Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-22

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After winter of close confinement to
city, life and its rounds Of parties friendly
calls, social visits and sleigh h-rides it isreerr
taiHly refreshing and beneficial, mentally
and physically. alike to the business man,
the hopeful lover of his .country+ or eroby, the
Respondent lcitizens who sees in the dis
tance only radical, .rnin,, and revelation,
brought on by radieal-legislation, to tear
himself from the smoke and bdsde ofsthe
Capital, breathe the more pure, and brac-
ing air Of the country, visit, hold friendly
CONVERSE! and interchange ideas with the
healthy, Intelligent and thrifty farmer, and
partake of his generous hospitality to boot.
Knowing onDpastsexperience the benefit
of fewb weeks in the country, and, the
warm welcome one is sure to meet at the
hands OF the Democratic farmers of Ohio,
piEtepped into the, hack at the zettier
House, and,. of course, stepped out at
Groveport, made my best bow to Dr., G. S.
Smith. of that .fourishing little town,
and found him fine sample of the Ohio
gentlemen. - II + @ ,,.i az .s, 4 )ty T
Groveport, assyeu know is one of those
stirring little Democrats towns whose citi-
zens can boast of their full'share of wealth
and intelligence, and is surrounded by as
healthy a community of farmers as can be
found any where in the aGreat West"
The great object of interest and anxiety,
next to the futureiof our fnes but impers
iledcouhtry, seems to be the probable route
of the "Mineraf r. Rs It appears to be
the desire, land perhaps the interest of
Winchester; that the road run north of
Groveport, aud 1.-The people of each town
are making laudable efforts ito keep the.
other from attaining any undue advantage.
May both towns flourish and prosper to-
their hearts content, impartially and fer
ventlyipr I.a The great aWender toE me
Is, that the capitalists of Columbus and
other cities OF the Hockingyalley did not
long since invest and open up this ffne}and
rich line of country; for the Investment
must surely be paying one to the stock
owners and great benefit to many.
I have, for the last ten days, mixed preta
ty thoroughly and conversed very freely
with the farmers round Groveport, Win
chester Greeneastle, Lithopolis, Wayerly,
&C., enjoying country life in many of its
aspects, and In all its invisorating, health
bestowing benefits observing, by the way,
the prospects of an abundant wheat crop,
and learning from the people their hopes
and their fears as to tbefutufe stability and
endurance of our republican Institutions.
Letpoiiticians andparty leaders not flatter
themselves with the idea that they can
much. longer sway and mould the agricul-
tura1 mind Of, the Northwest. Let the
partynoW in power, that seems by its pres
ent course; to rest in satisfied certainty that
the people will support and uphold them
in their careerzof recklessness and misrule,
beware. The people of the West-the
farmers-are thinking. That physical ex=
citation, that high pitch of nervous de-
sire for party triumph at the polls, that left
no room for reflection on the true state of
thes escenntry, issfast dying out and giving
place to a calm and dIearnest desire for more
wise, more fraternal and less burthensome
legislation. Every farmer with whom one
meets, no matter to which political party he
belongs, nor what degrees he has taken in
party gradations, is, sure to ask, Lot whom
do you think the Republican party will
nominate for Governor, OR who will sue
ceed at the fall elections? but the far more
important and serious question, ssWhat is
youropinion as to the ,disorganized state Of
the country 2" generally followed by that
anxious, inquiring expression of counten-
jance and Still, deep breathing that tells, of
deeply seated fears for the future. And
here, I viii add, that the grave thought,
the alternate hopes and fears, the spread
ing desire for, unity, harmony and peace,
the increasing appreciation of our peril
Gus position as Republic, and the giving
way of those desires for party ascendani ]
cy to the more. holy love of country, have
greatly strengthened my. hopes in future
good government. True, now and then
meet with a man whose hatred of the Pres
ident and admiration OF Gen. Butler are
stronger, or, at least, nearer to the surface
than his love of country. Such men desire
and pray for the impeachment. of sandy"
regardless of consequences; % and what
world they not give if 9.Andy'' would only
llberate JEFF. Davis on parole! They fear
that he cannot be convicted and hanged by
the civil courts, and they are satisfied the
nextibest thing would be for johnson to
parole him, when, phew! wouldn't they
have capital for impeachment, and some=
thing by, which to infame the Northern
mind. TO denounce to the world. the Presi-
dent andoall his supporters as the most dam
gerous and damnable traitors that were
ever tolerated to live in any country, or
under any GoVernment-Ch Christian, Ma
hpmmedan or Pagan. But the Presi-
dent, notwithstanding that they once
swore by him, and heaped honors
on him almost to sdffocation, certainly to
staggering will not please them worth
daFn-went bite worth cent. He seems
to have quit biting and slipping about the
same time God bless him for both the
self-denial and refusing to crafty the ma
lgnants, who desire some action on his
part that would give the longed-for oppor-
tunity to Ben. n.Butler, Stevens &c Co. to pro-
claimsthe necessity of excluding for all flu
ture time, from any participation in gov
erning, all the people of the South and all
Democrats and Johnson men of the North.
What a glorious day, when the Russian
bear and the American t'beast't could stand
on two .Hemispheres and claim the damna-
bic distinction of refgni6g over the two
largest empires of slaves. in the world. But
thanks to the wisdom and watchfulness of
the President, the calm thought of the peo-
pie, evidently being brought about by a
merciful Providence, who it is to be hoped
has the welfare of the country in his keep
ing, the Tevolutionists will be disappointed:
when with abundant crops, united coufi-
try and wise legislation, the peace, prosper
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