Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-09-05

"Blame not before thou hast examined
the TRUTH; understand first, and then re-
}. buke. -EcclcSiaSticus.
c "Give me that man who is not passions s
slave, and will wear him in my hearts
core; aye, in my heart of hearts. - ,Shak-
r $peore.
o at is strange thing to seek power
and to lose liberty, or to seek power over
Others and to lose power over a mans
h self"
d "Reducc things to their first institu-
; tion, and observe when and how they
!. have degenerated: but yet ask counsel Of
both times-of the ancient time what is
!, best, and Of the later time what is fittest."
even rebukes from authority ought
:, to be grave and not taunting."
Or PARTIES -"Both parties are not
absolutely wrong; each is partially wrong
and partially right" "The truly indie
pendent course is. to act as if party had
no existence; to follow that which is
wisest and best in itself irrespective of
the side which makes the loudest claim to
the monopoly of goodness. No doubt
such n course will often approach or be
approached by the orbit OF one party at
one time and the other at another, lust
. as each of them chances to come the nearest
to what is really right. Nay, more: as
each party does possess some truth min
- gled with its ialsehoods, it is perfectly
:. possible to be identified with one or two
opposed parties, or some special question,
20 and to be similarly identified with the
-, other party on different question. -
.s Bocon'S Essays, ,oih Whoteey'S Annota-
u tionS.
1t may be, Mr.. Editor, that the forego-
ing selections, from wise and eminent
ID. writers, may fall under the eyes Of some
OF your readers, whose passions have, fol
the time, gained the ascendency over and
the control of their reason, calm rehec-
III ton, and Judgment, and of inst estimate
Of their obligations to their neighbor," "
and to themselves; and may be suggestive
Of the dispassionate consideration and
Y moderation of mind, upon the gravest sub
III jects, now SO much demanded by wisdom
,s trTc loyalty to law, and their own present
d and ultimate safety and welfare. The
of wise sayings above quoted, may also pre-
lis pare the way to heariAg (by those who
= are not "wise above what is written" OF
- too passionate with the popular excite
mcnt to hear or heed, or too proud witt
r. Ao0mdR, the Syrian,- see % Kings
~ chap. V. to listen to plain truth or ad-
monitory advice) Of the writer of those
notes; who addresses them to the eye
and ear Of those who see and hear, in
p the spirit Of the Athenian, who replied to
- his excited auditory, firmly, but calmly
"Strike, but hear!'
No evidence need here be adduccd tc
prove or characterize the extraordinary
pcrilous and in the highest degree critca
, and calamitous condition Of the country
' and its people at the present time; such
indeed; as to icmind one daily and hour.
ly of the words Of Campbell Gin reference
S' to II naval battIe), when "the boldes
held his breath for time" To aIycS
ii, ON the worlds theatre and to its amaze
mcnt--thc progress and enactment of thi
national tragic drama. higher powc
70 than that of II man must, if it he His will
intervene to stay the storm and say to Tia
J.. wavcs-"PEACE; BE STILL" But as til
10 storm has its most dangerous aspect
character and threatened consequences i
" the presence and cXcitaton of the con
g. ilicting passions Of men, and in man
y" scliishncss instead of the calmness, rcaso
and Justice which the occasion demand
W from all who are involvcd-and who
MOTT is manifest to all persons of re
Election that, to the attainment of even
mitigation of the destructive and ruinou
sectional conflict, now in active progress
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abate and subsidc; at least to more con
sidcratc estimation of their relative posi-
tions, duties and interests, aud TO tn
consequences, on the other hand, of n con
tinucd indulgence of the feelings of mutua
OF wrath, strife, revenge, and the thirst fo
blood, which now 30 much prevail, an,
which should give place to a practical
/. considcrstc and Just sense of their duties
r., their interests and their welfare that the
Ss be and become wise in time, before
shall be too late, and evils, which ma
now he avoided and turned aside, sha
become irremediahlo, and their tcrrib
consequences undergone without relief {
49, mitigation. Some indisputable propos
. tions will give special and practic
ads point and application to these gcncr
truths.
T. The present social war was announc,
10y the President OF the United States,
his proclamation, aud is conducted by Il
ID Government. under its present Admin
tration, to "MAINrAIN the CoNsrIruu,
'om AND ENFORCE ruE Laws" lin purSuan
I"r, to it) not against any state or .StlieS,
such, but to suppress unlawful and sedit
<, Gus combinations of people to resist thcr
Anc in several Statos--the proclamation So
"scvcn."
The Government Of tho United State
.,., neat as organized and defined by the Const
tuition, is, though national, in respect
'mo the powers conferred upon it 10y the pc
otS pie and the States, one of delegated Al
"' limited powers, superior to the States N
people only within its proper sphere
b. action, namely, thoeXercso of the powe
so conferred, The President has, by tn
instrument, no power IN declare Uor {
the proper sense of the wori), eth
against foreign, Independent nation,
a against a STATE or States, as Such, nor III
- he done 50, The power to declare W
re- is u Legislative power, to be exercised
tpnUTpsg only NOT nm nNpputiNn ppM1