The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1866-08-30

anu COlunnS Ol puISoO WHlO0 udiOhS
seem as enduring as the eternal prin-
ciples of liberty, to which it is dedi-
Gated, r
Looking Southwark over the city
and across the Potomac to the blue
hills of Virginia, so clearly defined are
they sometimes in the morning sun
light, that here and there may be seen
the red clay walls ofnumerous forts and
earthworks,-a part Of the former
"Defences of Washington'-now no
longer needed to keep at bay the chiv-
alrous Southron /; for does he not now
swagger through our streets with all
his former vaunting of superiority +?
the easily recognized, bullying,
swearing, vulgar desperate of former
times, Ughl "He's not whipped" he
tells you, "only overpowered," and he
now means to secure, through his own
wicked assurance and the assistance of
those whose duty it should have been
to mete out stern justice to all such Of
tenders, what he failed to by force Of
arms.
A little farther to the right may be
seen the Arlington Estate, formerly
the home of that proud rebel chief
Robert E. Lee, but now occupied by
numerous white-washed homes o
freedmen, where they cultivate thei
allotted portions of theIsacred soil un
der the direct supervision ofthe Freed
mems Bureau, and in their simple wa,
are happy. 1t takes but small shar
Of the good things of earth to max
these negroes the most contented c
mortals. In this respect, if no othel
their white brethren might learn
them a useful lesson. By the help {
= few selfdenying, noble-minded me
and women teachers, who love justiC
= and their God more than they fear tn
sneers of men, these blacks are gradl
ally and surely working themselves u
to higher civilization. God help thi
dark-hued race until it stands acknow
edged before the world as race ha'
ing rights which men of a lighter ski
ne are bound to respect!
On this same Arlington Estate
also located a National Cemeter
where rest the ashes of thousands
our fellow braves, whose white hea,
boards should be so many remen
brances to every loyal man, of I'll
great price paid for the victory
Right over Wrong, and so many il
centives to keep intact the great pri
ciples of liberty and republican go
ernment.
!. On the 14th, a Convention of Co
perheads, Rebels, Democrats, Conser
ter ative Republicans, &C., &C., met
f. Philadelphia to devise ways al
means by which all men may see Il
Il. wisdom of "My Policy" and becon
,.v ardent supporters thereof. Some pur
ter suggests that as it was known b
m. fore its meeting as the "Doolittle Co
vention," it shall now be called t
"Did-little Convention" A very a
! propriate suggestion, no doubt. B
it remains to be seen how much
fluence such a conclave of Northe
and Southern rebels can exert upon
. people who made such sacrifices
- sustain war against the enemies
+ civilization whether the people
: these United States, who have alwa
been true to themselves in the sense
of their highest and best liberty, can nj
at be led to commit political suicide
ew submitting to the dictation of Il
~, shameless set of harpies and Off
ost seekers, who call themselves a NatioJ
IN Union Convention. srfr
est Sometime about the 9TH of Septe
in Der next, a grand triumphal (?) tour
ito the West will be taken by the Pr,
lal dent and some of his Cabinet. SeC
urs tary Seward certainly will accompa
De- him, and possibly Secretary McC
us loch and Post Master General Rand
All They will go via New York, Alba
nd Niagara, Cleveland, and Detroit
the Chicago, where they viii attend
md ceremonies of the laying of the cor
eir stone of the Douglas Monument. 7
us is the ostensible object Of their Il
ma but it is more than suspected that i
mes a sort of feeler on the part of the Pr
be dent to see and know by actual ]
ort sonal observation, the sentime
with regard to his administration,
in the mass of the people of the Sts
ull. through which he will pass. The pa
md will be accompanied by the us
ogs corps Of especial artists" and news
me- per reporters, and their sayings
the doings will be duly chronicled
as doolt o,,t 20 tha D,,hIio One x.yr