Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-11-07
Now and T'hcu.

To show how the mighty have fallen II is only
necessary to hunt up old records. The old Whig
party opposed Aboltionsm as strongly as the
Dem cratic party did then, or does now. Yet
many men, like neiglbor Caskcy, who once so
opposed that deadly foe OF our country, Abolition
ism are now bowing at its Shrine, and doing It's
dirtiest work even going so far as to withdraw
their support from b,anch of the Christian
Church because certain ministers of the gospc
refuse to preach and vote the obnoxious dogma:
of Abolitionisrn. The llnlmes county Wig cd
tied by JoHS CAsKEY, of Aug st 22d, ls45, con
tains the following article which would not well
agree with ncighbor CAsKEYs ideas at the present
time
"ARotiroytsN score of itnernnt abolition
Lecturers. with Miss Abbey Kelly, long haired
b,nzcn faced adjunct from one of the New Eng
land States. rs pcncralisimo of the caravan, are
uoy travelling over this State, delivering exhor'
lions appinst Slavery, preaching up uisu"o'',' ~
nosiup all civil aud political institutions, anu uc
nou, cino George Washington and the slSherS OF
iLn Declaration of Independence as a pahd oi
hypoctitcs and liars go
/ "a All rgbt." saws the Northern phlanthropist,
"sloyery Is an evil and We like to see II denounced,
although we have the most indubltablc evidence
that your abors are only rctaiding the work of
emnncipation in the South, still We want to get
public opinion in the North right on the subject -
We want /, sec an open, deadly hostile state OF
public feeling arraycd against the South ana
though YOU, doctrines if carried out in detail,
,youlJ bring about evils hundred fold greater
than slavery vet "a we can see in this poisoned
loaf which YOU are distributing. the leaven which
alone can bring about this great ultlmatum
of our hopes and desires, we will lend you our
support suffer YOU TO denouncc and trnduce the
characters of our forcfathcrs maintain You III
your dcnuncatons against the church, and all III
stutions, both christian and civil, winch we deem
necessary to the government and well binS oil
tie human family" Now, let n slave holder OBJ
ect to this impertincn, and insane interference by
the Abolitionists of the North, in matters owe
which they have no CONTROL nor moral nor clvi
respousibility. Let him threaten that unless th
outrages upon his rights-rghts granted him b.
the COnstitution--be discontinued, that the onl
resource left them to secure the safety OF thcl
property and internal peace, will be dissoluuo
of the Union, aud words cannot he found sui
fcicutly invccdve orvirulent III which TO denonhc
him i. it not fact that their property Is dall
, stolen from them and are not these ourages vii
mnllv sanctioned by the North The Abolition
sts steal slaves, and the citizens OF the slayc'hod
ing States seize and imprson them. IL IL I'll
. only course left them. Is it right We ventur
to say, that had the individuals who nrc now
the Parkersburg Jail been at home attending I
their own busnc :, Instead OF beng some 81
, miles Of assisting negros to escape from the
masters. that they would now be in possession
their liberty and n e, eat deal of excitement o
both sides, been spared. Slavery is wrong m
II we would to God that this country was well rid
q it, and clear o. the entire black population,
. they bond or free. 1t is an evil, and nnc-teht'
of the Shareholders themselves look upon II