Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-04-23

For the Farmer.
Mn. EsrlLL.-On my return home from Mill
ersburg yesterday evening, found in the hands
of my family the usual number of weekly papers
to.wit: Three copperheads and two blacksnakes
Through one of the backsnakes, II dead thrust
was made ut certain 2. II. living or said to be
living near Homesville, in this county, on nc.
count Of letter said p II. should have written
to q member of a certain Woods division Where
this division is, or where it is from | know not
The writer signs his name J. w. p, and seems
to be well acquainted with the said p. II. The
writer Of said letter cOmmenccs with q lie
He says "P II. was in the first place in favor of
the wal, but now the contest has changed and ae
the said p. H. is in favor of peace on any terms
whatever" would just here inform ]. w. p.
that the said r II. who is supposed to be interest
ed in said article, has been total peace man for
the last twenty five years, and is opposed to wars
OF every kind, whether offensive or defensive
Tie does not think that fighting ever made peace,
and believes this great patriot J. w. p. is also a
peace man, unlike p, H. only in this, that ]. W. p.
is peace man from cowardce, and p II. from
principle. This J. W. P. says: "the rebellion is
now what it was at the beginning-the perma-
nent disruption Of our Cove .nment.' Now why
should this white-washed traitor find fault with
this, when this selfsame party used to pray to
Congress for a dissolution of the Union, and call
Democrats Union screechers and Union savers.
This j. w. p. says he "would rather see every
hill and valley drenched with human blood from
Maine to Mexico, than see the Confcderacy ac
know ledged as Government Now, suppose,
this great patriot would see all this and more too
provided only, that the blood of "iree Americans
of African descent was not spilled. Then,
again, this "P. H. says this is a negro war;
Well p. II still says that it all grew out Of the
niger question, which has been brewing for near
forty years. The writer heard men Of the So
called Union party say that the South was an
expense to us--that we were better without than
with them and Democrats never understood them
to be anything else than traitors to the Consttu-
tion and laws of our country until Lincoln become
President. How many of them have perjured
themselves in taking the oath of office, and about
the next thing you would hear of them would be
running negroes off to Canada. to starve. and die
or be otherwise maltreated. Furthermore, the
man that says P. II. justifes the South in rebell-
ion, or ever discouraged enstments or anything
Of the kind is liar and scoundrel. Instead
of this he has always helped to furnish soldiers,
and not family in the neighborhood OF Holmes
viii, of soldiers, but the ir wants have been more
or less relieved by hip, when called upon. P. II.
is well persuaded that our great patriot, on the
home establishment, cannot say as much and
when the said patriot calls round to hang such
men as p. H., hope may be there TO see how
it is done. Now, if our neighbor of the RepubH-
can will give the No. of Regiment and company,
apd State where our patriot resides, would like
to drop line to him, as have never written a
letter to soldier in the army since this war COM
menced; neither did ever receive letter from
any soldier, j.. J.