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

unteeIs with stick under the name Of
the Conseriptien law. Money He
tithes every piece of bread that goes in.
to the month Of the laborirg man, and
what has come Of ii all? Is there no end?
No; not in bis administration. Our SOL
diers have fought as bravely, at least. as
any soldiers ever fought in the world :;
there are no words at my command no
words that can express my admiration
for the bravery and gallantry Of our sol.
diers; but what does it avail? What has
been accomplished by any battle? Sim.
ply that at the end of three or four, or six
months, we shall have another battle
and further sacrifice OF human life. We
are now no nearer the restoration Of the
Union this dav than when we began;
though Johnny Brough says otherwise
In a speech delivered at Toledo, July
22d. 1868. phonographically reported he
said. "Many bapo oono pIainod fbaf tho
war was not prosecuted fast enough; that
time was fritted away almo,t uselessly.
and nothing was being done; but they
must remember that we Lai to raise,
arm, equip aud provide for an army such
as the world never saw; and to DO this,
we require time, AMI in addition to this
we had to keep rebel sympathizers and
Secesh in the back" That is simply an
excuse. The army was fully equipped
and provided for in the spring OF 1862,
and there were no rebels or Secesh in the
North. During the last thirty days en-
ough has been done to satisfy the most
inveterate grambler, and the next thirty
days will tee thing put through beautiful
ly." That was on the 22l of July, and
it is now the 10Th day of August; the
time is more than hall expired since this
last prophesy was made, and who sees us
any nearer the restoration of the Union
than the day Mr. Brough delivered it? 1t
is by this sternal prophesying, promising
day after day, and hour after hour, that
tne people have been deluied into giving
their confidence to the incompetent men
now administering the Government
Why, my friends, look back upon their
administration. AS said, we gave Mr..
Lincoln everything we had to give, both
money and men; and how did they com
mence the battle Of Bull Run? While
the soldiers went there to discharge their
duty, there went almost as large a squad
Of Republican Congressman. editors and
| Republican fuss makers and loafers of ev-
cry degree. not to fight; oh no, none Of
that; you will get no fight out of them
but to look on, tc see it done; to see it
beautifully put through" as Mr.. John
ny Brough says; armed not with muskets
but armed with baskets of sandwiches
and bottles of wine. Now, my fellow
citizens, for the soldier who is compelled
by his duty to GO into battle, have the
utmost degree of sympathy; | know
something, not SO much as many others,
of the dread peril of that hour. ! know
the solemn and brave resolution which
inspires the heart of the solder as lie en-
ters the battle can sympathize with him
lament over his fall; but for the fellow
who, having no call, goes to see battle,
as he would go to see hore- race, who
goes to be merry at the sight of his fel,
low creatures agonizng in the death
struggle! Well, to give yo my opinion
in confidence, think the blackest hole
in hell is too good for him. (Cheers. y
What was the consequence? These ctea
lures got into the way of the soldiers;
neither Colonel nor General could move
his regiment OF his brigade from place to
place, for the obstruction. They stampeded
the teamsters, got in the way of the
teams, and that which would have been a
glorious victory on our part, resulted in
the most disgraceful route; and if Nc
no"o1 I'D oa1 tho hat tla h,, Er-
ing grape and canister into the spectators
he would have come out of the battle
much better. Then Abraham Lincoln
found the job was entirely too large;
these gentlemen who had talked about
whipping the South before breakfast,
! found it would take two or three days
at least. So he sent into Western Vir
aina for Gen. Mcclellan, and when Nc
Clellan had command of the army, and
had queted the effects of of Bull Run,
and restored discipline and order, the
spring of 1862 dawned upon us, and
then our western army, under command
OF another Democratic General Grant
General Grant has never forbid the cir
culation of Democratic newspapers, and
!. tuat lS thc lcaeoA AWAY
been successful. ("Three cheers fol
General Grant.") Our army under the
lead of Grant. captured Forts Henry and
and Donelson; what was the consequence?
Tennessee lay PROSTATE at our feet, and If
we had had President that was fit for
his office. if he had men in his Cabinet
fit for their offices. by wise Cancellation,
by moderation in victory, by speaking at
the right time, the State of Tennessee,
and in all probability the State of Ar
kansas, would have been detached from
the Southern Confederacy. and restored
to the Union, and thus the whole column
of Secession would have been broken in
its back bone.
But we had no men; we had Lincoln,
and there are no words in the language
but those to describe him by. AS for his
, Cabinet, it is the laughing stock OF
the civilized world, at home and
abroad. (Laughter.) Instead of con-
ciliation and moderation in victory, adop-
/ ting the counsels of common sense, they
, must have a con6scation law; and what
was that? A law which substantially
deprived every man, every woman and
every child; the aged and sick; the widow
and the orphan; non-combatants OF every
ldescrintion-o their slaves-ofs their