The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-09-26
over the Border.
YOUNGsvILLE, ADAMS Co., !
Sept. 9, 1867. I

Sept. 9, 1867.
Mr.. ED1ToR Our "caIIing" has
taken us beyond the limits of High
land Co., but we have not forgotten to
notice and report events that may be-
of interest to your readers, especially
events political. We would also add
that we have not gone so far but that
we expect to get home to the election.
Our inclinations led US the other
evening over to Tranquility, in this
CO., to hear Messrs. Wells Of West I'm
ion and Downey Of Winchester, dis
course upon the political issues Of the
day. Congressman Wilson Of this
District was present, but did not speak.
We thought Mr.. Wells made a good
speech, until we heard some of our
friends of the Democratic persuasion
say that he was ''toO abusive" but we
still think it possible that be told some
truths. Mr.. Downey was more con-
ciliatOry, and cast the blame upon the
leaders and not upon the masses. He
is a pleasing speaker, and when it is
announced that "Tom DOwney" is to
speak, there is almost sure to be
large crowd to hear him.
The excitement here seems to be
greater than in Highland. The can
didate for Representative, Col. Cooke
rin, late of the 10th Ohio, CD and
Capt. J. N. McCIung, 91st5 (R) are to
discuss the issues at six places in the
county. We'd like to hearithem, but
our engagements will not permit.
We are unacquainted with Capt,
Mc.C. but we hope he will be fully
able to compete with his powerful Op-
ponent, for we think that the Demo-
Gratis have sent out their Goliah, and
to be candid we have some fears as to
results.
Perhaps a skillful correspondent
would have omitted what we've writ
ten, but we think that there's nothing
so noble even in a correspondent as
the plain and simple truth unembel-
lished. The fact $50 far as we are ad-
vised) is, that Col. J. r. CockeriIl is a
talented gentleman, and one that mado
"a good record in the army, how-much-
.soeveF We may regret his being a
Democrat, and hence inconsistent, for
we could never see how a man could
tight one way and Uote directly oppo-
site.
ValIandigham is the Democrats
shining star, and it would take a
great deal of evidence, and that well
substantiated, to make us believe that
his almost every legislative as we'll as
personal act was not to break down
the Government during the late war.
We don't see how any sane man
could so act in a time of war, unless
as is charged, he We're a traitor.
While the Republicans charge the
Democrats with crying 'nigger, mig
ger,nigger," the Democrats say we are
always bowling, "VaIlandigham, VAL
landigham." Now we would not
have referred to him but that he has
been exhOrting the faithful in these
parts lately, and from what we can
hear his speeches are about the "same
old seven and six" Some people
thought that Yallandigham was a
great, rough-looking parsonage, but
when they come to see him, he was
rather a nice looking man. We've
always regarded him as one of our
most willy foes, but in the angguage of
a friend che don't fill the bill"
We add that we intended to say
''nlarrSng" instead of making in our
to the call of Maj. Easton to
speak at Carmel, in your last issue.
1t should have read thus could
not think of marring so good a speech
us Mr.. BIS by an off hand address"
The corn crop in this small section
is excellent. X.