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

liberal press. II is now trodden to th
earth under reign of terrorism which ha
no parallel but in the worst days of tn
French Revolution. The presence of tn
Government will enable it to rebound, AM
look its oppressors in the face. At pres
ent we are assured that in the Secedet
States no man expresses an opinion op
posed to the revolution but at the hazart
of his life and property. The only ligh'
which is admitted into political discussion
is that which flashes from the sword o.
CLEANS from the glistesing bayonets. A
few days since one of the United State
Senators from Virginia published mani
festo, 10 which he announces, with oracu
lar solemnity and severity, that all citizens
who would not vote for secession, but wert
in favor of the Union-not should or ough
to-but "MUsr leave the State" These
words have in them decidedly the crack o
the overseer's whip. The Senator evident
ly treats Virginia as great negro quarter
in which the lash is the appropriate EN-.
blem of authority, and the only argument
be will condescend to use.
THE STAR spANGLED BANNER.
Let US then twine each thread of the
glorious tissue OF our country's flag about
our heart strings, and looking upon our
homes and catching the spirit that breathes
upon US from the battle fields of our faith,
ers, let us resolve that come veal or woe,
we will, in life and in death, now and for
ever, stand by the Stars and Stripes
They have hoated over our cradles, let it be
our prayer and struggle that they shall
float over our graves. They have been un-
furled from the SHOWS sof Canada to the
plains of New Orleans. and 10 the halls of
the Montezumas, and amid the solitude of
every sea; and everywhere as the luminous
symbol of irresistible power; they have led
the brave to victory and to glory: l. has
been my fortune to look upon this flag in
foreign lands, and amid the gloom of an
oriental despotisn, and right well do |
know, by contrast, how bright are its stars,
and how sublime are its Impressions! If
this banner, the emblem of US, of all that
is grand in human history, and all that is
transporting in human hope, is to be sac
rificed on the altars of 4 Satanic ambition,
and thus disappear forever amid the night
and tempest Of revolution, then will I feel
and who shall estimate the desolation of
that feeling ?-that the sun has indeed
been stricken from the sky of our lives,
and that henceforth we shall be but wan
derers and outcasts, with nought but the
bread of sorrow and of penury for our lips,
and with hands ever outstretched 10 feeble
ness and supplication, on which, in any
hour, a.military tyraut may rivet the fet-
tiers of despairing bondage. May God,
in his infinite mercy, save you and me, and
tho land we SO much love, from the doom
of such degradation. tae~.
AN APPEAL TO KENTUCKY.
Could my voice reach every dwelling in
Kentucky, l would implore its inmates
if they would not have the rivers Of their
prosperity shrink away, as do unfed streams
beneath the summer heats-to rouse them
selves from their lethargy and fly to the
rescue of their country before it is ever
lastiugly too late. Man should appeal to
man, and neighborhood to neighborhood,
until the electric fires OF patriotism shall
flash from heart to heart in one unbroken
current throughout the land. 1t is time
in which the workshop, the office. the
counting house, and the field, may we'll be
abandoned for the solemn duty that is up
on us, for all these tolls will but bring treas
ure, not for ourselves, but for the spoiier,
if this revolution is not arrested. We are
all, with our every earthly interest, en-
barked in mid ocean on the same common
deck. The howl of the storm is in our
ears, and"the lightning's red glare is paint
ing hell on the sky" and while the noble ship
pitches and rolls under the lashing Of the
waves, the cry is heard that she has sprung
leak at many points, and that the rush
ing waters are mounting rapidly in the
hold. The man who, in such an hour, will
not work at the pumps, is either maniac
or a monster. Sincerely yours,
j. HOLT.