Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-01-17

able sum at par at lower rate OF interest thah
IL per cent From these facts 1t appears that III
a government organized IKE ours, domesuc striie,
or even vel grounded iear OF civil hoStiiiteS,
more destructive TO or punIlc ana private interests
than the most Formidable foreign war.
In my annual message expressed thc conVic-
ton which have long deliberately heId ana whlch
recent reflection mas only tended 10 decPeh ana
confirm, that no state has the rghtby us own ACT
to sccede from the Union or throw on the feueral
obligations at pleasure. also declare my opinion
to be, that even It that right exl ted, and could
be exercised by any state OF thc CohIeueracy'
the Executive Department OF thls government
had no authority uhuer the CONSTITUTION 10 rccog
nize its validity by acknowledging the lndepend'
cnce OF sucn otate' Inns lelV me no alternatives
as the Cllet Executive olhcer, uhder 'he consul
luton OF the Dhteu Ntates pnt TO coiect the pun
nc revenue anu pro'ect ihe puohc propertS, US iar
as tins might he practicable under the cxst'iS
laws. lhis Is sun my purpose MY province Is
to execute, not make the laws IL belongs 10
congress exclusively 10 repeal, monhy, OF enlarge
their provisions to meet cxigencles as they occur
possess no dispensing power certainly had
no right to make an aggressive war upon any
State, and | am perfectly satisfied that the Con
stitnton mas wisely Wlthhed that power even
! from Congress.
| But the rlght anu thc uuty 10 use lrc mlltafN
force dclcnSiyely against those who resist the
Federal officers IN the execution OF Their legal
functions, and against those who assam the pro-
perty OF the edcrai Government is clear ana uil-
ldeniabIc. But the dangerous and hostile attitude
of states toward each other has already tar tran
scendcd ana cast into the shade inc ordinary EX,
ccntVe duteS already PROVIDED ior by 'aw' ana
mas assumed such vast ana nIlrmlhS proportions
as to place INC SUBJECT cntlreiy ABOVE ana peyond
the Executive control. The fact cannot he dls-
gus that we are IN inc midst o, " great FGvoIu-
uoh' ~ ai us various ocariUS' ''vIel"rr' COM
mrnd Ine quesn0h 10 Congress as tne olliy human
ulouha' uhdcr itoV'dehce possessing u'e power
10 meet Tue eAlsnhG emergency. 10 mem OK
cusNtly belongs 'he power 10 declare war or
"m'hor'He .ne enp'oy'ne Q, ~ the m'aary ,oFce III
an caseS c""'''nP'n,'d Df VIC N"''st't4st"' eHo
'hey "i"nc losse7a 'he power 'o remove '"c srieV
"'ecS "ne" "'en' ,V"'' W W"' '''u ', e'',,' "
leuce ana u,pn 70 .!.s ulS'.'rtcu ooun,'S m
"ir "" ;"',' .'onp, ,ools .'e
Ino r''pn 's " siole' n's. I.''ns ou' '.,o'u 'e
noh''y 'a,''e's " ''t'r utScc''ie's' NV nc' :,
a'o "i.y o.'i.' p'ol'e 'l.''e''t 81 ',oN u
aas rehuereo Gr T p''sltaouS u, le1oo an' a uiU"
NV II, war .no '''''I,'', ~ "ah no "n
s'o'! wv 'c' S"u.i 'ta '''''o" navy ~ ... :;
ali hnJs beneath The sun. five descend to con
sdcrotions of nurcly material interest. when. il
tho history of nll time has n conredencv hce,
hound together with such strong ties of mutu
INTEREST," Each nortion of il il depcudcnt ON all
and all upon each portion for prosperity and do
nestle security. A free trade throughout tn,
whole supnlics the wants of one norton from tn,
productions of another, and scnttcrs wealth every
where. The great Wanting and farming State
} rco,,ire. and commercial nayiraiinr States sen,
thrir nrotnctons IN domnstic and lnroion marx
and furnish naval power to render their trans
, portation secure against all hostile attacks
ShouId thc Unon ncrish in the midst of the nrrs
eut excitement, we have already had n sad fore
taste of the universal suffering which would rcsul
from its destruction. The calamity wUuId b,
severe in every nortion of the Union, and woul,
be quite as Great, to saw the least in the Souther
! os in the Northcm States,
The greatest nrgroyotion of the evil, and tha
which would Mace ne in n most unfayorable LIGHT
, both before the world and nos eritv, is as / an
firmly convinced that the secession moycmcn
has been chiefly based mon misannrchension n
, the South of the sentiments of the majority i
= several of thc Northern Stotcs Let the Question
/, bo transferred from rolilicnl assemblies To Tn
: bolot.box. and thc nconlc themselves woul
/. spccdIy redress thc scrim,s c,ieyonccs which IN
Y south has suffered But. in Heavens name. le
h the trial be made before we plunge into AN orme