The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-06-25

strength, the soil of this virgin North
west wNs falling into the possession Of
hardy men who were extending thearoa
Of freedom, and--what they dislike
more than all else-extending the area
of votes. Their time was passing away,
and the time was not far distant when
the States North Of Mason's and Dix
on's line would control the destinies of
the country. Applause Then came
up this dogma, that Slavery musti he
the baanee-wheel. They said to US
"you must adopt the rule that in the
territory of the countrywide territory
consecrated to freodom-Slavery shall
go hand in hand with free labor, to pre-
serve the equilibrium of power" The
Democratic party had shouIdered
= great many things in its time, until, to
use steamboat expression, il was lie.
rally loaded down to tho guards
Laughter. We struggled under IL as
/ long as we could, but nIhe North west
ern States the load crushed ont tIo
e Democratic party. When they piled
!. on an additional amount, Democrats
It protested, and then Southern conspi.
a rators turned round and said, at is
10 either that, or we will secede from the
a. Union. Istood upon the Sidewalk of
= Cincinnati and heard that threat from
ls the lips OF Southern nabob-"you are
at bound to take this thing or we will Sc.
le cede. What was the resultg--
y, They patched up Mr.. Buchanan.--
be lie would have been a wise man
We who could have forotold the effect Of
ds that. Four years of another Demo.
n. cratic Administration rolled on; South
he ern men had got bond and security for
cir another four years, but they were pref
lat ty sure it could not be obtained again,
nd for there was nobody to give it. Laugh
w ter. will say nothing of the head of
he ofthe Buchanan Administration bht il
of is notorious fact that men went into
is that Cabinet from the South who made
he themselves as busy as bees for the con-
g. fict that has come. The Secretary of the
Navy sent the Government ships into
far distant seas. The Secretary of War
was employed for four years in filing
. Southern forts with guns and ammuni-
= tion, and inltaking arms away from the
Northern peaple and putting them into
" the hands Of the Southern, who had
been trained to use them. And vet.
IT, in the face Of all of these facts, it is said
~ !, that they seeded only because Mr..
IL Lincoln was elected Well, if they did,
all | have to say is, that they made an
lie almighty good preparation for that
OF event. Laughter and cheers. Moro
On. than that after Mr.. Lincoln was
ed elected, they went to the existing Ad-
he mnistration and asked: Chow far are
Of you going to let us go in our peaceful
ity measures before you bring TO bear all
in the power Of the Government" Don't
IN you wish that question had been asked
AN of Old Hickory? He would have drawn
see himself up, and fading the pipe out of
'ull his mouth, exclaimed: off you go foot,
md by Heaven, will hang every one Of
you!" [Applause.] say to you
vas fellow citizens, (and right sorry am y
len that when the pen of the historian fills
cir this page of our history, then will be
lcy found a record over which the patriot
the will shed many tear of shame, and il
ley will not be in the power of the Record
the ing Angel to blot the record out.
are THE CONSPIRACY AGAIN UNMAsKED.
ro- Suppose we admit they had not made
we preparation. Let US prove our point
un. from other circumstances. When Mr.
its Lincoln came to take the Executive
Ips, Chair, what reason was there for South.
eep ern men to raise a hand against the
ere nation? what cause was there for any
'ful prudent nan to raise a hand against tht
try, Government? "Why," they said, ''yor
for have bean sacrificing and trampling OF
lth- our rights" What had we done? W.
he had elected a man President under tn
hen Constitution and in the same Lawful
go, manner as we had ever done before
Mr.. What else? Had VIC repealed any Fugi
With tive Slave Law2 Not one, For weel
han after the election Of Mr.. Lincoln slay
lcse could have been taken to his master o
was we'll aud peacefully as before, Had w
it l enacted any obnoxious laws intcrfer
Ting ing with their rights of commerce.
saw Not one, But they said you are jus
ovi, going to do it. [Lnughtet.] You hav
Iov, brought the Abolitionists into power.-
nds. A very small body of men they hav
the been for a long time. Years ago use
go, to fight them hard, but afterWart
in found out l was fighting a wind-pil'i]
a of They said, "We are compelled to o