Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-09-21
THE INSULT OF ALL THIS.

ihh RESULT OF ALL THIS.
And the result OF an this is, that while tho
public debt diminishes not, but increases,
with no property exempt from the payment
OF taxes, with the yearly visits Of the collec.
tor and the tax gatherer will come destitution
and misery, until the people Of the United
states will be more oppressed than the peo-
pie OF any other country on Garth. The
powers that now WELD the public affairs will
investigate no frauds, recover no stolen prom
erty, redress no injuries, adopt no measures
Of economy, for those powers are the Grim.
inals. Crime will aggregate with the public
debt, will flourish with the public misery
The nabob will draw the interest fhis bonds
from the hard labor Of the poor, will ride over
the laws, will drown the groans Of labor with
the revelry Of bacchanaian orgies This has
been felt in other countries. II is no dream.
Public liberty will expire in the smothering
embrace Of the public burdens. However
the people may view the legal questions that
are now the subject Of solicitudc, whether
with Indifference or interest as to their legal
ity, yet it is a serious fact that the present
condition Of the negro and the South and the
policy Of the authorities in power, confisca-
ton, military courts, a standing army, the
closing of the courts ofjustice, the suspension
Of the writ of haJeos corpus, the system Of
military departments, have all thrust econ
omy aside, and this system continued will
grow in power until its eradication will be-
come impossible, its presence familiar and
permanent, and its permanency be support
ed by argument and force. The conse-
quences fully prove the unconstitutionality
OF the causes, for they all tend to change the
torn Of government. They. all imnQse re-
suits which are not the legitimate offspring
Of liberty, but Of despotism in fact. Fully
aware that these monstrous abuses will be
condemned at the ballot-box, these leaders
override the people with force, prevent them
from expressing their will by bayonets, and
stuff the ballOt-boxes with fraudulent votes.
The appearance only Of popular sufrageis
left, in some sections Of the country, toanswer
the stern demands Of our national and State
constitutions But this destroys the effect
Of popular suffrage in the undisturbed SEQ
tions. To further provide against the i'm
pending storm. GOO, 600 negro votes are in
vokcd, as a balance Of power, to nulify the
will Of the people. The negro was incorpo-
rated into the army for the purpose of lead
ing the argument. The labors, tolls, dangers,
and wounds Of the soldiers are to be worked
by these leaders into garlands and chaplets
for the brow Of the negro The stern and
bloody achievements Of the war are being
transferred to the negro cook, camp fol-
lowers and servants Of the army. Such
men as John Sherman, Senator from Ohio,
as leading examples, illustrate the whole
infamous brood Of political traitors. An
xiety for office has led such men into the
slough of negro degradation, and in the
strong and pure light with which the dignity
of the people is illumined by the constitu-
ton, these men toll and sweat for self
debasement and general contempt. The
issue is fairly presented by these leaders:
Negro suffrage and equality, miscegenation
and pauperism-and out of it all the
creation of an irresponsible political agency,
forbidden by the fundamental law Of the
land, disgusting to the people and destruc-
tive of their liberty. Upon this, if success
full, will follow the immigration of negro
populationsirom other portions ofthe earthr
or moral revival of the slave-trade, exten-
sion Of the naturalization laws, prescription
and decrease Of foreign white immigration,
and the growth Of mixed race. The de-
/ sign of these leaders comprehends this re-
suit The soldier who suffered and bled
for restored Union, and has returned to
civil life, owes it to his country, TO the
memory of his dead comrades, to his wounds,
to the patriotism Of his motives, to oppose
the reasonable ambition of these leaders.
: Having received but little for his services
. > his nwn -rch boinq and that nf the people
: depend upon restored Union in its fu]
. meaning. His labor must help to pay tn
public debt. The speculator that tough
these battles from afar that howled will
= apparent patriotic ardor at home. and "call
! ed for battles that he was not to fight" ha
: : no property liable to taxation Democrat
, and republicans are alike interested in re
! turning to the principles which our father
6 announced and which experience proves t,
be indispensable to liberty and happiness
y perpetuation and growth Of the presen
5 condition Of things, will but strengthen an,
aggravate the great evil. History, in sucl
an event, will but record the sweat of tot
and the grievances of labor, and its vol
umes will be hideously illustrated will
misery for twenty generations.