Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-09-12
Gov.stcwart's t'sappcai to tfe Pco-
pie Of Missouri.


Claiborne i. jackson, as Governor Of
Missouri, who served for the thrce years
preceding the present, has issued the FOL
lowing eloquent appeal to the people OF
the State.
Citizens Of Missouri: May / not pre-
sumo upon the confidence yon have re.
peatedly in electing me to high Of
fees, and the evidences Of continued iel.
lowship which met me everywhere anon
I gst the people, to address to you few
words OF counsel in the midst Of this ter
rife crisis? Every interest Of the State
is threatened with utter dcstruction.-
/ What can be done to Tighten, for we can
not entirely avoid, this great calamity
This war is already upon us. and if it
could be stopped to morrow,its evil effects
would be felt for generations to come
/ Our only relief is in putting speedy close
to the cruel and causeless war now being
waged upon our southern border How
can this be accomplished? VIII it bring
peace to Missouri if the people should
bow their willing necks to be trodden up
on by the heel Of jeff. Davis and his min
ions? Never, IfMissouri could be drag
ged or draggooned into the Southern
Confederacy tomorrow, it would only
add hundred fold to her calmities -
Some of you who have been lead away
by the false good Of secession, fancy that
If the State should once proclaim herself
mem Der of the cotton ccnfederacy, her
troubles would all be ended. Lay not
the llatterng JUNCTION toyour souls. Mis-
souri now declared her loyaly by nearly
nearly hundIed thousand majority, and
even if she had proved an ungrateful
/ traitor to the Government that has foun
/ ded and fostered all her interests, that
/ Government would sacrifice its last man
and spend its last dollar before it would
abandon Missouri. When the United
States Goyernment surrenders its rights
! to navigate the Atlantic ocean, it may
abandon its only throughfare to the Pa.
cifc-not before. Rather than give up
Missouri to rebel rule, its territory will
be desolated as by fire, and then opened
to new settlement by loyal citizens.
Who brUuget this unnatural and unho-
" stite to our borders? Not the people
for they voted loyalty with vim that
caused treason to turn pale and trernble
with fear. The very men who insisted
upon calling a Convention, with the be.
! lief that it would carry out their traitor
Gus shemes being checkmated by the body
they had called into existence, have in
augurated this war to carry out their plan
/ in spite of the people, The late Govern
or, having been repuliated, and having
. 6, IL II, li-,,rana laC
with host Of foreign enemies to wage a
relentless war upon its citizens. There
can be no peace for Missouri until these
ruthless invaders Of our soil are d:iv-
en- into the hills and swamps Of Arkansas.
II ,cas portof the ORIGINAL programme
Of secession to remove the burdens Of 1Car
from tie cott9n to tie border States. Nir-
ginia was first drawn into the snare, and
her dearest interests will be ruined, let the
contest end as it may. Missouri has been
dragged into the same horrid vortex by a
few disappointed demagogues, and our
only hope of rescue is by driving back
the invading foe from our borders.
Missourians You who still preserve
devotion to the country and fivg that has
given you political existence and constant
protection, this is no time to halt between
two opinions. With you it is a simple
question of life or death. If the man
whom you have repudated as Governor
for his reasonable acts, is allowed to re-
sumo his seat, and you are brought with
in reach of his power, your homes and
lives will not be worth an hours purchase
His chosen freebooting general offers you
protection? 1t is such protection as the
vulture gives to the lamb.
If you wish to have your towns and
cities given up to sack and slaughter, your
homes robbed and ravished, your fields
desolated, and your property plunderec
by these soldiers Of fortune, then opel
wide YOUR doors and welcome the inva
ders to their bloody feast. If you woul,
save your country from ruin and you
, hearthstones from being stained with tn
l blood of your children, rise at once to tn
= defense of your liberties, and drive the
, insolent foe beyond the boundaries o
your State.
Missourians 1t cannot be that we sha
fail in a cause like this, for it is the cause
of God and humanity. Take courage
too, from the marshaled hosts that hay,
gathered for your rescue. y hundred
f thousand warriors are now on the soil 0
| Missouri to defend it from the invading
, foe. From every hill and plin in the
= Northwest these armed squadrons have
llocked to your aid, aud with one earnest
united effort your enemies will be routed
} and Missouri once more rest in peace.
r Cil=ens Of Missouri, you can bear mt
witness that during my official life | hay,
labored earnestly against the doctrine an,
practices OF the extreme fanatics OF tn
t North. Abolition and secession are tw'
} extremes that now unite in the deStruc
: ton Of everything we hold dear, Dono
: natter yourselves that this social war i
Missouri is against abolitonists. 1t
lust what they have prayed for becaus
they saw in il the utter annlhilation OF on
domestic institutions. The only practica
y abolitionists in Missouri are those wh
y have inaugurated are now prosecuting tn
} unholy war. Ii allowed to continue,
J will accomplish in year, what could nc
" have taken place in century-the pra
II teal abolition of slavery in Missouri
The only safety for Missouri Slayeholde
!? is in the Union. Out fit, either by for
a a or 10y treaty, their property is utterly va
~ ueless. You have been told that this W