Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-07-16


assembled anywhere, gave him by ac-
clamation the nomination for Governor
Of this great aud noble State.
This is the inan--now exilcd by the
brute forco Of Disqualification the
Democratic patty arc defending against
the charge ofTaEAsoN.
Who makes the charge Of Treason
against Mr. Va'landigham IL is i'm
poftant to know yAo his accusers are, and /
what are their D,oiiVes. in order that VIC |
may determine the degree Of crcdimlity /
TO which they arc entitled. 1t is not the
Republican on his larm-not the Republi /
canin his woikshop--not the mass Of Re- /
publican voters ahywhere--who origina /
ted the accusation. Many Of them repeat
it, but they arc not its authors. Neither
IS it the gallant soldiers, vino at thirteen
dollars per month, enlisted to uphold the
old flag, aud maintain the Constitution
over a united Copieleracy. TKey did not
begot this slander. Who, then, are its
orginators ? We answer The YAM
pires, who are sucking the lile-blood Of
the people the usurpers, who are per-
vcrting the war, from Its legitimate and
justllable purpose of putting down re.
bellion in tie South, to a crusade OF de-
stguction against the constitutional liJer-
ties Of the North. IHey are the men who
stigmatize this glorious defender Of Amer
lean Liberty, and fraternal Union, as a.
Traitor to his country. It is the shoddy
contractors and the vile scCundrels
who can bribe with their ill-gotten
wealth; il is Provost Marshals, and draft
/ Commissioners; it is brutes with straps
on their shoulders; it is men who live in
case and slluence which they could no.
command in time Of peace, but Of which
they are assured 50 long as the war shall
last; men who do not want the war to
cease on any terms, but wish it to endure
indefinitely. These are the men who
stigmatize this fellow-citizen Of ours
this man whose private life and public
record are unblemishcd and pute as man
can boast--as traitor These are the
men who sent detachment Of sixty sol
diers, in the night season, to break down
the doors of his house, like burglars,
and drag him from his home, his wife and
little boy, in defiance of the most sacred
rights of American citizenship, and send
him into exile.
The motipes Of Mr. Vallandigham's en-
emies are SO palpable as hardly to need
specification. If Mr.. Nallandigham is
sustained by the people, and if his policy
e prevails, there will be a speedy end t.
J., shoddy contracts, ana old musket specu.
Il lations there will be no longer need fo1
3 Provost Marshals and Draft Conmis
d sioners;. the stars and straps will come of
v of Generals, and Colonels, and Majors
= and Captains, and Lieutenants, and they
d will be sent back to their trades and call
ings, to earn their living, as honest met
!, do, by the sweat Of their brows. Thei
J., motives for seeking to destroy Mr. Val
f landigham are SO plain, that none can
. fail to understand them.
y Here then is this accused, and most
t cruelty punished man, with a private
), character above reproach, public career
= unblemi9hed by corruption, endorsed a:
e statesman and patriot by Convention
5 of 30, 900 freemen of Ohio, charged will
: no offense by the masses of his country
/. men of either party, but stigmatizod as
traitor by contractors, whose very nam
n is synonymous with villainy maligno,
2 by men who have been subsidized by tn
J. money of these swindlers accused b.
: Provost Marshals, AMI Draft Commis
J. sioners, and Generals, and Colonels, an,
o Captains and Lieutenants, whose posi-
a ton, and emoluments, and exemption
o from honest toll, all prompt them to ca
l. lumniate and ruin him.
J. We enquire of these infamous vilitiers
Upon what grounds do you accuse thi
? man Of treason-of enmity to the cour
is try % The only reply we receive,
J. clamor, still louder and more vehemen
j. "He is traitor a copperhead syn
n pathiser with secession % "Bu-," W
il insist. "your proof! where isyour proc
~ Thieving contractors, venal stumper
=, subsidized editors, s;ruttng, pompou
to shallow .pated shoulderstraps, Provo
I'd Marshals, and Draft Commissioner
where is your proof Of this mans dislo
n atty? Where is it? You have no proc
ell and therefore you are liars and caIumin
all tors, one and all. zig and little, fro
We first to last"
of Mr.. Vallandigham, in all the speecl
be he ever made in Congress or out OF 1t,
let all of his writings, in all of his conv'
Iii. sations never uttered a single word agail
Of the Constitution or the Union, and ne
an er assented to a separation of the Stat
ID, in any contir gency, either by war or
air plomacy, by the sword or negociatio
lie is now, and always has been for t
or Union ss our fathers made it, forev
of never to be dissolved, never to be brok'
his never to be relinquished, but always
as be protected defended, preserved,
nd, And rs he has uttered no dislo,
'ol- word, so has he committed no dislo
in act. The laws passed by the brutal a
ori- bloody Congress now defunct, thou
the many of them were in fragrant and
cen mitted violation of the Constitute
ale were never resisted by Mr.. Vallandigha
ter. and no man was ever advised by him
resistance. He sought their abrogati
life by the peaceful, legal methods poin
ars out and authorized by the CONSTITUTE
ure and laws Of the land. The vast crow
re- who throngod to hear him, whose deal
on rights had been violated, and who
ep. been outraged almost beyond the lin
, of of endurance by the insolence Of the dc
cen inant party, were restrained, counse
cen forbearaEce, endurance, patience, by
of loyal and most patriotic statesman,