Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-12


ordinate Provost Marshals and Military
Committees in all the cities and counties
throughout the several States; with du-
ties, powers and salaries of office--alI
created, instituted and prescribed, not by
law, but by the mere edicts Of the Presi.
dent and Republican State Governors.
70. Lcaiiug and influential organs Of
the Republican party proposing the sus-
pension Of the elective franchise, tho
postponemcnt Of elections, and a prohib-
ition of public meetings among the peo.
pie.
27. The military male supreme over
the civil power, even in the loyal States,
entirely removed from the operations in
the field.
%. The President interposing the pow.
der to all in revolutionizing State Gov
ernments, and even assuming to appoint
Governors to a1ministrato State Govern
ments for the people of the State.
20. The admission Of Senators and
Representatives in Congress, to represent
the State Of Virginia, elected by new
and revolutionary Government created by
a small fragment Of that State.
30. Tho interpoaition Of the military
power and authority Of the Federal Cow
crnmcnt to influence and abs olutely in
some States to control, the people at tho
elections.
81. The actual dismemberment of the
State Of Virginia by the admission of
mere fragment Of that State, into the I'M
ion as a new State, thus creating in def
ance Of the Constitution, an inseparable
barrier to the restoration Of the Union as
it was
81. The intcrposition Of the arbitrary
power Of the President to prohibit the
circulation Of newspapers, DC, through
the post-ofice, because they were opposed
to the political views Of the Administra-
tion.
So The decisions Of the judicial tribu.
nails, when at variance with the views Of
Aboli,iouiam; derilel and disregarled
and the decisions OF the highest judicial
tribunals in the United States, not only
set aside and disregarled by Congress,
but oyerrulei and reversed by the Attor-
ney.
"a. The passage Of a bill, forced thro'
the House Of Representatives with inle-
centhaste, to protect the President and
his satlap-, Provost 1Larshals, and po-
litemen, from ali suits for damages or
other ra3rss. for tyrannical invasions of
the rights OF citizens, and outrages and
oppression such as have been rarely
heard Of in any age or nation.
30. The arbitrary interference Of the
military power with matters Of conscience
and religion, dictating forms and modes
Of worship, and banishing and imprison-
ing clergyman for refusing to conform to
the dictates Of military commanders as
to the form o Church worship.
So The substitution Of A0olitionism,
bigotry and fanaticism for religion.
81. The conversions Of war, commenced
with the view Of maintaining the Con.
sti.ution as It is, and restoring the Union
as it was, iutoa war to carry out the fam
atical dogmas of Aboli,ionism, to the
utter su0versioa Of the Constitution, and
total abandonment of the obligations of
the Federal compact.
3S. The solemn declaration Of the Gov
ernor Of Ohio, in his annual message,
that "the question Of mans capacity for
selt-government Is yet unsettled :"
80. The discovery that the Office Of an
Executive proclamation is not simply to
command obedience to law, but to made
law, and also overthrow both Constitu-
tion and law.
40. The censorship Of the Administra-
tion over the press and the telegraph
lines, to prevent the free communication
and circulation of truth among the pco-
PIE.
All these things brought about in less
than two years Of the tenn of Mr.. Lin
coin as President. Wha: may be expec-
ted the balance Of his four years.