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

IS now universally acknowledged. And
Maryland has not joined the Confodo.
raoy, nor has Kentucky n or has Missouri
ever really been with US. Slavery has
not only not been perpOtGatsd insths
States, nor eztOaded into the territories,
Dat Missouri has passed an act of sHlaD.
c,Pa'ion, aud Maryland is ready to do
so rather than give up her place, in the
Union, and the last hope of obtaining
Que foot Of the territories for the pur.
pose Of extending Slavery has departed
from the Confederacy forever The
grievances caused by the failure of somo
OF the Northern States to execute the
fugitive slave law have not only not
been remedied, but more slaves have
been lost to the South forever since Sc
cas- sion was inaugurated, than would
! have escaped from thoir masters Sn the
Union ia Sge ssnturies. And hoy have
they kept their promise that they would
r0speot the sovereignty and rights OF
The S!stesE Whatever the Government
may be in theory, in feet we have q
grand military consolidqtiOn, which al.
u ost entirely ignores the existences Of
the States, aud disregSrds the decisions
OF their highest judicial tribunals. The
great central desPotism at Washington,
as they were pleased to call it, was At
any time, previous to the commences.
ment of the secession movement, and
even for sono time after it had com.
menced, a most mild and beneAcent
Government compared with the csatraE
de;pOtism at Richmond, under which
we are now living.
. Instead Of an early and permanent
establishment of the "wealthiest and
best Government in the world with uu-
bounded credit" what have we got2~-
d la spite of all the victories which they
profess to have obtained over the Yam
KEGS, they have lost the States Of Miss
ouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Lou
! isiSns, Mississippi and Tennessee, and
in my humble opinion, have lost them
t forever and, in all probability, Alabama
/ will soon be added to the numb Der. This
. will leave to the Confederacy but foe
d States out of the original thirteen, and
of these FIVE the Yankees have poSeas-
a ion of many Of tho most important
e points, and one.third of their territory!
y SO far the Yankees.hsve never failed to
IS hold every place of Importance Which
they have taken, and present indica.
e tions are that Charleston will soon bo
e added to the number Tho campaign
- of Gen. Ice into Pennsylvania has un.
4 doubtedly proved failure, and with it
the last hope of couquering peace by
l. successful invasion Of the enemy's
IS country. Our army has certainly been
l. much weakened and dispirited by this
r. failure, and the fall of Vicksburg, and
" how long even Richmond will be safe
,fl no one can tell. As the Richmond En-
Is quirer said some time ago, 'they are
slowly but snreIy gaining upon US acre
- by acre. mile by mile" and, unless
- providence intorposos in our behalf
- of which 1 see no indications-we will,
=. at no great distance of time, be a sub.
% jugated people.
70 AS to our unbounded credit based
upon the security of King Cotton, tits
if unnecessary to speak, When we see
10 one Of the most influential States in the
Y. Confederaoy discroditing very large
so part Of the Confederate currency, sand
the Confederate Government itself re.
8 pudiating, to some extent, It's most sol
- emu obligations, we cannot but suppose
as that the confidence of other nations in
as the good faith and credit of this govern =
er mout is small indeed. As regards their
he promise "to 20 to war aud spill the last
he drop Of their blood in the cause Of their
beloved SOUTH" will say nothing
tx Everybody knows how the secession
Id lists of North Carolina have kept tina,
an promise. Everybody knows that th'
be leaders, with feS exceptions, will nei'
lrs ther fight nor negotiate. ..t....
re- What a doplorable spectacle does ths
ON foregoing history present to our view
er- To what desperate pass haya they
of brought ua, aud for what? They say
~ that they did it because the North would
us give us no guarantee on tho SLAYER,
cal question. l have before stated that no
ror one of the Conventions Of the sever
ose cotton States ever demanded any guar
he antee whatever. Nay, they even re-
ole fused to accept of any if their friends o
all the border States would procure then
md for them.
s." The Legislature Of North Caroline
og- at its regular session, in January. 1861
ado adopted resolutions appointing eonmis
by, sionerS to the peace Congress n WSsh