Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-05-05

ligcrcnt both by foreign nations and our own
are abroeatcd So iitr as they are concerned, and |
that as between the two belligerents they are
under the laws of war and the laws ofnations
treat the vanquished as conquered provinces,
and may impose upon them such conditions and
laws as ii may deem Dcat.'
In answer to any objections that may be |
raised to this position, he says
"But il is said that This must be considered n |
contest with rebel individuals only as states in
the Union cannot make war; that is true SO long
as they remain in the Union. but they claim to |
be out OF the Union, aud the very act that we
have admitted them to be in a state Of war, TO
be beligerents, shows that they are no longer In
the Union, and that they are wagng war in their
corporate copacity, nnder the corporate name
OF the Confederate states, and that such major
corporation is composed of minor corporations
called States, acting in thcirassociated charactar
"When an insuripction becomes sufficiently
formidable to cutitle the party to belligerent
rights it places the GOntcnding Powers on pre-
cSely the same footing as foreign nations at war
with each other.
mo one acquainted with the magnitude Of
this contest can deny to ii the character ofa civil
war. For nearly three years the Confederate
states have maintained their declaration of in
dependence by force of arms.
What, their is fhe effect Of this public war
between these bcTfgercnts, these foreign ma
tions? Before this war the parties were bound
Constitution They Acknowledged the validity
of municipal laws mutually binding on each.-|
This war has cut asunder all these ligaments,
abrogated all the obligations"
Now, Sir, for once at least / agree with
the distinguished gentleman from Pennsyl-
vana. that the Confederate States are out
of the Union occupying the position of an
independent Power DE ftcto, have been ac-
knowlcdgcd as bclligercnt, both by for
eign nations and our own government; main
| tanned their declaration of independence
for three years, by force Of arms; and that the
war has cut asundcr all thclgamcnts and alb
rogated all the obligations that bound them
under the Constitution. So far, agree with
| him. and however unwilling we NAV be to
accept such position as the actual condition
| of the Confederate States. the history of
| thc mast three vcors tbc lo;y NJ nations tbr
oo,;,,s ~ o,,,. .,,o,,,,,,,,, and , ,.ne,ar1 r..
frnth cannal mo ~ iooat ~ occn,,t t. ond
w.. n,'io,'+ ~ "O - ~ r. "i',' tI
in9 i; io,.oi ~ "plio,U "nt - tnc m
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,,,,soif ,,nJ, tba l,ood 's IiY of tl,n ~
t;HSo,,;.bnJ laoJnr nf tho Wan,iL,;na w. v.'D
''li,1u uo iu",,C, y, ,n1 hn PLt
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l",'' ~ i'''.oo poln Eoo.'lou ~ ~ 12I;lu
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''''1oo il'' t!.':eu WIN .nci. 90 oIoli ~ M the
eAcn:''se 9i prls9IerS' a'i4 inc i'uililil!S'r'-
!loIl - l2-uay wp'nouc 'llG honesty OF iiiuc-
indcpoil''Gi'cc vi !lic Scli'lci'a'i iIoli tIlll
aSN'n'" ~ "So" 1t, uollS plcc'St.y "i'at III
ploloIe9 ~ w u"['cr ~ iil1 war o5 CONQUEST
n"5." "S"ii'9' Wy .ou4Clci"Ic P'''cS "s
l0reIgn nation III Is not now even prcten
uc", ti'', ,''c "'i L, c"'rlct Oh haNlIlg lol
ltS o'gcct thc restoration Oh the ,nloll; re-
conStfuctlon, conSolidatlon, 'cchtral
Zatlon with an entire change IN the Con
:tllution' arc inc terms employed III speak
ing OF tmc government that |: to exist here
after 10 speak 9l the Constitution as 1t Is
ana thc ohimh Us II was, Is an oHcn:e, SUD
cc'iiis an oilircr III Ille army 10 Pui,ishlhGh
ny ui'lhiSSal IIcoS ilc service, ana cohciu
IHt nv e. c'laclce oI ulsioyuIty III tIf cltlHch
i'I - .liG I'l''c c'tr MISi "lcn ,llG h'pl couH
n;o,o ,ie 'G ~ hn e''Lleu I ~ war With T." 'io m
~ n,,' cnmG soator .nJ tS
lie observation-disclosures. ,"iiitaiv nrIa,s annnll
in" Stotn Constitutinne srtt;n~ asia" State
! law. obl;tor,t;nr Stotn l;nos anl .ttou,,,t;no
to n,o,,,;1o and cot nm a f,, or St,tn nn,s
eminent in fhrir stend in which one mn,
ont nj ton who shoIl t,,m oholt;oniot tnI,,
and subscribe nm oath to cyccntc and obe,
thc will of Abraham Lincoln, whatever !;
NAV hr. shall Govern and rulo over thc rc
moiuino nine who refuse to bccnmn nboli
tionists These iollics of the odministro
r tiou. and others of the like character. have
instead of 1uushinp thc rebellion - crusb
cd out whatever Union sentiment NAV hay
remained among the pcople of the south
crn States.
1t is possible that in districts Of countr
occupied by the army, occasionally II ma
, may he found who, seeing nothing bcior
| him but ienomiuy and death his wife an
|, innocent children appealing to him for pre-
lection, his property to be contiscatcd, an
his family to become bcggas and outcast
in the world that such man, in order fn
- the time being to save himself save hi
family. save his property, may taketheo oath
but the effect of it will be- as it ought to be
like that of GalliIoo., who invented the tel
escope, and who first taught the ratary mo
ton of the earth. That noble Italian. afte
: many years of labor in the study of science
, and when he had advanced to the cxtrcm
: are Of seventy, was summoned before an in
+ ouisition. tried. condemned and imprisoned
in dungeon, for teaching hcrcsv; subsc
/, uucntly he asbrought out and offered lib
crty on condition of rcnouncing his hcreti
: cal doctrine. The effect of bcholdnp fin
I glorious light ofthe sun and breathinc agai,
t the purc air of Heaven contrastcd Will
the loathsome dungeon into which he ha,
been cast. and to which he must return o
= renouncc his bcliefin the carth's motion, s.
b lar overcome his humanity that he consent
ed to comply and upon his bended knees
5 with his hands upon the gospels he abure,
20 his belief in the Coperncian doctrine.
I Part of his objection ran in those form,
10 with sincere heart and unfnincd fifth
f abiurc curse and dntcst said errors and he,
Y csics Iviz. that tbc earth moves. Ec.l
a s,yno, tL,t win no,o,, In r,trro SOW, or -.