Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-05-30

cities to see the grass growing in the
streets and proud steamers rotting at the
whayvcs? Have you looked at temples
Of science and religion, scattered through
town aud country, all over the State, to
see them deserted and desecrated, and
knowledge, and piety, and all virtue
swept to destruction by the bcsom Of
wa:?
But let us turn, Tor a moment, from
what we are likely to make ourselves, to
that which God and nature designed us
to be. If the son shines on iairer land
than our own Missouri, have yet to see
it or read OF it. With climate nicely
tempered between the scorchng heat of
the tropics and the fierce wintry blasts Of
the Artic, we can raise in perfection ev-
cry product of the temperate zone. Our
Territory, embracing forty million acres
Of prolific soil, is able to sustain almost as
many millions Of people. Fountains and
streams irrigate every township OF land,
and the great rivers that bound CIR inter-
sect the State, are inlaLd seas. Ourmin-
eral wealth is as much above the reach OF
computation, as are the gold fields Of the
Pacific, aud sufficient, of itself, to give
profitable employment to million Of
people. Already our State gives pleas
ant homes to million and quarter Of
inhabitants, and with peace and prosperi-
ty, this number will be doubled in anoth-
er decade. What heart that throbs with
the sentiment of State pride, as well as
State rights, will not seek to preserve this
fair heritage from the devastation Of war
and rapine. .
Is there nothing. my friends, in the
glorious memories Of the past that can
Induce us to make one more effort to save
our whole country If we fight and
separate, who shall claim the history OF
this great nation? ! claim in fee simple
a part of every bottle-feld where our
patriot fathers fought and fell. claim
a part of the name and fame and ashes
of the immortal Washington, and Of
those glorious martyrs to liberty that fell
fighting by his side. | claim share in
all our noble triumphs in arts and arms.
: | claim the honor off being an American
citizen, and when cease to be one, may
God hide me in the grave ! I am part
t owner of the old flag of '76, and would
1 rather die than surrender my claim.
, see it now as it CLEANED III the frozen all
at Trenton, followed by our great leader
5 and his Spartan hasd. can almost heal
: his clarion shout of "Now or never ~ as
he rushed after it to slaughter or capture
; the mercenary horde. l SEQ it "rolleG
in blood" and shrouding the form OF
t1,, hnrn l, ;,l l. l,,; l,.ont,
"Never give up the ship !' see it amidst
the smoke and fire of thousand battles
on field or flood. leading its followers to
conquest or to death. l see it cleaning
) from mast head or tower in every sea
and land where American commerce floats
: or American power is recognized; and
see it watched and almost worshipped as
. a star of hope by millions in less favor
cd lands. have no fault to find with
e those who can see more beauty and glory
Y in seven new stars than thirty-tour old
$ ones and if the people of my adopted
State determined to go South and adopt
the Confederate flag, | shall acquiesce
= but let me have this reservation--l viii
t keep the old ensign of my country's glo
W ltullui ilIC VI NitI thut N'N'i'' ;
+ once was, and when die will have it sc
down with me into the grave.
y Fellow citizens there is disposition
II amongst some to cast odium upon The
C late Convention which was called togethe
S by the present General Assembly. Th'
: very men who called that Convention
II did it for the purpose of participating il
)f it's action, and it is not surprising tina
6 they should curse the agency they brough
3 into power. The people themselves wer
'e not deceived for they met the candidate
le face to face, and although there were sc
: cession candidates in almost every Dis
al trict, they were rejected by popu'o
N majority Of nearly one hundred THOUSAND
n They passed almost unanimously a res
lie olution declaring that no sufficient caus
O. existed for the secession of Missouri, an
al the people said Amen. But | am tol
in that there has been great revolutio
Id in public sentiment since that time
,d This matter can be tried by submittin
nc the question fairly to the people. If tn
t, is done, / shal. bow in silence to the
IL decision.
l. 1t is offered as an argument in fave
of our union with the Confederate States
x that our interests are Identical. SO far q
Us slavery is concerned this is so, but II
d further. The Cotton States have but I'll
to interests, and that is a great monopoi
G. which kills every art and enterprise, an
n either degradeS or drives from their bon
lg ders every class of citizens not who'll
le devoted to the culture of the one staple
he cotton. Not so with Missouri. Our grci
$, variety or resources, depending upo
te soil, climate, mineral wealth and iacIlitic
III for easy transportation, looks to an equi
f. variety of pursuits amongst the people
30 Our State is fit to be an independent II
O. public, and for the full development
her resources, demands every class
,et Industrious citizens. We want, not on
st the STAKEHOLDER in the rich counties
&C raise hemp, Tobacco, wheat corn and cattl
on but we want the vine grower, the mino
pe and mechanic. These very circumstanc
le- have already drawn to our borders peol
ur from almost "every nation, kindred al
he tribe under the heavens" Not only
on substantial planters from Kentucky al
. Virginia, but small farmers, merchan
,at m mechanics, and professional men from
". North and East. And from beyond
he Atlantic we have thousands of goc
we in lustrious citizens who have emigrat
ng from the shores of the Emerald Isle, frC
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