Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-08-11
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Facts Plainly stated.

thousand more men to be ready for the field
early in September. call it insolent adj.
visedly, because its tone is more that Of II
fchdal lord summoning his vassals than that
Of a request from the chief servant of free
people,
For what on earth Mr.. Editor, arc five
hundred thousand more men required p
Already the country is half depopulated Of
its strength and sincw already production
is so greatly lesscncd as to threaten the most
serious consequences; already there are hun
drcds of thousands of starving widows and
orphans which the country cannot take care
of, and what are to become of five hundred
thousand more? For it is settled thing
that nearly every man who goes to join our
armies goes down to his death, only about
one to ten escape, and though it may be an
easy thing to few men in power to 'call'
for the lives of five hundred thousand men,
it is often starvation and death to those they
leave behind. Where are the seven hun
dred thousand men stated by Senator Will
son to be in arms since the commencement
of this campaign? 1t is of no consequence
to Mr.. Lincoln, Mr.. Seward, or Mr.. Stan
ton, but it is of immense consequence to
seven hundred thousand wives, mothers,
sisters, and children at home.
Already the masses of the women in this
country are pushed to the verge of cndur-
ance. Tell them to cconomizc in the pur-
chase of silks and foreign goods Why,
they can scarcely afford to buy muslin for
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. They are obliged
to feed themselves and their children on the
plaincst and scanticst diet in order to spare
sufficient to purchase pair of shoes, and
are compelled to utterly deny them the ma
tive luxury of fresh fruit, which, in its sea.
son, is necessary to health, as well as CRATE
ful to the palate, unless they happen fortu
nately to live where it can be had for the
picking
do not believe in fighting for the coun
try and the flag to the last man, andit scem
to me anybody is an idiot who talks sucl
nonsense. What would the country b,
worth to Inc or any other woman if the las
man was gone? and what is it worth to
man, when he has left it to enter that from
which no traveller ever returns? know i
is usual to talk about the blessings securoC
to postcrity, but the idea of doing anything
for postcrity, unless it is to plant it SOM
appletrocs, is nonsense posterity never ap
preciates it, and will be just as likely to pos
sess some fools, who cannot let well-cnougl
6 alone, and who delight in picking quarrels
as this generation. The best way to sccur
blessings to postcrity is to secure them, an
be thankful for them ourselves and ho'
posterity is going to be benefited by the kill
ing off of all the able bodied men, and tn
! ruin and dcsolation Of the country, cannc
conceive.
If there was Il prospect of a terminatio
to the war, and this was the last call for fy
hundred thousand men, the thought woul
n be less disheartening there is no pro
n pect of anything but an interminablc wa
h and constant succession of calls for tiN
: hundred thousand men, who will disappc
a in the same maelstrom, until the last i
d deed follow their brothers and kindred
Il their fate
l. Men, who would rather run than fgl
!, any day and who, if they are drafted, W
y hasten in abiect terror to secure subst
tute, talk loudly about the glory Of fighting
and dying for ones flag and ones countr
u What is ones flag and ones country?
is not a strip of rag, or little dirt, a fe
stones, and some water, these can he four
anywhere, and demand no especial consi
> dear, it is because they represent to us
e larger proportion of the blessings that nal
q life desirable than can be found clsewher
/ If these are forcibly taken away from us
q peace is gone if liberty is gone, if frien
II are gone, if home and plenty are gonc-wh
III is the country and the flag worth to me :?
All countries belong alike to God, and if
: happy and peaceful life could be better 5
h cured on any other portion of this cart
s. that would become my country.
,f 1t seems to me that all men, and especi;
y ly our rulers, are mad. IF this war is to
4 perpetuated, and it is arrogantly assumed
70 be treason and copperheadism to think OF
&c erwise, why not at least draw it mild ?"
rs Why constantly rush enormous masses
II green men into the field, to be moved dov
ID us if life was the least valuable thing c
Q. cept money, that could be taken from Il
country. If wisdom, care, and economy
the lives and treasures entrusted to it, hi
~ y, controlled this war, women would not fl
NJ this terror at yielding up those nearest al
"a = dearest to them. But they know that The
- entire earthly dependence, the sum and su
-. =. stance of their life and happiness, is dema
= ded by, and trusted to the control Of brut
:. wasteful, and ignorant men, who are enti
~ ~ ly irresponsible, whose acts it is treason
:. question, and who hold themselves amer
IA bic to neither God nor men. 1t is Il
90 which makes the task so bitter, that it v
N not be surprising if a sterncr protest Shot
80 not make itself heard from the sex, tn
nd this which comes from one and echoes
os sentiments Of many.
20 4 LOYAL WOMAN
be DON'T Do IT.--The meanness of the
;tor of the ReDubIc1u in cauSiup from 7C