Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-08-11
Matters wnr,ike ana Political.


1t is exceedingly difficult to CLEAN from
the jumblc of contradictory dispatches
which are daily sent us, any clear idea of
military affairs. 1t may. however, be con.
jccturcd that active operations on our part
near Petersburg, are, at least for the time
suspended that the rebels have actually de
termined upon a formidable inroad into
Pennsylvania, and perhaps in Ohio; that
an engagement may be expected shortly in
the present theatre of their operations; that
Mobile is menaced with an attack, and that
guerrillas are thick along the Southern riv-
ers. This is pretty nearly the sum total of
present information. Meanwhile the New
York Times consoles itself with the suppo-
sition that General Grant will again return
to the policy of cutting off communications
with Richmond as the surest mode Of re-
ducing the city. The failure of Hunter
and other raiders seriously to jcopardicc
these communications does not at all damp
en- the ardor Of this imaginative journalist
So far as the rebel invasion OF Pcnnsylva-
MIA is concerned, great many aduinistra-
ton papers, in order to shield Mr. Lincoln
and his Secretary of War, have been indus
triouslv ridiculing the Pennsylvanians for
not defending themselves. The valor of a
great commonwealth that has furnished
thousands of the bravcst soldiers of the war
is to be impcached, that the incapacity and
stubborn cgotism which prevented the prop
er guarding Of the Shenandoah Valley may
escape just ccnsurc. 1t is cunning Hse,
but will deceive no one.
Politically, the chief excitement now
seems to be the Wade and Winter Davis in
may be cited as indicating the character of
the address
"The President. by preventing this bill
from becoming a law, holds the electoral
votes Of the Rebel States at the dictation o f
his personal ambition.
TMOSe rotes turn the balance IN his fdror
is ii to be supposed that hts competitor de-
Jeated by such means, ,cW acQuitsce ?
IF the rebel majority assert their su-
premocy in those States, and send votes
which elect an enemy of the Government,
will he not repeal his claim?
".And is not that cirH ,car for the prcsi-
deucy inaugurated by the votes of the rebel
States ?"
There is an ominous warning in this sug-
gestion that cieH ,car will be the result of
Mr.. Lincoln policy to secure his re-elec-
ton, which may possibly induce the man
to whom it is offered to pause in his mad ca
reer Of reckless usurpation. But an equal
ly significant, though more temperate hint,
is thus put by the committees through their
respective chairmen:
But he must understand that our sup
port is Of u cause, and not of man; that the
authority Of Congress is paramount and
must be respected; and that the whole body
of Union men Of Congress will not submit to
be impeached by him OF rash and unconsti-
tutiona legislation; and if he wishes our
support he must confne himself to his ex-
ecutivc duties-to obey and execute, not
make the laws-to suppress by arms armed
rebellion, and leave political reorganization
to Congress. If the supporters Of the Gov
ernment fail to insist on this, they become
responsible for the usurpation 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.
Let them consider the remedy for these
usurpations, and, having found it, tearlessly
execute it.
1t seemed to be thought, by certain blind
tools Of power, for a while, that General
Fremont's S detection from Lincoln was fiat
treason, but long before November it will be
manifest that some of the ablest champions
Of the Republican party have given up the
cause of the man, and will suffer him to be
shipwrccked by his own folly. PLAIN Dea-
Ter