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Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
Peace and War---T'hc DcmOc'
EnGY.

Secessia is pervaded with the idea that
there is large and increasing "peace
party" in the loyal States, in favor OF
bringing this war to a close con any
terms" This impression is, of course,
derived from Abolition papers, and from
kindred sources. If the rebel leaders be.
lieve what they get from that quarter,
they will be undeceived before long
There is no considerable number Of our
people, outside the abolition party, who
will ever consent to the dismem berment
of the Union of these States. The great
and growing dissatisfaction with the con.
duct of the war does not tend in the di.
rection that the Richmond and Charles
ton papers represented and teach. The
opposition to the Administration is not
an opposition to the war, when conduct.
ed for the restoration of the Union, AMI
the enforcement Of the Constitution and
the Laws; But to the War policy which it
has adopted, and to the inevitable result,
of persistence in that policy
The Democracy Of the North are unit
upon the position, that "the Union mus,
and shall be preserved, with the rights o
all the States unimpared." They connot
advocate peace upon the basis of ,epara'
ton; and they have no sympathy with
a war so conducted as to make disunior
inevitable. To san ction the course o
the Administration and the majority il
Congress, they believe, is to consent in
advance tha. the rebellion be a success
that the dissolution of the Union shall
be complete. Opposition to the Admin.
iNtration, and even hostility to it, prop
erly and tonstitutionaIly expressed and
enforced, is The duty of every Democrat
of the loyal Staies-of every true Union
man. Statesman.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
dIslSNlsuS WI. Glay.

This Abolition humbug has finally de.
termlncd to abandon hiS Major. Generate 5
commission, and return to Russia The
career of this General has been II brilliant
one; he has been drawing pay from the
government tor months, without even
pretending to render service, but has spent
hi, time in lec,uring on AhoIitionisn, at
from seventy five t. one hundred dollars
per night, lie announced that he could
not conscentiously fight, unless it was
Tor the freedom of the slaves, and dcman
dcd the Emancipation proclamation.- 49,
That being issued. he no longer wishes
to fight even for that The only i'm
Prorement Cash. has made is in the color
of his hair-from nearly white it has
changed to jet black Whether this has
been caused by n free use of hair dive, ol
"nlggcr on the BRAIN" it is difficult to
determine. This is the distinguished
person that ha, determined to rcprescn,
this nation Mt ST. Petersburg The 20.
'i'ion was either for him or the scounircl
Cameron. ., fempora! D, mores !
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
Negro Drafting.

! he Hilton Head, S. c., correspondent
OF the n. Y. Herdid. under date of th,
9th inst, writes that enlisrments in tn,
negro brigade had fallen off considcrabl,
OF late, and that General Hunter had or,
dercd that all adult negroes in his depart.
ment. capable of hearing arms, should
ho at once drafted into the military ser,
vice The forces thus raised, it is said
are to be employed in garrison and fatigue
duty, and to every four hundred negroes
- detachment of one hundred white sol
dIers Is to he assigned as the managing
and overseeing force.
a fcrnandlna, Ella, correspondent OF
the N. Y. Post states that Gen. Mont.
gomery, OF Kansas notoriety, is now in
FLORIDA, with authority to draft all no
groes fit for military service. and organ
'ze the second black regiment. - Deaier
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
Democratic Victory in LDncns-
ter, Pa.

The Democracy of Lancaster City. Pa,
have achieved most signal triumph over
the Linkin aboilionists, in the election OF
our old and esteemed friend, George San
derson, Esq, the well known editor OF
the Lancaster MtelHgencer, to the May
orally of that city, as we'll as the entire
Democratic municipal ticket. on Tues
day, February 2d. The Linkinites made
extraordinary efforts, and were confident
ofsuccess. They resorted to their usual ar
gumentS of abusing the DemocratS-call'
ing them "rebel Sympathizers," " "butter-
nuts, +" "copperheads," &c, but it was.of
no avail Sensible people are not inhuenc-
ed by such claptrappery. The last aboli'
tion victory in the North has been recor-
ded. The doom of the Union sliders has
been sealed.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
From the Logan Gazette.
Figs and Tliistlcs.

