The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-03-19

d--d." Laughter aud rupturous ap-
plause.
Well, they seeded. Now, have
beard the name of the Enquirer whis-
percd out here. Laughter and ap- |
plauso. take it that you mean the |
Cincinnati Enquirer, owned and con
Quoted by James j. Faran and Wash
ingtOn Mclean. TEIisses and cries Of
"yes, yes" That Cincinnati Enqui-
rer was represented at that Convention,
and that was in 186O-only two or three
years back--and most cordially indorsed
the position that | and Others took
That was the Enquirer then. What
the Cincinnati Enquirer is now, | only
know from your misses. Cheers and
hisses.] don't soil my fingers with it.
Laughter. L was surprised to hear
my respectable friend, Stanberry, say
that he read it on Sunday. Laughter.
Why, gentlemen, l would as soon be
caught with an old greasy pack Of cards
In my hands Laughter. On your
estimate of this paper | take it,it must be
the organ of the Democratic party of the
new stamp--Of the Knights Of the
Golden Circle. Laughter and Kisses.
| The Governor then traced Secession
to the firing upon Fort Sumpter, and
the Inauguration of the war against the
IGovernment, and said:
| Now there was ono Of three things for
mctO do. One was, to oppose MIR. Lin,
coin, and thereby support indirectly
jeff. Davis and his administration; an
other was to support Mr.. Lincoln and
:, our Government that it might be hand
cd down to our children, AID the third
was to put my fingers in my mouth,
suck them and do nothing. Laughter.
Now I respect those who labor with
jeff. Davis more than l do those who
lay back and suck their thumbs and dc
nothing. The course [ have pursued
every one knows. I glory in it.
f [Choers.] I have supported Mr.. Lin
coin, not because he was Abraham
; Lincoln, but because it was necessary t.
!, do SO to support this glorious Govern
ment;of ours, [cheers] aud the maj
who cannot do that in good faith, whc
cannot smother party feelings and pre-
, judiccs to DO it, is not fit for free
Government. [Applauso.]
Now, my friends, am moro hopofu
than some of the gentlemen who hnv
preceded me. cannot believe that tn
warming which Washington, Jackson
and others have given us (and who's
spirits are with us to nighD-it cannO
be that as Intelligent a people as W
claim to bo-a people fit for free Gov
= ernment-it cannot be, say, tha
after eighty years Of experiment, tina
" We have become so crazy as to Civ
= it all up God forbid that it shoul
J DO so! 3
My friends, these sympathizers or
!, out for peace. Do the the robels CT
=" for peace? No. They spit upon it,
;, This cry for peace all comes from IL
~ North. Tho rebels only ask to be h
alone with a single Confedcracy. l
:, this they are more magnanimous" tina
- VaIlandigham & Co. | wonder he didn
I, ask for twenty-five governments f
:" then he would have had twonty Fl,
" chances for holding office, Laughter
. Peaoel Suppose the parties get togetj
:, er and mako the boundary where tho
y please, in less than sixty days we wou
" =, be at war With each other again. g
:" we cannot live together as one poop
- . without hghting, we most certainly c'
not as neighbors. 1t cannot be. u
~ momont 1t comes to that, our strengl
~ is all gone. If We are going to shn
}: our future destiny after that mannt
" for one, 1 should far rather that Que
- Victoria should Invite us back into h
Government than attempt to get alo
~ with these 5domagogucs. If VIC arc
have q monarchy--if we are to ha
y what is much the same, an arristocra
=, Governments, for ono l should mu
prefer to be taken Under the earc O.
/. Queen or King nov used to. the ii
u than tozadopt II new1oue. 1l g-w %
!, The Governor then said, that as I
- Sscessionists in the North do not co
% tribute to tho Sanitary Commission, !,
L aid tho oarmygthcy have nothing else
~ do but to cry tpeaeO.uf They max,
fYfgeod deal of noiso,y but wit docs
!; amount to much : Heo believed nil
16g tonths Of the lDomooracyG Of the ST
- arctsound for the UniOna IL only
% quires such non as Judge RanBey q
{, judge JeWott TO know that the boz