Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-08-11


day, July 3Oth the following Declaration
and Resolutions were unanimously adop.
ted '''OF
DECLARATION AND RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, 1t is the privilege of the
people 10 peaceably assemble and tn pct-
tion the Government for redress of gricv-
ancos; and whereas, the President Of the
United States has just issued his call for
! 5OO,OOO more troops, TO fill up the thnned
ranks Of the army, and has proclaimed un-
less the quota is filed by volunteers by the
9th OF September next, he will fill it BY
lconscrlptlon, that discriminates in favor of
the rich and against the poor man; and
whereas, the quota Of the State Of Ohio is
labout nifty thousand, n number equal to
half Of the able-bodied men of the State
Therefore, we, the people of Crawford Co
IN Convention assembled, respectfully make
the following Representations and adopt as
an expression OF our opinions the following
resolutions
AL the dificultics between the two Soc
tIOns of the country might have been set
tied without shedding single drop Of blood
The war was commenced with Is, 900 men
under the most solemn assurances that the
rebellion should be put down and the Union
restored in ninety days When volunteers
were demand for the three years service they
were promised by the President, and by a
resolution passed by both houses of Con-
gress. that the laws should be faithfully ex-
ecutcd, and that the institution Of slavery
should not be interfered with.
The sacred pledge to the soldiers, and to
the people of both sections of the country.
and to the world, has been grossly violated
by the President in his Emancipation Proc
llamation, and by Congress in the Confsca-
! ton act.
The war has been carried on for more
than three years, with disaster anddefelt to
our armies and humiliation to our country,
de!uglng the land with tratemal blood,
turning every household from Joy to mourn
ing. burdening the citizens with the most
oppressive taxation, and bringing bankrupt
cy and ruin to the people. During all this
time the contest has been waged by the au-
thoritics at Washington and by their officers
in the field in spirit of bitterness and ma
lignity, amounting almost to barbarism -
: Persons who have differed in opinion with
the President or who have criticised his
acts, he has hunted down and prosecuted
with the most mcrciless vigor
He has denied to sovereign States their
constitutional rights.
He has destroyed the nation in order to
ing of constitutional liberty.
He has stricken down the freedom of
speech and Of the Press.
Hehas deprived American citizens of their
liberty without due process of law
He has held persons to answer for capital
and infamous crimes without presentment
or Indictment of grand Jury.
He has denied the right of trial by jury.
He has punished individuals and the
! Press for condemning his lawless acts.
He has disregarded the right of the peo-
d pie to be secure in their persons, houses, pa
: pers and effects, against unreasonable scar
It ches and seizures.
: He has arrested citizens contrary to law
and punished them. m..without conviction
d He has suppressed the ballot by militar
h violence, and dictated elections at the poin
d of the bayonet.
1t He has suspended the privilege of tn
e writ of hdbeas corpus.
: He has divided sovereign State withou
q its consent
1 He has seized by force and imprisoned
Legislature elected by the people
He has proposed TO allow less than one
tenth Of the people of State TO govern anC
control more than nine -tenths Of the peopIt
Of the same State.
He has assumed the right to commanc
the militiy not in the actual service of the
United States.
, He has denied to the people the right tc
: bear arms for their own defense.
: He has surrounded himself with a satur
MALTA of officers, who have plundered the
treasury and burdened the people with tax
e..
c He has destroyed the freedom of religion
: He has annulled every constitutional
C guarantee for the protection of the citizen
\ and subjected him to the irrepressible tyr
y amy Of military violence.
He has rendered the military superior tC
the civil power,
:. The people trained to submission to tht
authorities, have patiently submitted t,
r. these repeated wrongs
4 But with all these outrages upon tn,
rights of the people, combined with the as
70 saults of ,, 500, 900 men, who have at differ
Il ent times entered the service, the rebellion
] has not been put down, and the Soutl
O. stands to-day as determined and defiant a
. ever
4 We believe that the people of the Soutl
- would to-day consent TO a restoration Of tht
h Union under the Constitution, and that tht
i only obstacle in the way of peaceabe set
! tlement otall difficulties, is the determination
, OF the President to destroy slavery, and t
/ elevate the negro to a position in sOciet!
T which the God of nature never intended
him TO occupy.
. We consider that every life hereafter los
n in this most attrocious war will be delib
: crate murder; and every dollar wrung iron
a the pockets of the taxpayer to further it
c prosecution a downright robbery.
- In view of these facts we therefore
l. ReSnIre. That justice and humanity de
mRnd the immediate cessation Of hostilities ant
n the adoption of peace measures as the onl!
: hope of the people.
> . That we demonstrate against any furthe
draft upon the able-bodicd men of the cOuntr'
III to assist in prOlonging war that we believe L
be uncalled for and supcrlatiNely wicked.
g. That the people should not be required Z
a take up arms in the defense of Government
y that refuses to protect them in their rights.
1 !. That we pray the President of the Unite
| States to revoke his order for conscriptou
II and we call upon the people throughout tn
State TO hold meetings and petition for peac
and redress OF their grievances.
G Growing weakness.
! The Louisville journal says: Mr.. Lin
> coin, as a Presidential candidate is yer.
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