The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-07-17


" sec that the end is worth more than
" all the means, and that posteriiy will
triumph, although you and | may
" rue, which hope We shall not"
So wrote John Adams. SO he hoped
and predicted; and even so, for time,
it ,ods. For fifty years he lived to real
ize his hopes, and witness the ful6llmeut
of his predictions. For eighty-four
years his predictions continued to be
fulfilled. For eighty four years the
4th of July, 177G, ,oas celebrated with
"pomps, shows, games, sports, guns,
bells, bonircs, and Examinations" and
that, too. Jrom one end Of The continent
TO the other" For eighty-four years,
the people of these United States, "from
one end of she continent to the other"
united, prosperous, and happy, blessed
and favored above all other nations and
peoples of the earth, gathered together
at their respective places of meeting,
on each succeeding 4th of July, with
Joy in their faces and gratitude in their
hearts, to felicitate each other upon
their happy condition, and devoutly to
return thanks to the God of their ia.
theirs, for the manifold blessings where.
with lie had vouchsafcd to bless them.
But it is no longer so. One half the
continent knoweth not to-day the
great National Anniversary Festival
Our brethren of the South, who are
"bone of our bone, and flesh of our
flesh" have put away from them the
glorious memories of the Past. They
reject and turn away from the rich
promises of the Future. They no long.
er come to the same affairs Of Liberty
to worship whereat we kneel. They
would be unto us even as strangers and
aliens. The hand of parricide is raised
against the life of the Government Civ.
en- us by our fathers, and to which.
'under God, we owe all the privileges
! MD blessings for which as a people we
h we been distinguished among the
N tions of the earth. Such. in pnrt.
is re prospect around and before US. -
Aaa we. We who are still endeavorinr to
walk i n the paths in which our fathers
trOd, " ith what feelings have ace as.
scmbletl here to-day? With duo graft.
tude, I tr ust, for the blessings of peace,
aud couo OF d, and prosperity, which we
we're perm it 'ed so long to enjoy; thank
ful that eve now it is no worse with
as than it is. But our hearts are heavy
with grief; o.. heads are bowed down
like bullrL's HI we must yicld to
the more powet 1l and plrvading fa
ing. We eau n 1t rejoice to day; We
must mourn. WHO is there here that
docs not mourn a f. Hher, son, broth
or, or a neighbor, absent or slain, in
the var? We can not, if We would
shut oar eyes TO our yn and our coun-
try's condition. Weare pcrplexod, hu-
initiated, mortified, cast down. Out of
the abundance Of the h ,rt the mouth
will and must speak. Th en-
'Befors tho csastensr humbly' let Us bow,
Ger hearts divided, sad Ger pes destroyed"
But let no one be aIaru,eN My ad-
dress shall not degenerate in 20 polit
ical partisan harangue: bur Intend,
that my remark ,'hall, as
they should, have some pertine ucy and
appropriateness to the occas ioh and
the circumstances by which wa are sur
rounded. eau not deal in va g,le and
peiRtless GeneraIities The tc,'asion
demands something other than lousn, ex =
tragagant, and fuIsome eulogies. Now,
whea fear and distrust have seize up
on tho hearts Of men; when our minds
are shrouded in gloom, and perp lexed
with doubt; when open and armed
treason faunts its flag upon ht,nd-
red 6elds, aud covert treason, like
1.-THE pestilence that walketb in dark
ness aud the destruction that waste tn
at nOOn-day," is everywhere around an d
amongst us; when the Earth beneat b
our feet rocks, as it were, with the tramp
of marching armies, and on every
breeze is borne "tho clash of resound-
Ing arms"-something decided and
practical is required and demanded
If, then, from the history of the event
the anniversary of which we are met
to celebrate, there may bo drawn
practical lesson for cur guidance and
encouragement in this our season Of
sore need aad trial, let us search 1t out
and apply it.
History furnishes no event with
which the American Revolution can be
justly and fairly compared In its moral
greatness and grandeur, it stands alone
without parallel, and without an
analogy Instructions, rebelllons, rev.
olutioDs, have been common occurren.
ces in all countries, aud in all times.----
The details Of these, their causes, re-