Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-06-18
A SERIES or GRAND rARCEs.

"Union party" have been and are now
holding series Of meetings in various
parts Of the State, ostensibly with view
/ OF prom oting the cause Of the Union, but
really to humbug and deceive the people,
with view to retain power with oil the
plundcr and patronage incident thereto
For the Union these managers don't care
straw, and the Constitution is to them
n thing of the past. But yet at these
meetings great professions are made of
love for the old Flag and vencration for
our Free Institutions. Much, too, is said
about the brave boys in tho Army, and
the necessity of giving them sympathy
and support; albeit none of the managers
and performers at tho meetings referred
to, will ever trust their precious persons
in the ranks, thus swelling the Union
Army, and giving it ''aid and comfort"
All their professions are, therefore, hyp.
ocritical and intended to deceive the peo-
pie, whom they thus intend to blind and
hoodwink, if they can, with a view to
obtain a further lease of their power, to
be used only for self.aggrandizement, and
without reference to the good Of the coun.
try. in any shape or form.
When an individual reads or observes
the performances at one of these meet
ings he has q fair view of all Of them .-.-
1t is the same thing over and over, and
the speeches consist of an admixture of
abuse of all loyal Democrats, a misrepre-
sentation Of the whole history of the war,
the enunciation offalse political doctrines,
earnest professions Of loyalty and devo.
tion to the Union, asseverations that they
all have abandoned party for the conn
try, and the most extravagant panegyrics
in commentator of their own patriotism,
talents, craftsmanship, integrity. Hgaci
ty and administrative, executive, and all
other sorts Of ability.
Always on hand is some renegade Dem
ocrat, who through ambition, disappoint-
ment or some other corrupt motive, has
abandoned his former faith and party,
and become the drill sergeant of BENZ F.
Wade, Joshua r. Giddings, Wendell
Phillips, and that school of disunionists.
This man is made prominent in the meet
ing, and is put forward as "life long
Dem ocrat," veteran in the Grand OLD
Party" an "original Jackson man." q
"bosom friend of the iqmented Douglas"
etc, etc, and he becomes the supple tool
of his employers, stands up and ISLANDERS
his old companions and neighbors, de-
liberately lies about them and misrepre
y sents every question he speaks to, while
the Abolition disunion engineers OF these
performances applaud him to the echo.
One of these meetings was held at Mt.
Vernon, on Friday, May 29th, at which
John Sherman, Gov. Tod and Saml Gal
= loway were the speakers.
. Sherman coming right out of the most
> intensely partisan Congress that ever as
sembed, and in the doings of which he
, was an active spirit, made highfalutin
speech of the spread eagle character, in
which he professcd to be no partisan. He
said : "Two years ago we were all par
,, tisans, and | was heated one. was a
Black Republican. | was proud Of that
,, name from 1854, when it arose like an
' ancient Phmnix in power, and | believe
history will record it as the best party of
. the times. But was called on two years
: ago to surrender to the lines of loyalty
or disloyalty, treason or patriotism, and
: with pleasure [ laid all on the platform
9 : of loyalty" What consummate hyp-
: ccrite and political knave the man must
be, who, in the face of his action and that
of his party in Congress, can stand up
and thus talk to an assemblage of Amer
lean citizens
= Gov. Tod followed Mr.. Sherman, and
= spread himself, playing the part of the
-, renegade Democrat. In the course of his
y y speech, he declared that if "Mr. Douglas
y had been elected the same dissolution
y would have occurred" etc. Now, Gov
Tod does not believe word of this, al
everybody who heard him speak in the
y canvass of 1860 will remember how ht
impressed it on his hearers, that it wa
;, absolutely necessary to elect Judge Doug
= las, in order to avert disunion, whicl
Gov. Tod then said would inevitably fol
low the election Of Lincoln, as it has fol
lowed that event. In making the asser
l. !, ton he now does. and which is only mad
Il !, to appease and propitiate the Abolition
" its, SO that they may have their support
Gov. Tod stultifes himself, and does tn
" grossest violence to truth that it is posi-
!, bic for man to do. He knows, and ey
- cry body else knows, that had Dougla
. been elected there would have been n
y disunion, nothing like it. But he ha
- got to play his part in these farces, or h
=. will be dismissed from the service.
" Samuel Galloway followed Gov. Toe
:, (he is now the Governors candidate 70
IL Lieut. G Governor), and made one of hi
characteristic speeches, without, of cours
believing, himself, anything that he at
tered on the occasion.
u Our opinion is that although thes
IS gentlemen may regard themselves as sta
OIL performers, the people will come to dit
le ferent conclusion, and at the end of tn
~ campaign, they will find that their invest
~ ment has not paid-not by any means
3 Statesman.
1t A I've have found a
IS last what "Copperhead" is. The NoN
IN York Post speaking of Kentucky car
l. ddate for Congress, says I;
l I :.