Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-06-06
The Democracy and the Country

\ Inc eDcmOcracya ana the etOuntry
1t would seem, if we are to regard th,
opinions expressed by certain class o
the public journals, that the nature Of the
government has undergone complet,
change; that the interest of the country arc
wholly different from what they once were
that its welfare lies in different direction
j that because, the government has involv.
Jed itself in war forsocth, old principles are
to be abandoned and new ones adopted
and that all ideas are to be swallowe up
1 in one-the prosecution of the war
fThis, we regard as great mistake. The
interests of the country have only widencd
not changed; and the administration OF
the government in accordance with the
principles on which it was founded, will
necessarily be attended by that degree OF
prosperity which has always characteri.
ICED us as a patton.
With the exception of one or two peri
ODDS of short duration, the government has
been controlled by the Democratic party,
and its whole policy is vindicatcd by un-
|parallcled prosperity, Whatever reyona
tion then, is needed by other. organi-
cations, it is obvions that ours needs
none. While the constitution and the
country last, the Democratic party will al
so last. Its principles are vital and in,
herent in the people, and have been prac-
ticed ever since the inhabitants of the col
onios asserted the right of self fgovcrn.
ment. 1t rose with the nation and will
! Ionly fall with it.
1t is now the common and manifest du.
1 ty of all to do everything in their power
for the maintenance of the Union, which
has been leopard by committing its man
|agement into unSkillful hands. 1t is to
the Union we owe all tha tive have ever en-
|joyed as n people-our independence
our liberties and our great name. On
this question the Democracy occupy 10
|equivocal position. They gave birth to
the Union; they nourish il: they will stand
10y it and uphold it to the latest extrcmi
Ity, and they will offer up their lives for it
whenever its welfare demands the sacri-
flee. They understand the present war to
be undertaken for its maintenance and
1 they now fill the front ranks of tho FEEDER.
al army, ready to follow the standard of
their country wherever it may be carried,
No appeal to them for the preservation Of
the Union has been made in vain. In the
war of 1912, while the immortal jackson
land his brave coad tutors were avengiug the
insults heaped upon the nation by Brit,
tish arrogance. the opposcrs of Demo
cratic principles were sitting in conven
ton at Hartford with closed doors, OF
burning blue lights in Boston harbor.
In that contest which planted the flag
of the Union on the capitol of Mexico
and established our free institutions oveI
a vast empire; which opened to us the un
4exhaustable wealth of California, and ad
dcd the brightest lustre to the American
name; while the Democratic army wer,
sweltering under the heat of southern
sun, and furnishing for want of supplies
those who are now sitting in high places
were planning "Spot Resolutions" vo
ting against provisioning tho soldiers
and praying that the enemies of the coun
try would welcome its brave and patriot,
defenders "with bloody hands to hospita
blc graves" AS the Dmocracy was thcl
so, it is now not the northern party; no
tho southern party: but eminent,
and emphatically the Union party. w,
have not sent forth our soldiers for tn
Subjugation of the south, or for the extinc
ton of slavery. but for the establishment
of the authority of the government. Sncl
a cause shall have our cordial. unqualife,
support. For its success we will eXhaus
every energy and make every sacrifice
But other interests are not to be neglected
The government is to be continued on tn,
principles of the constitution, The De
mocracy alone can do this-hono other
Into the hands of tho democracy let u
ommit our affairs lest the blessings W,
have enjoyed depart forevermore from
us and from our children Crortorc
Co. Forum.