Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-03-10

In every family, existing in every convey
ance; the suppression of free speech the
deprivation Of arms and franchises, and the
ever present sense Of inferiority would make |
our condition abject and miserable beyond
what freemen can imagine. Subjugation in |
wolves every thing that the torturing NAL |
ice and deyilish ingenuity Of our foes can
suggest.
The destruction Of our nationality, the
equalization Of whites and blacks, and oblit-
GRAFTON Of. State lines, degradation TO colo
NAL yassalage and the reduction of many of
our citizens to dreary, hopeless remediless |
bondage. A hostile police would keep ''or-
der in every, town and city. Judges, like |
Busteed, would hold our courts, protected /
by Yankee soldiers. Churches would be FILL |
ed by Yankee or tory preachers. Every Of |
flce be bestowed on aliens. Absolutism
would curse us with all its vices. Superad- |
ded to these, sinking us into alower abyss of
degradation, we would be made the slaves
Of our slaves, hewers of wood and drawers
OF water for those upon whom God has
stamped indelibly the marks Of physical
and intellectualinferiority The past or for
eign centuries need not be sought into to
furnish illustrations of the heritage of
! shame that subjugation would entail Bal
N ~,
: New Orleans, Vicksburg, Huntsville, Nor
folk, Newburne Louisville and Fre1ericks-
burg are the first fruits of the ignominy Of
| Yankee domination.
The sad story of the wrongs and indigni-
ties endured by those States which have
been in the complete or partial possession
of the enemy, will give the best evidence Of
: the consequence Of subjugation. Missouri,
Y a magnificent empire of agricultural and min
s eral wealth, is to-day smoking ruin and
+ the theater of the most revolving cruelties
+ and barbarisms. The minions of tyranny
: consume her rsubstance, plunder her citizens,
i and destroy her peace. The sacred rights
II of freemen are struck down, and the blood
a Of her children, her maids and her old men
e Is made to flow, out of morewantonness and
IF recklessness. No whispers of freedom go
unpunished, and the very instincts of self
&c preservation are outlawed. The worship Of
+e God and the rite of sepulcture have been
q shamefully interrupted, and in many instan-
,f ces, the cultivation of the soil is prohibited
to her own citizens. These facts are attes
ted by many witnesses, and it is but Just
y tribute to that noble and chivalro,s people
u that amid barbarities almost unparalleled
u they still maintain proud and defiant spir
~ it toward their enemies.
In Maryland, the judiciary, made subser
Went to executive absolutisn, furnishes nc
le security for. individual rights or persona
'r freedom; members Of the Legislature are ar
Il rested and imprisoned without process Of
VI law or assignment of cause, and the whole
u land groaneth under the oppression of {
p , merciless tyranny.
"a In Kentucky the ballot-box has beer
70 70 overthrown, free speech is suppressed, th'
aU most veXatious annoyances harrass and EN-
= bitter, and all the arts and appliances of al
=, unscrupulous despotism are freely used +
ne prevent the uprising of the noble patriots Q
the dark and bloody ground Notes G
nst gladness, assurances of a bright and bette
On, day, reach US, and the exiles may take coul
lg.. age and hope for the future.
all In Virginia, the model of all that illu
ng, trates human heroism and self-denying p
in, triotism, although the tempest of desolatit
4. has swept over her fair domains, no sign
the repentance for her separation from Il
Nv North can be found. Her old homestea
10 dismantled, her ancestral relies destroyed
her people impoverished her territory ma
ays the battle-ground for the rude shocksof co
of tending hosts, and then divided, with hir
vas ling parasites mockingly claiming jurisdi
lu- ton and authority, the Old Dominion st
the stands with proud crest and defiant mie
1se ready to tramp beneath her heel every usu
lci- per and tyrant and to illustrate afresh h
zen sie sen,per tyrannis, the ''proudest mot
the that ever blazed on a nations shield or
The warrior arms.
To prevent such effects, the people al
Re- re- now prosecuting this struggle. 1t is I
me mere war of calculation, no contest for a pa
Ia ,a' ticular kind of property, no barter
I'D, precious blood for filthy lucre. Ever.
m thing involved in manhood, civilization, r.
1 ligion, law, property country, home, is 6
loh stake. We fghtnot for plunder, spoils pi
var lage, territorial conquest. The Governmer
I'VE tempts by no prizes of beauty or booty
on, to be drawn in the lottery of this war. W
"A seek to preserve civil freedom, honor. equa
e ity, and fresides, and blood is well shet
ure when shed for our family for our kind, fl
ou- our country. for our God"
,m omd Burke said, "a State, resolved to hazal
The its existence rather than abandon its oblec
tnJ must have an infinite advantage over tn
80 which is resolved to yield rather than car
y 'ate its resistance beyond certain point.
low is better to be conquered by any other n
nov ton than by the United States. 1t is bett
id to be dependecy of any other power thi
800. of that.
ate tial Constitution, as now governed, 1t mt
No be in perpetual hostility to us. As theSpa
,rar ish invader burned his ships to make retire
The IlllDOSSlDlc, 81 We Ssiii NY ~
,old steps backward. Retreat is more dangt
as Gus than advance. Behind us are inter1o
The ty and degradation. Before us, is eve
sas- thing enticing to a patriot.
0''N Our bitter and implacable foes are pl
.ov- pairing vigorously for the coming smpaig
or r.c. Corresponding efforts should be made ono
its part. Without murmuring, our peol
{ to should respond to the laws which the exigt
by cy demands. Every one capable OF bearl
ton arms should be connected with some eii
f,in' tive military organization. The utmost {
ore ergies of the whole population should
lied taxed to produce food and clothing, a
aan. can a spirit of cheerfulness and trust in an :
@ suc- wise and overruling Providence should
,ess, cultivated.
The history of the past three years
NOR much to animate us to renewed effort an
;toj frmer and more assured hope. A VIII
,om. people have given their hearts and bod
I'M to repel the invader, and costly sacriti
have been made on the altarof our count
title No similar.instance is to be found OF 81
that spontaneous uprising and volunteering
and spired by a holy patriotism, again and .ag
,iect have our brave soldies, with the and
nolv Heaven, baff1ed the afforts of our foes,
uen- is in no arrogant spirit that we refer to $
lone cesses that have cost us so much blood
70 of brought sorrow to so many hearts. wen
II ia find in all this an earnest of what with
have termined and resolute eXertion, we can
49, a. ox,or+ e,,b;uoat tion and slavery. and