Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-10-13
THE GnEAr CnIMINAL CASE.


" Tao Abolition Party. D5oSTainii i'i.t4, i'5i An"
8, Indictment drawn up and presented b
,e the working men of New York, represent
:, ing the "toiing millions of the Unite
u States Of America. 1t is charged agans
70 the defendant III this case (tho Abolition
q party that
1t has consigned to untimely deaths
1t 800, 600 human beings, the great majority
IS of whom were working men-producers
o contributors to the wealth Of the nation.
r 1t has arrayed brother against brother
: and pttcd the father against the son ii
mortal combat.
!. 1t has dcuged the land in blood--whi
+ tened the fields Of the South with the bone
r OF the slain.
e 1t has brought grief and saduess to near
ly every iireside
1t has opened up brood avenues for spec
: ulation Of the public finances.
1t has deranged the currency Of the coun'
} try.
| 1t has enlarged beyond all necessity the
1 public debt
1t has taxed the present generation be.
yond all precedent, and entailed burthens
that will fall with crushing weight upor
unborn millions.
1t has taken from industrial and produc.
tive pursuits over two millions of men.
1t has shielded the rich from the clutch
es OF repeated drafts" by the payment of
sums lto them petty aud insignifcant) to
the Government while it has compelled
the tollng masses to enlist for the plain
reason that their actual necessities reouir-
ed 1T tor the immediate support Of their
families.
l. has given shinplasters, green paper,
ana petty postage stamps for the common
currency OF the country
IL has created tluctuating aud uncer-
tain standard Of value.
1t has used the peoples money without
legal authority, in useless and vain attempts
to better the condition of the negro, at the
expense of the white race.
1t has inaugurated schemes to thwart the
races.
1t has allowed defaultcrs and defrauding
contractors paymastcrs, public officers or
cXen private individuals. to swinde the peo-
pie out Of millions Of dollars, and has dared
to send some Of them on foreign missions
as a reward for their rascality.
1t has ignored wclt-established laws Of
Congress.
1t has disrcgarded the Constitution under
the plea OF military necessity"
1t ha, taken the edict5 Of the President
as laws OF the land, which laws they contra
yencd.
1t has indemnifed public officers from
suits at law for damages on account of out
RACES upon the rights of the citizens.
1t ha5 arrested good AMI tue men and
patriotic citizens without LEGAL authority
| dragged them from their homes, friends and
| families sent them beyond the limit s1f the
State in which they resided; incarcerated
them in basties, and falsely denounced
them as traitors.
1t has tramplcd down the great bulwarks
Of civil liberty the freedom Of speech and
of the press
1t has abolished the writ ofhabcas corpus
Il right which no other enlightened Govern
mcnt under heaven would geek ever to
abridge.
1t has set aside our system of trial by .iu.
ry, and substituted arbitrary power for The
! laws Of the land.
1t has declared military control where the
, civil tribunals were in the faithful discharge
: Of their legitimate duties.
3 1t has created unnecessary departments
in the General Government, thus causing
more expenses, increased taxes and heavier
burtheD5 for the people.
1t has organized new States from the
mere fragments Of the original, admitted
members from these so called States to
- SI'tt' t1 AI'llibtl1 vi NDilIlcSS.
; 1t has sent spies and intOrmcrs through
! the principal cities and towns, to listen tt
Il and report the murmulinga Of the peopl,
! touching the manner in which the Admin
c lstration Is conducting the affairs of til,
. country.
3 1t has regarded opposition to the Admin.
e lstration as opposition to the Constitution
i and Government, than which there can be
, nothing more ta'sa
Ii has lnaugurated system by which
! one.tcnth Of the citizens Of a State, instead
of a majority, may form II State Govern.
mcnt
| 1t has prohibited the circulation Of news.
G papers IN the United States mails, because
they criticised and opposed the acts Of the
t Administration it has actually suspended
Y their publication, and placed IA censorship
n over the pre- j und telegraph.
7 1t has published ialsehoods and suppress
scd the truth.
i II has multiplied, to an indefinite extent,
{ the number Of subordinate officials, simply
I To appcasc the persistent appeals of mere
dcmagougcs and political pauperS
1t has disrcgarded the reserved rights OF
the States.
1t has provoked a spirit of mob law
which has developed itself in the principal
cities in the destruction Of life and proper
5 ~.
/ 1t has destroyed immense amounts OF
a public and private property; imposed OF
s. industry burdens too greyous to be borne
n enriched the few at the expense of the ma.
q ny oycrilowcd our hospitals with disabled
@, men, and crowded our streets with life long
g crIppics.
Z It has iuilamcd all the baser passions Of
y the human heart
t II has established National Banks" it
j., every nook and corner OF the land, a system
of finance universally repudiated by tn,
i people,
= 1t has allowed military officials to inter
!. rupt our system of election by ballot.
Il 1t has intcrmcdlled with the religious in
4 sttutluns of the country
a 1t has attempted to disgrace representa-
/ tives OF the people in Congress for DARN.
1. to express then honest sentiments in regarC
!. to the war aud Its consequences.
= 1t has Scolted at every proposition sub
: mtted to Congress for an honorable settle
q mcnt Of our national troubles, and stigma
Y tlled all peace propositions aS 'dlShonora
bic. "
O 1t has declined to restore the Union un
/ less the Southern States will abandon sla
! very, thus making the will Of the President
! instead OF the Constitution, the law of tn,
! laud.
: In a word, filled half million of grave
and filled the country with millions Of wild
owS and orphans, it now refuses 10 max,
peace or restore the Union until white men