Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-01-29
NEW SERIES-VOL. 24-NO. so.


and patronage at the National Capital
causes uneasinoss in those States which
now are, or soon will become, the most
populous. The Senate can prevent the
passage or repeal Of laws by the House,
which represents the popular will and at
the same time can control the power of
the Executive by rejecting treaties FORM
ed or nominations made by the Pres
ident. At this time it assumes to dictate
the organization Of the Executive depart.
ment. This body also has the advantage
Of longer tenure Of office, while it is far.
ther removed from popular control. 1t is
in this powerful branch Of government
that States have an equal representation
without regard to population.
Even under our present Union, it is for
the interest Of the small States to central
ize power in the National Government,
as they enjoy dispropotonate control
in the most Influential branch of tie gov.
ernment. All now acquiesce in that
compromise Of the Constitution. 1t is the
best adjustment which can be made be.
tween the larger and smaller States.
So long as all the States of our pres
ent Union were represented in Congress,
this tendency was checked by the exist
ence Of States with small population, dis
tributed in different sections of our couu-
try aud somewhat equally among the ag-
ricultural, commercial, and manufacture
ing regions. Hitherto, no injurious or irA
ritating results have been caused. A di-
vision OF the Union, or the disfranchise"
ment Of the Southern States by putting
them back into the condition Of more ter
ritories, or representation dictated by
the military power Of Government, would
make inevitable readjustment Of politic-
al power. If the Southern States are cut
off or disfranchised, every map of our
country will constantly suggest this to
the public mind. In the Northern Union,
the group Of six small New England
States, with New Jersey and Delaware
lying on the Atlantic coast, far removed
from the Central and Western sections
of our country, which united populations
only about equal to that Of this State,
would balance in the controlling branch
ofthe National Legislature, the great pro-
ducing States Of New York, Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, I,
Wisconsin and Iowa. In few years (,
each OF these States will have populations
greater than that OF all New England
This disparity of political power would
be increased by the fact that the popula
tion and pursuits of New England con :
fined within very limited boundaries hay o
the uniformity Of one community, while
the larger States have diversified and dis
tinctive pursuits to prevent them from
acting SO readily in concert.
The danger of the controversy would
be increased by our vast national debt
This mainly held by few Atlantic States
divides our country into the perilous Sec
tional relations OF debtor and creditor re-
gions. The ownership OF this debt can
not ns- ais~i o'sF e.r V9Wss'y, 81 tina.
some communities which pay taxes will
receive incomes. The incidental advan-
tage Of protective tariffs growing ont of
this debt, would be largely gained by the
creditor State, which also enjoy this dis
proportionate share of political power.
The great producing States would be
COMPEL to pay heavy taxation to other
= communities at time when the division
of our Union would deprive them Of their
most probable markets; and heavy du-
. ties would tend to diminish the demands
| offoreign countries for their productions.
9 No man can look forward to such agita-
tions and discussion without the deepes!
| concern.
The smaller States, grouped upon the
shores on the Atlantic, were all original
| parties to the Constitution. They are
= gloriouSly associated with the history oil
the revolutionary struggle. They bear
r names that are honored, end have mem.
, ories that are cherished in every part Of
| the land. They must not, through the
D folly Of blind and bigoted leaders, lose
: the great special political powers which
: are given to them by the compromise o
e the Constitution. They must not suffer
5 that instrument, which secures to them
e peculiar advantage, to be weakened ol
= destroyed.
IS THE UNION MUST BE RESTORED.
a There is but one way to save us from
u Generalization, discord repuGiation.--.
II Our Union must be restored complete il
IT all its parts. No section must be disor
g ganized beyond the unavoidable necessi
= ties of war. All must be made to fee
that the mighty efforts we are making to
e save our Union arc stimulated by a pur
pose 'torestore peace, prosperity and haI
piness to every section.
The vigor of war will be increased when
It the public mind and energies are concen
n trated upon the patriotic, generous pur
! pose to restore our Union to the common
good of all sections. 1t cannot be so unit
ed upon any bloody, any barbarous, any
revolutional, or any demonstrations
$ scheme, looking merely to the gra
a tiicution of hatred, or purpose O
u party ambition, or sectional adyersities
: Every exertion Of power, every influence
9 Of persuasion, every measuse of recon
Q citation must be used to restore this Un
u ion to its former condition. Let no ont
II demand that the blood Of his neighbo
! shall be she'd; that the fruits of the labo
: of our citizens shall be eaten up by taxa
: ton, to gain this end, and then refuse t
give up his own passions, or to modify
II his own opinions, to save our countr.
II and to stop the fearful wastes we are nov
n making of treasure and life. Let no on
n think that the people who have refusedtC
= yield this Union to rebellion at the SoutI
- -, tnration m ba orouanf q,