Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-09-10


sentiments; but let it be remem bered that
they expressed almost substantially the
same sentiments, yet i1smore vague and
uncertain language. As a general rule,
they seemed to be pleased with, and in
favor OF the Constitution and tho Union,
but tried to make the people believe that
George Washington formed Union for
negro freedom and negro equality or in
other words, a Union that would place
him on a level with his own niggers
People ought to have been too sensible
to have been humbugged with such stuff,
but many were.
We now proceed to notice the senti-
ments of so-called Republicans. First
we will see what Mr.. Lincoln says:
~ believe this government cannot en-.
dure permently half slave and half free"
abraham Lincoln.
That is, that it cannot endure as Wash
ington formed it. and as it existed for
seventy years. Mr. Garrison was of ex-
actly the same opinion. and though Mr..
Lincoln does not say al that Mr.. CARR.
son does, yet the person must he a ninny
who cannot see what Mr.. Lincoln's real
meaning is. And if any proof were
needed of the identity of their principles,
it is to he found in the fact that Mr.. Lin
coin has at last openly come to GarriSons $
platform
We will now see what Mr. Seward
says. He has always contrlved to cover
up his ideas in words, words, words, as
much as possible. The following is an
extract from his celebrated Ohio speech
"lf (slaver, can and must he
abolished. and you and must do it. x
Correct your own er,or that slave.
ry has constitutional guarantees which
may not he released and onght not to be
rclinquishcd. You will soon
bring the parties Of the country into an
effective aggression upon slavery"
There it is again, aggression on
slavery Iy''-that is. on the tights of the
Statcs--or the Union.
We now pIop &c to show, from the
speeches and addresses Of lesser lights,
that all the teachings of this party and
its leaders have led to just the programme
laid down above AS Garrison said,
they were "mording public sentiment
for the dissolution of the Uhion and the
abolition of slavery" We ask every
candid man to read the record and then
say. if he can, that they arc not disunion-
lists. We will commence with Gen. n.
p. Banks.
Governor Banks, of Massachusetts,
who was elected Speaker of the House of
Representatives in 1856. by the Black
Republicans, now cne of Mr.. Lincoll's
Major Generals, in speech, delivered iii
Maine, in the proceeding year, said.
Although am not one of that class Of
men who cry for the preservation of the
Union; though | am willing, in certain
state of circumstances. to let IL slide.
have no fear for its perpetuation. But
let me say, if the object OF the people of
this country be to maintain and propagate
chattle property in man-iu other words,
human slavery this Union cannot and
ouyM not to stand.
Still later, in 1858, in speech in
Massachusetts, we find Mr.. Banks turn
ing prophet, and predicting a"military
dctatoria! government" in this country.
He had no faith in the stability of "free
institutions" He said:
can conceive of time when this
Constitution shall not 10 in existence;
when we stall haze an absolute military
, dict1tOriul government, tram mitied from
age to age. with men at its head who are
made rulers hy military commission; or
who claim an hereditary right to govern
those over whom they are placed.
SENATOR WADE
In a speech at mass meeting in Maine,
! in 1855, the same at which Mr. Banks
spoke, Senator Wade, of Ohio, gave
utterance to the following:
There wa, no freedom at the South
. for either white or black; and he would
strive to protect the free soil of the North
from the same hi ghting curse. There
was really no Union between the North
and the South; and he believed no two
: nations up"n the arth entertained feel
t ings of more bitter rancor toward eacl
= other than these two sections of the Re
=, public. The only salvation O. the Union
y therefore, was to be found in divesting
q entirely from all taint OF slavery. Ther
n was no Union in the Sonth. Let us hav
e Union. or let us sweep away this rem
Il nant what we call Union. so for
Union. where all are equal, or for n
Union at all, and / GO for right.
And, as if to mark their approval {
such doctrines. the Black Republicans c
u Ohio. the very next year, reelected thi
disunioni,t to the Senate of the Unite
It States. His brother. the Hon. Edwar
is Wade, has. for number Of years, occu
?, pied seat in the House of Represents
! tives, and we find him. in a speech dc
- liyered in the House Auonst 81 1S5f