ACE LINCOLN reminds us of little an
ecdote we once heard 1t was a very
foolish anecdote, and had no nub to it..
AN exchange speaks of Lovejoy as "the
notorious Lovejoy." He cannot be no.
torious He is all-tory Gus.
Why is Lincoln like one of his own
little anecdotes?' Because his maker
designed him to be laughed at.
The cry of the Republicans is God and
the Negro We only wonder that it is
not the Negro and God
LINCOLN, it is rumored, has been to
New York to negotiate with Gen. Thomas
Thumb, to take the place of Hooker
Hamilton hteiligencer.
We should be glad to hear that Lincoln
had asked MIR. Thumb to take his own
place, as President. Abe is but little
finger as compared with Gen. Thumb.
THE proposal, now so popular in the
Middle and Western States, to leave New
Eng gland 'out in the cold, is bitterly de-
nounced by Black Republicans. Well,
we are disposed to be accommodating. If
you are opposed to putting her out in the
cold, we are content to send them to a
place which is extremely hot. How will
that suit you? ......
A Republican cites the belief of Con-
federate prisoner that Hannibal Hamlin is
a mulatto, as evidence of rebel ignorance.
1t may be evidence of superior knowledge.
IT has been the common rumor for
thirty years that Thad. Stevens under.
stands the capacity of Niger in arms,
as well as any man in America. His
house-keeper' is of beautiful saddle
color.
THE Black Republicans are so deligted
with Thad. Stevens Bill to arm the me-
groes, that they object to giving it the
rude oppelation of BILL They call it "a
Sweet William.
The latest fashion in select Black Re-
publican circles at Washington, is for la
dies to cut their hair off, until it is about
two inches long, and then curl it "a la ne
gro wench. We would submit that the
white noses of all such ought to be fiat
tened also.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
NCWS LIENS.

1t is said Honest old Simon Cameron Is
about to resign the Russian mission. 1t is q
pity this Administration should lose so dis.
tnguished saint.
man named Anderson was recently ar
rested, examined and held to bail on a charge
of forging the Wayne County Treasurer's
Checks.
7. W. Higgnson, who is Colonel Of tho
First South Carolina Negro1 Regiment, call
ed Convention at Worcester, Massachusetts,
in 1857, which Convention declared the I'm,
ion failure and proposed to adopt measures
for dissolving 1t on account Of slavery exis'
ting.
The Missouri emancipation bill, as passed
by the U. s. Senate on the 18th inst, appro'
PIRATES ten millions for emancipation by l776,
or twenty millions for immediate emancipa-
tion, the State Legislature to decide which
offer to accept within year after the final
passage Of the act
1t is stated that, with one hundred and
twenty five presses, the Treasury Department
are now just able to print enough greenbacks
in two-thirds OF day to pay the expenses Of
the Governmo mt for one day.
The Ohio Legislature almost every week
adiourns over from Friday to Tuesday. The
more time they TOOL away the better for the
people, for when doing any thing they are do
ing evil. ..f
Rumors now has it that Fremont is to have
command OF the Department of Texas, and
that Butler is to return to New Orleans.
Bills will probably soon be reported in Con
Gress for aiding in Slavery emancipation in
Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia; also
to establish a Bureau Of Emigration and Colo.
nization In the War Department.
Nicholas Longw or tn, one ofthe Paniarchs
OF Cincinnati, and tho wcalthiest man In the
West, is dead.
John Conncss has been clcc ted L. S Scna
tor from California, receiving % votes Of lli.
He was formerly Douglas Democrat, and lat
terly 4 member Of the mongrol party.
There is a famine in Ireland, and accounts
from thore say, that dest tuition prevails to an
alarming extent. Poor stricken land Of brave
sons with generous hearts America offers
to YOU now sorrowiul ASYLUM
The Small poX is raging fcallully among the
wretchcd herds Of Conrabands in Washing
ton.
The figures of tho War Department sh ON
that we are now discharging from our armic
in the field, disabled soldiers at the rate Of
Thousand a week.
A gentleman recently arrived at New York
from Canada, states that fec OF ST. 500 was
paid to him the other day in Quebec, wholly
in American silver He didn't want the stuff
but was compelled to take it. Fancy man
in these times and in the United States, look
ing with disgust upon half bush el OF silver
A Washington special to the Cincinnati
Gasehe says it is stated that Gen. Phelps, OF
Ship Island Abolition. proclamation, nOtorie.
ty, has been appoin ted back to out rank near.
ly all the Major Generals in the service.
The annual State election in New Hamp.
slile takes place on the Second Tuesday in
March. A Governor, Railroad Commission.
ers, and three members Of Congress are to be
elected.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
Another Drnu.

