Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-11-03

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the supremacy ofthc Constitution, and said
1--WE will drive the Southern people to dcs-
pcratiun: we will unite them as one man in
opposition to our armies; we will she'd the
blood of our people, and pile upon them
oncrous taxes in order that we may carry
out vindictive and revengeful policy of
confscaton.' they do not stop at this
There is no unconstitutional act passed in
regard to the South. that was not accom-
panied by an unconstitutional invasion of
the rights of the people of the North -
Cheers When you said to the South,
Won shall not have the Union as it was, -
when they said, as the Attorney General of
| my own State said in this city few days
ago. I'VE do not want the Union as it was,
but the Union as it Ought to be-" they also
suspended the habeas corpus in the North.
/ When they projected confscation for the
South. the courts, laws, and judiciary of the
/ North were trdmpled under foot, your per-
sonal rights were not secure. and for the
| first time our homes were liable to be invad-
ed hy the subordinates of the Government.
/ In Great Britain the humblest hut in the
! kingdom. although it may bc open to the
winds and rains of heaven, is to the occu-
pant castle impregnablc even to the man
arch, while in our country the meancst and
! llD>l uiWDllHN uUlCTIllH vi lpNcT II lICtllS-
cd to break within the sacred precincts of
our homes.
But look further. As | said, armed OPP
position is driven from the field in Kentucky.
| Missouri, and Maryland, and parts of Loui-
siana. And yet this portion of country al
! ready conquered requires more troops to
| hold it under military rule than are demand
cd for our armies to fight the embattled
| forces of the Confederacy. lfy You will make
the computation for yourselves. from the
proportion OF troops required to hold these
States, you will find that more men will be
needed to keep the South in subiccton to
the arbitrary projects of the administration
than are required to drive the armies of re-
belliOn from the field. The peace you are
promised is no peace, but it is Il condition
which will pcrpctuate and make enduring
all the worst features of this war-Thcy
have passed an act of contiScation. They
! say to the people of the South. When we
! have conquered you, we will take from you
your homes and your property and drive
you out without shelter in the world. This
cannot bc called IA war measure, because the
| property ofa people cannot be coniiscated
until you can lay your hands ON it :; Laugh
teri it is not measure tn help our armies,
for the threat of contiscation renders the re-
pcrate.
But it may he said, when we achieve vie.
tories. then we intend to be lcnicut. But il
you intend to be lcnicnt after victory, why
did you pass these laws to hinder victory?-
II Applause. But they have done more -
They have said, we will mould their insttu
tutions we will place them under military
government. Mr.. Sumner would reduce the
i Southern States to the condition of colon
les; but Mr.. Lincoln says they shall be ad
mittcd back as States when onc-tenth of the
population shall ask it, and this one tenth
shall govern, control and represent the
State. But if only one-tcnth Of the people
are willing to come back, who is to hold the
other nnc-tcnths in subugation? Great
: laughter and cheering At whose expense
is it to be done? My friends of Pennsyl-
vanla, ifyou want to govern Georgia, if you
want to enable one-tcnth of its people to cx-
! erciSe this extraordinary power over the
other nine-tcnths, you must pay for the
privilege, you must give up your sons to the
work. You must give them up to die o
lingering diseases, sickcning and sad, 1a
away from their homes, without even til,
poor privilege which they now have, o
knowing that they die upon the battle iiclC
4, for the flag of their country.
Every intelligent officer of our army viii
tell you that the waste of life is not so grca
during the most active service aS in period
of naction when the men are hcrling to
/ gcthcr in the camps, when the mind become
stsgnant, and the system becomes peculiar
~ susceptible to disease. Then it is that th
| work of death goes swiftly ON. Are 20,
willing, men Of Pennsylvania, to give NJ
your sons to the slow, lingering death o
; Southern camps-in God 5 name for what
To inauguratc this monStrous govcrnmcn
of one-tcnth, in violation of all the prnci
pies of american liberty, to allow the ad
miniStration this precedent, dangerous t,
yourselves, that it is wise and right to main
tain military subicction at this enormou.
cost of blood and treasure If this policy
prevails. you are tn have Il series of draft,
upon your population, you are to have in
creased burdens of taxation thrown upon
your labor, you are to have Il pcrpctuatiol
, of that maxim which men are not ashamc,
, to put forth, that monstrous libel upon on,
, institutions; that IN times of war there ar
no rights which the head of your govern
mcnt is bound to respect. Head the Declar
- alton of independence; read your Constitu
i ton. When We're those great principles q
i public and private security established
g Where was it that you had worked out fo
t you the guarantees that We're afterwards en-
e gravcd in the Constitution, that your right
: ofconsciencc should not be intcrfcred with
d that You should have freedom of speech
# that no man should lay his hand upon you
c person unless he did SO by the sacred au
n thority of the law that your home, thoug
!, il might he the humblest in the land, W
; all blessed as the shrine of domestic love an
% affection, should be To you tower q
: strength, secure and inviolatc. How wer
g these great guarantees obtained? They wer
IS won by your fathers upon the battle field -
d loud chccrs.)
IS War does not cxtinguish liberty w
- fought our war of the Revolution to win
n preserve and perpctuate liberty. Lou
: cheers. War does not suspend the right
q of men; and he who dareS say that Abra
o ham Lincoln, at the head of his cnormou
e armies, may righttully do what Georg
: Washington would not do in the darkes
y hour of the Revolution, does not know wha
}, constitutional liberty is. Tremendous ap
] plauSe. The Union cannot be restored un
5 der this policy. 1t is not possible to hol
:; that vast extent of country with its pecu
g liarities ofclimate and condition in militar
: subiection, 1t is claimed by our Republi
j can friends that these are war measures, bu
; that when the victories are gained the gov
+ crnmcnt will be magnanmouS. hope thi
1 may be true, but what has been the teach
t ings of the party? j. it not true, my Re
| publican hearers, that after the news o
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