Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-08-08
Speech of Jonathan Q. Smith, Delivered
before tho Republican State Central
Committee, at Columbus, on Thursday
,yuly 2Gth, 1861.

COmmlttee, NJ ColumDus, on ihuTsdhy
July 28th, 1861.
Fcller Citizens and Patriots:-I feal purity all
jofrcd skcery to git up mak speech befour
this intelligent buddy of men. | sea around me
II rite smart sprnkling of the brave and patriotic
men who composed the recent eloquent Ohio Leg
slature. Mi friend, Mr.. VoRHEs, of Akron tocks
rite. lie has bushel of sand in his craw. He
shows trew curagc, and his speach wood convins
the most doutin that he aint aleared to turn his
back to the mouth of n cannon or his face to the
tung of wcman. l agree with him that the only
way to saiv the Republican party frum consarned
licken is to report ii dead and hide itawa. The
pccpel don't understand the necessity ofoll the
Legislature has dun for too yeers. We can't
maik EN- beleave that the crate legislative drunk
with the legislatures of Kentucky and Tennessee
was got up to maik the buddy cusses of them ere
benited Stats 50 drunk that tha woolent git over
it for five yeers, that tina mite be easy to lick when
oncst sole Dabe" got the irrepressible conflict
started. There is, also, crate meuny other
things the Legislature dun that the peepel can't
zee the pint to. And worse ner all the rest is the
singular idy that has got into the heds of the sol.
gers and the peepcl that the Stat officers hav bin
swindlen of EN-. no it is oil lie about there
bein emmy swindien goin on. 1t is true the Re.
publican officers and contractors maid oil tha coed
out of these Offices and apartments but WHARF is
the use of haven offices if tina don't pay for the
ware and tarc of buddy and conshens. The sol.
gers complane of there clothcn bein coarse as Mig
ger wool and tender as rotten vcel in August, but
WHARF was the use Of putten on good clothen on
men what was gon out to be shot. The ocofocos
maik thunderin fuss about oil these things, and
lots more, and am afeered tha will iner our COZ
seen q sichiy lookcn, ragged feller what had bin
in eumpany G ,of the 10th Regiment SEQ uten
round the Neil House to-day and he swore the
stones and brick smelt of Bred beens and pork
and the morter was mixed with clothcn, what be
longed 10 the solgers. Sich expressions rather
insinvates agin the honesty Of Governor Dennisou
and the rest Of US patriots, and tha air calculated
to do our coz harm, and for these and other rca-
sons ! think it wood he prudent to put the Re-
publican pacty in a band box and appoint "Suc.
cedaneum" for it. Old father Gliding, who TODD
godfather for the Republican party warmed it
into life, succed it in its infancy, and is now suck
en- it in turn goes for stickcu to it like monkey
wood stick to peanut stand but he must be
overruled or else we mite git beet Oh the Stait
ticket, and on the gislaturc, and then farewell
to the good liven We enjoy SO much, 1t will new,
do for fellers to be turned out of office and
lot of locofocoes put in 1t wood ruin the coun.
try and give our faithful gardens of the public
treasury the sweeney in the pockit; and oh horror
Of horrors we d lose our oats. No, feers, this
wood never du we must avoid such hghfau
ten calamity and saiv ourselves from ben rousted
Bruther Dennison is dun for he is dead cock
in the pit, as Napoleon Boneapart sed of Genera
Packenham when he killed him with q snow bal
ut the battle of Buena Vista or in the cratic
language of General Jackson when he vetode the
United Stats Bank, she is played out" And sc
wood ennybuddy else bea what wood bea nomin
ated by the Republi cans We must, then, look t
the wires; we must be wise as sarpents and inner
cent looken doves, to keep our kettle on the
fire. Republican is nice naim for party but i
has lost its vim, besides, as Solomon's Provorb
sez rose by any other naim will stink just loud
Wen turn the Republican party into a people