Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-06-11

selling peace and obedience to the laws
and to the constituted authorities of the
Government, and yet these nien are dc.
nounced a. TRAITORS" and 'secessionists.'
lie who bowls "war" upon the bopso
tops, butskulks at its approach, is "loy.
al" while he, who laborng faithfully nj
his avocotons, quietly gives aid and en-.
couragement to his Government and good
cheer to his dcsposing neighbor, is called
"sccessionist."
1t is an error in Gen. Burnside md
Gen Hascall to suppose the arrest of
few, or all Of the present leaders Of the
Democratic party, viii secure to the Ad.
ministration, nm immunity from condem-
nation if it deserves It. The people want
the rebellion put down They want their
country and their friends restored to them.
They believe the Administration has had
/ the power TO do it, but failed because il
neither comprchended the magnitude cf
the rebellion nor the issue involved in the
efforts 10 suppress il. When II ceases
. making war upon the people Of the North
and with energy and ability makes war
upon the rebels, it may regain our lost
confidence. Bat it cannot be done by
persecution.
The decree is entered up in the hearts
Of the people, and neither speeches, reso-
lutions, orders nor arrests can change il.
that to put down the rebellion and restore
the Union, war must be made on the reb-
els in arms and not upon the Democratic
party.
That part Of Gen. Hascall's letter which
is personal to Mr.. Elgerton, will unboubt-
edly receive bis attention when it reaches
him. 1t will be forwarded to him to.
day.
If Gen. Hascall will receive the opin.
ion Of men in Fort Wayne, and in Allen
county, who are not malignant partisans,
he will become convinced he ha done the
people Of this city and county great in.
justice in applying The epithets Of "delua-
ed Irish, ," and "segossi5ui.ts to them. l
know tie effort has been male to induce
those in authority to believe that in this
city and county men were "disloval." and
'sccessionists;" but intelligent and well
directed enquiry would show all such al
legations e. be false AMI malicious, and
the men who make them unworthy Of Of
fetal or private belief and conflencc.-
Gen. Hascali himself must have been i'm.
posed upon by such misrepresentation.
There Is not in all the North, q more
peaceable, law-ebidins people than those
Of Allen county, and the miserable out.
breaks and Tiotous proceedings" charged
upon them, exist more in the recital than
in the reality. 1t has gone forth that men
were "killal" and seriously injured" in
the recent disturbance here, caused more
by whiskey than politics, when the fact
was no one was killed or seriously iniur-
ed and those who gave the report cur
rency knew it at the time
II Gen. Hascall will make himself per-
sonally acquainted with the people Of this
city and county, he viii lea,n there are no
enemies Of the Government here, aud that
when men and material aiJ-not swag-
gering contractors and unpriacipled Of
e.seekers-are needed, they will come
from those he has been induced to stig-
Matte as "secessionists."
Democrats 10 not intend the Govern
ment shall be destroyed They have sus-
tained it amidst indignities and persecu-
tions and will continue to sustain it in
spite OF every effort 20 drive them from
its support It is doubtful whether they
can be made to accept the theory that the
Administration is the Government, for
their teaching has been that theirs was
Government of laws-not Of men-that
the Executive was to be oboyed when he
sought to enforce the law, but never
when he attempted to make it, There
is no law Democrats viii resist, but
there are some that they vii lconstitution-
ally change
am yours, &c.
ALrRED I. EDGERroE.