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


istraton said. that if we would give them
-, 600 men, they would put down resist
ancc. You gave them scvcnty-fivc thou
sand men, and the resistance was not put
down. ! do not find fault with the admin
istration for not accomplishing this with an
inferior force, but do insist that when
they assumed charge of the government of
the country, they were bound to have
known more of the resources of the South
they were bound to have known more of the
character OF Onr countrymen. Great APP
plausc. DO you remember that three or
/ four years ago it was dangerous for amy
man to stand up in this community and at
tempt To to show the resources and strength
of the South ? These things were over
looked in the sprit'of arrogance, and we
were told that all this resistance could be
crushed out with little force, and if any
one did not believe it he was disoyal to his
country aud held reasonable views -
Laughter and applause. Now say that
our armies, after they were filled to their
was required of them. They said. close
up the Mississippi river. close up the ports
of the South, and the rebellion will die OF
itself Laughter, the South is not self suS-
taiuing.
The Mississippi river was closed. The
port, of the South were sealed aud the re-
bcllion did not die Then larger arnic.
were needed, aud the whole world was as
tonishcd ut the call for six hundred thousand
mcn-thccry was changcd-thcy said open
| the Mississippi river give us control of the
I great highway of thc West. and it will bring
/ peace and the submission of the South -
! NickSburg was taken, applause and the
Mississippi was open for the transport OF
our armies aud the munitions of war.
There was no organized force in opposition
to the Union west of the Mississippi river.
Not only was lckSburg, captured but the
army of Pcmbcrton was destroyed West
of the Mississippi river there was not an or
ganihcd force OF any respectable strength
opposing the Union troops. Ice : army
wa. defeated at Gettcysburg. Following
| these victories, the country gave the Gov
crnmcnt six or seven hundred thousand
men to add to the armies in the field: and
more, the people, thinking that they could
trust this administration gave them also po.
litical power, 80 that they stood nine mouth,
ago not onlya government at the head oI
the greatest armies ever known in history
but Il government that, as the elections il
the free States showed, was sustained by
the people through the whole Mon.
| believe that all, notwithstanding politi
col views and uuliiicL urriulirrs will oI
:. NIT that our armies have done their work
n We. in common with our rcuuhIicnu friend
Fl have honorpd fine names or Grant and Far
' ragut, Sherman, Sheridan and all the he
rocS of the war We deny that their eff
forts have been unsuccessful, and the blam,
: of continued war i, not with our armies -
{ The blame rests elsewhere. 1t is the ad
= minislmtion which has failed to bring thi
f nvrr thnt thr f,ilur. i only dur to the nol;
cv of the administration. (Applau,e.I
aver that our armies have not only over.
come ,hr forces of armed resistance. but
have done it while at every step they have
been hinlcred bv the action of the
| Government at Washington. The lives
of the ucuplc of the North have been
cut oil. and the progress of our armies AT
the South ob,truclcd bv measures of the ad
miuist,ation, which have been most iata
to II. IN thr nroirruti,u of the war, Lion,
npploI,sr, | do not merely deal in argu
mcn,atiyc Spcrulations. Leah your attention
: to what our armies have done. The arm,
f more than two years agu gave Us possession
e of Louisiana and the great commercial Dor
70 of New Orleans. For two wears the admin
e istration hn, had its own way. What ha
{ been the result of those two years of goy
| crnmrnt? They have not tranmlilzcd ON
| foot of land. Every man knows that tn
! civil political and business condition of til
t State is worse to day than when the armic
of our country handcd it over To the cuncro
| of the administration. Loud applause.
Ia order to determine how farthr admin
iStlation at Washington has availcd itself O
our vi,1orics, call YOU to the condition o
our country at the outset of this war ant
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the enormous expenditure of life and %
treasure to you and to the people of every
> northern State, have battlcd cnuragcousll
southwark. And what has the admnistra
tion done behind them? We have it from
their own lips: it is set forth in their owl
|, cdictS and their own orders the order
r which have been issued hy the Generals i,
the field with the sanction of the admins
e tratlon, that rcbclouS discomfort has tray
j. ccd northward rs our armies have Tough
T. their way to the South. The State of Mis-
It Souri remained in this Union of Its own wi |
i there was love enough there for the lnio
;, to put down resistance to the authority
= the general government at the very outset
j. How is it to-day, after three years of ruI
| of the administration at Washington? lo
t are compelled to make contributions in me
) and in money, to hold in the Union, i
!, force, State which originally was with u,
r of its own will Look at the condition ,
: Kentucky, one of the most glorious Stat,
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