Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-02-16
Aboiitionizing the Constitution.

People are never more liable 10 mistake !
than when, under the influence Of some TEN |
porary access OF vanity or enthusiasm they |
asstme TO pronounce upon the importance
Of particular acts OF resolutions oftheir own |
The seeds OF great events are usually 50
minute az only to be perceived by few, and
they the most judiciOus and disinterested
while the world is full Of hot and shallow
people, always ready, whatever they do, TO
imagine that they are begetting a long series
Of mighty revolutions.
According to accounts, the Republican
members Of Congress, jointly on the passage
Of the Abolition clause called amendments Of
the Constitution, went into period of dem
onstratiye ecstacy, closely resembling the
antics and clamor o bevy Of barn door fe-
males after the performance Of their daily
miracle. 1t was wonderful event. There
was never any thing like it before. Theday
on which it occurred would be remembered
to the remotest generations. Members
rushed to each others embraces and made
the arches Of the Capitol resound with their
mutual congratulations.
| We would not detract from the merits Of
the performance, nor from the greatness Of
the occasion. If an impartial future shall
confne the judgments Of the actors and
render eternal the crown Of glory with which
they have been SO ready to furnish them
selves, we shall not lnterpOse our objections.
The time will come, we suppose, when the
act will be pronounced upon in the light of
its justice, and when its effects--if there are
any-wil be found to be unfortunate pre-.
clsely in proportion as they are lnequltable
for that time VIC can afford to wait, while
the authors of the act, having, to appear
ance, not so much confidence in the future,
are anxious to reap their little crop Of laurelS
before there is room for the frosty nights to
arrive.
In this act, Abolition eliminates. In the
political field it has reached its acme, and
performed all that it assumed to perfsm.
Right or wrong--and it never cared wheth.
; er right or wrong--it has foisted what it
calls its principles upon the organic law of
the land. For thirty-fye years, Abolition,
laboriDg by every means in its power to pull
down. in whole and in each of its parts, the
Constitution, to such effect that it has
ceased to be rule of action for men in
power, or a shield to protect those who are
out, has succeeded in innoculating it with
itself, and now expects to reinvest the instru-
ment which it has thus broken and dishon
ored with force enough to make it carry the
f monstrous device into successful operation
w bepeak Tor II Tree nelu, ana no party
or factions impediment. Democratic oppo
sition will be of no avail; and the worst tina
, enemies to the movement can wish or cal
accord to its friends is to give them all tn
rope they require.
y While philanthropy was thus going int
e convulsions Of JOY over the rarty success
had achieved, at a low calculation, thirty q
i forty thousand negroes, the fruits of its bt
nevolent efforts, were dropping into tt
e grave, in all the various stages of destitute
t. and starvation As fast as the heads of tn
e grim procession disappear beneath the su
i! face, there are more that enough fling upt
q the rear to supply their places, Never e
TT cept in the history Of preceding work ks
,r enthusiastic reform, holy charity and Who'll
es sale benevolence, had the world seen such
v spectacle of unmerited and unmitigat
misery and if there is. as we are taug
from the pulpit some other region, whe
there resides being who reioices at humt
Al pain, and screams with delight when Il
= children of men ar tortured, how he mu
n love the Abolitionists of America for tt
a pleasure which through their efforts h;
reached his dreary domain. Gin. Enquire