The Abolition Disunionis's, in and about
Washington. are shaping matters for another
draft. 10 preserve the Union the people
would give the last man and the last dollar,
but they arc now about done giving men aud
money TO enforce Abo Lincoln's Abolitio n
Disunion hcrosics. Abo Lincoln and jon.
Davis arc both disuuionisis--one to preserve
has been made manifest, win Union men ci.
ihor volunteer or be draied to aght for sucl
unhoiy purposesl
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
Yhc Missomri Emancipation Act

The Senate Thursday after passing the
currency bill, passed the bill for emanci
patton in Missouri, Senators FesSenden
Grimes. Lane, Of Indiana, and Ten Eyck
of the Republicans voted against it, thus
giving the bill but four majority.
The bill as passed provides that Mis-
souri shall pass an emancipation act with.
in twelve months, when twenty millions
OF per cent, bonds arc to be delivered tc
the State provided said emancipation act
shall abolish slavery not later than July,
1866, and that said bonds, in the aggle.
gate amount, shall not exceed the sum oi
two hundred dollars for each slave, and
the bonds are not to exceed ten millions
of dollars, unless the law of emanc patton
adopted by Missouri shall provide for {
full manumission OF all slaves therein be
fore July, 1865, and the further eXclu.
SION CT slavery forever.
If there was any virtue in the bill. (its
unconstitutiona'ity we claim to be clearly
manilest) it was killed by that hollow,
hearted hypocrite, Sumner, whose amend
tnent reducing the amount to be paid ion
each slave from three TO two hundred dol.
lars was carried, thus rendering it entire.
ly unacceptable and impracticable to the
emancipationists of Missouri by whom
twill no doubt be Spuned Plainaealer
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
Bring Them TO Justice.

a Court of Inquiry has been ordered
TO assemble at Carlo. to investigate tn,
charges against certain Generals, Colo
nelS. QuartormaSters and others, for dab
bling in cotton. We have heard seriou,
rhorgcs made against General Curtis
and officers and relatives Of General Gran
which should at once be examined, ant
the cnIprits brought to speedy ius;iee, -
The country is cursed with a gambling
and speculalAg set of men who gattcn on
the miseries of the nation A halter i.
almost too good Tor such.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
Ehc Louisville Democrat and
EnnIN nINCipaIiOniSlS.

Mn, HAnEEy, the veteran editor Of the
Louisville Democrat. says There is not
enough EmanoipationiSts in kentucky to
muster under party name; there is no
room tor an Emancipation party iu Ken.
mgky, and the people do not want it, and
VIII not tolerate it. If Judg, IloLr know,
any thing whatever of the prevailing sen
'lmont of the people of Kentucky at this
time, ho knows that they are sound and
loyal, but as ultra pro-slavery as at any
period during the last twenty years"
The Abolition. Disunion papers hav,
been copying from the Democrat very ex
extensively since the beginning Of thi,
war. Let them print the above Ohio
Statesman
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
Amidst aii tisc Clouds and Dark
meas that hang over oar below
ed Country. there il one cheer
ing cVcni soon 10 take piece,

The Fourth Of March, Eighteen Hun
drcd and Sixty-three will be an cventful
time in the history of our country. An
Abolition Congress, which has done in
finite injury to the nation, will die, and
many of them will go down to that po
litical bourne from whence they will
never return. Let the nation rejoice that
their days will soon end that their pow.
or to destroy the Union will cease on the
Fourth of March. W hat deeds of wick
ednesS have they not done "rhe evil
that men do live after Them" and it may
take the nation an age to overcome the
evil which these men have done. While
we mouru over their wickedness, let Ms
all rejoice that their days are numbered ;
that the ides OF March will soon close upon
their political graves. The American
people ought to hold jubilces in every
town and hamlet in the nation, and re.
.joice over the end of the present Con
gress.- CircaVWe Democra
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
John Wesley.

