The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1866-03-15


tives in the national councils, then we
shall act wisely to do without their
presence, as we have done for five
years past. r.err..r I
Has she no loyal men worthy of her
confidence? Then let her wait until /
time and new generation shall fur
nish her with fresh growth of avail
able men. The children of Israel were I
forty years passing through their pro-
bation preparatory to entering upon
the promised land. Let us not hasten
to destruction; little patience in this |
matter can do the country no harm.--
The South have ample national protec-
tion, and no good thing will be with
held from them; but they must not
minister In sacred things until they are
| freed from the SAVIOR of treason, and
the blood Of the rebellion has been
washed from their hands. ..,a1
And now, sir, having undisguisedly
Expressed my detestation of treason,
and denounced it and its authors as /
feel they deserve, l am, notwithstand-
ing all have said and believe on the
subject, and Notwithstanding the re-
lItllN hb lilc OUIlCI tiNA
Of the avenue, as unexpected as they
are unfortunate, and deeply to be re-
gretted by every friend of the Govern
, demonstration but too well
calculated, if not so intended, to open
an impossible gulf between the Iegis-
lative and executive departments that
cannot fail, under the exercise of the
utmost fOrbearance and wisdom of Con-
gress, in embarrassments of q most
injurious, if not lasting character to
the country--1 say, am ready at any
hour the committee shall report upon
the claims of the delegates from Ten
nessee and Arkansas, to vote for the
admission of such Of them as are pre-.
pared to take the oath required, unlcs,
some unexpected developments be
made in such report as to render it i'm.
possible for me to do so, consistent with
. my duty and my oath.
'e | should not do so because / am al
h all satisfied there is that abounding 10y.
Il atty of the masses of these States that
| would desire to see-fOr certainly
" they come far short Of it-but because
l believe there is germ of honest pa.
triotism there, which, by kindly cult
vation, will grow into reliable loyalty
and because l feel 50 well assured o
the healthy tone of public sentimen
that abounds elsewhere among the
stcadfast friends of the Union, that i
would involve no serious risk by re
union with strong portion of our es
tranged brethren, who, if not so fully
endowed with all the visible graccs O
returning loyaltS .glre aspiring to stat,
of reconciliation that ought not to b,
despiSed.
They reach out to us the right hant
of fraternal friendship, if / may no
say love; they hold up the olive branch
and say peace! they send as messen
gers their gifted and hOnOred sons, al
Ofwhom have been faithful in their al
legiance to the Government through
out our .strugglersoMe of them arr
Scared with honorable. wounds receiv
ed while fighting our battles agains
treason. Shall we spurn them from u
under such circumstances? Shall w
discredit their sincerity, and turn then
ar back to their States to tell the .peopl,
be- b.. how coldly, how mercilessly Unioi
a Congress had repulsed them?
trust | do not yield too Inucl
to sympathy in considering thi
y. case, and in the ardor of my desire t
ed reclaim those who, in an evil houl
10 wandered from the flock, advance to
". iar 10 gather them back into the f0,i1
: We are not in the mood to give i
too easily to such impulses The pas
is too full of bitter recollections to reT
n der it probable that we should be ovel
IL, come with such weakness, but while
hope to preserve that safe medium b.
h. tween softness and severity, if i mus
"a err, in Gods name, let my weakne'
% turn on mercy's side.
We must begin somewhere and SON
time with these people; they cannt
ITO always remain out in the cold; and
he cannot be just to such as deserve OF
,at consideration to turn them away unit
es- the more Obdurate are qualified for a.
mittance. Each Slate, each distriC
lat must stand upon its own merits W
m must act upon individual cases-it
ars best so 10 dove shall thereDy ma
cir the benefit of a partial trial of the o
c9s erations of the process of reconstru
,rt tion, and can avail ourselves of
nth teachings without involving any gre
A national interests in peril.
res- And I would be glad if the part
II! regard thus manifested toward tho
V! States would exert a favorable inf
md ence upon other States to follow t
, to example thus set them, and in fIItu
rea- elections have some regard to quail
and cation Ofmembers of Congress that W
fill make them acceptable inathis Capt.
q But if they heed not this counsel, a
es- still press upon us such men as spu
,om to take the oath of Office administer
!; Of to all others here, then we say, &c
lere thee behind me, Satan.'' This eta,
heir of constitutional freedom must not
ork desecrated by a, return of treason
So Around the altar where liberty off
nvi- its incense let none but patriots knS
Are ~ We are told with great emphasis
are gentlemen who assume to be especia
just gifted with the spirit of prophecy, t
y for if all those States are not immediat
for recognized and their delegates adn
, to ted to seats on this floor, that the Un
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