Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-05-12
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that Governor Brouph had taken the field /
on horseback; to-day we find him with a
bIglc among his nccoutrcmcnis. The puis-
SAINT knight who discovered the brilliant
idea Of supprcssing. the rebellion in one
hundred days, after he had mounted, ca
vortcd down 10 Camp Dcnns0n, and then
and there delivered battle to the enemy in
the usual style ofsuch patriots--by speech.
II was generally believed that the days Of
mlita proclamations, home guard speeches
were over when the "cagle-eycd' Tod re-
tired to his coal banks; but Brough on horse
back promises TO out-llcrod IIcrod, out
.Toddy Tod. Hear him prancc through the
preface Of his address TO the soldiers :
II had strong and abiding faith that you
would, answer it his call precisely as you
have done. II is one OF the most interesting
phases Of the war, that one blast from the
buglc sound should call 80 many 70 arms in
readiness to go where duty calls, and it is
one of the plain indications that the rebel
lion will be crushed. y
Oh, wrctched and unhappy people AZ
ter three years of dreadful carnage, after
three years Of relentless war; after three
years of bloody devastation, after three
years Of hope deferred, which maketh the
heart sick, and confidence duped, which
maketh the stomach weak-why did yo not
find this military genius, who, with zone
blast from the bugle sound" makes the
crushing of the rebellion a certain thing in
one hundred days? What carnage, what
destruction, what sorrow would have been
avoided had Broggh been in q position to
blow that ''one blast from the bugle soundl -
Unlucky people are we, indeed, not to have
discovered this pondcrous Joshua sooner
Perfdious Brough, why did you not blow
that potent blast three years ago, that the
walls of the rebelious Jericho might have
been tumbed to the earth? We know not
which to do--whethcr to lament that we
did not find the prophet sooner, or rejoice
that he has at last appeared, and by cone
blast from his bugle sound" given us the
plain indication" that the rebellion, which
has well nigh ruined u, ''will be crushed"
by the exercise Of his genius in the blow
ing business.
But hear the ponderous trumpeter again.
The miraculous man descends from bugling
to burglary thus
Il have asked the Secretary of War to
exempt all members of the National Guard
who are serving their country under this
call, from the operations Of the presen. I.
draft, and | feel confident that he will do
SO, and it is right that he should. 1t is
not right that men who are away from their
homes, serving their country in the field,
should not be exempt from the impendine
draft. Besides it is an additional reason for
this, and strong one, too, that. where we
strike from the list the names of the Guards
who have been called into the service we
shall come very near the Copperhead men
who have no good word in behalf of theil
country. True we NAV net get soldiers from
among them. but we can get their money.
out OF which we can pay the National
Guard. If they won't fish they must cut
bait"
What GOOD reason can 'Copnerbead men
offer against this sentence? Is if NOT inst
is it not good reasoning. that HConnerRcod
men who do not endorse the condnrt Of tbC
war, should tbercfore fiohtitp The militia
Brongh understands, are his political body'
rnarI and orn tbarafnra to bn ,rotnoto oi
from the dread nerils of war which thcv 50
heartily approve of. and rs to the Conner.
head men whv-.',re ca,, arttbJ;, ,,,o5GD ;,
! There is biobwavmon' loG;r fnr Won
1T i nof rioLt" that mem Who are orov
from home for one hundred doys, ~nording
railroad bridges, ''should NOT he eynmnf
from the pending draft. y OF course il is
not right, if those men happen to be Re