Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-10-01
MLLERsBURG, OHIO, THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER l. 1863

tent anu ialse pretences. Fal>taH never
fabricated so grossly and meanly.
have obtained success in this district in
spite of abolition serrvmanjer and ne
gro votes in Xenia; both frauds. | have
obtained success because | have been
faithful to the Constitution and to the
interests Of my constituents. When this
war appeared as a speck on the horizon,
| plead and voted for Cancellation.
voted for every compromise. including
that Of Crittenden, which John Brough
"spurns." | preferred the bonds Of
Love to the armor Force. [ read the
sermon OH the mount, and tcuni it a
wisdom beyond that of Liocoln or even
the priests Of Chicago. lnever went so
far as Nharles Sumner in his speech on
the "True grandeur of Nations" when
he pronounced "all interna'iuna war to
be civil war; and the partakers in it ar,
traitors to God and enemies to man,"
when he quoted Cicero to show that he
preferred the uniuStest peace to the just
est war;" and Franklin, to show that
there "never was a good war or a had
peace;' or when Sumner declared "that
in our age there can be no peace that is
not honorable" (Sumner's Works,
vol. |, page 11,) But did and Go hold,
that in our land, it was wisc>t, kindcst
and best, to agree to any compromise
which Crittenden framed, Douglas advo.
Gated and to which Davis and Toomhs
acceded; which would have averted these
horrible calamites. In thus believing |
sought to carry out the Democratic prin-
ciple which Ma ison laid down before
the late war Of 1Sl2-"that war was
only and rarely tolerable as a necessary
evil to be kept off as long and whenever
it takes place; to he closed as soon as
possible" When this war began | vo
ted for the Ciittenlen resolution Jf July
22nd, 1861. and that it was not to be
wagcd in any spirit of oppression, nor
any purpose of conquest or subinga-
J, or for the purpose OF overthrowing
interfering with the rights or estab-
he'd institutions of those States, but to
defend and maintain the Supremacy Of
the Constitution and to preserve the
Union, with all the dignity, equality and
rights of the several States unir paired
| voted the money and men, in the spirit
OF Lincoln's Inaugural Of March 4lh
1861 when he declared he had mo rur
pose directly or Indirectly to interfere
with the institution of slavery in the
States where it exists; | have no lawful
right to do so; and have no inclination to
do So" 1t was in this spirit that on the
26th of July, 1861, [ offered a resolu
tion in Congress, to make undiminshed
exertions b, our navy and army to main
tain the Government, and that com.
mission be appointed, consisting Of Mil.
lard Fillmore and others, to meet com
missioners, not from the rebel Govern
ment. but front the seeding States, to
to ali! in restoring hy peaceful and hon
orable measures the old Union and the
former condition of things. This was
and is my position to day. 1t is the
position Of Horatio Seymour, who. while
ready to all our ermies. as he did when
PENNSYLVANIA was overrun, is ever will
ling to accompany the sword with the
olive branch. This was L;ncoln's idea,
that after all our fighting, some al just.
ment was necessary. This was under
stood to be my position last year; for !
defended my resolution when it was pres.
sed against me by the opposition. | have
pot swerved a hair from it. | am as
ready now to cancel the confScation and
emancipation policies, and welcome Lou.
isiana and North Carolina back TO their
old position AZ | am to sustain our army
IN hn fall ,uhila ,nLn1
our authority on foot of our soil Mr..
Brough simply lies, when he charges
me with fraud and false pretences last
fall | am now as then opposed to any
conduct of this war which is revolution
ary, Suhjugating, or exterminatng; and
all negro policies. according to Lincoln 5
inaugural, are unconstitutional, and all
unconstitutional acts are revolutionary.
| want no revolutionary war over the
corpse of the Constitution (Cheers); for
such war will not restore, but forever
destroy the Union
When this mass Of lubricty charges
me with fraud before this people, let him
bring some testimony besides his own.
or some credentials from the people. He
has held but one Office of trust, and that
was not from the people, He was elect
ed State Auditor by the Legislature. He
was then Democrat. He claims yet to
be one. In this, too. he lalsifes most
fraudulcntly. There is but one test of n
Democrat. That man is not Democrat
who babbles OF it all the year round, and
votes the other ticket, or votes not at all
on election day. Bv their fruits ye
shall know them" For eight years |
have been sustained by noble Demo.
cratic constituency as their representa-
tive. He cannot call me into question
But propose on this test to throw a
la, poon into this sponting leviathan,
bring his hypocrisy to the surface. and
try and fry his political entraiIS, Laugh.
ter
1t is admitted that up to 1856 John
Brough acted with tho Democracy tho
he appears absent from our politics from
the time Polk failed to make him head OF
Bureau in 1S45, until his Marietta
speech. He found more bread and but.
tel" in railioading. have been inform.
cd by an old Ohio editor. that in his pa.
per at Marietta. he took ground in favor
of Calhoun and notification against Gen.
eral jackson in 1882. BE this as it may
he WAS Democrat. at least from 1910
to 1856. In 1856 he did not vote at all
/ u,,o Z, ,,,h.t ba aaye IN III. C:n 4.