The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-04-14
Communications.
For the News.
The Gazette's "Reformer."

wo became aware, through the medium
Of the Net0s, (for we seldom see The Ca
zstte,) that some oficious individual
had taken on himself to lecture the
abolition Clergy" in series Of "let-
ters" being published in the Gazette.
Net having seen any reference to these
letters since that made on the appear
ance Of the first two or three of them,
we supposed they had long since "Pluyed
cut" But, very recently meotiRg in
eidentally with late issue of the "ssan-
dard journal" we found, to our surprise,
chat "Rsformer" with a vengeance) was
grinding" away.
1t was Number Thirteen" (we sup [
pose three score and ten, at most, will
sum up the series) that caught our eye,
and curiosity prompted a hasty pertsal.
Now let us briefly notice What rsmarka-
bic things "Reformor" Gin a horn is
doing for the cause of reformation. If
he is efecting anything in that line, We
confess we "cant see it," The letter
in question has one merit, at least
that of presenting to the consideration
of the Intelligent, conservative and con-
stitutional readers Of the Gasetts a
"bran-new" subject Abolitionisnl-
This is the whole burden of Number
Thirteen"
"RefOrmer"(be change the initial
letter of his signature to "D'') says Ab-
oluiOnism caused this damnablo re-
bollion: If this is 70, it must be a b d
thing, surely. Until we received this
nct0 idea of "RofOrmer," () we had
supposed that this reasonable and
fratricidal war was instigatod by that
first, great and famous secessionist, old
Lucifor, who, for his crime, was east
down, like flaming FIRE. brand, to hell,
where, for the last six thousand years,
he has been exercising all the arts Of
his Internal genius to induce men to
follow him. And it does seem that
good many do follow him.
IfAboitionism did mako the var, it
will release the Devil of a weighty re-
sponsibility; and, if ellis Satanic
Majesty" is not guilty, we should not
wish to have him punished our motto is,
Give the Devil his due"
But, since wo have thought more
, carefully, We believe that the idea Is
r not entirely original with this "back-
acting" Reformer, but is borrowed from
his Southern brethern." We have
faint recollection that long before the
war began, all the corrupt journals in
the South had boen shaking the monster
b of Abolitionism in the face Of their
$ ignorant readers. Those who could not
= read (aud their name is legion) heard Of
t it from the stump"
They were told that the Yankees
= the vile, greasy mudSiils of the North
intended going down there, aud, SftCr
$ killing all the male whites, they would
e give their wives and daughters to thu
'niggers," while the Yankees them
- selves would choose the wenches. This
It had the desired effeet" 1t "Gred tho
e Southern heart, and no Wond der,
r when they were so brutishly stupid.
But we are happy to be ablo trium =
: phantly to give the lie to all rebels,
South or North, who circulate such fool
ish calumnies. VIM. L, Yaucsy, one of
the great, prime m overs of the rebellion,
b assured the British Government (whosa
q friendship and protection all traitors so
much crave) that Slavery, in the Uni
y, ted States, was never more secure. -
This is sufficient Yancey was an agent
g of the so-called Confederate States, and
st spoke o6ictaly. That was strictly true
at the time; for Southern gentlemen
T. had succeeded in compelling "Northern
. mudsills" to actthe part of bloOdhouuds
d in arrOsting their runaway "niggers.
s. This, Of course, made slavery perfectly
l. secure.
"a "a The great mass Of tho North, being
IT law-atiding, submitted to this moral
degradation. But, ike the horse
leech's daughters, the South could not
in be satisfied They demanded that the
J. mudsills should fall down, aud, ia the
r dust, adore their Moloch--Slavsry.--
le This, thank Cod, the North had manhood
i. enough left to refuse-somewhat after
the fashion Of George f. Pugh in the
I, Charleston ConventiOn.-Bpt va are
n wandering from Number Thirteen"
1t "Reformsr" concludes his astonishing G
y effort by quoting some fanatical res ,lu.
10 tions passed long time ago by hand
Y, full of men under tho lead Of Garrison
\ Co., and evidently intepds to fasieq