Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-12-06

This would be revolution, making war with
ont cause, for South Carolina makes no
complaint against the present revenue laws.
Is she prepared for tbis-to become the
appressorl The only use can see for her
Minute men is, that they will enable the
people more readily to suppress any up
rising in their midst, which their misrepre-
sentations of purposes may have encour-
aged. She complains that the Fugitive
Slave Law is not executed in some States.
This, if true, the whole country knows to
be sham. So far as South Carolina is
concerned, she is so situated that no slaves
can escape from her limits inty Free States,
however much cause the border States may
have to complain of the escape of their
negroes into the Free States. 1t is clear
South Carolina can have no such complaint.
In her resolves she processes to be prepar-
ing to defend herself against encroachments
on her rights. Let her adhere to this pol
icy, and not attempt to dictate to other
States what they shall do, and no collision
will occur, for no encroachments will be
made. The disunion feeling in the South
is, doubtless, greatly exaggerated. A sort
of terrorism seems to prevail in some places,
which, for the time, appears to have crush
ed out any manifestation of Union senti-
ment. But as the causes for this excite
ment are all imaginary, the election of a
Republican President, in the constitutional
mode, certainly afording no excuse for it,
1t is reasonable to suppose that reaction
will soon take place among the Southern
people themselves, which will overthrow
the disunionist at home. 1t is great mis-
take to class the supporters of Mr.. Breck-
enridge as disunionists. Some few of them
may be, but Mr.. Breckenridge himself, and
supporters, as class, are, doubt Eot, as
sincerely attached to the Union as many
of those who, for political purposes, during
the recent excited contest, sought to fasten
on them the stigma of disnnion. Should
the conservative and Union men in any
particular locality be unable to cope with
their adversaries, and South Carolina, or
any other state, under the lead of Nulihers
and Disunionists who have for years been
seeking pretext for breaking up the Gov
erament, plunge into rebellion, and with
out cause assail by force of arms the con-
stituted authorities of the Union, there will
be but one sentiment among the great mass
ofthe people ofall parties, and in all parts of
the country, and that will be "the Union
it must and shall be preserved" and woe
to the traitors who are marshaled against it.
Should any Republican inquire what has
been gained by the triumph of Republ-
canism, 1 answer much. We have gained
a decision of the people in favor of a Pacif-
ic Railroad-a Homestead policy-a judi
cious Tarif-the admission into the Union
of Kansas as free State-reform in the
Financial department of the Government
and more important than all, the Verdict
of the People-the source of power, and
from whose decision there is no appeal, that
the Constitution is not Slavery extend
ing instrument. No more Dred Scott de
cisions will now be made. Freemen, both
cf the North and of the South, will here
otter be protected in all their constitution
al rights. The policy of the Government,
as of old, will now set in favor of Freemen,
and not for the supremacy of Slavery, as
has been the case for the last six years.
Freedom henceforlh will be the law of the
Territories, because the people, in their
majesty have so ordered, land neither Courts
nor Congresses will be able to thwart their
will. When full effect shall have been
given to all these great measures of the
Republican party. and the prejudices en-
gendered against it in the minds of many,
by the artful appeals of demagogues, who
have misrepresented its objects, shall have
been removed by actual knowledge of IFS
acts we may expect the bitterness of party
spirit to subside, the cry of disunion to be
hushed, and the principles of Republican
ism to become the permanent policy of the
Government, under which it will flourish
and prosper, as l trust, forever.