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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-07-23
Hancock on Stanton.

Democratic papers which are 50 liberal
in their praise Of the patriotism and sound
Judgment of Gen. Hancock ought to be
ready to accept his opinions Of leading
political persons and of the representatives
of political policies. Well, here is what he
said Of Mr.. Stanton at the dinner Of the
New England Society, December p, 1865 :
"OIuch credit has been given to the
army, and praise without staint has
been accorded by a grateful people to its
Generals. We have had many Generals,
among whom the honors have been divid-
ed, and whose fame will live in more en-
during form than in wreaths Of laurels;
but during the period of our greatest per-
lis we have had but one Minister Of war,
and during his administration substantial
victories crowned our arms. One who has
been unequaled In furnishing the means
of war and placing them in the hands Of
our Generals; one who rivaled Carnot in
all that is accorded to him for preparation;
one who never faltered, however dark the
hour. Aud shall we not honor him? /
know him to be generous and mindful Of
faithful service. Among the people pre-
dict an increasing tide of popularity in his
favor, and that he will be one Of those
whom the country will delight 70 honor.
Edwin NJ. Stanton, Secretary Of War, a
model for a war minister; in momentOus
times firm, fruitful of resources, patriotic,
incOrruptible; to him nations gratitude
is due" ....-..
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nemocrafic Doctrlne.

Here are a few more specimen
bricks" from the Lacrosse Democrat:
"At Jefferson, Texas, has just been
issued the first number Of a paper
called the Ultra Ru Kltsz. Look out
for dead niggers.
When a rogue like Thad. Stevens,
for instance, arrives at ripe old age,
wouldn't it be proper to pick him off
with a pistol shOt2
1t devolves on our Democratic jour
nails and speakers to warn the people
AGAINST the Satanic white nigger
mobs known as Christian Assoeia
tions, Aid Societios, Mission Clubs.
&c. Democrats, avoid them as you
would the plague.
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ASSAULTS the pillars Of the Government
are rocking on their base, and should
/ it succeed in November next, and in
augurate its President, we will meet it
as a subjected and conquered people,
amid the ruins Of liberty and Scattered
fragments Of the Constitution; and we
do declare and resolve, that ever since
the people Of the United States threw
of ali subiugafion to the British crown
the privilege and trust Of suffrage have
belonged to the several States, and
have been granted, regulated and con
trolIed exclusively by the political
power OF zach State, respectively, and
any attempt by Congress, on any pre-
text whatever, TO deprive any State of
this right, or Interfere with this exer-
else, is a hagrant usurpatiOn of power,
which can find no warrant in the Con-
stituion, and If sanctioned by the peo-
pie will subvert our form Of Govern
ment, and can only end in a single,
centralized, consolidated Government,
in which the States will be entirely
absorbed, and an unqualified despO-
tism be established in place Of a federal
Union of equal States ; that we regard
the reconstruction acts Of Congress, so
called, as usurpations, uncOnstitu-
tional, revolutionary and void, and
that our soldiers and sailors who car
ried the flag of our country to victory
against a most gallant and determined
foe, must ever be gratefully. remem-
bered and all the guarantees given in
their favor must be faithfully carried
into execution; that the public lands
should be distributed as widely among
the people, and should be disposed of
either under the pre-emptiOn Of home
stead lands, and sold in reasonable
quantities, and 10 none but actual Oc-
cupants, at the minimum price, as es-
tablished by the Government; when
grants Of the public lands may be al
lowed, necessary for the encourage
ment Of important public improve
ments, the proceeds Of the sale Of such
lands, and not the lands themselves,
should be so applied; that the Presi-
dent of the United States, Andrew
johnson, in exercising the power Of
his high Office in resisting the aggres-
sions of Congress on the Constitutional
rights Of the States and the people, is
entitled to the gratitude Of the whole
American people, and on behalf Of the
Democratic party we tender him our
thanks for his patriotic efforts in that
regard , --s-
Upon this platform the Democratic
party appeal to every patriot, inclu-
ding all the Conservative element, and
all who desire to support the Constitu-
tion and restore the Union, forgetting
all past differences Of opinion, to unite
with US in the present great struggle
for the liberties Of the people, and that
to all such to whatever party they may
have heretofore belonged, we extend
| the right hand of fellowship, and hail
all such co operating with Us as friends
and brothers.
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Poetry.
From the New York Tribune.
"LER Us EAvE PRAoHr
(Ga. 0rases LetaJ

