Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-10-20

So soon as it Is clear or even probable
that our present adversaries are ready for
peace upon tie basis of the Union, we should
exhaust all the resources Of statesmanshp
prac,iccd by civilized nations and taught by
the traditions df the American people, con
sistcnt with the honor and interests of the
country to secure such peace, re-cstabllsh
the Union, and guarantee for the future the
constitutional rights of every state. The
Union is the one condition OF peace, we ask
no more.
All such citizens arc outlawod in Tcnnes-
sec by the arbitrary will Of the Republican
candidate for the vice presidency, nor will
any man be suffered by him to do the high.
est duty of Il freeman unless he is ready to
accept policy which, substantially recog-
nizes the republic ofthc Confederate States,
by refusing to the several states, now unhap-
| PLY lcagucd together under that name, the
right of returning to- and OF making peace
with, their sister states of the Union,
Such is the necessary effort of this unpre-
cedentcd course of the Military Governor"
of Tennessee, course of which, IN the
words applied By two distinguished MEM
bers Of the Republican party, Senator
Wade, Of Ohio, and Representative Davis,
of Maryland, to the conduct Of President
Lincoln in unlawiully creating another
military governor" for the State Of Louisi-
ana it may be said is without authority OF
law and therefore void, "a blow at the
rights of humanity and at the principles OF
republican government. This course the
President has sanctioned rs he has sane
toned the course of Maior-General Wallace
in Maryland, therein again forgetting to use
the words Of the same distinguished Repub-
licans, his obligation ito coniine himself to
his executive duties; to obey and execute,
not make the laws; to suppress by arms
armed rebellion, and leave political reorgan.
ization to Congress.
IF the supporters Of the government,
Senator Wade and Representative Davis go
on to say, fail to insist on this they become
responsible for the usurpations which they
fail to rebukc, and are justly liable to the
Indignation Of the people whose rights and
security committed to their keeping they
sacrifice
TO this plain speaking of men eminent in
the Republican party we might well content
ourselves with pointing the citizens Of the
and atrocious attempts upon the freedom oil
discussion and the sovereignty Of the peo.
pie. But we cannot forget that the very
men who have SO earnestly denounced ex.
ecutive usurpation i'll the past have now be
come its passive instruments and its silent
apoogists. The conquest Of the last voices
, of constitutional liberty in the bosom Of til,
Republican party by the scductions ofpowcl
and of place, makes it imperative upon III
to warn the people of America that the per
5 lis pretigured by such men as Senator Wade
and Representative Davis are upon us to
day, and that they can only be conjureC
$ from the future of our country by the unit
q ed and rcsoute action, not of the partisan
, supporters of II partisan government, but O
"a patriotic people combined for the defense
= of the Constitution and the laws.
The conduct of President Lincoln in Ma
ryland and in Tennessee distinctly reveals
= revolutionary purpose. The electoral vote
n of those states, eighteen in number, cast a
the dictation of III bitrary power, may neu
q tralize the same number of electoral vote
ri freely and lawfully cast in other states ofth
: Union. Upon those votes, therefore, tn,
whole future of America may turn. Il
q control those votes in the way attempted b.
!, Mr.. johnson in Tennessee, and by Genera
f Wallace in Maryland, is in plain a crim
!, against liberty and the republic We ar
: fully aware of the gravity of this charge
i but the rights, the interests, the issues her
, at stake arc not less grave.