The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-08-11

"And worse than all and most to be deplored,
As human natures broadest fouea blot,
Chains him aud tasks him and cxacts his sweat,
with stripes that mercy, with bleeding heart,
Weops when she secs inflicted on a beast.
Slaves cannot breathe in England, iftheir lungs
Receive our air, that moment they are free;
They tourh ouTcouHtry aud their shackes fall;
That's noble and LespeaLs nation proud,
And jealous Of the blessing
Spread It thenl
Aud let It circulate through every vein
Ofall our empire, that where British power
Is felt mankind may feel her mercy toolr
Thus writes this infatuated worship.
er ofa a"delusion." When be esays "spread
it then" does be not mean that his
model preachers of the Gospel to the
poor aud needy and down trodden.
should teach such doctrines from every
pulpit
England has ab lished the Slave
Trade and slavery. Has the propaga
ton ofthe pious sentiments of Cowper2
has the result Of the labors of the Cler-
gy and the statesmen of England, desc.
ated every high aud enn Ibling prin.i
ciple of m oral, social and religious re
tinement, which gave tone to that coun
try? Has the gloo m of blind idolatry
and blind ianatieism settled upon the
land Of our fathers? This writer abus IS
the President; so does every rebel aud
enemy to his country, from jeff. Da-
Wis down to Muunell & Co.
As this writer processes great re-
gard for the preservation and purity or
religion, will quote for his benefit,
I'd Peter II ch. VIII v, latter clause:
'Presum ptuous are they-ScT t0Hled, they
are not afraid to speak ovi of dignities. J."
The Apostle Peter says also: "Honor
all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear
God. Honor the King" Peter II oh g.
XVII verse.
This pink Of chivalry assaiIs young
Beecher with coarse, disparaging epi.
thets. That he is young is not his fault
that he has talents he mad, manifest
on that casion-that ho does not sac
rificc TO the Moloch of human slavery,
constitutes the head and front of his
offending. The Beecher school. as this
writer characterizcs it, needs no defence
at our hand. Intellectual gifts, moral
courage and earnest convictions have
distinguished several members of that
family and naturally placed them in the
advance in many of the moral and rel
gious movements Of modern times. That
the minions and parasites of a slave ar
istocracy should hate the name, was to
be expected. How nobly does the po-
sition of young Beecher contrast with
that of some young men that we know
of who posses talents and education
but who prostitute them at the shrine of
slavery, and spend their time in reviling
their Government and 10 culcating prin
ciPles of disloyalty and anarchy. No
spark of sympathy for Liberty and hu,
man rights dwelling within their grow
cling souls, to kindle into patriotic de-
votion to the cause of their country,
bleeding at every pore. This pious
writer is much disturbed over the des-
ecration of the sacred desk, and the
Sabbath day, and thinks it hardship
that 1--WE are required to repair to the
sanctuary to listen to the open rant OF
a political decluimer," or "stereotyped
prayers for the vigorous prosecution oi
the war. II lie sneers at the idea Of a
"holy war; his "heart throhs for
peace" If this war is not "Aul,
wal" then it is an mhoy war. There
can be no neutral ground. The writer,
heart throbs for peace; but does he IL.
US how we can obtain peace, but by
vigorous prosecution Of the war? Will
not any other kind Of war only protract
the contest indefinitely? Is ho ready II
compromise with rebels in arms and sur
render tho glorious heritage which W.
have derived from our fathers? Is h,
ready to recognize the permane disrup
tion Of the Union, formed by their toll
and ce mented by their blood? Are h
and those whom he represents williu,
to submit to all this humiliation for tn
sake of slavery? Slavery is not pc ace
but war, inevitable, enduring war. w
need no spear of Ithuriel to detect un
der the masks of this writer, the sym
puthSers with rebellion and willing pan
dorer to the slave aristocracy.
In conclusion we quote a paragraph
, OF two from the address Of the "work
ing men of New York." as to the sig
ni6oanco Of this contest ave are en-
gagged as a nation in lighting the battl
Of Democracy against aristocracy an
ItyranDy. We are to-day fighting 70