Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-09-12
Southern Independence Demon.
Slr;lted.


The South declare their Independence
and ask us to acknowledge it. We propose
TO take up the job in detail.
An intelligent gentleman just up through
the Mississippi Valley Informs us that the
demand for salt is beyond all description.
They cannot kill more fresh meat at time
than can be eaten in six hours for they
have neither salt TO cure nor ice to delay
decomposition. In this particular they
had better preserve their Independence in
salt. The fall fevers are already upon them
much earlier than usual and the cry for
Qmniae comes faulty up from thousand
OF parched lips. Almost every day trunks
are seized on their way South packed with
Quinine. The Underground Railroad is
cheeriully freiyhted north with niggers if
il will return treighted with tones and op-
iale>. Better stimulate their Independence
with Qunine. They have no oil. A gen
tlenian from Alabama informs us that but
ter is used tn oil locomotives and cars, and
the Railroad Companies really feared the
trains would have TO give it up. They
may yet read with interest, job xxx 2,l
aud 9th. "Oh that were II, in mouths
past = = when washed my STEPS with
butter and the rock poured me out rivers
of OIL
They have a little lanl but no ability or
machinery To make oil out of il, and SO
they have none To burn for iighl, her have
they laIlow or burning fluid. A gentle
man passing through The Carolna>, found
them burning pine knots for light, $" their
independence is getting little light On lhe
suhj, CT. They have n,' leather for sHd'ileS,
harness, on siiueS, nor shuenokers 10 make
it up, or thread, or pegs, or aw Is TO work
with. Their independence must be ''shod
with a Preparation" This last gentleman
wishing for some shirt buttons, was told,
in city about the SIZE of Cleveland, that
there were 'not d',z.n shirt buttons in
town." They would PIN their Collars and
sleeves but the charmed" Yankees had stop
ped sening lilen pins, and they are oul.
They can't stitch them for they lave no
needles or thread. A spool of Coats thread
would sell readily for ten pounds of cotton
and oh, Scissors what a scarcity of cut
lery in the Independent South.
Newspapers stop by scores tor want of
paper. They lave scarcely enough left to
write the declaration OF Independence on,
and no steel pens TO write it with, but they
could use qulIls if they only had Yankee
knf.. to make them into peas. The cry
for flannel is loud, long aud useless. They
have not got it, nor have they "wool'' of
the sort TO spin, or spindles to spin it or
looms to weave l.. What an independent
web they are weaving. they have CRATES
but no coal, sewing machines but no cloth,
or thread or needles. Common combs
have nearly all lost their teeth, but they
can crop the hair and occasionally shake
their hairless heads. We frankly acknowl.
edge their Dependence demonstrated We
cou,d extend the list ad ibitens but this
will do.
We give the Richmond Wing, which
came to hand yesterday, the "last word"
by qnoting as follows:
"Who can doubt our independence, when
it is universally knowa that all the nations
are dependent on us"