Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-01-22

OF their professional pursuits. But that is
to be false to fact, dishonorably 10 history
and dangerous 70 the Chnrch and State.
1t is to heal tie hurt Of the daughter Of
the people slightly, and perpetuate contro-
versy and war. The moral question which
divides us is supreme. There can be
now no sound philosophy, no comprehen
siye judgment where it Is not so installed
and all judgment will be unjust withou
1t. Abolitionism stands ont historically
the active, practical cause Of all ourtroub.
les. Without it, other existing causes
would have been Of no effect. II was
maniicstlyso when it began to figure in
the halls Of Congress. 1t has been so in
al, Our subsequent discussions, which have
filed the land with strife, It was more
manilestly so in its alliance with mi,cal-
culating politicians in the Fremont cam
daign and more decisiyely in their dem q.
onstration at Chicago. 1t was SO not less
remarkably in its appropriation Of relig-
ious men, and the conventions Of equally
miScalculating representatives. Of the
: churches. Many Of these good and pa,ri-
otic citizens, Law and clerical, meant not
what they did. Ttcre eyes were holden.
/ We blame them not for bad intentions Lut
Ia bad mistake. On the stormy sea Of poll
itics, and in the clouds Of speculation and
romance, they had lost their reckoning.
They were blinded by old prejudice, Of
sect and party. They needed not those
great men who died uttering the voices
Of remonstrance and Of warning. They
| perceived not that true conservatism had
been obliged by the nM idolatry to
change its residence; that party names
were no longer significant Of thing; and
that our issue must be changed. They
understood not that American liberty had
lost its balance, that they who should
| thenccforth follow its mimic watch cry
would, without a miracle, fall in con usion
and probably open the way for bloody
despotsm that would lord it over the her
itage Of God. They had not studied that
subtle power--a power Of ftheair-which
by its apparent subservieucy actually ruled
them, and still claims to be their master.
1t has indeed, its hold upon them. 1t
will have it, for its pressure bears along
the ruler OF the people, and, with it, the
| life blood of the Church and State, if an
other Daniel come not IN indgmont ~ =
Fancnil Hall introdpco not sH ora or A..
liverance, and reverse the judgment Of
Altoona and the capital.
So we make good our case. AboIition.
ism is af.faultr. 1t is false and wrong
1t destroys the ancient landmarks. 1t Oh.
literates the old paths. 1t puts its heel
on constitutional relations. II sundor,
what q cd has united and unites what G sd
has sundeled Itwoull subvert the Gov
ernmen of the country, which is of God,
AMI "whoso resisteth the power Ie,iste h
the ordnance of God"-and all the worse
for affecting to keep it. And it is mad
ness, though there is a method in it.
What for should we commit this wrongo
What for should we violate our pIigbteI
faith? What for should we re iect the
dictates of religion. the usages Of civiliz
ed and Christian lie, the claim of human
ity, the providential enlargement of su
perior races, and doom, as we necessarilv
must, an inferior. imbecile and dependent
race, which God has committed to our
trust, to condition worse than slavery
to lingering, miserable hopeless death?
What for should we affect to change the
spots of the leopard or the skin of the
Ethiopian? What for to equalize quail
tiles that God has made iudiciously une-
qnal Tor the better conservation Of the in