Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-07-31

NEhllbMhN'--lb mas JNo' pNNN'l'' !"
me that when appeared here little while
ago, to ask favor of you, viz: to take
my name from your lot of nominees,
was unciyil in not thanking you for the
partiolity you manifested in giving m the
nomination unasked for. While, my
friends, don't want your office, ! still
esteem the favor. | cast my lot with the
Democratic party of the state before
was voter, in the good old days ofJack
son. ! have seen a great deal of the par
ty since that time. 1t has been kind to
me it has done me thousand fold more
than Justice on all occasions, and beg
leave to say that return you my sincere
and unfeigncl thanks for this repeated .
confidence in me. have hoped, and it
is a cause Of sincere regret that | could
not have been left free from any connec-
ton with the ticket to be elected this fall. |
Three years ago you made it my duty,
by designating me As your candidate ior
Governor, to visit many counties OF the
State. / have not seen many OF you
since but you will remember that !
warned YOU that fanatcism at both ends |
Of this Union was dragging yon on to civil
war, bloodshcd and destruction. The ter.
riblc realization has come upon us we
are in the midst of horrible war. The
startling fact stares us in the face, that
of hundreds and thousands Of our friends
on the field Of batte-~not less than one
hundred thousand have sunk to that
bourne from whence no traveller returns.
One hundred thousand frcsidcs have had
the pail of death drawn over them. If
we may place confidence in the statement
of the chairman of the committee Of
Ways and Means in the House Of Repre-
sentatives, we are in debt already more
than one thousand million of dollars
With the increased debt Of Ohio, and our
share of the national debt, a mortgage is
resting upon the property Of the State of
not less than one hundred million Of dol.
| lars. Is it not time for ireemen II ask
those in power, Watchman what of the
night ? Is there treason il that ? Let
me say to you, my follow citizens, that
great as these sacrifices are, and wonder
iul as they are, if they are made for the
sole purpNse Of upholling that glorious
fabric Of government to which Washing
ton put his name they are not too much.
Il on the contrary, this enormous expense
is made, and the blood flows, to under
mine that glorious old fabric, then every
drop of blood that is shed is inrusng the
virus Of poison into the body polite ;
and every dollar that is contributed goes
to forge the chains Of yourselves and your
children. What then is our plain duty :?
| An Executive is in power that we didn't
contribute to elect but he is none the less
our Executive he wields the power of
government, thank God. We can all
prove title to it. If / was to run back my
title doels, Icould go to Bunker liill and
show nv ancestors in the first contest for
Independence. What then have we a
ri 5ht to demand ? Plainly and simply
that the trumpet now shall give no uncer-
tain sound and that the Executive shall
lift alort the banner of the Constitution,
and go befolo us as he is elected to do
Plainly and simply we have right to de-
mand the pillar Of cloud by day and of fire
by uight, that they may lead us to the
hcrbor Of safety. We have right to
know whether the government is waging
this war to uphold the Constitution and
laws, and to perpctuate the government
our fathers gave us or, whether it be
wagcd, on the other hand, for the pur-
pose Of overtu'ning the institutions Of the
States for the pprpose of annulling those
guarantees of liberty that our fathers in
serted in that instrument ..
And now word as to loyalty. If
Abraham Lincoln will Just raise aloft the
banner of the Constitution, and go before
us, all that ! am and all that is mine, he
shall have, if it be the last dollar and
drop Of blood But while it is our duty
to do this, it is our duty to toll Mr.. Lin.
coin and that worst Congress that ever
assembled, that we fight for the insttu-
lons Of our iatbers--we fight because our
laws have been inv aded---we tight to put
down rebellion, and that laws may have
their accustomed sway. We must tell
them that we are not lighting for another
thing, that Congress is looking for. We
must tell him that the proud race descen-
ded from tho Runny Meadcs--that cleared
these lorests--that have built up the in
stitutions of the country, the churches
and schools, that have rolled the tide of
population from the Atlantic till it rests
on the broad Pacific. Let us tell them
plainly, that, that proud race arc not pre-
pared to surrender or divide this goodly
land. (Never) No, we are not prepar-
cd to divide this goodly land with the
cannibals that have been imported from
the coast of Africa (Grcat applnuse.)
1t is best to be plain on this subject. |
don't care what man coils his name, !
want the substance of things. Ii thore is
any who is willing to stand up for the
Constitution, and fight for it, that man is
my friend. This country is not going to
be divided. a voice The Democrats
must get into power soon then.) We
may in folly and madness continue. God
knows how long, to apply the bayonet
and cut each others thloats and oppress
ourselves with taxes. can't tell when
this is going to stop. | would as soon
bring down the widest lunatic from the
asylum to tell You, as attempt to tell you
myself. But while the waters of tho Sci
ota flow on, and make their way down
the currents Of the great valley Of the
Wost-rolling until they bury themselves
in the blue through all the great
extent OF the land is TO DO occupied by
the same glorious people, To undertake
to upset or change this order of things