Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-03-06
Look at the Fix the SOuts,erncrs
are in!'

hAOVhh sss 'bp y ~ tAN ~. -
are in!
With pork at $50 to SO 100 per hun
dred, wheat less than $1.00 per brshek
and corn 20 cents per bushel, and other
produce in proportion, what right have
we to complain True, coffee, sugar, tea
and rice have somewhat advanced in price
but what of that. We can do without
these luxuries, and be the better for it.
But look at the fix the Southerners are in,
and be content.-BucyuS Journal.
Decidedly rich We would advise our
friend Of the Journal to look over the files
of his paper and read some Of the Lin
coin campaign editorials. He finds in
them abundant promises of good times"
"free labor" "retrenchment and REFORM"
Economy" ""160 acres of land" "free
homes for free men," and any amount Of
such balderdash. Now we have the bles-
sed Lincoln times Now we are rcaping
rich crop of Republicanism.
Under the reign Of the great railsplit-
ter we were to have "good times"
With pork at $3.50 perhundred "what
right have we to complain"
/ With wheat at less than $1,00 per
bushcl what right have we to complain.
With corn at 20 cents per bushel what
right have we to complain ?"
With other produce in proportion,
I what right have we to complain ?"
With tea, coffee, sugar, calico, muslns
and every article we have to buy, ad-
vancod in price, "what right have we to
complain ?"
"We can do without these luxuries
and be the better for it" in these Lincoln
"good times"
And then it helps the matter so amaz-
Southeners are in -
We can feel glorious with belly full
Of "rye coffee" when we "look at the fix
the Southcrners are in"
We can drink our "Sage tea" without
sugar in it and le'. as happy as toads in a
mud puddle, when we "look at the fix
the Southerners are in"
1t makes "Rye Coffee" and "Sage
Tea Ialatable, and sweetens cake that
has no sugar in it to "look at the fix the
SouthGrners are in"
II any man in these Lincoln times
wants to feel rich and happy and content.
ed, just let him "look at the fix the
Southerners are in"
But there are some things that looking
cat the fix the Sotherners are in' will
not do
1t will not raise the four per cent n
/ year taxes.
| 1t will not raise the price Of pork,
! 1t will not save to the people the hun
dred millions Of dollars the Republicans
have stolen from the treasury
1t will not bring back peace to dis
tracted country.
1t will not pay the public debt.
1t will not fill an empty treasury.
1t will not wipe out the battle fields
that drink the blood Of our countIy's S
children.
1t will not stop the march of armies
that go forth to do the murderous work
Of battle
1t will not bring smiles to the face of
the widow who mourns husband slain
on the bloody field.
1t will not hush the cries of the orphan
children who look in vain for the coming
of II father who died uncarcd for in an
army hospital.
1t will not bring joy to the household
that has been robbed of son ora broth.
er cut down by sabre in the hands oI
one whom, but for RcpnblicaniSm, he
might have hailed as a brother.
WouId to God that looking "at the
fix the SouthcrncrS are in" would restore
the Union revive our dropping flag
bring back its glory and its fallen stars
unlock the avenue of trade, fill up the
lamiI y circle and once more gather the
absent and the lost around the deserted
hcarthstonc restore free speech and 4
free press; bring back law and order
and remove the bitter cup of Republican
ism for ever away from us. But it vii
not do any of these things,
Abolition Republicans murders on
peace, robs us of our Liberties, destroy
our prosperity, and then ask 'what righ
have we to complain y
And then with all our present blessing
and all our future hopes made drifting
wrecks before our eyes, we are advise
to comfort ourselves by looking ''at tn
fix the Southcrncrs are in. -Rucyra
|; ForUm.