The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-08-22

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and poaccablc life, mall godliness and |
honesty" That thoro now exists q re-
bollion in our midst no one in truth |
and honesty can deny. But how differ
ont Paul's instruction from that Of
Of divinity in our midst
Paul would have them instructed and
intelligent, to the end that they may
'i0ad 4 quiet and peacoablo life" He,
with true secession instincts, would have
them coerced into silence by having a
committee to wait on them, to persuade
and tell them it was not best to preach
so much about "this holy war, but
preach more Of the Gospel of Peace. -
Ho would have Ministers cry peace,
peace, when God had not said peace.
With the spirit Of the '1ying prophets
would he falsify the word of the true"
We want peace, Doctor, truly we want
peace, bat we want truth and We want
purity too. Is it not little remarka-
bic that in communication embracing
the larger portion Of two columns Of q
newspaper, whore the subject Of the
rebellion at the South, and his senti.
ments in regard to it, are the sole OBJ
jocts Of the article, that "a true Union
man" never admits once that such a
state exists2 On the other hand we
can hear him speak Of what E'tends to
divide brethren Of the North from those
Of the South" How tender he is Of the
dear fellows down there South. Paul
Itells us that rebellion must be punished
and put down with the sword. NDr.
Mac. tells us "that by the sword this
great American Union, he fears, will
be permanently disrupted" JPaul tells
US that if we refuse to bear the sword
against rebellion, the government shall
die. And DR.. Mao. tells US it shall die
Iif we do bear it. o yo High Priests Of
divinity, when ye so much disagree
what shall we poor Levitcs dO2
Says the Dr., at seems very evident
that, however long this war continues
We never can havo perfect union with
slavery IN tho South and anti-slavory
in the North. Ono of these must die
The destruction of the former wonld be
calamity surpassed only by the de.
struction of the Union itself that of the
latter for a time wauld oblitorato party
lines in the North, &C." And is thil
Dsn,ocracy2 The death of free spcccl
and free institutions at tho North, tha
slavery may triumph 80 tell it not il
Gath, publish it not in the streets of
! Ashkolon, lest the daughters of Philis
tia triumph" But what doeslthat tails
manic word Democracy mean? Webster
shall give the answer: "Government
by the people; form Of government il
which the supreme power is lodged il
the hands of the people collectively, o.
in which the people exercise the power
of legislation" Dsmocrat--"One VIII,
adhcros to a government by the people
or favors the extension of the right Oi
suffrage to all classes of men," Now t,
the argument: "Oae Of these must die.
1--WE cannot have perfect union, &c, 49,
Here the DR.. and 1 agree exactly, an,
claim to be as good a Democrat as m,
, friend. But what is the history that i
at this moment being written? Is /
that party lines at the North are beinl
Obiterated to favor the South? Is /
not ezactly the rovorse? Is it not tru
q that parties in the North are cementini
/ to suppress rebellion in the South2 Blu
o what has caused this rebellion2 Slave
Try, and nothing else but Slavery. Bu
q large m6jOrity Of the people, (and thi
is Democracy say tho rebellion sha'
. be put down. If Slavery is the eau
0 Of the rebellion, then they say SLAYER
z shall bo put down. This is the aotur
{ tendency Of events, and has been fo
2 years gone by. He has watched th
{ signs Of the times to little purpose VIII
o cannot see, in looking at the progre,
{ Of empire on this continent, thatin I'll
!, vast superiority of the free labor systol
+, over that Of slave labor, the one mur
i sooner or later 60 down'boforo the otho
t We would hope that it might be 10
peacoable and constitutional way
? With all his love Of slavery, then, tn
s DR.. must be consistent with his prime
c plos, and say the majority shall rule
" But in saying this, he must admit b
T. present position to be ,0rony, and as a
p honorable man fall into tho ranks wit
e othors Of his party and help to py
r down the rebellion and uphold ii
n Uuiou though slavery should do
I tho struggle, Otherwise, ovory effo
l. he makes 10 his present position vi
{ DO 10 put civilization back upon the d
], al Of time ffty or hundred years, al
Ul .;I;t.to ite opooregg tOwnrds barbarig