Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-06-27

SHALL WE HAVE PEAcE.-It is stated that the
Legislature Of Maryland appionted commit
tee to visit Montgomery and find out from JrFr
DAVIS how they were progressing with the war.
and il form him that in Maryland there are
thousands Of secession scoundrels who u ympa-
thise with theSouth in their attempts to destroy
our Governmant. JuF thanked them for the
infcrmati IN they gave him. Said he was sck
of his business already, and if the Northern
people would only let them have what they
have stolen. keep up their little one horse gov
eminent they would be satisfied. Beginning,
at last, to comprehend that the crazy bark of
Secession is floating adrift on the wide ocean
of anarchy. without chart or compass-proyisl
ions failing-a leak sprung-and symptoms Of
munity on board-the rebel Captain and his
officers are evidently beginning to look despair
ingly 10 some place of rofuge; and the first
they would make for, if they knew how, is
compromise. We can understand how it may
be worth while of JETr DAVIS and his crew,
just now to seek an armistice, but we cannot ex-
actly see the Immediate advantage to Uncle
SAN in such an arrangement. With the North
unanimously banded against them. when they
felt certain Of having at least one half on their
side-without money or credit-with an over
whelming army threatening them by land, and
a navy blockading every outlet to the sea-with
indispensable supplies of every kind cut off by
land and water, and their privateers denied the
use of foreign ports-with the certainty thus
staring tfem in the face of seeing their army,
not long hence, mutinous, not only through
want of wages and food, but the discovery of
the infamous falsehoods by which ambitious
leaders have lured them into rebellion against
the mildest form of human gorernme nt-with
the horrible conviction ever present that they
are sleeping on volcano, ready at my moment
to burst beneath them, and that nothing can
prevent this war from gradually expanding in
to one of liberation, if wickedly persisted in
it will be infinitely more strange if the Reb-
els do NOT soon see the necessity of retracing
their guilty steps.
But We very much mistake the spirit Of our
people if, after all this terrible loss of blood,
treasure, and commercial prosperity; if after
the gross insult offered their country, in the
face Of all Christendom; if, after they have al
ready sacrificed and are prepared to sacrifice,
for blotting out this stain on her escutcheon,
they are going to be quietly hocus- -pocussed
into putting down their arm, until they see ;he
way perfectly clear, not only for temporary but
perpetual security against the recurrence ofsuch
disgraceful attempts against her peace and
honor.
The rattlesnake of Secession must not be
seotched but killed before we can indulge in
feelings of safety for the future. Whenever the
Seeded -States-like the penitent, weeping,
maid Of Milan n"-come back in distress, and
singing "Home, sweet Homel" they Will find
dear old homestead ready to receive them,
and their Joyful sisters eager to hear them again
in fond embrace. If, on the contrary, DAVIS
d Co. are madmen enough 10 attempt any
scheme of compromise, merely as the means OF
forcing unfair advantages, or getting breath
ing time 10 mature their nefarious plots, they
are very likely to be treated as madmen fire.
quently are, viz: get knocked down first, then
argued with aiterward. r .o=t..