Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1866-01-25


The people Of the South are still our
countrymen and, notwithstanding the aw.
ful error which they committed, in bringing
on the Nations troubles, an error in which
the North itself participated they are still
as heroic, as magnanimous, as generous A.,
Just, and as patriotic, as their countrymcp
Of the North, as any other people the world
contains. ltmust not be forgotten that the
people Of the South have ever contributed
their full proportion TO that great aggregate
Of private and public virtues which have
made this nation what it is Six hundred
thousand people born in the North reside in
the South; five hundred thousand people
born in the South reside in the North: and
notwithstanding the continued tide of em;
grafton from abroad to our shores, no great
nation on earth bears upon its face so ma.
ny features Of family likeness. Nowhere
else is there to be found great nation so
characterized by homogenity oftexturc. and
unityof character; and twas this very no.
mogenety and unity far more than the con
figuration Of the countIy's surface, which
rendered the disruption Of the political I'm
ion impossible.
What Congress has to do, is not to restore
the Union; but to recognize the fact that
| the Union has never been dissolved. The
Representatives Of the South should be ad-
mltted, not merely, as matter OF right, but
WI With an ur6ane and generous magnanlmity
Ihey should be recclved-not with sneers
ana Jeers-not with the vulgar arrogance Of
dolninat material torce-not, as ensaved
prisoners OF war to a place behind the car
OF the Vlctor-but as the members OF com
mon family, who have been estranged for
the moment by theuns workings of those
natural laws Whlch so o1ten break IN upon
the arilhclai arrangements OF political com,
munitles, ana exhibit phenomena which all
may see but none can interpret. They
should be received as children OF common
parentage-not with clouded brow and
threatening aspect-but with open arms,
with sobs and tears for the misery we have
been compelled to intlict upon them. II
Congress would thus elevate itself to high
point from which it may survey the nation
as whole and feel the sublimity Of its own
position as the nation representative, the
oninous doubt which now ovorspeads the
public mind will speedily give place to the
returning confidence of the people in their
Government and in themselves. What the
people want is security for the future-se.
curity which depends not upon the sword.
but upon Will and Affection-upon the nu-
tual recognition Of the rights of men and
of States-as those right are expressed in
the Constitution and the Law, and practi-
cally applied through the peaceful tribu-
mails where none but the ministers of the law
preside With thisrestored confidence. the
reinvigorated energies of this great people
will soon fill the immense void in the coun-
try's material wealth, made by the wasctuI
fires of war. Each good citizen, with q
soul terminated by the bright prospects Of
freedom and security in the future, will put
forth his utmost energies to place himself
in situation to contribute his full part tC
that immense contribution from the,nation'
wealth, without which an unspairing bank
ruptcy must engulf Us all, ,end turn thu
country over to the perilssf that social an
archy which ever arisesfrom the abnorma
want, ana whlch never yet ended IN leaving
people free. >,
Dut nave taikeu peyohd my JUST portion
OF the tilhe allo'tod TO the speakers; yet
Presuhiihs upon 'hat hlhuhess "hiGh the
democracy nave ever extended towards me,
l. Nus, ask ior III I'oii'cm. more; r., =,
-ncuaiy, -htuLi, hieh lhesc !hIee
names were lor many years a's0clatea
tosethei III ,ne coi'Nursa.lo',s Vi li1 Denloc-
rae! Vi .iie s'aic' Wy wv iLiehus have hot
peeh periliillcI 10 survive .ne c'lain'iles i OF
.ieli oouI'ly, oue 'hcl' NAMES WIZ oG re-
rneliooieu % Mi.l ,cspeot ps az, alu WIN al
icetioi y NV DouoLiuoy ,i, I vi '!ie sat- Us
!ons Us liperty slaii have any yaiue ~ tlle
Juus1heh's Vi lheh. ho" oiVeh huNe lhcy
ana L. ana many 9i you now present, ye
;loie anu inl'hiul lIichus OF the people
how often have we me together IN this city
on occasions IKE this. How often have we
boasted OF each othc. proudly ana justly
boasted--thatw belonged to party which
administered this Government throughout
two-thlrds OF Its entire eXlstencc-maintaln-
ing throughout liberty, harmony and order
without having constructed single prls-
on, erected single scaffold, made single
orphan or widow, without having shed one
drop OF human blood, or wrung one tear
from human eye, for a political otfensc.
a party which began its existence by or,
ganlzlng for the rescue OF the Government
from Its tendency towards despotlsm during
the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth
years from the date otthe Constitution. a
party which devised and proposed every
single act, whether such act related to oul
international relations, to the general 20
licy OF the ocean, or to the internal admins.
tration-every act which time and public
reason have sanctioned, and which, as such
stood as the public law Of the country in
1860. A party which never lifted its voice
in condemnation of single measure propos
ed by the adverse party. and which measure
has not been condemned and rejected by
time and the reason of the people. \ par
| ty which unboll tba r;nbts onI bonor ol