Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-07-21

\ ting down minority intcrfnlnaIod ,yit,, ~. moo,
I "DOut men, who may oppose their move.
Now. my fellow citizens. 7 rcnoat .bor
the work Of human slaughter and ddva.to.
ton 20 on until the last dollar and the lost
man has been taken.
can not believe, in this enlightened
chusuan age oft the world. II viii be nnrrni,
yea. am against it--I intend Ri1hS i,nd .
help to lnterposo my fcblo efforts kgitimo.
icly aud constitutionally as becomes a GOOD
tGatizcn III the way Of its further progress
he fierce hounds OF fanatici.m. URGED on
/ ny iawhing sycophants, who count Their
! gam by millions a. the war progresses NAV
| Dark at my heels, and the cOwardly miuions
! o. power who fear open discussion. sbut
themselves up in Loyal Leagues and plot
treason at midnight, may aim at mv throat.
but J despisc them ALL / would rotber dic
a freeman than live a slave
But, gentlemen, let me not be lnisun-
dcrstood. i counsel no violence. / advise
/ no resistance TO law or legally constituted
authority but obedience and Submission
thereto. There Is yet a mode left US. where.
/ by a. pcaccbic, law-abiding citizens. We
may redress the many wrong, and outrage.
/ perpctratcd by those in power. stop The
wholesale slaughter and butchery now 70.
/ ing on before the last man and the last
/ dollar IS reached, and reclaim and re.es-
tablsh portion at least Of the liberty be.
queathed US by our fathers and our grand
fathers
The first step to be taken is TO declare for
peace. Let 1t be bold. manly. dianifed. but
emphatic, 20 clear and comprehensive that
the commences intellect cannot be mistaken.
I,et u De declaration a. positive as the
Declaration Independence, and let it be
signed ana adhered to with as firm a deter
minaton as actuated signcr, Of that in.tru-
mcht ana the work l. half done Go to
ttfhe people IN this election upon the iss,Ie-
W az or Peace; give them fair ballot. land
Ihat iHey VIII have ii you give them the is
sue ar or Peace. and have no fear for
the result. They are not wiling to vioId
up their authority and become slaves. the
are not willing to see hundreds upon hun
drcds Of thousands OF their feUow-nen
slaughtered, merely, to crafty the desire,
| or .perpctuate the power Of any one man.
| This is the issue / desire to see. In the
name OF all that is sacred is it not high time
that tins sangulnary and cruel folly should
| be arrestedt Has reason entirely fed to
british beast. and have the American
people lost that sagacity and that intelli-
gence Tor which they were once distinguish
ed among the nations? Can it be possible
that any considerable portion of them i'm
agine that any possible good can result
from the prosecution Of this war, and from
further iumolation before the blood altar
OF Juggernaut? Do they not discover that
in the vortex Of ruin which the war has
created-the material prosperity and wealth
! Is sinking along with the proud American
freedom which was once our boast and
pride
/ From the administration Of Mr. Lincoln
no wisdom or even common sense can be
expected. 1t will continue to tread in the
downward career of folly and crime in tho
hope that upon the bloody car of revolu
ton which is crushing the masses TO death
Its chiefs can ride to positions Of imperia
splendor and individual greatness. In tn
: dark vista Of the future there is not on
single ray Of hope if the Blessed Sun o
peace does not soon ascend the nationa
horizon, and shed its etfulgent rays upo,
our land
Do not, my fellow-citizens, follow longe
this worse than will-o-the-wisp, of South
ern conquest and subjugation which is lead
lng this country deeper and deeper into tb,
slough and mire Of national degradation
and ruin. Let US be Just and generous. -
Let Us stand By the Democratic principle.
that all Just governments derive their pow,
ers from the consent Of the gOyerned--tho'
everything else talls-let us have no other
| mon than that based upon the consent of
each and every State comprising it, and let
Us spurn with infinite disgust and abhor-
renee the idea Of a confederacy pinned To-
gether by bayonets and only sustained
and upheld by arbitrary coercion and des-
| potic powers.