Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-10-02

the ASSOCIATIONS that cluster about this
vast temple, which should be dedicated
to patriotism and truth. l entered its
Legislative Halls. Their gilded walls and
gorgeous furniture did not contrast more
strongly with the rude see . es of material
life than did the glistening putrescence
and thin lacquer of congressional virtue
contrast with the sterling loyalty and no.
bic self-sactifice of our country's defend.
ers. / listened to debates full of bitter.
ness and strife. | saw in the camp q
heartfelt homage to our National hag-s
defiance of those who dared to touch its
sacred fold with hostile hands. l heard
in the Capitol threats of mutlation of its
emblazonry-by striking down the life Of
States. lie who would rend our Nation
al Standard by dividing our Union is a
Traitor. He who would put out one
glittering star from its azure field, is a
! Traitor too.
THE PRESENT CONDITION OF OUR COUNTRY
Let us now confront the facts of our
condition, and they shall be stated in the
language of ,hose who brought this ad
ministration into power, and who now
are politically opposed to the members Of
this Convention. After the expenditure
of nearly one thousand millions of dol
lars and the sacrifice Of more than one
hundred thousand Northern lives, in the
language of the Erening Post:
What has been the result? Our armies of the
West the noble victors of Fort Donelson and Sh-
lol, are scaterad SO that no man knows their
whereabout, while the foe they sent to dsperse is
Il hundred miles in their rear, threatening the cit
les of Tennessee and Kentucky, and even adyanc-
ing toward one of the principal commercial cities
of the Free States There is no leadership, no
unity of command, apparently no plan or concert
of action in the entire region we have undertaken
to hold or defend. At the same, time army
af the East, numbering $50, 900 troops, fully arm
cd and EQUIPPED and admirably disciplined, after
investing the capital of the enemy, has been
driven back to its original position on the Poto-
mae, decimdatcd in numbers, and unprepared to
make single vigorous movement in advance.
And it adds:
Now it is useless to shut our eyes to the fact
that this is failure, dsgraceiul, humiliating and
awful.
The Euening Journal the accredited or
gan of the Secretary Of State, now ad-
mits the truths uttered in this Hall when
we assembled here in February, 1861
truths then derided and denounced as alb
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me war ,'S ooo" s'eln Sci,Voin,aslcr 100 ~ 70 .ne
The iolly of undertaking our enemies. We have
learned that they are equally brave, equally har.
dy, equally quick wlttcd' equally endowed with
m ',L' nt o ,or m, m ~ ,h;r n,,rts
to achieve their ends.
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me country Is IN peril. viewed from 'he
'.ahul'onI oi tnc Poohc cst''nmtc VI '"c s''ua
toh US IN extreme peril Inc repc's seem 10
DC pushing forward the'r iorccs al, a'ohg 'he Dor
ncr lih' from INC ht,ah'ic 10 'he missouri lhey
are thea ehlng the Potomac ana the ONO. lney
are striml,S NJ as'hhS'oh' O'hc'hhau ana Louis
,''c' MS Simultaneous movement Is po'n "'a''h
.ns anu chcooraRhg' IL Is "'"tin'he, because
,n'o"Sn umid''y' ueSpohuehcY' or 'ohy oi the
reuerai government IL may become temporarily
succcsS'u,' gNlnS 10 'he 'oc ,ouHe'hch' Ill soihe
lor',oh Oh 'ie Free 0tateS' "'l'ch ""y require
"ec"S W orc"h up
IL Is also Hdm'tted oy those VINO were
opposed to us, ana VINO were chiefly IN
''"'''"'"' III o''"S'"S '"1'' N"'"'i'i''V'
upon on! country, that deOt ana deleat
are not the heaviest caamitieS which weigh
us dawn A virinous neonlc and n nuro
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'o'o' n''c"' o"h o'"' "P "S"'na' any
amount OF outward pressure OF physical
c"'a,"''y' o"' wheh 'ot'enheSS anu cor
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! gan OF the secretary OF the otalc auihils
| There have been mistakes There have been
| spcculalions Weak men have disgraccd, and
| bad men have BETRAYED the Government Con
| tractors have iattcncd on fat Jobs Adventures
have found the war "A source of private gain
Moral dcsporadocs have tluckcd about the Nation
al CAPITAL and lain in wait for prev The scum of
| the land has gathered about the sources of pow.
or and dchlcd them by its rcck and offensive odor
! There has bcrn misuauo cement in the drnrt.
ments--mismnunrcm wherever great labor
has been ucrlormcd and great RESPONSIBILITIES de.
volyiug. Mcn-cycn Presidents and Cabinet of.
ficers and Commanding Generals have erred, be
cnu'r 'nel o"n'a not grasp lnr lull 'lsnncahcs oi
.tril,, nnt ~, ,n,rodon rn,L, W Ereu;nn Joo,noJ
uo,r fla ,o;o, or ,o,l;no pon,nl;
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sorator nC ,hn Tpi'oi U" S S,a,ss V" ad Inhn
That the liberties of dis country nrc in greater
danger to day from tn" corluptiops and f;oin the
proiligacy pr"ciced in the various departments OF
'e GotS'n'"I%' Sc ,r Gi Una" '"'y arc from the 0p'" Gu
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