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

base libeIcr who says otherwise Hone.
less-ly severed by rivers Of blood, its old
allies its enemies, weakened but not broken
as national party By no want Of patriotism
IN the great body Of is members, il arose
amidst the blaze and thunders Of war TO give
llclicllan, in 1861 over one million six hun.
dred thousand votes True, we arc in
minority IN Congress and in the States: but
II my voice could teach them, | would say
to the South Behold this array! It
was not victorious, but by your aid # migbt
have been, can be, and will be! As thc
greater body-indccd, as the regular organ
izatlon, never broken save BY your defec.
tlon-we entreat, if you would be rid ofyour
present disabilities, to consider your future
alliances. You have az yet asked no ainnes-
ty iiom Us. W desire 10 humiliation from
you. You know Us now 70 have been your
friends OF old, when you left us TO your
enemy and ours We spread the mantle Of
oblivion over the past. If it be in vour
power 70 help, it IL in ours to forgive. II
you have the spirit to accept. VIC have the
spirit to tender the Offices Of Kindness. If
III your hearts you can kiss the Old fac. and
reverence the old Constitution. you are
Democrats again We ask no Further
The Democracy is then rehabiiitated. and
you are then reconstructed We ask no
test oaths, and will not trouble you to con
suit Mr.. Thaddcus Stevens or Charles Sum.
ncr. Your home shall be ours: your conn.
try ours. No dead States. There shallle
nothing alien to Us which is no. foreign TO
you Nothing domestic withus which shall
not DC at home to YOU. We will help you
plant again the seed whose perfect leaycs
flowers and fruits shall be yours, with ours
t. ENJOY. Let this be done in spirit of
kindness and faith, for these are greater
than power and bring more happiness than
al! the symbols Of frank.
''Howe'er II be. It seems .n-,n
rs only noble to be good:
hlhd heaItg arc more than cDronets,
Ana simple faith than Norman blGo1."
You have had Affections; they may be 50
divided between u, as to be, ifnot invisible.
at least 10 become inscnsible. You have
been your own Atr0pos, but we will help
you to take mp the severed thread AMI to-
gether we will twine its tissues into a new
and happier national life. As in sadness
your best friends mournfuliy, but firmly
drew the sworn to sustain the government
you strOvc 50 rashly to destroy so nov 1ye
will initiate, in 50 far as we can, the Divine
goodness, which the Chief Magistrate has
taken as the model Of hi. acts-anI while
doing you no injury, do ourselves none by
revenge, which i. the worst Of injuries to
him who cherishc. it. If the uncharitaLle
votes ofthe present Congress drive you from
the door, to which the President calls YOU.
and strives still further to wrcak its wrath
on you, We will stand By the executive be-
tween you and further harm We will
keep the compact, with the good Sir Thomas
Brown made with himself Let not the
sun in Capricorn 80 down upon our wrath:
but let Us write our wrongs in ashes. Draw
the curtain Of night upon injuries. shut
them up in the tower Of oblivion. and let
them be as though they had not been. To
forgive yet hope God will punish them is
not to forgive enough. To forgive aud not
pray. God to forgive. is a partial piece OF
charity. Forgive thine enemies totally and
without any reserve.
! This shall be our revenge FOR your treat
ment OF Us as your allies in Democracy. 1t
OF the Saviour Ii our arrows fall short. or
be aimed Ike those of Jonathan, to fall be-
side the mark, they shall, when gathered
up, be found ftathered with the dove of
peace, or from the wing of that eagle that
used to soar in our oratory and yours.
In this spirit the Democracy present the
hand Of friendship and the symbols Of con
cord. Providence has given Us the Presi-
dent from the South, and the issues Of po-
lLtical government are 50 forming themselves
that your interes. will be with our incliua-
ton IN the line Of duty to our whole couu-
try, " e may unite on the principles laid
down in President johnson message: that
the Union shall be perpetual; the Consti-
tuition our guide; that it has within itself
the resources for its own preservation and
REFORM acquiescence in the legally expressed
viii OF the majority; the State governments.
North and South, to be protected in all
their rights; no renouncine by State Of
its place in the Union 10y ordinance 10
nuliitication; the perpetuity of the States
bound up with that Of the Union; no con-
qucrcd territory held by military power;
no dead States; no political suicides; the
States to be restored and the power Of local
selt.governmeut to lie exercised without
abrdgement or usurpation by the federal
central power. Thus made strong at home,
in our foreign relation, all will be eager to
attain our rightful majesty and strength as
Il power in the world.
Thus united, the misguided ideologist:
who are again striving to emtroil the see
tlons, may soon be entombcl. Prosperity,
the hapimaiden OF cOntertment. will make
the South smile again with ITS old cultiya-
/ ton. IT, you Of the South can shake hands
/ with IL on these t cts, the sectional enemy
will disappear from our politics; and il he
does not, We can unite to hurl him from the
battlemcnts. The Democracy, which cour-
agcously for years, amidst local preiudiups
and reproaches, kept the national policy Of
the government, and which, during these
years Of war. never failed to protect against
the eclipse Of liberty by power; who, in
times past assumed the burdens, and ex-
u!ted in the glor!es of nationality; who are
to-day arrayel against the Improbable con-
tension concerning the black race, and who
look to the white race for the welfare and
greatness of the cnuntry-that party. ever
honored in this Hall, as the party of Con
Stitu,ional Liberty, and whose love had no
bound save in the limits Of the Republic
will again rise and put on the beautiful gar
ments. Its influence will give new blood
and fresh influence to the nationc' 'Erame.-
From ocean to ocean, from lake TO gulf,
from the gold bearing sierras and silye-
yielding lodes of the Pacific TO the beautiful
valleys of the Mississippi and the rich marts
of the Atlantic, its footsteps from state to
State will be that ofa demi-god on the path
way Of stars. In the majestic strength ota
united nation, with the calm energy of
Democratic force, the great republic, launch
ed under the auspices Of our party, sailing
under our shipping articles, only becalmed
and staggered by the storms of our adyer-
saries, may move in her career, Unconqueyed
and sublime to its destiny among the ra-
tions!