Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-07-16
The Fourth Of Juiy ut MilIersburg.

Tho Fourth Of Juiy ut Miiiersburg.
The Fourth Of July was dcsccratcd by n rcgu
lar VnllandiRham aud Davis gathering. A. pre-
viousy announced nothinl but valiandigbtm
Unionists--a union OF all cliqucs au organizt
tiOns opposed to the Government and the army
would be tolerated upon that sacred spot Of
giound," dedicated TO tho butternut picnic -
Republican.
The editor of the Republican knows iherc was
not man. woman or child among the thousands
trat day at the Pic Mic who has any sympathy
with jeff Davis. Among those present were Mt
least one hundred returned, paroled aud dis
charged soldiers, and tho families Of w. ii.
JoYcr, GEonoE W. SHELLY, Jons JonDas aud
many other brave meu who have fallen in defence
of their country. And these are the persons that
the white lvered lying scoundrel would brand ms
enemies to the goveinment--persons who have
never harbored II thought or uttered word in
favor Of secession or abolition.
About 0 o'clock the elite Of that party came
rushing to town IN all sorts of coaches. many OF
the inmates shelter from the rays of scorch.
ing sun by buttcrnut bushes, and cheered ON by
music that would "rcnd u rock "-Repubiiedn.
There were great number of hickory bushes
carried by persons; but no buiternut bushes
Perhaps GRiFrITH don't know the difference -
Some good Union lady whose family has been
slandered by the i'll bred pup should take a hick.
ory CAD and in truct him IN the respective pecu.
liarties of the hickory and the butternut.
After stopping some time to " wet their wills
ties" and Civ ing alternate cheers Tor Jeif Davis
aud his friend Vaandigham. they proceeded to
the grove, leaving behind few OF the boisterous
individuals 10 take care' of the Union Demo
rats who refused to support their candidate fol
Governor - Republican.
| There was no person cheercd for JEFF. DAVIS
on that day except some abolition bJys, one OF
whom got sound trouncing for his insoentc
from a Democratic boy whose fithet died in the
army. SO far as we know, and have b' er
diligent in inquring, there is not Union Demo
cat in Holmes county but who is an ardent sup
porter of VALLANDiGBAM, and the vote on the
second Tuesday of October will fully demonstrate
the fact
The demonstrations at table are said to have
been amusing and disgusting, and the provende
'brnid,d" with the name of jeff. Davis, was a
pleasant TO their palates hs his name was musca
in their ears The speeches, no doubt, suite,
the audi --RepubHcdn.
The "provendcr" mentioned as being "bronl
ed" IEFF, DAVIS was nothing more nor less thai
a few OF the crackers manufactured in ittsbur
by DAVIS. and which are sold all til
country and used in the Union army. They ar
a common thing. and have no reference to JEFr
DAVIS at all Nearly all cracker manufactures
stamp their name on the crackers made by then
Every body understood this; but the abolition edi
tor thought he could make political capital out @
n Misrepresentation. What an Internal mea
man it takes to resort to such things.
If the edio, of the Republican had been hor
est aud truthful re would have stated that tn
Fic Mic was very largely attended, that every
thing pass off orderly and agrecably, that NJ
LEADDETTER made a political speech, that NJ
FRAME delivered patriotic, old fashioned Four.
of July oration, without mixing any politics in
Z at the grounds were well decorate d .with flag
notices, &C., that the Declaration nf lndepci
dence well read in English by Licutena
Orr and in German by G. :. VoRwERK, tn
nearly Sl00 were raised for the families OF d
= ceased soldiers. Then, he might have ex sti
Il ted on the politics introduced on the occas
and those who differ with him would be coz pell
to acknowledge, however severe he might be
}. his comments, that what he said was temper
d with fairness and truth but his course only b
e gets contempt for one who is sunk so low in p
o lie estimation in this community that it can hai
y reach hm--one who, in a few months after
came here, denounced this a dark spot Of ere
ton, and who has ever since acted as though 4
81 peo lie of this county were so silly and ignora
T. as to swallow all his most prolific Imagination
d falsehood and misrepres, nation might sugge
! to them