The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-09-03

British Parliament declared the Colo
MES out of the protection Of the parent
State. And then at last no other course
was left the m but to proclaim their in
dependence, and defend it if need be
With their iifa's blood, The battle of
Lexington was fought on the 18th of
April, 1775, and on the 18th Of April,
l776, the Provincial Congress of North
Carolina empowered their delegates in
Congress to concur with the delegates
of the other Colonies ia declaring inde
pendonco and forming foreign alliance,
and on the 18th Of the following month |
Virginia, through her Convention, in
structed her delegates in the ContiEen-
tai Congress "to propose to that body
to declare the United Colonies free and
Independent States, sbSolVed from all
allegiance to, or dependence on, the
Grown or Parliament Of Great Britain,
and on the 9TH of July following the
ever memorable Declaration was madO
But how different has been the course
Of the SecesSionisss. They seem to have
resolved years ago that the Union
should be destroyed and then to have
set themselves to work to force such
grievances as would seem to give them
decent pretezt for the accomplishment
Of their premeditated schemes. The
frst effort was made in the days of null.
lihcation by the Seoessionists of South
Carolina. The grievance complained
of was the tariff, although the State Of
South Carolina, herself, had been from
the foundation Of the Government near
ly up to that period, as strong an advo.
cate of high tariff as any State in New
England. That question wGs oompro-
missed South Carolins obtained all that
she oStenSibLy demanded. A revenue
tariff, with Incidental protection, be-
came the settled policy of the Govern
ment, and except for a short period n
der the tariff of 1852, vas never departed
from. But still they were not Statistic
Immediately after the passage of Mr.
Clay's compromise bill, the newspaper
organ Of the Ssoessonists at Washing
ton, declared "that the South SOWld nev.
er be united on the tariff question, and
that the SLAVE question was the only one
that could unite them." And Mr.. Cal
houn, if l mistake not, said tho same
thing in a speech at Abbcville, in South
Carolina, about the same time; and o.
course was followed by all lesser light.
among his adheronts. Then commenced
that violent agitation of the Slsvsry
question which had nearly euluminatet
upon the admission Of California in
1850. Again, by the efforts of those
immortal "statesmen of the last age
Messrs. Webster, Clay, aud others, was
the matter compromised. The whole
country at first appeared to be satisfied
with the settlement, but it soon appear
cd that there was . number of restless
spirits among the extremists Of tn
South, that would be satisfied will
nothing short Of a dissolution Of tn
Union. OF this class Of politicians, W
L. Yanoey may be ftly selected as
representative man. He immediatel
began to agitate the question again =
He went to the Democratic Nationa
Convention at Baltimore, in 1882 as
t delegate from the State of Alabama
and there proposed as the aHin,atua, o
which he continued to act with tn
Democratic party, and upon which, i
} his opinion, the Slave States could con
= sent to remain in the Union, that tn
9 doctrine Of non-intervention by Con
S gress in regard to slavery in the terr
r tories should be incorporated into th
: Democratic platform. In this he faile,
and therefore did not support the ON
o inee of the Convention, Mr.. Pierce =
' He could not, however, at that tim
!, succeed in creating a great schism
t the Dem ocratic party, so great had bee
. the calm which the compromise meas
ures of 1850 had produced. In 1876
r be again went as delegate from Il
- the State of Alabama to the Cinciuna
S Conventio n, with his old ultimatam
y his pocket. Contrary to his wishes an
# expectations, it was incorporated int
# the Cincinnati platform, and being thu
# left without an excuse, he support6
n Mr.. Buchanan for the Presidency
r the fall of that year. In the mean tim
J. however, that fatal measure, the repe
10 of the Missouri compromise. had bee
Il consummated 1t was brought about t
If the extremists of the South, aided b
/, few phrtisan Democrats of the Mort
n The avoWed object of its authors was
b open to Slavery the territories North
d the Missouri Compromise line, notwit
= standing the agreement Of 1920 th