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

prejudices or restore tie affections of men,
I'would have them appealed to as men,
| would seek to convince them that they
are in error. Iwould give tliem evidence
that the representations made to them by
which they wcie "misled AMI blinded
were false. / wouM undeceivc them. |
would labor to do all this as matter of
enconomy AS matter of safety.
"UWi Eternal Var r'-Theso
are words Of fearful meaning, and the ev-
idence ofpurposes of horrible import not
only to those Immediately concerned, but
to the whole civilized world, and epecial-
ly so when wagcd against men, the mass
es of whom are loyal, and who by can
did, sincere and authentic assurance could
be made to battle as zealousy and man
fully in defence of our common and glo-
rous flag, as we who are now devoting
our entireenergies and resources to its
support.
Taking the premises to be true, can
not conceive how any man whose heart
beats i'll unison with the heart Of our I'm
ion, can consent unnecessarily to strike
down upon the field OF blood his brother
who is not there 10y choice, not because
he does not love the Union, but because
he has been "deceived" and by "gross
Misrepresentation been blinded and mis-
led," without making the effort, at least
to undecieve him and to assure him Of
the truth as to the feelings, sympathies
and purposes of that Government and its
loyal citizens towards him.
What circumstances and events have
/ brought about the present alarming and
unhappy condition Of our National affairs
Col. TOP says these must be apparent
to all" Judging from his past political
| history no one can he at q loss to discov
er the causes to which he attributes our
present difficulties. Whether or not
those of the South who are disunionists
per Sc have availed themselves of certaiR
hjnd Of iegiSiutiOn IN tie Northern ,StoteS
to excite the people Of the South and ar
ray them against lhe North, or hav, ta-
ken the resolutions Of c INVENTIONS and
the acts and speeches of prominent men
who have been promoted by some one of
the parties of the North, and with these
have gone before the people and convinced
them that the North as united in senti
ment, hostile to their interests and grad
ually approaching to the point when,
having the power, they would deprive
them of their just and constitutional
rights in the Union, and thus persuade |
them that their only safety was in going
out Of it or whether the present alarm
ing state of affairs in our country is to be
attributed to the other causes to which I
have not alluLed. l have expressed a
preference not to consider or discuss.--
When we come to devise a policy for
the future, it will then be ell to look to |
the past, and as far as possible to provide
against the causes whatever they may be,
which may then as now be apparent to
all" At present the great duty devolv-
ing upon Us all to meet the emergency as
we find it, to submit to small evils, to
great evils, Mat tie greateSt Of all may be
aVoided-TuE Dissolution OF TIE UNION.
If the line Of policy have advocated
should be adopted, think we ought to
look forward to speedy termination of
the wal and happy and prosperous future
to our people and our Union. If the
contrary policy we adopted the end is far
away in the future, but | trust that when
it shall come, it will not be SO humliating
as that contemplated 10y Col, TOP. Ny
hamJie prayer ShaH be Hat at no time, IN
der no circumstances, wW tie people Of
McSe U0ited Suites so far foyyethe hiSto-
ry IF tie past, or Le,ome SO ioStto tie mem-
orieS Ma cluster arOund tie names anil
dccdS If o"r taihcrS as 10 "conscnt to
"be taken under the protection OF the So
"called Mother Country or of any other
"power capable Of maintaining for us the
"rcspcct OF the nations Of the Globe"
That such suggestion is made by ono
who is candidate for the executive chair
of this the third state OF the Union without
securing u single rcbukc at the hands OF
those who are enlisted in his support, is
TO me as astounding as it is alarming
and if that unparalleled majority which
Col. Tod boasts awaits him, | can but
regard it as II much more uniavorablc
symptom than any which has yet made
its appearance.
The South united can prolong this war
to an indefinite extent the South divid-
ed, it can be brought to speedy termi-
nation. They are united because the
great mass are the victims of "artiul
cunning and gross misrepresentation"
Expose this cunning and their misrepre-
seutations, and the South is divided
Here is work accomplished without the
cost Of dollar or the loss Of life, and
by it we are brought nearer to the end
than fifty victories in the field could
bring us. Why not do it? Would any
man or community of men in private or
domestic relations hesitate moment up
on the subject? Certainly not Take
one OF your own towns for example,
Suppose some evil disposed persons liv
ing in one section of it, by unwiSe speech
es, unwisc resolutions, unwise actions,
had given an equl number of evil dispos-
ed persons living in the other section Of
! the town, the materials with which to
work upon tho passions, the prejudices
and the fears Of their people and to eX.
cto the most hostile feelings and senti'
ments toward the people of the former
section, and that in this state OF feeling u
conflict was about to ensue, but you who
| lived in the first section knew that of all
those who were arrayed against you, but
few were actually in sympathy with tho
movement, they had been led in by mis-
representation. that they had been de
ceivcd, that they had been led 10 believe