The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-01-03

lFrom thcPrIuectou lN.J.J Review for january.
The State Of the Country.
BY REV. DIR. noDaE. D. D.

There are periods in the history Of |
every nation when its destiny for ages
may be determined by the events Of an
hour There arc occasions when polit-
ical questions rise into the sphere of
morals and religion; when the rule for
political action is to be sought, not i'm
of state policy, but in
the law Of God On such occasions the
between secular and rolig-
ious journals is obliterated. When
the question to be decided turns on
moral principles, when reason, con-
science and religious sentiments are to
be addressed, il is the privilege and the
duty Of all who have access in any way
TO the public ear, to endeavor to allay
unholy feeling, and to bring truth to
bear on the minds of their fellow-citi-
zens. IF any other consideration be
needed to justify the discussion in these
pages of the disruption Of this great
confederacy it may be found not only
in the portontous consequences of such
disruption to the welfare and happiness
of the country and to the general in
terest of the world, but also in its bear
ing on the church Of Christ and the
progress Of his kingdom. Until within
a few years there was no diversity of
opinion on this subject. tt was admit
ted that the value of the Union of these
States did not admit of calculation
As no man allowed himself to count
the worth Of the family union, to esti-
mate in dollars and cents tho value of
his fathers blessing or his mothers
love, so no one dreamt Of estimating
the value of the union of these States
a union cemented by a common lin
cage, a common religion and n common
history. We were born in the same
family, rocked in the same cradle,
struggled through the same difficulties
We were united in the council-chamber.
and on the battlefield. The blood of
Northern and of Southern patriots
flowed i'm a common stream, and their
ashes lie mingled in the same graves.
These are not sentimcntalties which
men of sense can afford to dospise.-
| They are bonds Of union which it ar
gucs moral degradation to Disregard
Moreover, there is no denomination of
! Cbristions whose members arc not round
in ovcrv mart Of our common couptrv -
Almost cverv family ,t the South has
kindred livi6p Mt the North and f,mi-
lies at the North have kindred at the
| South The union of these States is a
rooI nnion. IT, is NOT mere associa.
tion such os binds tooether nations
of different races Announces and no
IiticoI institutions ne i'm the Austrian
|emniro. To this we owe our dicnity
and mower AMONG the nations of the
cortb Had We been MS the dissoci7tod
communities of Ttalv. we had boen in.
SIGNIFICANT IT, is because we are ono
tbot wo arc GREAT nrosnorous an NOW.
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