Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-10-03
StOH XOesr EYLM2.

ne tOSnOctOn D'WOcTW VI NclJs lC, says
"On the 22nd day Of December last, the Holmes
County Republican,, when it saw that the Chicago
Platform was sevcring the u MON, said
awe hope Northern Republicans will remain
firm, and if the Union must go, why, 'lct her
slide"
For this reasonable sentiment. Lincoln made
this Editor Postm lstcra at Mcrsburg.''
| No such paragraph as that quoted above ap-
pcared in the RcDnbiican on the ''22d day of De
ccmbcr last" as you knew when you published
it.--Hoines County Republican,
1t is too bad to lie 50 on ncighbor CAsKEY. The
Democrat should have put it on the 22d day of
December, $50, and then, our ncghbor of the
Republican would not have been lied on ncithcr
would he have made any complaint. Watch
them closely, ncighbor CAsKEy, and make them
date your disunionism correctly,
Since the above was put in type We have
the Coshocton Dcmorm with the following
reply to the above:
a Tory Editor Playing Sneak.
| CAsKEY, Of the Holmes County ReoaLlicaa de-
mics that any such paragraph the following ap-
pearcd in his paper, ut the timo mentioned. But
he docs not and dares not deny that every word
and sentence was uttered by him just as it is here
published. True, we did not copy the whole
paragraph, in which he urged the Republicans to
stand up for their man, the Helper candidate for
Speaker and added
1U'"We hope Northern Republicans will remain
firm, and if the Union must go, why, ~ let her
slide.' Holmes County Republican,
We always feared CAsKEy was a tory, although
very clever follow, personally lie opposed the
Mexican war, and at the 2Gth February Convcn-
ton, 1913, he offered and the Wings sanctioned. !.
the following infamous doctrine
"Resolrcd, That we believe that the highest
patriotism and love of country. and the Divine
injunction "to do unto Others as we we would they
should do unto u.s." requires of every good citizen
| to oppose This rd, and the objects for which it
was commenced and prosecuted"
| At the same meeting. tac following resolution
was adopted
| "RcsOircd That the lar sighted wisdom. pure
patriotism, cvcn.handcd Justice, heroic moral
courage, and natchcss cloqucncc dsplycd by the
Hon Thomas Corwin, our gifted Senator in Con
grcs1, in the bold stand which he took in his unri
vailed speech against Executive usurpation, in the
commencement Of the war against Mexico, has
Concusivcly ovcd that he is entitled to the
highest admiration of his cOuntrymcn and that
by TIE possession of all that is calculated to adorn
the mind and heart he is cmincntly qualified for
highest Office within the gift of the American peo
ple.'
Besides all this, CAsKEy utt rcd the following
Infamous sentiment in regard to the volunteers of
the Mexican war:
"Accustomcd to the exercise of power without
right, and familiar with OPPRESSION, PLUM
DER and BLOOD. tn 'r hearts arc hardened and
their conscicnccs scared, and it they ever return
it will be but to u grcyo their friends and aill.ct
their country
And in regard to the effects ofthe Mcxican war
CAsKry, in the Holmes County Wing, said;
"llow many wives havcbecn widowed How
many hearts have been crushed and broken How
many children have been cast in misery and des.
itution upon the world How many bright hopes
it has crshed! How many holy aspirations blight.
ed ! How many brave and gallant me-: las it
suddenly hurried from life to death How many
noble forms mutnted and disfgurcd for cxisiencc!
And then, on the other hand when We think how
easily al this suffering might have been averted,
the heart sclcns nt the fearful responsibility in
cured"
Now JoHN CAsKEY, We are sorry to thus expose
you.-.but us you always opposed the Union,
unless Slavery was abolished and opposed your
country in the Mexican war---iow that you have
got Union pntch on your tory coat, YOU should
not attempt to sneak out Of your real sentiments,
and call others scccssionists who were always
for the Union and for their country against every
foreign foe, right or wrong.
Amt you ashamed
But, this war was made by the Republicans =
against the warnings of Washington and Jackson
I,,,l l..
"Thcy banned our faith, they banned our lives,
they trod us in the earth,
And while We bore with passive hearts our patience
was their mirth.
Even this great flame that wraps the now, not we
but they have bred
This war Is their own work, aud now their work be
on their head -