Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-07-11
SPENCER, MEDINA COUNTY, o., J
.Inlv 1st 1851
State POlitics--The Issues

There is an evident preparation begin
ming to be made in all parts of the State
for the approaching political canvas and
the fall election. Some of the Republ
cans appear to talk in coy and gingerly
way about Union ticket wherein parties
shall be ignored, and ticket Of "good
men," made up from the ranks of all
former parties, which. they propose.
shall be put forward and occupy the
ground, as the only ticket to be voted
for by the people Of the State, The Re-
publicans who urge this policy, profess
to be governed by an ardent desire to
present united front to the Southern
Rebels, and show them that the whole
North is unit on the question of the
war.
A portion Of these are no doubt sin
cere: but the shrewcd managers who
talk about this union Of parties, have a
motive, and tha. is, to cover mp the
weakness Of Rcpublicanism, which, they
feel well assured, cannot stand the test,
and come out of the contest successfully.
The, ,,party is doomed, and they know it,
and hence their desire to shield it from
an ignominious overthrow
Bnt there is body Of Rcpubli cans,
and they are the life and soul of the par
ty-thc real John Brown men-who are
in for an "irrepressible" ticket of tried
and true Abolitonists, and who will be
satisfied with nothing else. To this class
of men the Ashtabula Sentinel gives law,
and when it speaks they know that they
hear no uncertain sound; and hence the
Republicans who go for a fusion ticket
on II Union basis, may as well cease to
advocate anything of that sort. 1t will
not be tolerated.
On the other hand, we see that the
Democrats (who are all Union men and
"A large body Of conservative men, not
heretofore of the Democratic party, but
who look to that organized in this houl
of peril to the country, as the only human
agency which under Providence can save
us from utter ruin, are awaiting the actor
of the annual Democrat State Conven
! ton, with an earnest desire and iaitl
an hope which seldom possess the minds
of men on any subject connected with thu
affairs of this life,
1t is felt and admitted that we wan
some element in the administration Of
affairs, that Republicanism cannot impart
and it is frankly conceded that nothin.
in the way Of political organization car
he OF service to the country, except tn,
old Union Democracy. Hosts of men
heretofore opposed to the Democrati
party, now feel and admit its adaptiol
to great emergencies, the peculiar appli
cability of its doctrines and princip ples t,
our institutions, and its wonderful recup
erative energy and great power, and the,
will with ready alacrily enter its rank
in the coming campaign and he lp us t.
plant the Democratic Union standard il
the empire State of the Northwest
This will be great point gained. ant
will serve to throw light on our path, an'
give assurance that order may yet b.
wrought out of the confusion and dis
order which now reigns supreme in tn
State. All sincere men who want t
join Union party, have only to ente
the Democratic ranks. and they will fine
themselves within an organization whicl
throughought its whole history has beer
the defender Of the Constitution and tn,
Union. - Statesman