Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-08-06
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The object Of the war was declared, at
the extra session Of Congress in July,
1861, TO be tho preservation OF the Union
with all tho rights Of the several States
unimpaiied. This was understood by
the people to mean that the Union of free
and slave States was to be maintained,
leaving hereafter as in the past, tho quos-
ton of slavery or no slavery TO each
State to be settled by its own people,
But we are now told by the highest au-
thorties in the Republican Union Aboli-
tion party that such is no longer the OBJ
ject, end or purpose of the war. The
Union of the States, as formed under and
by the Constitution of 81, the Abolition
leaders say, has "burst up" and can
never be reunited.
Possibly" says tho New York Times,
leading Administration paper of wide
circulation, in its issne OF July %, "pos.
sibly in some better world Confederacy
of States, part slave and part free, may
exist and flourish, but all we know is
that in this miserable world one and one
only has been tried, and this one burst
up in less than century, ending in a
war of gigantic dimensions" The Times
argues in long article, from which this
passage is taken. that the experiment OF
the American Union has been tried and
failed, and that having "burst up" the
reunion of the discovered parts is utterly
hopeless. and would not be worth the
trouble il it should be effected.
The war, them in the view of the Re
publican or Abolition leaders, is not now
and is not TO be hereafter vigorously
prosecuted for the restoration or mainto
nance of the Union. That object they
assert is not attainable and not desirable
il it were possible. What then is thc
war in their view TO be prosecuted for? |
is for completing the destruction of tn,
Union our fathers made, and annihilatinl
States by stripping their people of thei
rights under the National Constitution
Their ultimate purpose is to prevent any
! possible restoration of the Union unde
any future Administration.
| We have not stated the case too strong
| !y; in sober truth it is mpossiblc to stat
it strong enough. Through all the wri
tings, speeches and reas oniGgs Of th
leaders of the party in power the sam
aninus runs. They assume it as settle,
fact that the Union can never be restored
and hence urge on war OF extermina
ton upon the Southern States in order
not to bring them back into the Union
but to secure the possession of the terri
tory embraced in their limits.
In ono breath these Abolition leaders
according as it suits their purposes, deny
and in the next assert, that the Souther
people are united in stern determinatio
never to return to the Union. AT on
time we are told the rebels are exhausted
conquered, and must soon give up th
contest, the next moment we are gravel
assured that these same rebels will 6gl
on and never yield till the great mass c
the South,rn white people are extermins
ted, and the rebel leaders hung or drive
into exile. The rampant radicals afleC
to glory in this exhibition as they call
of Southern spunk," as it affords theI
pretext of howling for war of unive
4 sal destruction and determination. The
+ like to see the rebels sternly resolved t
, fight to the last to prevent a restoratio
of the Union, for in SO doing they a
= making common cause with the Abol
tionsts. both having the same end
, view-thc destruction Of the Union
Statesman.