Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-12-04

in every part of our land. 1t is the great
underlying cause of all our calamitics.-
The spirit of disobediencc permeates our
social system; it renders law powerless,
and strips men of their rights of due
protection to their persons and property.
Obedience is the basis of all family, po.
litical and religious organizations. 1t is
the principle Of cohesion that holds soci
ETY. together without which it crumbles
into atoms
Those radical men who brought this
war upon our country by their passions
and follies, have now overthrown by VIC.
lencc the party which gave them inhu-
cnce, Having shaped the policy of the
government by such legislative and exec
utive measures as they demanded, they
now turn with angry reproaches upon the
President whose more moderate counses
they spurned and seek to make him re-
sponsiblc for their political disasters
We shall not take advantage Of this fac
tious spirit to cmbarass the admnistra-
ton. We warn these infuriated men
that such language, at all times demor
alizing is dangerous in times of civil
war. Although we are politically op-
posed to Mr.. Lincoln, we insist that he
shall be treated with the courtesy due to
his position and to the dignity Of the
American people.
While / thus admonished our people
with regard to the duties of obedience, at
The same time pointed out the admoni-
tons of the father Of our country to those
in power. Ilepeat his solemn warnings:
at is important, likewise, that the
habits of thinking in free country should
inspire caution in those interested with
its administration to confinc themselves
within their respective cons titutional
spheres; avoiding in the exercise of the
powers Of one department to encroach up.
on the other. The spirit of encroachment
tends to consolidate the powers of all the
departments in one, and thus to create,
whatever the form of government, real
dcspotism. A just estimate of that love
which predominates in che human heart,
is sufficient to satisfy us Of the truth Of
this position"
The result of the late elections will
carry us back to the policy of our faith
ers. They will give renewed vigor to the
princi pies of our constitution. Amid
all the confusions Of this civil war, its
solcmnities, its bloodshcd, its calami,ies,
our people by their ballots reallirmed and
re.cstabllshed the Constitution of the
United States, in all its vigor and in all
its completeness. The war now takes a
new phase. We hold up to the people
Of the South not only the penalties of
disobcdicnce, but all the blessings and all
the advantages Of submission to that
constitution.
Unyielding and exacting on the one
hand in our demands for obedience, we
are scrupulous and just in giving every
right to those who shall yield to the gov
eminent made by our common fathers.
Let not our countrymen, let not the
world, mistake the meaning of our tri
umph. 1t is the beginning of a politica
revolution that will again place power
in the hands of those who, until the last
two years, were able to defeat the enc
mics of peace, of the Union, of the Com
stitution This triumph removes the
great obstacle in the way of the restora
ton of our Union. 1t teaches the loyal
men at the South who feared that they
were unsafe within its limits, that the
conservative men at the North are able
to put down fanatical ngitators and med
ding disturbcrs without the help of n
single vote from n Southern State. The
doctrine that their is a law higher than
the constitution, which justiiics resistance
to the statutes of the land, or to rightiul
authority, has been condemned. Our
government has received new strength
That seditious spirit which prompted
northern Governors to give conditional
obedience to tho constitutional demands
Of government, has been rebuked. Trea-
sonable efforts to coerce the executive in
to u line of policy opposed to his convc-
tions of duty have been condemned by
the public verdict.
The Presidsnt of the United States
has been instructed to exercise the full
measure of his rightful authority to up.
hold the dignity of his office, to restrain
other departments within their proper
spheres, and then, too, he has been ad
monished not to go hey yond his own right,
full jurisdiction. lie will receive from us
that which he has not had flom those
who claim to be his peculiar supporters
II cheerful, unconditional obedience to his
rightlul demands, whether they meet oul
views of policy or not. AT our annual
elections we shall again sit in judgment
on that policy, and condemn or approve
it in the mode pointed out by the consti,
tuition. In the meanwhile he will b(
saved from those intrigues which have
hindered the successful progress Of the
war,
Our armies will now be permitted tC
gain victories in the vicinity Of the CAPT
tai, as they have heretofore won them il
other fields of action. The nationa
credit will be strengthened by greate
economy and honesty in the conduct o
affairs. 1t will also be strengthened, be
cause We propose an object for this wa
that can be attainod-the restoration o
our Union. All other schemes, which
look to a bloody social revolution, vii
be abandoned. We can now hope tina
We are to bc saved from the disgrace o
national bankruptcy on the one hand, o
the still deeper dishonor and dcmoraliza
tion OF national population on the other
To restore our country to its forme