Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-02-14
The Ncro'Of To-day.

or the position OF all men IN thcse th''eu
States, that Of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, nov declared
.o be the rightiul President of the nation, is the
least to be enyied. Without care or thought
Of the terrible consequences which his success
would bring upon his country, he permitted him
self to be made the champion ufa sectional party
ma!dened by fonalicisnl, and imhued with spir
ii Of deadly hostility to the rights and institutions
Of nearly one half the people whom he expected
to govern. His party, tIiumphcd, and triumphcd
too, without one single vote in a territory of i'm
perial vastness, and comprising half OF the
area of the Republic But he finds the nation OF
which he expected to b. the honored head, torn
and dismembcred by the very causes which have
elevated him to his position and instead oil ruling
over a prosperous, united and happy people, he
will WELD ouly the sceptre ofa fragment OF what
was once the strongest government OF the world
Te will be inaugurated amid scene of anarchy
aud confusion, never before witnessed on this con
tinent, and until now never dreamed of by the
most despondent croakcr in tie land. Tie will
take the oath and assume the executive power,
amid the crumbhng ruins of once happy and glo'
rious republic, with the agonizng reflection that
he and his party themselves have wrought this
m ghty ruin His cabinet, his party and himself,
succeed to power, distrusted and detcstcd by more
than half of the American people.
The most melancholy feature of the whole mat
ter is that the President elect hasncvcr yet shown
by anything he has said or done, or authorized
others to say or do, that he has the slightest ap-
probation Of the gravity of the momentous events
now pa.sing before him. lie has never yet risen
to the dignity of his POSITION but has treated the
calamity with which the nation Is now overwhelm-
ed, with lightncss and lcvity that is absolutely
disgusting if not criminal. Who is authorized TO
say, that Mr.. LINCOLN, when he finds himself in
stalled in the position he has coveted, will take
one single step conciate the dissatisfied portion
Of the people, and re unite the Statesl What
authoritative utterance has yet been made in any
rularter, which leads the public mind 70 believe,
that his influence will DO exerted in behalf OF
peaco and reconciliation On the contrary he has
insulted the whole body Of Union loving, patriotic
men in the nation, by allowing 1t tobc announced
that such Abolition demagogues as Chase, ColinS
and Clay are TO be Members of his Cabinet
Al the very moment, when every loyal heart u
flled with anxiety ana alarm anu '''' "''''' ~"
best tired statesmen Ill inc '"'u are '''"e 80
nerve ana '"aH'ng "nnoS' '"P.'"" '. :,
TO bring about an adjustment Of difficulties and II
possible re'uh''e 'ne o'a'es' '"s '"'.'' "
liNcoLN's party, eh'ooueheu ny MS '"'ou. Aa"'
pie, manifest an unbend'hg' ucnnh'' anu 'e'e'',e''
spirit host''y !" every n,'A'u'o w p.o' ''
ID Just ana equ"ao'e' i"'y "''u "'''"e' Nv
words oil the patrot'c anu "'"''o' '. ',' =,
appeal 10 them' nor '"o VOICE VI '"'
people who pray ior co'np'o"nSe ""u f'"''' o''
stand implacap'o anu uhho'e'' Inc ony 'e'''"'
impedmemsi SIN the way oi AL en''y P"e'n0"''o",
Who does not po"e'e 'hu' "o'', "o"' '''
Lincoln to the leaders Oh 'hspar'y NJ "as"'.R'' "
signifying disposition TO meet tho Ho"'h III
spirit of compromise to yield someuihs ior 'h'
sake Of q Union, which has made our h"'oh 'i'
envy OF 'he wor'n anu '"o p''"'''' .'''' Wv" ''
nplt has vet Sl,OnG upon, WOulu not nave pro-