Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-05-01

where RESTS the Blame,

We are in the midst Of civil war-a
calamity the dircst that can boial ma
ton. Almost million American citi-
zcns have been called from their peaceful
avocations to so forth to the murderous
work Of battc-not against a foreign
loc but against each other. The land is
recking with the blood of brethren, and
the sob of the bcrcavcd parent, the tear
of the mourning brother or sister, the
laincntation Of the desolatc widow, and
the wall Of the disconsolatc orphan have
cast thick gloom over our once happy
country. Ports Of entry are closed the
avenues of trade are locked up the cred
it of the country is destroyed an ire.
dccmablc currency of paper has taken
the place Of gold and silver; public
debt has been created, the mere interest
OF which will prove gricvous buldcn to
our people through all coming time the
right Of free speech is denied the iron
heel of dcspotism as arbitrary as that OF
Austria has crushed out the freedom Jf
the press government Bastiles are liv-
Ing witnesses that the freedom Of the per,
sou is no longer sacred Wholesale rob.
berry oil the people is committed in high
places and wlnkcd at by those whose du-
ty it is to prevent and punish it; and
fraud, corruption, riot and disorder reign
supreme in every section Of the country
The temple Of Liberty has fallen. Whcr
ever the patriot turns his eyes che see
the wreck of some fond hope" We be
hold nothing but utter ruin on ever.
hand.
These dreadful evils have not bclalIor
us without II cause. 1t ia our present
purpose to determine by fair logic wheth
cr thoy might have been avcrtcd, and il
SO, who arc responsible fer bringing then
about
1t cannot be denied that at the time
whcL Lincoln was elected President, tn,
people were in the enjoyment of pericc
peace and tranquility. Previous to tha
time, the abolitionists, through thei
State legislatures and by mobs, had prac
ticaIly nuliled the Constitution and haO
thrown obstacles in the way Of Southcrl
men to prevent them from reclaimini
| their slave property. This conduct wa
made prctcXt by ianatical and design
ing men in the South to prccipitatc thei
States into revolution, and to break II
! the Union. Upon the assembling of Con
gress it was found that unless some com
promise could be entered into-som
guaranty that Southern men would |
protected in their rights under the Con
stitution--thc Cotton States would sccel
from the Union,
In order to prevent secession and
avert civil war, the Democracy and c OF
servatiyc men all over the country lavorc
a compromise. The Republicans refuse
to compromise. That this is true W
shall now prove.
0n the3d of January, 1861, Mr., Doug
las addressed the Senate in favor of hi
proposition to settle the question in di,
puto between the North aud the South b
II Compromise, and thus save aud PEI
petuato the Union. In that speech Il
said
81 believe this to be fair basis of am
icablo adjustment, If you of the Repul
lcan side are not willing to accept this
nor the proposition of tho Senator froI
Kentucky, (Mr, Crittcndcn }, pray tell a
what you are willing to do?
address the inquiry to tho republican
alone, for tie reason hat in He Commute
4 Of thirteen, a .Ielo days ago, epery men
Der fyom tie South. inciuding those JroI
the Cotton States (roombs and Davis
expressed heirreadiHess TO accept the proi
oSition Of my peaerabie friend from Ken
tUeky MIR Crittenden) as a FINAL SET
rLEMENr Of he controUersB j mtende
aud sustained By Ne Republican member,
! Hence, The SOLE RESPONSIBLE
ITY OF OUR DISAGREEMENT
= AND THE ONLY DIFFICULTY l.
THE WAY OF AN AMlCABLE Al
JuSIMENr. Is WITH THE REPUI
lACAN PARTY"
On the 7th of Janury. Mr.. Tooml
}. addressed the Senate, and in the cour,
OF his speech, said
sRut althouoh 1 insist u,on th;. "a