Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-02-05


ue, many times, to her than any local in
tereSt.
Bat other ties also bind these States.
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, especial
ly--to the South. and the South Co them
Only an imaginary line separates the for
mer from Delaware and Maryland. Tn
Delaware River, common to both Penn
sylvania and New Jersey. flows into Del
aware Bay. The Susquchanna emptie
its waters, through Pennsylvania anC
Maryland into the Chesapeake Anl
that great watershed itself, extending &c
Norfolk, and, therefore, almost to thu
North Carolina line, does belong, and
must ever belong, in common to the Cen
tral and Southern States under one Gov
elnment; or else the line of separation
VIII be the Potomac to its head waters
All OF Delaware and Marland and tb,
counties of Accomac and NORTHAMPTON
in Virginia, would, in that event, follow
the fortunes of the Northern Confederacy
In fact, sir, disagreea5lo as the idea may
be to many within their limits on both
sides, no man who looks at the map and
then reflects upon history and the force
OF natural causes, and considers the pres
ent actual and the future probable posi-
ton of the hostile armies and nayies at
the end OF the war, ought for q moment
to doubt that either the States aud c0un-
ties which | have named must 60 with
the North, or Pennsylvania and New
Jersey with the South. Military force on
either side cannot control the destiny OF
the States lying between the mouth OF
the Chesapeake and the Hudson. And
II that bay were itself made the line, Del
aware, and the Eastern shore of Mary
land and Virginia, wonld belong t. the
North; while Norfolk. the only capaciou5
harbor on the south eastern coast: must
be commanded by the guns Of some new
fortress upon Cape Charles; and Balti
more, the now quecnly city, seated then
upon the worry boundary of two rival. yes
hostile Coniederacies, would rapidly fall
into decay.
And now, sir, | will not ask whether
the Northwest can consent to separation
from the South. Never. Nature lorbidS
We are only part of the great Valley
lottilnJn nnnn rnp,Lih - ,,''e a,, no my gp u,
San,L ,.,.II uIJ" "'I'' ~ IVl'"t%'o' nc
RS 9o, on LoI, ,iIan or 'Io .I VIZ ; iine u
there is no natural boundary east and
west. The nearest to it are the Ohio
and Mississippi Rivers. But that line
J, 't.tso ,'i5'n'la'i "I" o,' l''u',' I'
ao. I.,.1.! ,:,
'T'''''o' ','''T' ~ ,onS'"' "1''''' "o'
+, ','L .,'''o ", gu ''e' n't o'!,''' "''
r. ,in,o. O., a' e'0'l :" wv "o'o'
r;,I % nv, on''.' ', W. va" n"', ""S"' no';
,i,' i,,o T oi'' '',e o'','"' N',' i.
'"t '',' " nv ""I' 'v""' mus
Wv - "''" ''' '"o u'Ht''
,''! rs W V"' '''.'o " I,'".'o'e |"
Wv" '"' r'' WIZ 'o"''""o 1t 'i' Il" Sep"r-
wy" W '''V ecu oot"e'n '"t S'"'G''I ing
t"' no''- ''''o'",n6 9'a'e'' 'ne", oe
'''' an" occ'P' IT. "s you Ui' not Tue
> , '''' 'o'g"'n wa Hl"7' u years past, t"e
ray %"'W "'p'4eS Me wort" J'0m ne
1o"'"' ""F SeY '$ame H"y "ecreeS e(er""S
'0o''o 0e'"ee" eHe " z" on" Mt E"a'
"'r' our ueS'ihy Is nXeu: mere Is not
'"' o'oP o' ram "nicn oeSceh"lnS rom
"0 "'">'nS' anu lei ei'lIHIhS our SOIL chuS'
- , 1t ~ l'o'u an aouh!aht harvest Ont
~" NV ,"' ,i'S''S''PP'' anu thG'e'
i''e ''uB WIN 'le "a,e'S ol 'ha' m'Sn'y
u WI ~: ''''''' - way at ''Nt 80 ''!V Nu,' u
,N,''' -A|" we ''"T' ""'' W"l 'o''o"
-" ''"'o' ""', ''''''' ""' ny ''e"'y'
'"' ~ '!6n'' ''e'iy, l'"'e"o,y an" WIN
:, ~ 'o''''.''''' y, I''o",e' u''''' '"c sumo
a",' 'pS' :" Tvs "o''i' ~ ''''
o'a,; ,,oG' VI 'n"' '"'. 0"'': or we VIII not
,'n",';. ,,; ",,'' ''p"''1'Vn rom '"c =" II H.
,dar Ln, I,,oi " pls","so y, ''o I"S'' 10
,on,n',i ~ aI ""' P"y '''' '"N'S' noi
y;,hn,, '''' ,,. .'o'",T,' ,1I a. a., we "'e' anu
Ii.,innt Conc,Jona ~ w., - ,e,"''i
-, .';I "'0'o''
a.. o h,';n', .i'J ~ ,''' Io''''' vi '''o
La t,,"ito,;,9 w., ,L', "' 'n''', '""l S''N %
Jonntains aoJ i "I,ey " ,I ','O pie 5''tGS
-tho nranIa.t s,'I w Wv -, G''''t
,,,,r,. t1'i,;'I' ''''' "''S ''"i''"'
Thon -, NDn T.,I. I'.t c W "'''U",
rom tbo 1In,;na,;nnn ,n ''",' ''eo' az :"''
nj draan,or. 'i''i':oN aa,I ,; - "'' 9os"''''
lo .,,at,I ', ''''' o'o'''' "''' ''''U,'" 10
,I,roat ,a1 G''No "'o.o " 'o''.''. 1--we. a.
.;II ',, .t"al ,'''''' Wv MA '""'
r ,I,,.. Sta,,' WV W 'y VI '"1 -. u'i'o'
nnnrolJa '",Ia s,i;,'.i ",on '''"'s % i"'' anu
r,ot wo,L -" ',.',',a'' ol,'aI e., .' ." '''N
.Iano G,ot", s'".:n' :i, Nv "''.' u'''oi
MI ~, w