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

men, women and children the descendants
! OF those who fought with us in the war Of
! Independence, are either insane, or in the
heat Of passion give vent TO u feeling that
I they would be the last TO carry into effect
II they are sincere aud sane, they are mon
stcrs who would be too highly honorcd by
/ terming them fends, their idea is u impos.
slble as it is wicked and dcyili,h
/ Two friendly republics, having a common
ancestry, common gloric, and rccollectons
! lying side by side--haviug audable emu
lation in running the race of national free
| dom, prosperity and greatness. are infinite
| ly preferable to one proud and splendid. but
! gloomy dcspotism, resting like a dark shad-
ow upon the future Of the American CON
| tlnent.
When Mr.. Lincoln called upon the non
seeding States to furnish him scventy-fve
! thousand men, to be used against the
! States which had seeded, he announced
in effect, his intention to destroy the old
government, and when certain States acce-
ded to his demand they declared also. that
they were willing that it should be destroy
ed. None Of the conditions requisite to
make a revolution in the government com
plete, were wanting The officer. of State.
whose sworn duty it was to protect and de-
tend the old government, forsook it, and
the people abandoned IT, From that mo.
mentit ceased to exist, and we have been
living practically for more than three years /
under new government. Il government
necessarily desrotic, because the Constitu-
ton being set aside the man who rules /
over us is Absolutely without restraint of
any kind, except that imposed By his own
will. We have not even the benefit of those
restrictions upon power, which in other
absolute governments have been imposed
| by ancient and long established usage. Our
| lives, liberty and property are wholly at
the mercy Of Abraham Lincoln The thir.
/ teen colonies, while dependent upon Great
| Britain, were wholly independent of each
| other, existing under different charters. or
royal grants, and having each its own Gov
ernor, Legislative Assembly. and Courts of
| Justice.
! When these colonies declared themselves
! Independent of the Mother Country. they
each became separate and independent
State, or Nation, and were subsequently
recognized by name as such in 1888. by the
only government interested in the denial
The articles of Confederation which were
entered into by the State governments du-
ring the revolutionary war in LII, remain
ed III force until the adoption of the Feder-
al Constitution which went into operation
~ 'o' i'iP''' 'HS eoN oNicISht!
,'F ,, IN " IA ~ VI -'I'ipll7, any
, .ole, 'ii'iii ~ ulu 'lic YIGnsiNe anu uGIehsNe
uvd'y p 0i piauyc anu hnsi;'llu' III !he war
either Of those nations. The Federal Con
stitution, framed by the convention which
met in Philadelphia, on the 25th of May.
d 1877, did not, nor have any of the amend
ments subsequently made thereto impaired
or ia ken away, sovereignty from any State
'Tbn naonIa Of aorL St,to ro,,;roJ tbo;.
sonorotn oI;.tonca and nat;onoI;ty as cn,,,
nIatnl, ,ftn,. tbav bnJ sa,,araiI,, ainntod ,ha
! Fndar,l ConstitItion ~ Lnfnre Tbero ua !.
in the Convention. las onpcars bv the Mad
;.on n,nnrs and M ,yn ore infnr,nnd Lv In
tber Martin in his address hefnre the Mary
land Looislatura( a semi-monarchiaI ar CON
solidati0n party, and this nartv wns Of
coursn in favor of Capitalization but when
It found. AS il soon did, that the semi-mon
archiol idea was wholly impracticable in the
State of feeling. both in and ont of the
convention. it abondoned along with il. the
idea of consolidating territory So vast
with so great a variety of soil. climate. pro,
duction and material Interests; and in which
the habits and character of the people in
tbe different localities must differ 50 widely
under one renublic. as an nbsurditv too
urpot tO he cOufpm Mated for an instant
Nv Two senaratn attemnts were made in the
Convention to consolidate, THE first Inv
Edmund Rondolph. of Va. who nronosed
in his e;xtb resolnt;on to confar unop tLo
govnrnnnnt of tbn limited States the novar
70 coarca a d;sohad;ent and ref,oc, ory Stat
Mo Sncond bv Patterson Of Nav .JarSe,,
,rho s,,bn,;ttai s;nilor raSnlntion tbonab
coucbeJ in difJarant Inncnooe
Tba f,llv and dancerS ot fhnso rasolut;ons
b,y;no bncn fnilv eynosed in the convan-
t;on bv M,d;son Hamilton Mason and
Martin. they we're voted down unanimous
w each State casting one vote Tbese
we're the only ottemnts which were made in
the convention to consolidate the nronla
and to transfer their sovrrnigntv to y nav
nation nronosod tn he creatni NV tLe CON-.
~"nt;nn r'r The;r failnre was ] most sirnoI m and
oonnlotc
Tbe ph;lodalnb;o Convention was bod,
of deloratas frnm oocb Stote nnI,, ontbo,i.
yad 70 d,.aft a constitution and n9t en,now-
ered to Owe II thn Icost vnlJitv
Tho 6roft IF The Fednroi Constitution
,ro, ronortod b,, Wosb;n"ton to tbn Conf;.d.
c,ate ton@rcss and hv rs order submitted
far odont;on to tbe neonle Of tbo separate
States ne senarota community or nation
and of course. derives nll its Mowers, with
in n Stote from the consent of the peonle
thareof to whom il occupics the same re-
iat;on ~ that held hv their separate State
it,ro, ioIo,.n,oonts "n rr'I,' -
Tho cnncms;on to which | arrive is, that
+ba ,poonln nf eorb STATE constitutc snbstnn.
~ I'm Po'llo ". III, Ihat a,L o,,o t.,