Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-22

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guages and entertaining all manner OF re.
lri gous sentiments, and spread over land
with diversity Of climate and having a.
variety of local interests.
We maintained happiness and prosperity
as long as the Democratic party had CON
troll of the government. Loud cheers
We administered the government without
having drawn drop Of blood for political
offense. Renewed cheers. Our Presi-
dent put down two such local difficulties as
that which existed in the South in 1859,
without drawing a sword. How many men,
| would like to ask, were murdered and
how long did the civil war last, in putting
down the Hartford Convention? APP
pause. Mr.. Madison was then in power.
| Where are the thousands and hundreds of
thousands who by his order lost their lives
in putting that insurrection down? Why,
sir, he never injured even a pumpkin
| Laughter and cheers How was it in
South Carolina, that State which threaten
ed to secede from the Union in 1882? An
drew jackson was then in power as Presi-
dent Did he murder hundreds of thous-
ands of citizens III order to get rid Of that
local difficulty? There was not word Of
it: but on the contrary he appealed in
great proclamation to the reason and sense
of the people to maintain the Union and
the country. He did what every Demo
crat had done before him, and will do after
wards--hc assumed the proposition that
mankind was capable Of self government,
and that human reason was sufficient to
maintain it without powder and STEEL
! Loud and enthusiastic cheering
The illustrious and eminent gentleman
who presides over the deliberations of this
body, threw out some remarks the other
day, in his inaugural address, which, in my
judgement, were eminently proper to be
considered and acted upon by every Demo
crat One of the difficulties which you will
have will be in getting all the votes you
want, and the way you can get them is by
adopting the idea of our illustrious PreSi-
dent in this Convention; and that is to pro-
claim that we are not seeking power to mas
sacle our enemies Not at ALL The men
of the South were never as well protected
as we used to protect them, and they never
will be protected rs well as we will protect
them if they will come back. States as
well as individuals will be regarded, for our
administration, if elected by the Democrat
ic party, will thereby be placed under the
wholesome restraint and direction of Demo-
cratic instincts. Applause. That ad-
ministration, instead of becoming the enc
my and prosecutor Of any part of our peo-
pie, viii act like that celebrated woman in
modern history, the first Catharine Of Rus
sia, peasant girl born, by a marriage with
Peter the Great and upon the death Of her
husband, became the sole sovereign of the
Russian Empire. The first act of her pow
er was to issue an order that all the gallows
and gibbets of the country should be pull
ed down, applause and that all the in
struments Of human torture should be bro
ken to pieces Renewed cheering. That
is the spirit in which we commence this CON
S we WI Mn Y XIV hiEs hs pseht Ro Bs Bisese sut
ed and cleaned out. Tremendous cheer.
ing. Our President will be the friend and
guardian and protector, in obedience and
within the limits of the Constitution, of
every State, and Of every man, woman and
child within the sweep of our flag. Ap.
plause. In this spirit we will go into thi,
i. contest. In this spirit we will present our.
selves with fascination so great that the
timid Republicans, who are now afraid that
we will be down upon them with more blood
and more taxes, will come to our camp and
sit in protection under the broad aegis Of
the Constitution and the law, as admins
, tered by the faithful interpreters of that
Constitution, the Democratic nominees
As matters stand we have been in some
WHIT OF preuicainenI lor .ile last llirec "
four years. The Democratic party durins
that time has been without any organized
representation. With the exception of tn,
State of New York and the smaller State o
New jersey, there was not an organic thin!
= on this continent that was not against us
n The Federal government, including the ar
I my and navy, was in the hands of Mr.. Lin
e coin. State governments, with the tw,
e exceptions mentioned, were all against us
! and yet, with all this organic power opposed
: to us, what do we behold I! Why, we be
: hold a rising power,-a spontaneous cur
S rent made up Of the contributions of indi
t vidual wills, and individual feelings; an,
I that power is so great as to make Mr.. Lin
a coin and his people in Washington trembl
n in their boots Cheers We have no
= musket; we don't want any-we don
need any. We have the ballotbox, we hav,
tickets, we have human reason, and all W,
ask of Mr.. Lincoln is that he will keep thu
! road to the balot-b box unobstructed by fiauC
Q or force; that he will make the road open tt
the people; given us clean ticket and fail
,, count out. Laughter and applause.
That is all we want. We do not care how
t many revovers he has so that he will just
y keep them away from hepeople. We want
r him to do that. Mark you We don t want
Y him to interfere, and don t think he viii
, try it after this demonstration.
e Now, my friends, | know how anxious
e you are to get through with the glorious
y dongs of this day. | am not going to de.
5 tain you. Nor am | going to say that will
: support the ticket. Great God! | never
4 did anything else. (Cheers.) will not
d only support it, but / will do it with all my
T. heart, with all my might, and with all cheer
e fulness. | once voted for a man on tho
e Democratic ticket for Congress, and refused
e to speak to him as | returned from the polls
n because he was on the ticket and, my
t friends | take it for granted and Away,
c have taken it for granted, that, whatever
e else happens in the world, God and the peo
d pie cant be wrong. (Applause.) l came
= here without any personal feelings in this
e business. have no desire, but that the
e desires of others shall be gratified. | think
k now that any fears which some of oul
7, friends may have entertained in regard tC
= this eminent man already nominated arc
e without any foundation. | will tell you
@ why. We have had Presidents of the Uni.
i ted States before this who commanded the
+ whole army and navy, and were victorious
, Generals. Did they do us any harm? Did
o Andrew Jackson enslave his country ?
: Loud and enthusiastic cheering. Did he
employ armies to silence the clamors Of a
e few factions in South Carolina? Not at all.
G How many men did he send to the Bastilei
! Not one. He was military man, with mil
/ itary instincts as strong as General McClel-
4 l.. Al. Al. thnt To-