AbolitioniSIs quote JonS WESLEY as saying:
."American Slavery is the vilcst ever seen un.
der the sun, and the sum Of all vilanies." MIR.
WESLEY never said any such a thing, These
who think he did can hunt for the proof and
see how they have been fooled.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
The Niger Army RuI.

The Niger Army Bill which was passed in
the House wan defeated In the Senate. We
are not advised OF the cause Of its defeat. but
suppose u was because the bill did not allow
niggsr officers 70 command.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
Couscription Riii Passed the
Sennfe

oH Monday the conschption Billpassed the
United States Senate. Under It, all over
twenty aud under udrty-nye years of ago are
TO be enrolled aud are liable to draft. For
eigpers who have received their first papers
afe also included. Tho next thing is Tor the
lIouss to pass III aud then, for the people to
submit 20 a dram to hght for ablition.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19

war for conquest, but Mr.. Lincoln war
for the Union. They have no fear that
it will serve the end of Abolition. 1t has
passed the stage. It's results are now in
their keeping. All they wish is its pro-
longation. In the first place, it holds
the nation pledged to the principle that
the Union is intact, and the Constitution
open to amendment through Southern
votes. In the next place, the respousi-
bility of it being with the Republicans, it
weakens them sadly in the elections
And in the third place, its effect is to
wear away and depress the Shareholders
and dispose them in favor of conciliation.
The war, in whatever aspect it may be
presented, is an admirable instrument for
them. II it should happen to meet with
unexpected success, and defeat the rebel.
lion, the Shareholders will be brought
back just in time to Join them in the elec.
;ion. II it should lag anA accomplish
no results, as now seems likely, this will
inevitably insure them triumph in the
popular vote. This theory is-aud it is
sound one--that the two forces -Abo-
lition and Secession. now in deadly con-
fict. have only to be permitted to oontin-
ne the fight long enough to wear each
other ont, and cause the political waters
to subeide to their former level.
Thus on the basis of the war, they
have complete mastery OF the situa,ion
and no earthly power can prevent their
success
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
CAN LIVE TOGETHER.

| certainly disagree with those who as
sert that it is impossible that the North
aud South could live peaceably side by
side, because there are no natural bound
aries between the two, such as Rocky
Mountains or the Atlantic Ocean. This
Is bugbear with which we impose upon
ourselves. Tho people of the North and
South can never become foreign nations
to each other in the sense in which the
French and English or Russians are. They
are sprurg from the same origin, speak
the same language, possess common
literature, inherit similar politics and re,
ligions, connected by natural and artificial
ties. They will, therefore, both be al.
ways AmercaRS, The only great differ
ence between them is OF social and po'
li,ical nature, namely, that which arises
from the existence of African slavery in
one, and the absence OF it in the other,
This fact, however, Offers no obstacle
whatever to such separation as is involv
ed in independent political Jurisdictions
on the contrary, it greatly facilitates it.
Before the Federal Union was establish
ed all the States were independent, and
associated under articles of Con federation
in the nature of a treaty. The arguments
now adduced to show the impractcabil
ity OF present separation between tn,
North and South, 60 with equal fore,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
TIE DEMOCRACY TRUE TO TIE UNION.

The Democrats will not, of course lis.
ten to separation for an instant Such a
suggestion, in their eyes, is treason-a
proposition to dissolve the Union-for
which one ought to he hanged. They ex-
pect the question whether the Union shall
be restored by force or by compromise to
he submitted to the people in the next
election; and upon that to carry the coun-
try. Their plan is to oppose the admin
iStra:ion simply on its slavery policy.
They put in issue the Conhscation Act,
the Missouri Emancipation Act, ana the
Presidents Proclamation of Emancipa-
ton, These measures they pronounce
unconstitutional deny their validity, and
every thing done, or to be done, in pur-
suance of them. In addition to this, they
attack the Administration on account of
its suspension OF the writ of hd6eaS c0rpUS,
false Imprisonment, corruption, imbccili
ty, DC, and n thousand other incidents.
But on the war and the integrity of the
Union they are like adamant itself. They
claim to favor the war for the sake OF the
Union, but to be for compromise rat her
than war, They say very truthfully that
the Republicans have tried force for two
years, and exhausted the country, and up
on this claim the adoption of their method
as all that is left to be done. This is the
manner in which the politicians OF the
country propose to terminate tins great
conflict.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
The spotted Plague.

