Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-05-19

having injured New England commerce
hundreds of dollars, should by no means
be permitted TO repeat his depredations up
on that pious psalm singing portion of our
people. With such maritime force il is
thought that the cod fish interests of "the
country" might be sufficiently protected.
They demand, and should have ample pro-
lection With their fearful sacrifice of life
and army blankets, the area of the rebel
lion has been greatly circumscribed. We
have succeeded beyond all hope thus far in
our efforts to crush out treason, having CON
quered all rebellious territory but about
seven hundred and fifty thousand square
miles, and all of the 10000, 900 traitors are
conquered and have taken 'the oath" ex-
cept nine million seven hundred and fifty
We have taken three stand of colors, one
hundred muskets, twenty mules and two
barrels of beans Of the four millions of
colored gemmen,' my proclamation of
January lst, =" freed all but three million
nine hundred and twenty thousand. With
these evidences of our ability to overthrow
the rebel Government, we should take fresh
courage and Divine Providence will smile
upon us, ''as on basket of chips" l can
not close this communication without cal
ling your attention to the loyal gentlemen
of African descent; having enlisted so gen
erously in the Union army, it is but just to
provide for their families. would recon-
mend the passage of law authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to pay to each vol
unteer when mustered in the sum of sew
enteen thousand dollars, and also, granting
pension to survivors after the war, of one
hundred and seventy-fve thousand dollars,
and three sugar plantations to men of fam
ilies---and red jacket to each child. This
would greatly swell that arm of the service
known as the Corps d Antique" or fam
ing giants! Each officer in that branch of
! lect residence in the City of Charleston,
S. c. Our superiors in everything else,
they should be permitted to share in the
| glory, honor, praise, eulogy and fame, in
wait for those engaged in the cause of God
and humanity, after the ''irrepressible con-
fict' shall have abated, and the passions
subsided. 1t is thought highly proper that
some rule should be established regulating
'miscegenation. No Caucasian should
be permitted to have more than thirteen
colored concubines, or, in the aggregate,
more than three thousand eight hundeed
pounds of concubine, else there might not
be enough to Ego round" The advocates
of that inviting theory are exceedingly anx.
ious for the protection of law against the
old barbarous law confning ''miscegen'
to one white wife; law wholly at war with
the higher law; first enunciated by our wor-
thy Secretary of State. l would earnestly
recommend the Underground railroad" to
the fostering care of Congress especially
that part of itrunning through Iowa under
the superintendent of Hon j. B. Grin
nell. There had passed over this branch of
the road at the breaking out of the rebel
lion-"John Brown Provisional President
Of the United States s'-372 stolen nigger:
-2SO stolen horses, 78 mules-besides 9th.
er freight, in all amounting to $3S0,0O0
The importance of appropriating liberia
sum, say two millions of dollars for repairs
E will readily suggest itself to you and secur
permanence thereto not likely to be effec
ted by individual enterprise. "Speakiny
of John Brown reminds me'of an anecdote'
which | defer to another time.
ABRAHAM LYNXsKIN.
Done at Washington,
this lst day of Dec. 1864.