The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-07-02

left, thirty years ago. 1t is no use to
argue on this question, for where they
will 60, or what they will do, We must
leave for the future to determine
There may be a portion Of the blacks
scattered throughout the North, but
small portion, for climate and the char
cter of the labor will drive them away.
The probaple result will be that the po
litical character Of the institution having
been destroyed, emancipation in some
form will permit them to remain where
they are. But for fear such result
will not come to pass, are you prepared
to take another alternative, al aud 60
down on your knees aud sue for
peace? Are you willing to let them take
all the virgin territory of the West
and cover it with their slaves, shutting
out your brothers and your sons from
obtaining homes for themselves and
their children after them, in order to
keep them away from us2 Are you
prepared to say that you viii again give
up to them the political power of the
Union? IF that is your way of think
r ing it is not mine. You may as well
take the results Of the war as they
/ come, for be assured that we will find a
o way to dispose of these difficulties as
4 they spring up in our midst. Let US
y trust that iu the end we will be found
= as true to the great interests of the
r country, and succeed as we'll in dispos-
IS ing of them as we have done with IL o
y difficulties Of the past.
ID THE DOOM OF THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE
WAR READ IN HISTORY.
My main desire to-day has been to
:, satisfy you that there is but one duty or
=, one obligation for every man to take
10 upon himself and fulfill in the state OF
no the country that reigns at present. l
oP may have failed to do so, and if so LEI
- me make suggestion to my political
II friends as to party, and l wish you to
-. bear it in mind. Go back to the record
and take care that you do not make the
same fatal mistake. 1t is that no party
4 ever made opposition to a war that wa:
ng not rent in twain and torn to pieces
ut thereby. You cannot blot the recort
ng out, you may try it, but it will stick tC
20, you; you may oppose this war, but an
'Pl not going along with you. The oil,
Tories of the Revolution--they are al
ht gone now, but their records remain, anC
ar the odium belonging to them attache
n oven their descendants. The old mem
10 bers of the Hartford Convention ar,
'e' hardly spoken of with decent respect
Vo guy, though less than that whicl
I'd should result under. the present crcHm
we stances, descended to the second gene
d ration, keeping him from places of hon
ny or and trust, simply because the fac
ur that the father had been member O
re the Hartford Convention, clung to hin
m like the shirt of Nessus. In the wa
us with Mexico we Democrats procIaime'
y2 it to be the duty of every man to stanC
l up for it, whether he believed it righ
I'll not.
et OOPPERHEAD NEWSPAPER.
ue 1 did so, for I printed the Cincinnati
J Enquirer about that time.
A voice-"I wish you printed it now.
w Mr.. Brought don't if it advocate
u" the same principles as now. Laugh
-. ter and applause How poured he
~ shot into those who opposed the wa
., how fred whole broadsdes at Tol
Corwin. Where is he now? The bright
" est intellect, the noblest man the oil
Whig party ever had in Ohio-the
hardly own him now, having showed hil
off to Mexico-a striking soincdenc'
~ the very country whose cause he cham
pioned. | repeat, a brighter light neN
: er went out than Corwin's, when he an
whole hecatombs of Wings fell undt
/, their opposition to their nations wa
Do not let us reverse the record to-da,
=, and place ourselves in the unfortunat
-, position which our political opponen
-. then occupied. You cannot purst
i.h this hostility to the war without brinl
- ing reproach upon yourselves as a pa
ty and individuals. Let me say to yo
young man, who are fighting in Il
ranks of the Democratic party to de-
to beware how you tread on that platforI
you 1t is unsound, and the obloquy will fC
'on low you in all your future years. Y,
els, cannot wipe it out 1t will be said
We you, to your children, aud to your ch
- dren'S children: "That man was o
dis posed to putting down the most wick
unit rebellion that ever existed, and whC
and th.t brand is put upon you, it W
~ marx you as an enemy to your ooantl