Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-09-24

INSTITUTIONS anu interests, now can man
propose party based upon the doctrine
that every member is to hate a large por.
ton Of the States--how can he hope for
anything but disunion? The org aniza.
lion and the progress of the Abolition
or tho self.styled Republican party in the
North, would beget disunioa party in
the South, as the effect follows the cause,
as day follows night, and night follows
day again. 1t was an inevitable thing
that the organization of the self sty led
Republican party In the year 1854, 'wo'd
lead to disunion and civil war. Never
theless, in spite of the advice given by
the Father of his Country, and repeated
by the valiant leaders of the Democratic
party, and by all the great leaders OF the
Wing party; nevertheless, in spite of
that advice. the anti-slavery party at the
North pressed forward into compact
organization, and obtained political pow.
er by merely numerically supremacy. and
what resulted? The election of Abra.
ham Lincoln to the Presidency of the
United States. 1t was foretold, not once
only, nor twice, nor thousand. but an
hundred thousand times, that the election
o! President Of a sectional party, eth
er Of the North or of the South, would
be the first fatal step toward tho disun.
ion of the States. Now we know it, but
our prophecies were laughed at. We
who to-day are called copperheads, Sc
cessionists, traitors, were then sneered
at as Unionsaver and the men who de-
clared that they would have no Union
with Shareholders, have the impudenee
and audacity to-day to call themselves
Union men. Laughter. and cries OF
That's So" This was but three years
ago, and l regard it as an mputation on
the intelligence of the people. regard
it as a contempt of the popular compre-
hension of the President of the United
States now in office and his friends-no,
: his followers, to pretend that they are
the friends to he Union. Mr.. Seward
as late as the middle of December, 1860,
in his speech, carefully prepared and de
livered in New York, and reported, said
that no State would secede. He said
!, there would be little debate for about
thirty days and by and by everybody
would acquiesce and rejoice in the elec,
f tion of Mr.. Lincoln. Now, there is no
prophecy of holy writ more completely
3 fulfilled than that made by the orators
> and editols of the Democratic party be
, fore the election of Abraham Lincoln
5 But, my Republican friends, l know yor
S can give an excuse. anybody can, excu,
es are as plentiful as black berries, lu
3 there is tho fact; you were warned that tho
| election Of Abraham Lincoln would pro
duce results, not because we desired them
not because we would not avoid them
I but because they were the inevitable con
sequences of that act. Abraham Lincoln
was elected, and you all know what fol
lowed. Hardly had the echo came back
of the shouts of his friends, before all the
States bordering on the Gulf of Mexico
made ready to leave the Union. 1t was
the sense of alarm; it was the sense of hos
tility on the part of the great body OF
the Northern people, as exempliied in
, their votes for Lincoln, that brought up
on us all these difficulties. Now. don'i
stand here to excuse the secessionists.
| say that their action was unjustfiable
but | esteem it tho natural result of the
, Abolition party of the North. and the
: man who denies it is either ignorant OF
, the motives which guide the human
heart, or chooses willfully, blindly and
maliciously not to zee them. Why, say
+ my Republican friends, do you not abuse
the secessioniss? With all my heart
if thought they would hear what said
, about them; but they don't happen to be
/ present, and it would only be wasting
8 my patience and strength to abuse them
f 1t would, my friends, be great deal lik,
the Irishman who was hired to dig po
e tatoes. 1t was very hot afternoon, ant
the lrshman, instead OF going about hi.
t work, lay down under the shade of tret
t and went fast asleep, and when the ole
: farmer came out and saw him he shool
, him aud said, "Pat, why don't you dis
; my potatoes?" The Irishman said
Bring your potatoes here and l will
. dig them" Laughter. So l say tc
e my Republican friends, Bring the Sc
cessioni,t here within the sound of my
e voice. and | will abuse him to you
t hearts content" Cries of good Ii
r would not know that had abused him
g and therefore do not propose to vast,
Y any of my breath on that subject but i
!, there be any of my Republican frien6'
who wish to exercise that gift. let then
f.. go on. into the woods and pick out any
= tree or sapling and let him represent jeff
s Davis, and shower upon it all the anath
(. emas he can possibly think of until HI
e has exhausted himself, and he may sa.
O at the end that Pugh may say amen
If l hope that will crafty him. AS | sai'
IT at the beginning, what we have to do
l. first to repent of our own sins, and not {
,e the sins of the secessionsts. When W
,r have removed the beam out of our ow
eyes, then we can undertake to remoy
y the moat out of the eyes Of the peop
n of the Southern States, and not unit
le then.
). MR.. LINcoLN's ELECTION.
d Mr.. Lincoln, then, was elected, not b
Il majority of the people OF the Unite
h States from it; he was in the minor
st ity of one million of votes, but he we
5, elected according to the forms of the Cor
n stitution; and ! agree with my Republ
t. can friends that be was entitled to enti
l. upon the office and discharge its duti'
a as fully as il he had received the vote {