Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-09-19

" NcbNcNttOU, kcsss bu GauficlH
on ihc 18th of August, 1865.
Mr. President and Fellow Cifizens:
Ihe Iarg" concourse Of people here to-
Gay almonishes me that more than COM
mon interest assemblies the Democracy of
Mahoning to canvass the condition Of ouy
bleeding country. We never have met
/ on any occasion more important than this.
by the deep anxiety which discover up
on the faces Of the people / am taught
that you fully appreciate, the pciils@ hich
are now hovering over oul nation.
Whoever has stood by the sick bed Of
a near and dear friend, and watched with
painful anxiety the favorable or unfavor-
able symptoms Of the beloved one, knows
something of the feelings Of all tlue patri-
OTIS in this dreadful trial Of cur nation.
lhe great work to be accomplished now
IS the preservation of the Union of these
States. And this is important not only
IN the point Of sustaining our national
Siory, Out also for the protection Of the
material interests Of the country. Under
our flag we have formed the most benefi
cIal commercial treaties. In less than
one hundred years we have grown to be
one Of the first nations on the earth. All
nations both feared and respected us. 1t
did seem as if Providence had singled out
this nation as the favored one, on which
to bcstow profuscly the very elements Of
material wealth prosperity and greatness.
1t Is a remarkable fact in the history
OF commercial prosperity, that a nation
becomes wealthy and prosperous in pro-
portion to its means Of exchanging pro-
ducts oi the dlssimilar climates. London
Is now the great commercial emporium
of the world F.; and the great secret of that
is, the fact Of its having the benefit of the
great East India trade. Her industrious
merchantmen pour, without measure,
their produce and manufactured articles
and fabrics into the lap of that great
country, embracing population of 2O0,- |
OOO, ,OUO, bringing back in return the trop. .
lcal products of that sunny and fertile .
land; thus keeping up constant
exchange of dissimiar products and |
articles which is the very |
basis ola permanent and profitable com
mcrce. Amsterdam and other cities OF
Europe, in their turns controlled this I.
trade, and each became mistress Of the
commerce Of the world whilst she retsin-
ed it, and sank into comparative insiguif- /.
canoe when lost.
Our Southern States have occupied to-
ward the Northern States a relation, in .
commercial point Of view, similar of that /
of the Indies to England We at the
North manufacture and produce what they
do not at the South and they at the South
produce what we do not at the North
They need our wealth and we need theirs !;
thus forming basis OF commerce which
at this period had reached figure almost
Very little of the commerce
of the world is carried on by the exchange
of products or fabrics for money, espe-
cially as between countries of dissimiar
1t is estimated that we of the |
North sell Of the productions of manu-
facture, to the South, $50, 600, 600 an
nually, and ofproduce principally from the
western States, $50, 100000; whilst an
nually we purchase from them 100000
bales Of cotton in addition to the immense
trade in sugar, rice, tobacco, &c. Tie
result Of all this is, the forming a
circle of commerce from the
North to South, and from the South to
the North, which has produced the very
wealth and prosperity of our nation
The South have no shipping, compare
lively. This commerce has paid our
shipping interests over $50, 900, 600 year
Iy.
'pb;s oon,,,oroo :, Ill, Lo,oeo;o a.. A.
South and the North. The dissolution
of the Union, probably, would sever this
commerce forever. In a commercial sense
hen, it is also vastly important that this
Union be preserved. Without com.
merce, we cannot long have Navy. No
nation ever had.
AS a general rule, commerce between
nations or States produces friendship and
even atiectionate relations between them.
And ! look in vain to the history of the
world to find a parallel case to this wick
ID secession Of a portion of our States.
y dissolution of this Union has ever
been ieai ed by our great statesman, such
as Washington, Jefferson, jackson, Web
'ter and Clay, and they have warned us
'SuIHSl StDSIHIlHlCd ulNlSlOnS, hh ltllllUS
to scctionaiSm and alienation. Fanati-
ism has well nigh ruined our country,
both North and South, The one has al
ways bred the other. The two incendia-
ries set fire TO the Union in the North and
South, and the flames for years have
gradually 81 read ; and now, reaching to
the very heart Of the nation, and now
to consume even our glorious
temple of liberty. !
Rebellion must be put lown--and then
A better feeling must be iuaugurated aud
cultivated between the States, or this
country never can sec peace. The awful
lay of retrbution for secession and aboli-
IioniSm has come. The nation is mad
with being betrayed by fanaticism.
believe as believe that live, that this
nation's only and asst hope is in the de-
nocracy and conservative republicans and
he Union mon OF the South.
Sowc think 'hc democracy should dis
oanl. think if we should, it would he
lie death kncll of this Union What
great Union arty has this nation hal for
hc last ten years save the Democracy
Ihall we isband when our country is in
lUngcr ?Wcre VIC guilty of so eowarlly an
act, the very bones of Jefferson would
burst the ceromentS of the grave and le-
buke us. The two parties can vie with