Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-04-02

honest men for its guides. An age OF
fckleness, recklessness, levity, selisbncss
and corruption will set in its high places
men after its own image and likeness
reckless, selfish and corrupt-use them
and cast them aside, first elevate and Hat
ter, and then despise, insult and destroy.
This is the undertaking law of history
King or Kaiser, Doge or Presidcnt--as
the people are so will the ruler be, for
good or i'll. When, therefore, you honor
Washington as chief of the armies Of the
States as head of the Convention by
whose wisdom they were united in one
Con federation, as President Of the States
SO united, and pronounce him to have
been in each capacity brave, faithful,
chivalrous, wise and good. honor to the
people and the age in which he lived, for
Of their character he was the highest type
and exemplc. CONTINUED cheers. On
the 4th of March, 1884, only sixty nine
years ago, his career of forty five years Of
public life was brought to close; on that
day i'll your State House his successor in
the office Of President was inaugerated
General Washington assisted at the GER
emonies, and when they were done, lean.
ing on the arm Of James Wilson, val
ued citizen of Pennsylvania, and then
Judge of the Supreme Court, he walked
to his dwelling. He was silent and wrap
ped in thought all the way; at last, when
he turned round at his own door, he be-
came for the first time aware that his
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silent crowd, who stood there uncovered
to pay their last obeisance to the man they
had trusted and loved.
This last tribute of respect was too
much for him. The fountain of emotions,
long controlled, overflowed at last
Tears burst from his eyes Every effort
to speak was unavailing, and waving to
the people a mute bencdiction and fare
well, he entered his house, and was seen
as public man no more. Could Wash
ington take the same path to-day, what
different sight would meet his eyes,
But sixty-ninc years gone by, and yet
how wotully all is changed.
Then, with the young republic all was
well. Independence from foreign control
had been obtained. The States had a
greed to unite on terms which afforded Il
hopeful prospect that they could for ages
live together in peace. Congress had as.
semblcd aud deliberated with dignity and
temper nay, the only question from
which difficulty might be apprehended
had been discussed and dealt with as be-
come men conscious of their duty not to
section or to party, but to all the Uni
ted States. In the first Congress Of the
Uuited States, on February II, 1890, Il
memorial, signed by Ben amin Franklin
on behalf Of tho "Pcnnsylvania Society
for promoting the abolition of Slavery"
was presented to the House of Rcprcsen
tativcs and read 1t prayed that the
! House "would countenancc the restora-
to liberty of those in bondage" and that
they would step to the very verge of the
power vested in them for discouraging
every species of traffic in their fellow
men
The subject of this memorial, after re
pcatcd discussion, was referred to spe
cia committee. Their report was sub
mitted to Committee of the Whole
and they, striking out considerable
share of tho report, confined themselves
at last to the simple declaration "tha
Congress has no right to interfere will
tho emancipation of slaves, or in tn
treatment of them, within any Of thcs
States, it remaining with the severa
States alone to provide any regulation
therein which humanity and true polio
may require" And SO that questio,
seemed then to have been wisely and def
nitcly settled and set at rest forever. Ii
the hearts of the United States, Mort
, and South, peace and good will seeme
to reign-now how strangely, how wo
fully all is changed.
, America has drawn it's sword agains
itself. BY American hands America
blood is shed, American citizens are I'll
| incd, American fields are ravagcd an
, laid waste.
"A civil war of magnitude and de
structivcncss scarcely ever cquaed in tn
annals of barbaric fcrocity RACES through
out the land.
American ports are blockadod, Amer
can commerce is preyed on by American
ships. American money is laviShed.-
American lives are spent in ferfecting an
applying the most efficient means o
spreading among Americans death, hav
oc and DISSOLUTION.
Christianity. shuddoring. wells her hea
a in WOO.
j. Even the common human instincts +,
o volt at the horrors that accumulate G
T this devoted peoplc-yet, soho lars an
d statesmen, poets preachers and philanthrC
; pists Seom to take pleasure in the seen,
,, and pronounce it good. The gentlest be
!, neyolists gloat over the news of battle
Il and have become eulogsts Of slaughtc
IS Nay, even ministers of the Gospel, Bib
s in hand, lncite their congregations to W,
ii and bloodshcd, and invoke on the cxte
;, mination of brother by brother the ber
n editions of the God of peace. The stronI
l. est Inconsistencies cross one another. Or
N is bewildored in n maze Of contradiction
j. What does it all mean ? The civilizC
y world stands aghast Which of us
h mad-the civilized world or we? w
It Cain but performing meritorious act
!, Staying Abel Was his sacrifice rendC
t. ed more acceptable because it was wet wi
y his brothers blood? Is Christianity
l. wrong? Must we unlearn it and acce
! the creed of Attilla, and of Omar n,
l. AlVa? Are we right in " hat we are d