Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-10-06

No man, 1 think, can help percoiving that
he is 50 embarrassed and entangled by his
procamahons and commitments, and pied
ges in regard to slavery, as to be almost in
capacitated for bringing this terrible strug-
gle to an early or successful termination.
Applause. He has neither contrived to
weave Gordan knot, which he himself is
unable TO unite, and which the truest and
| sharpest words seem thus far powerlcss TO
cut asunder. No one can have forgotten
certainly, that recent and extraordinary
manifesto. "To whom it may concern, III
which, in reply to the first suggestions Of
peace, he felt obliged to insert a condition
which discomftcd his best friends, and
rendered all such efforts hopeless.
Fellow-citzens, we need a change Of coun-
sells. That's true Applause. We
need a change of counselors. We need a
return to the policy on which the loyal states
first rallied 50 unanimously to the suppress
ion of the rebellion We must 20 back to
the principles embodied i'll the resolution
adopted by the congress of the United States,
not far from the fourth day of July, 1851
and worthy to been adopted OH that hal
/ lowed anniversary itself, adopted in the
senate ON motion Of Andrew Johnson and
adopted in the house Of representatives on
motion Of the lamcnted Crittcnden. That
| terrible repulse at Bull Run had then Just
taught US wisdom. Would to heaven that
we had not SO soon forgotten that lesson
If we had never departed from that resolu
tlUn--if ease had never resented VOWS made
in pain i firmly believe that union and
peace would have been our blessed portion
at this moment. You all remember that
resolution. 1t embodied the simple policy
( of vigorous prosecution of the war for no
purpose Of subjucatipn or aggression in no
spirit Of revenge or hatred, with no DISPOSE
ton to destroy or impair the constitutional
rights OF any state or any section, but for
the sole end of vindcating the constitution
aud establishing Of the union. Cheers. |
That was the policy which would have di-
yided the south, and which ought to have
satisfied and united the north. Let me
rather say it was, and is still, the policy
which, steadily pursued, under the lead Of
men against whom the whole southern
heart, and mind, and soul have not become
hopeles,ly imbittercd and poisoned; under
the lead Of men, too, who are not ashamed
to ayuw that readiness for reconc llatlon
which is the highest ornament Ofthe christ |
ian character, and without which we cannot
rely on the blessing of God this, | say, is |
the policy which thus pursued will again, if
anything earthly ever will, unite both north |
and south i'll the bonds Of constitutional
fellowship, and exhibit our country and its |
flag once more in the face of all the world, !
with Il star for every state, and IL state for
every star" What II glorious day that will
be, my countrymen, for US and all mankind |
lfto yearn for it, and pant for it, and pray
for it, be Il subject for rcproach rs exhibit
ing too great willingness for peace, | am
the guiltest man alive, Cheers. And
how can we hasten that day more effectively
than by supporting the candidate who is the
very impersonation Of the policy | have
described? Our noble candidate has en-
forced and illustrated it thousand fold bet
ter than any one else can do in his mem
orable dispatch from IIarfison's Landing,
in his brilliant Grafton at West Point, and
still more recently in his admirable letter
accepting the nomination we are assembled
to ratify. Three cheers for Gen. McClcl-
Ian. These are the true platforms for the
hour; and not for the hour only, but for all
time. That's SO. We need no other
and some of us, certainly, can recognize no
other. Voice, ''They re good enough. -
| rejoice to see so many OF his noble sentl-
ments and golden sentences cmblazoned
on tie countless banners and Examinations
around me. Let us cherish them in our
memories and write them on all our hearts.
Yes, my friends, if anybody is disposed
to cavil with you about your platform, tell
| hin, tb.t non N,fu, ,II,, h,. ,,,.Io h;u ou,,
,,intf,r, onJ tLat !, - Lro.J ono,nL and
an,,',>ral,a;,', ,,o,,S,t c'. e,.ar,, ,.,9r;ot !;
tbn f,nJ 70 stopd nnnn 'r.Il him That yo,,
shorIJ os gnon ,LinL orhnld;n,, Gnn Nr'
IIoII,n royn.ny;hIn f'r not MIN RicbnnnJ
whnm he ,g,s yn r,.h,,, ;ntcrf,ToI with nn1
so cruelty stripped ofhis troops on the right
h"il;n% HIM ,mU rnynomy;LIS G,r any eom;vncoi
n. a,, m,'",n;yt,"i ,",rds of ~; ;cn,,a oD,n'
ynniinyns ar a,,, otbor rn,vnnt;nms u,LinL
,,ni;,;n,,, ,,o.,;,,,, NAV. ,,,on,,t :, "ssn,.,
,n his ;,;rrv Tnu HIM hat ,.n,, sLomld 49,
soon th;nk Of rho Lrarn ,rr,t IF thn pntn.
wnc bn,';mg Loen fr;rhtonrJ Eom Gnllnw;ng
thcir "olInHt IeoJc,, totLr GrlI hy thr on,trr
ouns 0n thc rnod.idc ,s nf hiS sunnnrtnr
Ear tho nres;dcmc,, hnin% scarnJ frdn tho;r
nns;t;on hy ony n,nor mclInts of thn brnin
Visa o,. ntLer,yfsn ,yb;ch nyn. anna frou, tho
m;jnipbt scs.ions If - rcsoLtion comm;ttec
in tha hnrl, .hurIy nj , national convention
Gnu WJuoIl,H / ro,o,t L,s ,r,In lie
avn nI,tG,rm Yyhich nlI,ht ~ L." ynt;.f,c.
tory in cvcr,Lodv Ijis iettcr NJ ocrantan"c
lnsnec;,lI,, nnght ,o l., Ln;Inl yyith JnI;nht
md VIII grn1;t,,dn o,,.', In. tL",a Who ,,ro
tnn % f,, r,HInm;t,oJ to ntber '' J;rcct;nns 't 70
oivc him tba;r snnrnrt IAmni,u.e If
| gworlL nm or,,,. ,ritL hou,nrs to tLo dorso
InrtLc nn;om has, ,h" cIor;on rim" to
r,ll, - nation IA tLr rnscrc IChnnrs II
snr.ks tnn IN ,rum,nnt tomas to our Inlue
dnd hrothorn n rnhoil;nn war,;nn w ~" tLnu,
That there il to he no cessation nf hostilitins