The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-12-24

What the Butternuts Should Do.
A little advice, if honestly given and
kindly received, might be Of advantage
to the Butternuts. .ra tati O.. .ru.'
While it cannot be denied that the
leaders of the Butternut faction are bold,
.misohievous men, it is evident that ma
ny of their followers are lacking in the
quality of true courage. Hence, ;hc
latter have been easily brought to the
support of peace" .demagogues. Had
they not been deceived, many Of them
never would have heen found walking
in the path that leads directly to bloody
civil war, with all its accompanying hor-
rors, bat would have Stunned it with
more care than they have shown avidity
in pursuing it.
They were informed b. those that led
them that, if they could gain the cleo
tions, peac, would result. Peace they
longed for peace was all they wished,
no matter whatthe terms--how ,degrad-
ing, or how unstable. For littfe icti.
tious peace, they would sacrifice the
Nation and their posterity. They co0ll
not tell, exactly, how this peace was to
be brought about, (for their ideas were
considerably muddled) but they proba.
bly, supposed that by some mysterious
method, known to their leaders, it would
be accomplished.
But, siuce the road to lasting peace
lies through national military success,
and not through the ntrigues oc politi
cal aspirants, the sooner these men know
! It the better. Beyonl" donbt, they have
already very much prolonged the war
by their foolish and wicked opposition
to the Government; thus retarding its
progress, and giving hope to the des-
ponding rebels. The longer they con
tinue ia this irrational and snful
course, the worse it will be for all con-
cernrd.
As some of the fruits Of their bad
conduct we have the Conscript Law,
Had they Iaborod as hard to encourage
as they did TO discourage eui-tmonts,
and had they admonishcd their friends
in the army to remain, good and faith
ful sol diers instead Of urging them ia
become Infamous desorters, they would
not now be confronted by the Conscript
Law. ...... ,s.-. ..
Many of them have entertained the
delusive hope that this law cannot be
-onforced, and have boastinglyz throat
ened resistance thereto. But it is GER
tainly time that their eyes should be
open in reference to this. If tho "Dtad
Rabbits" Of New York, having the sym,
pathy of an unprincipIed Governor
could not carry out their wsll-plannet
schemes of resistance, it would be hard
to do it elsewhere especially since the
people throughout the loyal States have
at the late elections, emphatioalIy en-
dorsed this law. 1t goes hard to b.
forced into measures Better, thou
sand times, to go peaoeably and vii
lngly, than to be disgracefully whipped
into the service of ones Country.
There remains, then, nothing bu
submission to the law. What canno
be cured, must be endured" The ques
ton then arises, What should the But
ternuts do2 Evidc ntly they shoul
, adopt a thorough change of tactics
They should "sbout-fsce" without de
Law, and honceforth act as becomes sen
sible men and good citizens. If the
/ do not wish to bo conscripted, the
should fall to, and, with all the eneI
Q gy they possess, encourage enlistment
as the only means Of avoiding conscrip
ton. They should advise those hal
f young men who are politically connect
ed with them, and who have no fam
! lies to leave behind, to heed their coun
: try's call and enlist in its defence, a
the most honorable course they ca
I pursue. .-