The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-05-03
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Chicago Convention and its
Nominee,

From the Philadelphia inquirer
The Chicago Convention and its
Nominee,
The approaching Convention at Chi
cago may, by a proper nomination, in
sure the success Of the party which it
represents Much more certainly than
that of Charleston, it has the power to
meet the czigcncy of the time. To II
we must look for the Cancellation Of the
parties in the North, on which the peace
Of the Union now depends. We see no
prospect that the South will, nor do we
think that she can, recede from the dan
gerous position which she has assumed
If Northern fanaticism shall, in the
next Presidential campaign, array itself
with equal Herceness against Southern
ulraism, the conflict to ensue may in
deed become "irrepressible" Moreover
if Chicago puts forth, as candidate
the exponent and representative Of its
extreme opinions, he will be defeated
beyond poradventure; and unhappily,
the election Of his match-malignaut Of
the Southern school, will be inflicted
upon US, and then the war goes on for
another Presidential term.
The Harpcr's Ferry affair, with Gov
crnor Wiso's management of it, seems
to have "fooled the South to the top Of
its bent" That was followed by the
Helper book riot in Congress; and now
it appears that the great aim of the Re
/ publican party members of the House
is to show pluck, to brawl with the
widest, and bluff the bullics, by way
of balancing the abuses Of the struggle
in the election of the Speaker The
country cannot afford the consequences,
and the Middle States, at least, will not
allow this ruinous wrangle to 60 on
much longer Blake's resolution to
give liberty to every human being, and
the Southern conspiracies to break up
the trade and intercourse Of the South
with the North; clustering speeches in
Committee Of the Whole on the state
Of the Union, disturbing the peace of
the Union, and the dcmagogueism Of
both factions that stirs the mischief fog
its own proft-these arc the evils to be
remedied The Chicago Convention ha.
the power and it has the responsibility
Of applying it, No measure or policy
either possible or promising now afoot
can save the country, or pacifcatc thu
Union, but the election Of the righ'
man, and that must be done by the
Free States. The success of the south
ern candidate will only proloug and ado
new bitterness to the North; but ar
election by the North itself will quie
the bigger half of the nation, and if
that is done by selecting tho right mar
for the place and the purpose, the Soutl
will accede, or submit but will, at least
: have all its ostensible causes Of quarrc
, and discomfort postponed till better
cOunsels and a better spirit shall have
time to prevail There is but one mar
in the country who can carry every Free
State, 0ud at the same time quiet thu
, resistance to a Northern President il
the South. That man is Justice Johl
. Mclean, of the Supreme Court of tn
United States. Although somewhat ad
vauced in years, yet from his very 70
p bust constitution, his extremely tenn
perate habits, his mild and unrufAe,
b temper, his pure aud quiet conscience
o he is yet strong and vigorous-mucl
more so than most men who are tel
= years his junior The best evidenc
( of this fact consists in the extraordinar
judicial duties which he still perform
greater, in fact, than any other iudg
in the world, lie performs all his du
tics as Associate Justice of the Suprem
Court Of the United States during it
d long and arduous sessions, and ais
7 with uniform and uuvarying diligenc
n and punctuality on his circuit, including
j four great States, containing now owe
J, seven millions of people, or nearl
e double the number embraced in am
p other circuit, and nearly one-fourth tn
p population Of the United States. Tn
e suits in this circuit reach now twenty
= seven hundred, many Of them includin
controversies between great railroa
{ companies, involving millions of dollar
Whoever in all that vast circuit hl
C any claim which be believes just, he ca
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