The Toledo Chmmerciol says that this
terrible disease has made its appearance
in Elkhart. Indiana. On Thursday eve
ming last, lad named Punches returned
from school complaining Of feeling unwell,
BY midnight he was a corpse, Next the
father and daughter in the same family
died, and at last accounts the mother and
another daughter were prostrated with
the same fearful malady and not expect
ed to live. The people of Elkhart are
much agitated at the appear anco of this
scourge among them.
Ir is strange, that while the gold eagle
is rapidly going up, the American eagle
all winged and festhered as it is, should
be rapidly going down.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
THE GREAT CONSERVATIVE PARTY

An alliance seems recently to have
been effected to this end between certain
elements heretofore hostile. The border
State politicians are the remnant of the
old Wing and Know Nothing parties,
who, all their lives, cherished an intense
hatred Of the Democracy. They now
unite with that party to effect this object.
The Republicans of the Albany school
under the sagacious leadership of Mr.,
Weed, who. for long years fought the
Van Buren, regency, and finally broke it
down through the agency of free oil, are
also hand in glove with their old oppo-
nrnts. Thus the army of the Democracy
takes the field for tn next great political
battle, supported on the left by the fol-
lowers of Clay and C,iitendcn, and on
the right by til, special irien S of vii
liam II. Seward. such host may we'll
feel confident. 1t is combination for
victory. The elements have been well
shaped. Not in vain have the border
State politicians throngea the hall Of the
Presidential Mansion. Not in vain ha,
the discreet Secretary of State incurred
the reputation of having become imbecile
Not in vain has the whole Administration
suffered the odium of drifting with the
tide for lack of a policy, They coult
well afford to dispense with the applause
of the radicals, while they silently direct
cd that under current which was to refe
the gigantic question, with which they
would not grapple, to the decision of an
IOthpr Presidential alectlOn.
THE CONSERVATIVES WILL TRIUMPH
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-19
THE CONSERVATIVES Will TRIUMPH

The chief element in the accomplish
ment OF this reactionary movement is the
war which the Administration is conduct.
ing for the restoration of the Union The
war is indeed the trump card of the De-
mocrscy; not war for emancipation; no,
, 1863-03-14
Novels ::

Just received a choice lot of 5000 Novels, of the
latest editions and by the most popular authors which
will be sold at wholesale or retail.
, 1863-03-14
The Old Maid.


r o. tell me why, though maid be old,
Her praise may not be sung?
And why her tale may not be told,
How she too once young,
And lovers came, and lovers woOed,
Yet left her to pine in solitude.
Her dear old schoolmates all are gone;
Her sisters all are wed
And in cruel hours she twined the flowers
To deck the beauteous head
Of one who stole the heart away
On which her own set,
And made her rue the luckless day
And makes her rue it yeti
When lover came and alOYer wOOed
Yet left her to pine in solitude
Year after year she dwells alone,
While the world fits gaily by;
And the tears they start in her aching heart,
But they never dim her eye;
For her grief in her secret soul abides,
And she wears cheerful air,
While in hel bosom the treasure she hides
Like the lock of a lost ones hair,
And dreams of a lover who came and wOOed,
Yet left her to pine in solitude.
Proudly she bears her sorrowful head,
WTeathed only with winter cuIls;
Bravely she bears the jibes and the jeers
The world at the old maid hurls;
For she knows that the lot of woman is hard
And that in the rude battle of life
Her bosom must often be wounded and Scared
Whether maiden or mother or wife;
So, though lovers came and lovers woOed,
ct left her to pine in solitude.
0 say not her heart is selfish and cold
And that nothing her love can arouse!
For who but she, to the sick and the old,
Is the angel in every house
Yes in trial and trouble the old maid is near,
With balsam fer all our woes,
And she e'en lends an ear and drops kind tear
When to her the y0uRg maiden goes,
To tell of the lover who came and who wooed,
Yet threatened to leave her in solitude.
Then tell me why, though the maid be old,
Her praise may not be sung?
And why her tale may not be told,
How she too once was young,
And lovers came and lovers wooed,
ct left her to pine in solitude