The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-07-10
True Words.

The impudence of the vallandigham
newspapers is only exceeded by their
mendacitt. Thev nre persistentlv
clamoring against the President against
the Administration, and against the
war on the avowed ground that the war
is prosecuted for the sole purpose Of
abolishing slavery. the only obstacle TO
the restoration of the Union being the
persistent determination of the Repub.
licnn party with the President nj its
head, to free oil the slaves. How Him.
table must he the brass ofthe man Who
can dav by day rciterate so palpab'e
liel Who're is the evidence that the
Rebels desire tho restoration Of the
Union upon any terms2 Is it found in
their cotton burning-in their repuii.
alton of all debts to loyal men-in
their wholesale con6scation Of the prop.
erty Of men who adhere to the Gov
ernment--in their expulsion of all per
sons not actively and boldly Rebels.
from the seeded States-in their dec.
larotion of eternal hatred tn ali North
ern men-is it found in the declarations
Of the President of their Congress
their Generals in the field and Of all
Rebels everywhere that they are fight.
! ing for indepo ndence and never will
lnv down their arms until they achieve
liz?
Where is the evidence that the war
is prosecuted solely for the liberation
Of the negro and with sinister deter
miuation that it never shall stop until
this end is secnrpd2 Il it found in the
tender sensibilities Of our army officers
tonrhing slave pronertv2 Is it found
in Halleck's Order No 81 In the sup.
preston of Fremont and Hunters proc
lamntions? In the restoration Of slaves
10 Rebel owners by our army officers?
In the attempt TO conciliate bitter Reb.
el slave ownerS2 Is it found in the fact
that hv misguided leniency aud fruit
less efforts at conciliation we have made
it safer to he a rebel than n Union man
in nll the insurrectionary States2 Is it
found in our numerous proclamotions
inviting Rebels to lay down their arms
and receive free pardon for past mur-
derS and robberies?
The fact is there never has been n
day since the war began that the Rcb.
els were willing TO make peace upon
any terms save the division and des.
truction of the Government. And
there never has been time that they
could not have had peace by laying
down their arms and returning to their
allegiance. At the commencement oi
this trouble Northern sympathizers en-.
conragcd insurrection By declaring that
no troops should be sent South to sup.
press rebelion-that the "Black Re.
publicans" would have enough to do at
home to take care of the Democrats
thus Turing the secessionists to destruc-
tion. They arc now doing the same
thing by inviting the secessionists to
continue the war until they, the Val.
landlghammers, can get mp n political
reVoIntlon' secure majority in Con-
gress, cut of the supplies for our troops,
break down the patriotic spirit of the
people and secure either the permanent
division of the States or the ascendan
cy of the Rebel Government over the
whole nation. They are Just as pow.
erIess now to get up political revolu
ton as they were last year to prevent
the spontaneous rising of tho people. -
Their offer of aid to the Rebels now
will result just as did their proposal to
give the volunteers work to do at home.
There is no question of their inten-
tons. The safety Of the country lies in
the virtue and patriotism Of the peoplel
/ Burlington (Iowu) Hawk Eye.