Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-08-17

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di.tinguis shng from the great national mas,
the population Of few small district: and
sometimes a mere difference Of dialect or
even Of accent mari Ks though more fecbIy,
the limit Of the settlements Of races Of men.
once thoroughly distinct, and hostile to
each other.
Nft,cen centuries ofc0mn,0n gorcrnp,ent
md poiaicai union hoye nOt bcen ohb 10 oJ-
Werdtc Me djstinctions n0d cren HE "tn-
sttnct're cHmuy' of ruces Uhich Uere Dhysi-
ologicaiy stmtIor, ,ch0t encouragement lure
Ue hm success UtU ouend a FORCED pOLIT.
IcAL FUSION of bhterly hosttle races troD,
Me antipo,ics ofMe hmm tamtlyp
The process by which even the compar.
tive unity. Of the English people was
achieved, is described BY the same philo-
sophie historian whom have quoted, near
the close Of his great work, as a Complete
amagamation" Of the Norman and Saxon
idioms, and mixture Of the two races, -
which 1t took two centuries Of sanguinary
war to accomplish.
just stepping as we are from the battle
held on which descendants Of a common
ancestry. so little removed from us that We
can literally reach back our hands to grasp
those Of our common sircs have waged thc
most tremendous and terrible Of modern
wars it does not become Us to argue that
peaceful discussion will quietly settle differ
enccs which in former times were settled by
the sword but the memory Of the almost
present as well as the remote past calls up
on US to build our policy soldly upon prin-
ciples which experience as we'll as reason
prove to be durable and more than ever to
avoid dcludng ourselves with the cry Of
peace, peace, when there is no peace,
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have pondered this problem in the inter
walls OF strife or by the camp fire at night.
have been more and more impeled to the
belief that the only basis Of permanent ma
tionahty is to be found in complete homo
genelty OF people, Of manners and Of laws
Inc RAPID fusion of the races Of Western
Europe as they have met upon our shores
has secured the former Of these requisites,
and the Yankee race ! adopt the epithet
as an honorable onc), marked as it is with
salient characteristics, is so complete an
amalgamaton of all the families from the
Eastern boundary Of Germany to the West.
ern coast of ireland, that there are few Of
US in whose veins are not mixed the blood
Of several. But this unhappy race ofwhich
we are speaking does not amalgamate with
the rest. 1t is entirely immaterial to dis
cuss why it is so; the fact no one can deny;
nor can it be denied that its Salcatton or is
destructiOn will surely be worked out in its
! family isolation.
Because there could be no real unity of
| people between the Southern whites and
Southern blacks, it seems manifest to me
that there could be no political unity, but
rather a strife for the mastery, in which the
one ar the other would 90 to the wall.
| The struggle for supremacy would be di
rect and immediate, and | see no hope
whatever that the weaker race would not be
reduced to hopeless subsection, or utterl,
destroyed There is no reason to suppos,
that Missouri border-ruffianism could neve
; he repeated on new fields. aud the strif
once naugurated, the merciess war woulc
continue as long as the obnoxious race hac
an existence You have expressed your an
ticipation of such a result in one state o.
the case, how Is it that you do not see thai
direct struggle for power at the bolot- box
would make the contest more deadly?
\ hold that there isgreat philosphic truth
IN the words Of Guzot, in summing up the
eight centuries of bloodshed out of which
the French emerged into nationality from
the strife OF petty races and tribes. He say.
In the life of nations, that union which i,
exterior and visible, the unity of name and
Of government although important. is by
no means the first in importance. the most
real or that which make indeed one nation
There is a unity which is deeper and moro
powerful; it is that which results not mere
ly from identity of government and destiny
1 but from the homogeneity of social elements
from the likeness of institutions, of man
ners Of ideas, of tastes, of tongues; the uni
ty which resides in the men themselves
whom society assemblies, and not in the
form ofthelr associations; in short that NOR
al unity (Fmite mordle) which is far more
important than political unity, and which il
the only solid foundation for the latter.
! have watched with deep interest tn,
educational effect of the war upon our owl
} army, and | assure you that while our whit,
; soldiers have uniformly and quickly learne,
to appreciate the fact that the existence o
our free government could only be preserv
ed by the destruction of the system of slave
: ry, and so became radically and thorough,
antislavery, the tendency of battling 70
} the old flag was almost equally uniform i,
increasing and deepening the pride of race
The fact is one which cannot safely be ovel
4 ton upon the political problems before tn
country, and it is one in regard to which
), think can hardly be mistaken.
; The details of any system of scparatio
= could only be determined by careful stud
e and wide comparison of views. Suppose
n however, that without breaking up the q
: ganization Of any State, you take contigu
} Gus territory in South Carolina, Georgia
Alabama, and Florida, and there under tn
sovereignty of the United States, and witt
all the facilities which the power and wealtI
: of the government can give, we organic
the freedmen in dependency of the Unio