Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-11-15

cordially unite in the following resolu-
tions:
|. Resolred, That the election of Lincoln and
lIamlin to the Presidency and Vice Presidency of
the United States, ought not and W III not be sub.
mtted to.
.. Resoiped, That we request the Legislature
to announce this opinion by resignation at the
nearest practicable moment to communicate to
our Senators and Representatives in Congress and
cooperate with the Governor in calling a Conven
ton OF the people to determine tle mode and meas.
ures of redress.
g. Resolre3, That we respectfully commend
the Legislature to take into immediate consider
alton the passing of such laws will he likely to
alleviate any unusual embarrassment of the com.
merca inter sts of the State, consequent upon the
present political emergency.
| 4. Resoioed, That we respectfully suggest to
the Legislature to take immediate steps to organ
ze and arm the forces ofthe State.
Resoioed, That copies of the foregoing rcsolu.
| tions be sent without delay to our Senator and
! Representatives. in the General Asst mbly Of the
State who arc hereby requested to lay them be.
fore the Houses Of which they are respectively
members
The Colonial flag Of Georgia was raised
this p. NJ. on Glcone's monument, John
sons square, in the presence of an inn
mense multitude. Addresses were made
and great excitement prevailed Capt
jackson, Mayor johnson and others arc
now addressing immense crowds of cili-
zcns in Johnsons square.
4 CHARLEsroN, Nov. S.-The bark Jas.
Gray, owned by Cushing's Boston Line,
lying at our wharvcs under instructions
from the owner, has hoisted the Palmctto
flag and fired ID guns.
AUeUsrA, Ga, Nov. S.-A large and
enthusiastic meeting was held tonight
for the formation of a club Of minute
men. Spirited addresses were made and
a large number Of men enrolled.
Our Southern exchanges begin to come
in teeming with threats more terrible than
the inquiSition to those people in the South
who stand in the way of an immediate
dissolution Of the Union.
The Georgia Contederacy, Douglas
paper says
A few more days. and, in all probabil
ity, the genius OF Liberty will have de
parted! The sceptre Of constitutional
Union will be dragged from the proud
niche erected and consecrated by the faith
ers Of the Republic. and with polluted
hands torn into fragments, and scattered
to the four winds of Heaven, by phren-
zicd fanaticisn! God grant that it may
be otherwise. But the signs Of the lines
tell us too plainly that great and mo-
mentouS crisis is upon us. A crisis that
none can foresee its consequences. a chi
sis that this government has never expcr-
fenced. And a crisis that this govern
mcnt is not likely to survive.
The people unfortunately have been
misled, deceived, and betrayed Ivy ambi-
tious politicians, until many, yea, thouS.
ands, unconsciously, are ready to plunge
their corntry into ruin. Preparation,
are being made Of the most intocrant and
proscriptive clara 3tcr by the Brccknridgc
party, to murder and destroy the proper
ty Of those who may differ with them OF
the election of Lincoln, in their mao
scheme of Disunion.
; We find the following remarkable doc
ument in the Mobile Register, OF recent
= date
THE GEORGIA MURDER Bul..-In hi,
speech on Saturday night Mr.. Forsyth
read Bill, or rather the project of Bill
:. said to be the production of one of Tho
Senators from Ga, and to be introduced
into the next Legislature of that State
"for the better protection. of Shareholders
and their property" The reader will fee
disposed to join in the manifestations o.
astonShment Of that immense audience
on Saturday when he read the provisions
of this remarkable bill. 1t has been pub
liShel in several Georgia papers. in some
without comments, and has been still
more extensively discussed with batet
breath in private circles. 1t coollv anc
deliberately proposes to lcgalizc murder
and a;son, and to set loose all the de
mons OF hell to riot ut will with the live,
g and property of Southern born men A
! man committing murder, even in the mos
IiendiSh shape, it is not he that woul,
have to be tried, but his victim, for the
conviction Of the dead of having exercise,
the functions of federal office would b,
complete Justification of the deed. Al
the processes Of law that ensure iustict
even to the baseSt of fplons are to be sus
pended; a whole class OF offenders are to b,
condemned 10y Wholesale; the evidence il
to be supplied hy individual malice, ha
tired or revenge and the sentence is to l.,
executed before the evidence is furnishc,
or the trial commenced. lfyou think w,
mistake the bearing of the bill, read it lo
yourself:
,
FOR TnE PROTECTION OF THE OWNERS OF SLAVES u
THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
WHEREAS, one Abraham Lincoln, Black Re
publican, has been duly elected President of tn,
United States, for four years from the fourth o
March next; and, whereas, il is evident to ever,
unprciudiced mind that the whoe power of sal,
Lincoln and his coidu will be welded thrnugl
the Government Of the United States for the de
sructon Of the slave interests of the South; aud
whereas, the safety of the South requires thl
the question should be met with the most yigor
ons measures upon the part of the people OF the
sovereign State of Georgia; therefore,
he IT enacted by the Senate and llous of Rep
rcscntativcs of the State OF Georgia, in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted bv the
authority of the same. Tia, irom and after the
passing OF this act, it shall be unlawful for any
person whatever TO receive commission from, ol
hold an office under the President of the United
States, or Ia fulfil the duties belonging to any of
lice in the United States Government, within the
St'te OF Georgia, which may have hccn confer
rcd upon any citizen resident OF the State oI
te'rgla by amy previous Administration OF the