been actually "nom mat
ed" and elected in and by two small dis
tricts Of the North--I mean Cambridge,
Massachusetts,, and the "Western Re-
serve, in Ohio. knv,0 that Charleston on
and Columbia, South Carolina, have
more than repaid their debts to the Pei
freys, Summers, Giddings, Chases, DC,
in elevating them into their bad eminences.
Indeed, l wonder that Wendell Philips
did not call to present his kindest re-
CARDS, if not his most grateful affections,
to Mr.. Yancey, in his late visit to Boston
He is Yankee migrate if be did not, and
in behalf Of the entire Abolition party
So much Of these mistakes, when assign
ed as causes Of disunion-[ Here some
gentleman in the crowd shouted, "Hurrah
for South Carolina to xhich Mr.. An
derson said. MY friend, God, in his
infinite, almighty mercy, may. by the
last day, be able to forgive South Caro-.
lima for her sins; can not. have not
that charity She shouted over Lincoln &
election, sirF"
e
To my mind, therefore, secession is,
what General jackson proclaimed it, only
revolution.
| can not-1 have not the heart, il you
had the patience-to discnss the other
questions Of the ability or inability of oul
gallant little Army to reduce the revolving
States again to their proper sphere Of du.
ty and interest. | know well enough
that the North nor any foreign Power
could subdue the South. But in general
common and complete ruin, what boots
it who shall be hailed victor? But car
not conclude without calling attention tc
the prevalent idea ofthe Southern Con.
federacy being protected by England
God ofprophecy! was George Washing.
ton an inspired prophet? In his solemn
effectionate FareOeH address, he declares
this very Union, or, as he construes it
the "unity of government, which consti
tutes you one people. the main pillar il
the edifce of our real indspendsnee." -
+ How wonderfully did he foresee all thes
+ dangers and results? 1t is scarcely pro
: posed to shatter that unity of govern
nent" and redivide it into its primitiv
: fragments, than all our real indepen
, dence" lost forever! do we instantly hea
} of an expected dependence upon our oil
tyrant, England. exclusively for our ship
e ping, our manufactures, our merchandise
t our markets for our staples and Navy
+ Alas! that "independent" States of on
a North American Union should eIer dreaI
, of crawling together with Honduras, th
: Belize, and the discovered States of Cen
? tral America, like a litter of timid whelp
with their backs all bumped and thei
tails all tightly tucked between thei
trembling legs, around, behind and unde
the British Lion-for protection.
No-No-Never-Never. Rather le
} us end as we began. Let US all look
again, on that banner of beauty and glo
ry. And, whilst ever the solid earth ca
t sustain its flagstaff, or the sun cast ligh
! upon its emblems of purity and power, o
t the air can stir breeze to unfold-it
star by star full and glittering constella
5 ton. Whilst ever and wheresoeve
e Americans of any generation shall hav
i eyes to see it, hands to uphold it, hearts
d blood to shed for it-Oh! may this flag {
y of our Fathers Union-our Union--i
n colors all clean and bright, the snow
d white, the pure heart tblood red and IL
= unfading true blue of the azure sky-n
d sister star bedimmed, or gone rayless an
d lost in ntter darkness our whole cor
It stellation complete-Oh! may it thu
Il stand and remain, the most loved an
e treasured legacy to our latest posterity-
=, coexistent with the earth, the air-tl
'e sun, himself. ........ .
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