Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-08-20
VICE PRESIDENT STEPHENS
MISSION.
Vie was Invested With "EuIi
Power TO Treat on Honorable
Terms"


Power 10 Treat on Honorable
Terms
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Aug. 5.
j have been permitted, by the kindness
Of friend, to make the following ex.
tracts from the Mobile Register and Id.
Vertiser, Just received here by deserter
who came in from Bragg's army. 1t will
be remembered that this paper is the very
quintessence Of secession, being the first
to lead off in Alabama. 1t says:
1--WE thank God from the depths of
our heart, that the authorities at Wash
ington snubbed Vice President Stephens,
in bis late attempt to confer with them
on International affairs, without form or
ceremony. 1t has long been known here
that this gentleman thought, il he could
get to whisper into the ears Of some mer
about Washington, the result might b.
terms of peace on some sort Of Union OF
reconstruction. He seemed to forget
that Douglas, with whom he used to
serve, is dead, and notwithstanding his
mantle has fallen, by dividing it into four
pieces, upon Richardson and Voorhees,,
Vallandigbam and Pugh, still the Demo-
cratic party is not in power now, and we
may thank God for it. The prospect
looked gloomy to the Vice-President,
whose infrmity of body no doubt casts
q shadow over his spirits, and he said
that one Of two things must be done;
either some terms must be made, or the
whole militia Of the Confederacy must
be called ont and immediate alliance pro.
posed with foreign powers.
President Davis gave him full powers
10 treat on honorable terms, and started
him off to the kingdom of Abraham
But Father Abraham told him there wa,
an impossible gulf between them, and
the Vice Vresident had to steam back to
Richmond little top-falen. We hope
this will put stop forever to some croak-
ers about here who intimate that there
are people enough friendly to the South,
in tho North, to restore the Union rs it
was. And we also hope that the Gov
ernmeut at Richmond will not humilitate
itself any more, but from this time will
look only to the one end Of final and sub
stantial independence. The North is not
less set on the purpose of final separation
than we are. The Republican party are
not fighting to restore this Union, any
more than the old Romans fought to es-
tablish the independence of the coun.
tries they invaded. The Republicans are
fighting for conquest and dominion, We
for liberty and independence.
There is only one party in the North
who want this Union restored, but they
have no more power-legislative, execu
tive or judicial than the paper we writ,
on. 1t is true they make show Of unioi
and strength, but they have no voice o
authority We know that the Valland
igham school wants the Union restored
for he told us so when he was here in
exile, partaking Of such hospitality as
we extended to real enemy to our strug-
gle for separation, banished to our soil
by another enemy, who is practically
more our friend than he. And il Val
landigham should, by accident or other
cause, become Governor of Ohio, we hope
Lincoln will keep his nerves to the prop.
er tension, and not allow him to enter
the confines of the State. His admins
tration would do more to restore the olG
Union than any other power in Ohio
could do, and therefore we pray that he
may be defeated. Should strong Union
party spring up in Ohio, the third State
in the North in political importance. i
might find faint response in SOM
Southern State and give US trouble.
But, as long as the Republicans holc
power they will think of conquest an
} dominion only, and we, on the othe
hand, will come up in solid column 70
5 freedom and independence, which we will
e be certain to achieve, with such assist
q ance as we may now after the refusal @
S the Washington Cabinet to concur. con
] fdently expect, before the Democrats {
4 the North get into power again, and con-
t whispering in our ears, ''Union, recon
l struction, Constitution, concession an
VI guarantees" Away with all such stuff
|. We want separation. Give us rathC
e such men like Thaddeus Stevens an
: Charles Sumner. They curse the ol
6 Union and despise it, and SO 90 we.-
: And we now promise these gentleme
that, as they hate the Union and the ga
}. cursed Constitution" let them kee
d down Vallandigham and his party in n
g North, then they shall never be trouble
: by us with such whining about the Con
stitution and the Union as they are send
ing mp"