The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-10-06
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From the American Citizen.
To the Independent Voters Of High.
land County.

From the American Citizen.
To the Independent Voters Of High
/ land County.
Again I am impelled by q sense Of
duty, to address you. Ny independent
position, as ] foresaw, has drawn upon
me the fierce and perscvering attacks Of
the active managers of the Democracy
Of the county, who either occupy or as
pire to official place TO repcl such as.
sailants, successfully organized, exper-
fenced, and eager as they are, is no Or
dinary undertaking for an humble ciG.
zen like myself Yet having entered
upon the conflict, under the strong
| promptings Of my own deliberate con-
/ victions Of right, I feel no desire to
shrink from a duty so apparent, or
abandon the field because of the warmth
and palpable inequality Of the contest;
for l hold it to be the duty of every
citizen TO resist petty as we'll as great
usurpations Of the rights Of the people.
Ii was the remark Of a great man, many
years ago, that power is ever stealing
from the many to the few, and that
therefore, eternal vigilance is the price
Of liberty,
In the days when most Of US we're
boys in the county, all men were peacoa.
bly, in the full enjoyment Of their con-
stitutional rights, and not only free to
vote for whomsoever they chose, but
each one could offer to serve in any Of.
fee in the gift Of the people, without
humbly begging the permission Of any
man or set Of men, Then, the Offices
from the highest to the lowest, were
filled by honest and competent men; the
| public expenses were small, and the
State incurred no debts This good old
way has, it is we'll known, been long
| departed from, and the consequences
are most lameutably manifest. The peo-
|plo have trusted to those who assumed
to be managers, ceased to be yigilant,
and now, as a most humiliating conse-
| quence, they no longer rule themselves
their proud title Of freemen is in truth
| but q name.
In speaking thus confidently, many I
know, who still lingcr in fancied secu-
rity and in the blindness Of their parti-
san zeal, never for a moment suspect
the fidelity of their own leaders, will
say that there is nothing in it-that it
is all humbug-that Democratic officers
are trustworthy and faithful-that there
is no clique-that the people still are
free and rule themselves TO all such
most earnestly saw Won oro arootI,,
m;stalon mi 7 ,trcy,,t ,,o,, ~, q S",.J
rrt ,,o,r c,ot ,,ra tc ,,,a,,o.o. ~
vor nav cooso 70 voto G,r oamors nar,; lr,i'
IotionsDsunnort onIy srcL NV 6o,,, 49, a.,
cour,ro and tbo injo,onJanoo w. 80, 80 oga- e."
tbcmsoIros IN t,o;, o,rp r,ar;t, agI nv ,.a,
will snooJ;Iy disband tbo oiil,l,, a"r ,.E;,I' H.
conordroto Sbont oor,t,, soati N,1 a,,J ',,v ~,
toro ti5o oo,,rtr,, - n,o III ~ G
ciont and Lonosi o9foors rJo ,r;II !, ..or5 o,
rceDons;LIo ~ ,o, as tLoir ty,,o - arJ ia
climate masters instooJ or n G,r, rarti re
Sam IoaJors os ~ nrosont NV pow
/
snUU'u noI perhaps nave IrOuOIeu
IoI' ~ iC'io". ,. .cLyl1ous, WIN 'uls ouuross'
'''' '''O oP1iT''o"S "a III enemies OCcu
oonu"GS " ,rI TIc usuo, 5.lit cHaLuol VI o!ec-
.louoeIIuS ne Il''SO0r0 La@etSe, claim,
ing 70 DC ,no organ oil the democracy,
on DII i Dn9 Ifln inst. cnoSG TO 'cNo up the
no5io 5rrito mo % o,f53 Dnu ,Io io,To I ol ,'s
tbo Donooratfo nort,,@ Nou' ~ o.tor,,; t,r1 -
mind c,oI;da oa;,st oitI,o tI II' aa ,',,
cditor og tbot nao ~, oooin.t o ilo on .I
tIemcn Who cI6oso IN ornSar ,s1 60 bnt 5ov. 5
ing boon born and roisa5 a Domocrot of |
tLS trno ola aobool anJ bayin1, Inith ~ y
caw ovcontions yLon nv NV oonr;ooiiions oi ",s' oF |
robt dirdotO5 o tIorr,;so - 80" . -
c,p tboso ,rbo oIoi,noJ 90 Lo Dog,oon,ts -
oonf.ss ,,rsoIr aru;arS - Lnar, 80
-Lot 49, ,.a, ,,T ~ ~"
ont nal+ ,,;tI, r,I;ab anJ 1',,' 80,
fro f,miI, b:ro hon ;Jont;ead ;,lC e., " 49,
tbirty 800 SnroI, - is not 49,
or tGo I'll % tiH,o tLo,, La,,o -
Car no,,aosoa,, e,r a. ,.o., aI;t, 80 Do'
iifoJona WLi1 n,ti tLroo ,,,o roors ""1 ac,o
anJ ~ 5bo t,,a 7, ,,or";naI " nIitoss "'1 ,5o a.
,gbo hoe boon oonnootod T,;th tbo -. |
Gov tbo ,ost ,,oo, ,nas M Rvao.ioP P'PSt
H. - - "a ~ III, -, l."u .'o
RonuLIican not F,nr r,ontIs s;1oo ,I,o'
Now VIC is tbo bottor Donoor,t2 IL
NOT rid;crIons f,r snoL nov;oos 20 taIl. |
of reoding ont boar5cd non9
M -, 80
ne u"~a'5o, IN inc arO'cie ABOVE re, |
iorrIu TO- aII0Santiy asks '"hat rlght
mas !! me nc TO SPEAK 81 TOT Ihe Democratlc party
III 'nG county gu! In reply 70 an eAPreS-
Sion OF DCllel on my part, mlQc q snort ]