Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-07-10

Ny Dear Sir-Your criticism of the
President is hasty. am confident that
if you knew him, as do, you would not
make it.
OF course the President cannot he held
responsible for the malfeasances of his
subordinates, unless adopted, or, at least,
tolerated by him. And / am sure that
nothing unjust or ungenerous will be toll
Grated, much less adopted, by him.
am happy to let you know that lie
has no sympathy with Stanley in his alb
snrd wickedness, closing the schools, nor
again in his other act Of turning our camp
into a hunting ground for slaves. He
repudiates both--poSitiyely. The latter
point has occupied much Of his thought
and the newspapers have not gone too far
in recording his repeated declarations,
which / have often heard from his own
lips, that slaves finding their way into
the national lines are never to be re en-.
slaved. This is his conviction, express
ed without reserve.
Could you have seen the President
as it was my privilege often--while he
was considering the great questions on
which be has all esdy acted-the invita-
tion to emancipation in the States, eman-
cipation in the District of Columbia, and
the acknowledgement Of the independence
Of Hayti and Liberia--.ycn your zeal
would have been satisfied, for you would
have felt the sincerity Of his purpose to
do what he could to carry forward the
principles of the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence. His whole soul was occupied, es.
pecially by the first proposition, which
was peculiarly his own. In familiar in
tercourse with him, / remember nothing
more touching than the earnestness and
completeness with which he embraced this
idea. To his mind, it was just and len
efficient, while it promised the sure end of
slavery. OF course, to me, who had al
ready proposed bridge Of Gold for the
the retreating fend, it was most welcome.
Proceeding from the President, it must
take its place among the great events Of
history.
If you are disposed to be impatient at
any seeming short comings, think, pray
you, of what has been done in brief
period, and from the discern the sure
promise Of the future Knowing some
thing Of my convictions and of the ardor
with which | maintain them, you may,
perhaps, derive some assurance from my
confidence. | say to you. therefore. stand
by the Administration, If need be help
it by word and act, but stand by it and
have faith in it.
| wish that you really knew the Presi
dent, and had heard the artless expression
of his convictions on those questions
which concern you so deeply. You
might, perhaps, wish that he were less
cautious, but you would be grateful that
he is so true to all that you have at heart
Believe me, therefore, You are wrong, and
| regret it the more because of my desire
to see all our friends stand firmly togeth-
er.
If write stongly, it is because l feel
strongly; for my constant and intimate
intercourse with the President, beginning
with the 4th of March, not only binds ne
peculiarly to his Administratio on, but
gives me personal as well as political
interest in seeing that justice is done him.
Believe me, my dear sir, with much re-
gard, ever faithfully yours.
CHARLES SUMNER.
The foregoing letter from the leader OF
the Republican Abolitionlsts in Massa-
chusetts, and the champion of that party
in the United States Senate, is calculated
to awaken serious thought and apprehen-
sion in all who love the Union We are
aware that it is or rather we would say.
has been, for they are now somewhat
mum on the subject, common with Re
publcans and Fusionists to deny that
they had any strong sympathy with the
extreme views Of Sumner, though acting
with him politically in the same party or
ganization. But according to the above
letter, in which Sumner unbosoms him
self to his Bosom friend, he and President
Lincoln are on the most intimate terms
and in the most harmonious accord polii
ically.
Forney's Philadelphia Press, which
has become the mouth-peco of the Repub
lican- -Abolitionists, in its issue OF the
18th inst, after complaining bitterly of
the alleged injustice done to the Radicals
and Aboltionists, says that the President
is gathering them ali Up into his GRASP,
and refers TO the foregoing lettev as an ev-
idence that Sumner gives the Presidents
policy a cordial support, If this is the
case, as we have no proof that Summers
views have undergone any change, the
plain inference is that the President also
comedies with him in his seLtments.-
Then President Lincoln and the Aboli-
ZIONIST Sumner, are OF one heart aud
mind politically.
The Press, whose proprietor and man
ager is Secretary of the U. S. Senate, and
who is supposed to know, as much as any
man. the secrets Of the Presidents poll
cy, declares that "ABOLlTlON does not
cfist ercept as Mr.. LINCOLN lNDl-
| Gates" Granting that FoRNEY and
SUMNER tell the truth, the President OF
the United States has become the grand
ring IN aster of the Abolition Circus and
Menagerie, and will hereaitorrun the con-
Germ so as to give entire satisfaction to the
whole troupe.
| SUMNER tells his friend that there can
be no doubt of the sincerity of the Presi-
dents purpose to carry ont the principles
of the Declaration of Independence
Everybody, who knows anything of
Charles Summers political opinions,
knows what he means hy the "principleS