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

rival, on every other, we will at once
descend to the position Of one Of the
weakest, pettiest, not to say, most con-
tempiible States in the family Of Ma.
tions. We will not only have lost pow.
er, but--what is worse--we will have
lost character and consideration among
the Nations And We who we're born
freemeu, on American soil, the inner.
itors Of the richest inheritance Of free
government and liberal institutions
that was ever vouchsafed to man, will
sink at once into a condition little bet.
ter than that Of slaves, and dying will
leave to our childrpn degrA.
ded position, a dishonored name, and
the contempt Of mankind. Who can
contemplate the picture without shame
and horror2 OH Let us not, for mo.
ment. believe such result possiblel
! We know that we are endeavoring to
walk in the footprints Of the great and
good men whose toll, and care, and
blood, and prayers, built up this Gov.
ernment. We know that, in this con.
test, we are struggling for the aams
great and sacred principles of civil and
religious liberty for which they strug-
gled We know that the God Of Jus.
tice blessed their labors, and sustained
and strengthened them in the season Of
their sorest need, and rewarded their
tolls and sacrifices with glorious success.
May not we, the children and success
sors of those great and good men, while
endeavoring to defend and conserve the
works of their hands, humbly trust that
the blessings Of the God of our fathers
will be with us and upon us, and that He
will not permit our laSors to be in vain2
In this trying exigency, repeat, We
must take counsel of tho fathers, and
be inspired by their example. AS they
/ were united, and harmonious, and self.
{ sacrificing, and conservative, so must
we be. Let us go forward in the work
Of the prosecution Of this war, with an
eye single to the conservation aud per-
petuation of the Constitution and the
Union, just as we received them at the
hands Of those who preceded US. Let
this be our only direct and lending aim
and oliect.-ff, in the providence Of
God, other good results must and shall
necessarily and Incidentally follow
from the struggle, let US accept them,
, with devout and humble gratitude
, But, nou, let the voice of Fanaticism
be silonced. Let it no longer be heard
in the counses Of the Nation, to dis.
tract TO exasperate, to ALLEVIATE, to
, divide. and now. when the counsels
Of every head. and the strength of ev.
cry nrni, are needed for our deliv,
ernnce, let the mischievous spirit Of
party disappear from amongst us. Let
: the politician, scorning all party re-
wards, oud shaking of all party shack.
les, endeavor to rise, at once. from the
pigmy proportions Of partisan, to the
e giaa: station Of a PATRIOT. Let us en-.
e deavor to realize that the end We have
. in view is worth all the means. Lot
. US account the blood, and toll. aud pri.
y vntions, and tnaofions, as nothing when
F. compared with the preservation of the
t Union and as conducting 10 that end
e And here, on this, the Anniversary Of
our National Birthday, at the Affairs
; Of Liberty. built mp by those who form
: ed our glorious Union, let us renew our
vows for its preservation, and solemnly
swear that, In our hands, II SHALL NOT
f. PERISH
b An old Roman Senator was in the
habit Of concluding every speech he
i. made in the Senate, no matter upon
: what subject he spoke, with the words,
"Delenda est Carttdgo"-Carthage must
e be destroyed. This he continued for
g years, and, at last, Carthage, tho great
;. enemy, and only rival of Rome, ioas
/. destroyed. not one stone being left upon
It another. His words. so often, and 60
. persistsntly repeated, had, at length,
is their effect upon tho minds of the Ro-
\. man people. let us initiate his perse-
e verance; but be ours nobler and q
/. more humane spirit and purpose--tO
d sdpe, not to destroy. Let our battle.cry
70 be--let it be written upon all our ban
:, ners--let the sentiments be always ia
E our hearts, and the words always upon
4 our lips, of Jackson's celebrated and
=. characteristics toast: "THE UNION or
n THESE STATES IT MUsr AND SHALL
" DE PRESERVED"
y Col Stanley Matthews has been or.
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