Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-05-05
Marshal Ney, in reply to Napoleon, as rela-
ted by lIeadly in his Ndp6Le0n and his Mar

ted ny lleadly III MS NdP0tc0B ana ms mar !
ShulS:
zone day, st Madrid, Napoleon entered the
ding, and said liz great glcc, everything goes on
! the English are defeated and will be unable to
| advance in three months the war will be fin-
cd made no reply, but Ncy, shaking his head,
and with his charactcristic bluntness, sire.
har and S sh T Rey
emy to pieces, tomorrow we have to oppose
another twice ms numerous. 1t is not AN army
end to this business Bonaparte followed his
own inclination, and was eventually defeated"
Mr.. Chairman L. there no instruction
in the blunt yet forcible reply of the old
French Marshal to his superior officer for us?
Have we not had, from time to time, the
predictions of Napoleon during the past
! three years, but without Marshal Ney, to
1 say II see no end to this business"
/ But, Mr.. Chairman, howdo we stand in the
eyes of the civilized wourld to-day, i'll wag
ing war of subiugation and conquest
against the Confederate States, which have
seeded from us and set up government Of
l their own? Are we not inconsistent with
all our former acts. Have we not been ear
ly to admit this principle with regard to 9th
ers? There never was people on the face
of the earth that demanded an Independent
government that did not have the sympa-
thy of the American people; and ought we
now to shrink from the doctrine we have
been wiling to apply to othersl My ear
. lie,t recollection is the appeal made by Clay
and Webster in behalf of Greece, in 1924
when they 50 eloqucntly declaimcd in that
behalf on this floor as did the other branch
T. of Congress Whether it was Greece or
the States of South America, or Poland,
1 or Hungry, or Italy or Ireland the fact
that large country, for any cause, deman-
= ded a distinct and separate Government al
ways, received the warmest sympathy and
7 support of the American people, irrespective
! Of party. Even as late as December 1860,
! after Mr.. Lincolu was elected, and after
the premilinary steps for secession had
been taken, the paper having the largest cir
u u culation. Of any in the Republican party,
and having more influence than any other
: in the formation Of Republican opinion,
I declared that it could see no reason why, il
!, three millions of colonists could separate
IL from the British crown in l776, that five
I millions of Southerners could not escape
+ from us in 1861.
: | have been as much puzzled as the dis
! tinguishcd Republican editor, Mr.. Greeley
c to find, looking at it as a revolutionary
T. right the difference in position. Ought We
Il to shrink from the application Of a doctrine
/ to ourselves which we have been willing tC
VI apply to other nations, such as Austria
;: Russia and Spain? If we do, what will b'
l the Judgment Of impartial history? How
/ much better it would have been for us anC
I, the cause Of Democracy throughout tn
= globe. What IL splendid tribute it woulc
$ have been to Il republican government
], we had parted in peace with our dissatisfied
1t sister States, as Mr. Everett commanded a
/ late as February, 1861, sustained by sucl
= leading Republicans journals as the Cincin
d natl G0mmelcid New York I,fbune, lndi
IT annapolis .Joumal, Chicago 7jGune New
y Haven (Connecticuty PaHadium Columbus
I .Jow~ah 9ndl, Salmon p Chase now Secre
/ tary Of the Treasury and many others o
c that school, What in monarchical coun
Z tries had required a long and bloody war
= would have been accomplished by Democrat
n ic principles and republican sense. Wha
e a splendid proof it would have afforded o
y the capacity Of the people for self govern
1t mcnt.
, What valuable lesson it would hay,
/ conveyed to the whole civilized world Th
i fact that we could rise superior to all pre-
= iudiccs and passions, and to have conQuere,
h ourselves, would have been the highes
&c triumph that we had ever achieved.
h regret as much, Mr.. Chairman, as any gen
tlcman upon this floor, that any of ou
ry sister States should have desired to cutasuu
III der the ligaments that bound them to Us
lS None would be more willing than myself
III make any reasonable sacrifice to Undue
u them to return to their partnership with us
III but still recognizing the truth of the doc
VS. trinc taught by the tathrs of the Republic
9r and so fairly expressed by Mr. John Quinc
rs Adams, that our government was, after all
III in the heart it would be better, severe a
e. would be the pang of regret, to part i
II friendship, rather than hold sovereig
o, States pinned to us by the bayonet, as Nh
er Greeley expressed it,. in, 1861. Wha
g advance have we made in the science an
ne principles of government, Mr.. Chairman
II, il we can not be above the Austro-Russa
'd principle Of holding subject provinces b.
: the power of iorce and coercion? What be
D comes Of the Declaration Of independence
l. and all our teachings for eighty years?
he After all, Mr.. Chairman, it is not tn
IN extent of territory which should be tn
n object of our desires. Better sacailice nine
III tenths Of the territory rather thandestro
oF our republican form Of government. Wha
so our people desired in lS6l, and which
T. honorcd, though | regarded as mistaken
;; was the preservation Of the government
'd and the retention Of our jurisdiction owe
;: willing to sacrifice every material cor
| sdcration for that purpose. Land
Y, nothing, Mr. Chairman, compared t
| liberty. We existed as a republic whe
IS the mouth of the Mississippi was held by
III foreign power, when we had nothing Yves
St ofthat river, when Florida was held agains
es us; and we could exist again if by th
a chastiscmcnt of Heaven we should b
or curtailed to our old territorial dimension,
10 For fifteen millions OF dollars we purchase
- the whole of that immense territory, an
80 We're ita hundred thousand times rs va
G. liable its preservation would not be wort
Ill our admirable form of government Prid
ID of territorial ambition is vulgar and lo'
81 form of national greatness. Russia an
e. even China can vie with us in that; bu
he who would not rather reside in one of tn
ot Canons of Switzerland, or in Great Britain
ill that in those countries. 1t is not in til
It, extent of territory that we possess but
is the manner in which We govern it, thu
ut renders us respectable Many gcntleme
ty seem rather to look to the quantity than I'll
m quality.
p All republics have been destroyed by thir
'h for territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and the h
y, of conquest. The great object Of our Gov
IS ernment should be to develop and cultiyat
tn the internal resources of those friendly
ry its jurisdiction, rather than to extend
IN over hostile and foreign people, 1t is
IL that character that true patriotism is to
e cultivated and true national glory found
X Esncciolly should MI rcpublics cultivate Il