Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-01-29

that slavery must be abolished by the
force Of the Federal Government; that the
South must be held in military subiection;
that four millions Of negroes must, for
many years, be under the direct manage
ment Of authorities at Washington at the
public expense; then, indeed, VIC must
endure the waste Of our armies in the field,
further drains upon our population, and
still greater burdens Of debt. We must
convert our government into a military
despotism. The mischevous opinion
that in this contest the North must sub.
jugate and destroy the South to save our
Union, has weakened the hopes Of our cit
izens at home aud destroyed confidence in
our success abroad.
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EXTREMES WILL NOT PREVAIL.
1t has been assumed that this war will
end in the ascendency Of tile views Of the
extremes Of our country. Neither will
prevail; for neither can command the sup
port Of the majority Of the American peo-
pie. The great Central and Western
States, which have the largest share Of
the population and resources Of our coun-
try, will not accept of either class Of pur-
poses. This is the significance Of the late
elections. Their determination is to de-
fend the rights of States, and the rights
of individuals, and TO restore our Union
as it was. 1t will be restored by the Cen
trail and Western States, both free and
slave. who are exempt from the violent
passions which bear control at the ex-
tremes. 1t is fact full Of hope, that the
preju1ices between Northern and South
ern statesare'not held on the line OF contact
but in the sections most remote from each
other, separated by the great controlling
regions aud resources of the country.-
These Of the Central Slave States which
rejected the ordinance or secession, which
sought to remain in the Union, and which
were driven of by contemptous, uncom
promising policy, must be brought back
The restoration Of the whole Union will
then be only the work Of time, with such
eXertion Of power as can be put forth
without needlessly sacrificing the life and
treasure OF the North in bloody and ca.
lamitous contest. We must not wea!
out the lives our soldiers, nor exhaust
the earnings Of l.bor, by war of uncer.
tain ends, or to carry our vague theories
The policy OF subjugstion and exterlnina
ton means, not only the destruction 0
the lives and property of the South, bu
also the waste OF the blood and treasure
of the North. The exertion of armed
power must be accompanied by firm
aud conciliatory policy, to restore our
Union with the least possible injury to
both sections.
To make this Union, New York gave
up vast and frightful political power il
the Senate. 1t has proved a greater
blessing than the most hopeful expected
To save it we have made great sacrifice!
of blood and treasure. Is it not alsc
worth sacrifice Of passion? Shall W
let it be torn to fragments SieiIual Uu
conciliatory effort to preserve it?
ADJUSTMENTS OF INTERESTS, &C.
Those at the North and the South VIII,
who have been laborng to break dowl
our National Constitution and Union, an,
to make two confederacies, overlook tn
fact that in each of those i. would be NOR
difficult to adjust conflicting interests an
State representation, thin in our sxistin
q Union. The vast extent Of our country
o and its varied productions and pursuits
S have relieved antagonsm etween con
: mercial manufacturing and agriculture
D interests They give to each great field
for prosperous pursuits. If the produ
. cling States of the West are cut off fror
the markets of the South, they will de
mand free trade policy which will ope
to them the markets of the world an
even these will not make good the less
They will not give up their peculiar al
vantages Of raising grain and cattle 70
other pursuits and the markets of th
. Eastern States and Europe, are not equf
to Western productions. The past tw
l years have shown this. With an unjust
European call for breadstuffs and provi'
! ions, with q vast consumption of the,
i articles by our American armies, there
o a great section of the West where Il
>. paices do not pay for their production
|, There is bankruptcy and financial distre
is in the midst of abundant harvssts; and
n waste of ungathered grain, at time
e the largest expectation of agricultur
t products known in the history of o
= country. Reducing the cost of carryir
> these products will not cure his troubl
e Opening the Mississippi, is a way to II
markets of the world, will not overeou
= this evil. The cotton raised on the Mi
: sissippi is the joint produce of the pre-
S visions of the North and the labor Of tn
n South. The people of,.the West mu
: have the markets of the Southwestel
o States to bring their prosperity. Th
e must be reunited, politically, socially an
b commercially to the valley of the bow,
: Mississippi. Their grain and provision
r must be converted into cotton, and in tn
f form carried proftably to the Eastern al
a European ports. To restore this gre
: region.to its former prosperity, and to r
: gain for ourselves its enriching trade, Il
: lower valley Of the Mississippi must
f brought back too, with all its elements
= production and wealth unimpaired, wi
t all the advantages of local self-goyerl
Q ment; not a devastated and RUNE teri
e tory, under blightning, dobasing milit
d ry control.
o So closely are the Upper aud Low
: valleys of the Mississippi bound togeth
9 by interests that when cotton is burned
e louisiana, Indian corn is used as fuel
Illinois. The rain Of the Southern col
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