The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1861-01-31

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lustry, in the culture Of every fruit,
mining Of all the metals, commerce at
home and on every sea; material i'm
provemcnt that knows no obstacle and
has no end; invention that ranges
throughout the domain Of nature; in
crease Of knowledge as broad os the hu
man mind can explore, perfection Of art
as high as human genius can reach, and
social refinement working for the reno
vation Of the world.
DISSOLUTION AND DEsoLATloN.
How could our successors prosecute
these noble objects in the midst Of bru-
taliziug civil conflict? What guarntees
will capital invested for such purposes
have that will outweigh the premium Of
fered by political and military ambition2
What leisure will the citizens find for
study or invention, or art, under the
reign Of conscription2 Nay, what inter
est in them will society feel when fear
and hate shall have taken possession of
the national mind2 Let the miner in
California take heed, for its golden
wealth will become the prize Of the ma
tion who can command the most IRON
Let the bordorer take care, for the In
dian will again lurk around his dwelling.
Let the pioneer come back into our
deuser settlements, for the railroad, the
post-road, tho telegraph, advance not
one furlong further into the wilderness.
With standing armies, consuming the
substance Of our people on the land, and
our naval and our postal steamers with
drawn from the Ocean, who will protect
or respect, or who will even know by
name our petty confederacies2
OUR NAVY A HARgINGER OF THE
WORLDS FREEDOM.
The American Man-of- War is a no
ble spectacle. have seen it enter an
ancient port in the Mediterranean. All
the world wondered at it, and talked of
it. SalvOcs Of artillery from forts and
shipping in the harbor saluted its flag
Princes and princesscs, and merchants
paid it homage, and all the people bless
cd it as a harbinger of hope for their
own ultimate freedom
imagine now the same noble vessel
again entering the same haven, The
flag Of thirty-thrce stars and thirteen
stripes has been hauled down, and in its
place signal is run up, which haunts
the device of lone star or palmetto
tree. Men ask who is the stranger that
steals into our waters, the answer con
temptuously given is, she comes from
one Of the obscure republics of North
America; let her pass on.
LIBERTY AND UNIoN-ONE AND INsEPA.
RABLE.
Lastly, public liberty, our own pecu-
liar liberty, must languish for time
aud then cease to live. And such lib
erty Free movement everywhere
through our own land and throughout
the world--freo speech, free press, free
suffrage, the freedom Of every subject
to vote on every law, and fOr,Or against
every agent who eXpOunds, administers
or executes Unstable oonfederaoies,
constantly approhending assaults with
out and treason within, formidable only
to each other, and contemplate to all
besides, how long will it be before, on
the plea of public safety they will sur
render all this nestimable and unequal
ed liberty, and accept the hateful and
intolerable espionage Of military dos-
pOtism?
NO REASON FOR DISSOLUTION.
And now, Mr.. President, what is the
cause for this sudden and eternal sacri-
fee Of so much safety, greatness, hap,
piness and treedom2 Have foreign ma
tions combined, and are they coming in
rage upon us? No. So far from being
enemies, thcro is not a nation on earth
that is not an interested, admiring
friend. Even the London Times, by no
means partial to us, says it is quite pos
sible that "the problem Of a Democrat
ie Republic may be solved by its over
throw in few days, in a spirit Of folly,
sellshness and shortsightedness
Has the Federal Government become
tyrannical and oppressive, or even rigor.
Gus or unsound? Has the Constitution
lost its spirit, and all at once collapsed
into a liteless letter? No; the Fedora
! Government smiles moro benignantly
and works to-day more bonehcenty
than ever. The Constitution is even
the chosen model for the organization
of the newly rising cOnfedoracies.
THE ELECTION OF LINCOLN.
The occasion is the election Of a Pres
ident Of the United States who is unao
, ceptable to a portion Of the people.
state the case accurately There was NJ
, movement of disunion before the bal
lots which expressed that choice wer,
cast. Disunion began as soon as the re
suit was anuounced. The justification
as assigned, was that Abraham Lincolr
had been elected, while the success OF
either one of the other three candidates
would have been aoquiesoed in. Wa
the election illcga2 No; il is unim
p peachabe. Is the candidate personally
D offensive? No; he is a man Of unblom
/ ished virtue and amiable manners. j
D an election of President an unfrequen
= or extraordinary transaotiou2 No, WI
never had a Chief Magistrate otherwis,
designated than by such election, ant
j that form of choice is renewed overl
four years,
Does any one even propose to chang
4. the mode Of appointing the Chief Mag
{ istrate? No; election by universal suf
] frags, as modified by the constitution, i
r the own crowning franchise Of the Amer
S lean people TO save ii, they would dc