Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-07-03

scale during the last few months of the
manner in which eastern capitalists would
make us subservient to their intrests, by
the manner in which the railroad interests
of the country have been identified with
the Government For several months
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, one of
the principal thoroughfares of the coun-
try, which was in places destroyed at the
beginning of the rebellion, has remained
crnment has not offered it that protection
which was in its power. And this is said
to have arisen from the fact that the late
Secretary of War and his immediate
friends were largely interested in another
rival thoroughfare, which has been during
that time monopolizing the transporta-
tion of freight, passengers, troops, and
munitions of war, upon such terms as its
managers might demand and the con-
sequence has been that our produce has
been taxed to advance the interests OF
these patriotic gentlemen, as it is evi
! denced from the fact that since the first
named road has been opened there has
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dollars on the ton between Cincinnati and
the eastern cities, which amount now goes
into the pockets of our people instead Of
those Of eastern railroad capitalists.
only mention this as an instance, less
important, Of the manner in which we o
the West are made to play into the hands
of eastern capitalists for the considera
tion Of their cooperation on the negro
question.
The late Secretary of War, Mr. Cam
eron, while his department was commit
J ting the most gross abuses-accoid ding tc
the statements of his political friends
was loudest in his protestatiu ms Of devo
ton to the antislavery cause. In pro
portion as these abuses grew extreme in
his Department, he grew extreme in his
views, until he became the great cham
pon of the radicals on this subject, re
cciving their unqualified appreciation ant
applause.
Some months ago the country wa
thrown into state Of alarm by a lette
of Secretary Seward, { an eastern gentle
man also, addressed TO the Governors o
various States, intimating the necessit,
Of Immediately strengthening our coas
defenscs. Some of the States have pro
ceed to eXpend money, as suggested, IL
increasing their delenses, and it is pro
posed to reimb burse them from the Fedora
Treasury a bill is now before one Of the
committees of the House to receive loan.
from the States in which such defense,
are situated, aad to issue the bonds o
| the Government to the amount 50 accept
ed, which is nothing more than the Gov
ernment issuing its bonds to those States
that they may convert them to their use
in what they may be pleased to cal
strengthening their "coast deienscs. y
What the probabilities of "loreign in
tcrvcntion" were at the time, which wa
supposed to be the cause of the cxtraor
dinary letter from the able Secretary o
State, he is best qualified to determine
although he has in more than one in
stance proven to be no prophet. Blu
this much the farsecing Secretary wei
know, that whether foreign Intervention
took place or not, his State and his sec
ton would lose nothing by these pre-
cautions, as all, or nearly all, the none
4, expended by the Government in this wa
t would so in the hands of eastern gentle
men.
- Now, since for u time apprehension
! Of foreign intervention, have subsided
r it is mootel that it may be necessary t
o not only strengthen but remodel ou
$ whole system Of coasti ideienscs, for whic
( very large appropriations must be made
and hoast of additional officers be al
, pointed, for fear an iron-clad steamer
, down about Norfolk, called the MerrimaC
may slip into some of the harbors Of I'll
great eastern cities and lay them in aShC
: before their citizens shall be aware of he
% approach, an occurrence certainly lie,
| probable than foreign intervention wa
y some months ago.
5 Again, we have before Congress a bi
i for a Pacific railroad, . measure whicl
= in proper form, at proper time, woul
# receive the assent of most of our people
. but on examination Of the bill, there wi
= be found clause requiring the iron I
!. be used in the construction of the roa
. to be Of American manufacture, withol
/. regard to its cost and that at once e'
y plains the reason why its passage is urge
IS so earnestly by certain eastern gentleme
). from sections interested in the manuia
ture of iron a proposition made b
n my colleague MIR. Cox to bay the iro
i in the cheapeS: market for railroad ire
u of the desired kind, was voted down /
n the friends Of the bill. Thus it is TIN
/, ucarl y every measure in Congress that
3. of any advantage to any section is frame
= with view Of advancing the intercS
Ie of the East in special manner wheth
;. it be tariffs, tax bills, railroad bills, fort
!. tications, Government contracts, or VIII
\ not, the eastern States are sure to ha'
=. the "lion s share" And have no dOu
ir our eastern friends will do all in the
power to consummate their measure
}. while they have their allies in the We
ia who are content with the "negro" f
n their share of the benefits of the Go
m ernmcnt; and that The war will be pr
y. longed, if necessary, until they shall ha
N secured the success of their enterprises.
er But l am travelling with my remar
G. outside of the course | had intended
no pursue. was proceeding to notice sol
be of the apparent changes of the poll
@, and sentiments of the Republican par
it within the last six months ON the subil
ar of intervention on the part of the Ge