Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-10-06
MILLERSBURG. OHIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1864.

nay, by keeping the army whore now it is.
near the avenues to Richmond, until the
capital was ours.
Mr.. Cox then discussed the conduct of
the President at length. First, as to the
of Democratic Generals Second
his claim to override the laws by his war
power. Third, his confscation and cmanc- |
patton policies. Fourth, the destruction Of
the Union by his plans of reconstruction,
and the.Wnde and Davis manifesto. And
lastly, the examination policy of the Adj
ministration as contrasted with the policy Of
the Dcmocracy--peace and Union.
In reference to this policy of extermina-
ton Mr.. Cox said
Can we wonder that such a spirit unites
in desperate resistance the whole body of
the South? Was there ever such spirit
out of the northermost realm Yet this Is
the spirit Of the fends who, like Mcneil,
Hunter, Butler and others, echo in deeds,
what conhscation and emancipation teach in
idea-the last man and the last dollar-
This is the spirit of Robespierre who vaun-
ted that the colonies should perish but not
his principle! This is the spirit of Wade,
who, in letter in August &, 1862, urged
that the South should be reduced to ruin
and desolation, and yet who had the pro-
ijtpe effrontery to say that, though Lincoln
himself was not then fully up to the idea.
Providence would be soon fully on that
side I! The last man! The last dollars -
! Can You wonder that the Richmond papers
hope for the retention of Lincoln in pow
en-? Emperor Lincoln" their best friend,
! from whom they expect if not the arms and
powder, the arguments and power to hold
the South in unison against the imbecile
and reckless policy proclaimed by the ex-
| ecutive
The last dollar Is it not enough that
our debt bearing interest has been increased
! since july lst, 1861 from 800, 5j7, to $l,-
821, 492, III, with an interest Of S78, 900, =
! 900? On the 4th of March next our debt
will be three billions How long will it
! take the dollars to disappear before such n
ravonous consumption -Four millions, for
the past six months, each day has seen
glide away into destruction So much iu-
dustry turned to ashes; so much sweat to
| blood Add to these sums three hundred
million more, for the now levy of 100000
and how long before we can bid adieu to the
last dollar? do not mean the last golden
Or silver dollar, whose farewell chine al
ready rings across the ST. Lawrence, or is
heard in the stealthy shot-bag Of some
! Pennsylvania farmer; but ! mean the last
greenback with Chase's face, all serenely
! bidding us good bye.
DO we realize what this last dollar means?
BY the last census we have in the adher-
! ing States, real estate valued at over five
billions (5,l04, $40, ,GI6,) and personal prop
erty valued at over seven and Il half billions
i I$l 693, ,0l0,597, making nearly thirteen
billions Our public debt, not counting
the local debts OF towns and States, Is more
!, than 5i.9 per cent more than one half o
our entire real estate in the loyal States, II
The loyal States and Territories ! 1t i
Y more than one third OF the entire persona
3 and real estate OF our people or 81 pc
cent Add four moro years to this mos
: stupondous and rolcntless extravaSaIcc, ant
the entire property of this nation is unde
mortgage so broad that its foreclosure
would dispossess every man, and every wo
| man, and child between tho, oceans! Th
last dollar! Already the debt is n billio
; beyond the aggregate value OF the individ
! ual and manufactured productions Of th
D.; loyal States
G | observe in the annual Review of tn
. Commerce Of Cincinnati, for the year past
t that the writer IS quite happy over til
, wonderful prosperity Of your city the pas
g year, lie finds that It's wealth has increa,
c ed, as il by the magical aid Of Aladdin
e lie does not believe this Increase 70 be in
h aginary. tie even goes beyond the city t
. Gul that the whole peonla OF the lOvt
). States are rich beyond their anticipations
d They feel it, ne says, and are extravagan
Y "W could not reasonably expect dferen
|; result when we consider that the Govern
:, mcnt has spent close up to two billions n
b ready, in the prosecution of the war, and bu
e a small portion of this was spent in loreig
~ countries; for not only the men but the mi
O tcria have been found at home" w,
there ever such downright driyeling in econ,
,c my as this? Does the writer think whenC
d this money comes 10 whom it goes ?
,fI Who pays this money? The people at la
n with their sweat and toll.
n TO whom is it paid To the few; to IL
is East; to the jobbers in stocks, and to ii
If manufacturers who get their 25O per cel
= tariff bounties, whcrewith to buy up relus,
p negroes to save thcir sous from the bullc
lc and to buy up bonds whose interest is pa
= in cold Oh! it is prosperous to run
,r debt, is it? 1t is prosperous to conslm
and and net to produce, is it? 1t is Pre-
d pcrous to have three million of men wit
IN drawn from active industry, and fed on I
~ tions raised nt double prices by those
n home ? 1t is prosperous, because the de
~ is held Mt home ? and because the iron (
te the bomb which kills the man, happens
of dug out of our own soil; and the pork tn
in feeds him is fed at one of our own distilleI
ne Hanpy Thought Has not this wiscac
~ rend of the falacies exploded long sine
rd in England, as to the English debt-h,
n | tL,+ lSht r,,r,gont,l 90 ,n,,.L ,,,l,o ~, r.