''LEr Ul RAVE PEAoEi'' Is the cry eFtbo millions
Who have iought for tho starry y-gsmmed nag of The
frsoi
'Tia the prayer Of the Hero. the song Of civilians,
That rolls from the mountains far down te the sea-
The nation that rocked On the tempest and gloom
And drilled in doubt to be wrecked on the shore,
The storm has outivsd, and the thundsrs that boom
Are voices that prophecy tempest no more. "a
''Lss ms have PeaooI' Is the sigh of the IOuly,
That walk n Che vale where the cypress is seen,
Who meurn their departed with tuudern1lz holy,
And kneoi where the graves are persnniaiiy .resn
And where the ''Uakn0wH, 10 their silence sleep
ing,
Ths iessoi the angels are pressing the sod,
And yoapers Of harmony round them arc keeping,
While hartyn Of Freedom have gone 70 their eod. .
''Lst IA havs peace q" the o4anrel Of LAson.
Where toilera imploringly lit up tholF hands;
Go wipe of the stains from the death-deang saber,
And build the bright altar Of hope for all lands.
10 radiant from darkness the temple Of glory Al
Throws wide 20 the world the broad aises OF the fame;
And freemen shall toll, Is thsy utter abe stOryl w
And children repeat to ths ages again. go
'Ist Us have Peace r. is the oborus ascending.
From hamlsts that lie uid the pine covered hills,
II.
Floats On tn the plain with its melody thrills
And rivera that roll 20 the land Of the West,
And Prairiss that wake to the hymn Of the free,
With millienS Of frssmen imploring for rest,
Swell psalms Of rejoicing while bending the knee.
Let us have Peace !" from the wars wild eommoton,
The trumpets alarms, and the crash Of the aeld.
And let the bliss, like She billows Of ocean,
Roll over the land where the hero has knesled;
The smoke Of the battle has swept froIl the sky,
The thunders have ceased, and the bugss wild blast;
The chains have been riven and loud from on high
The reyeills calls to the love of the Pastl ,-l
q Let Us have Peace r. IN holy thanksgiving,
The Hero-voies cries, in the name Of the LoRui
iOr the sake Of tho dead for the sake Of the Iving
Turn spears into pruning -hOOkStO plOw-sharss the
sword
And out Of the darkness shall come forth the beaminE
OF Glory'a bright sun where the foemen have trod,
And Freedom shall teach with truth aIl.rsdsemiug
that PEACE WITH oUB Brother Is PEACE WITH oUR
GoDl
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ne ISEEau Ea0 Id
Another SIander, Against 3Er.

The last charge against Mr.. Colfax is the
following, in The Washington COnstitu-
tional Union Of June II;
The fOllowingis an extract from a letter
written by Schuyler Colfax;
al once registered a solemn oath never
to vote for foreign born man for any Of
fee under the American Government, and
and to remove all foreigners, aliens, and
Roman Catholics from Office whenever
might possess the power to do So"
Wko was this letter written to, and tDhenf
No one can answer, for it is a base coinage.
Mr.. @. has had every act Of his life, pnblie
and private, thoroughly scanned and crit
cized in the sharp, hand-to-hand contests
he has had with his opponents seven times
over, since 1854, and has every time been
indOrsed and vindicated by those who
know him as thoroughly as his eonstitu-
ents do. His district contains more for
eigneTs than any other in Indiana, and he
has always, in spite of just such charges,
received more of their votes than any 9TH
er Republican. One Of his counties, Lake.
has majority of its voters of foreign birth.
While be has been running for Congress,
he has converted it from a Democratic
county to the abanner' Republican coun-
ty Of the District, giving him steadily in
cseasing majOrities-the last time fully two
to one. In Clay tp., in his own county
(St. Joseph,) majority Of whose voters
are Catholic, he has several times carried
it, when the rest of his ticket has been
beaten in It by two-thirds vote. And, as
the Republican State ticket in Indiana
has almost always one or more of its NOM
inees of foreign birth, he has voted for such
candidates at nearly every election; and
among them we remember Albert Lange,
born in Germany, for State Auditor; John
Young, born it Great Britain, for State
Soperintendent; John c. Mansfield, born
in Germany, &c. Was there ever more
stupid and malignant falsehood than the
above "extract from letter written by
Schuyler COlfax?"-[N. Y. Tribune.
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ter Of the contest upon which we are
entering. 1t is not one of peace and
acquieseence, of consolidation, where
by the ravages of war can be repair
ed, but it is new announcement of
the rebellion under somewhat differ
ent circumstances, but under circum-
stances formidable, dangerous and
solemn.
Let the country look the struggle
in the face. General Blair has said
truly that all that is said about green
backs and bonds and the question Of
finance, is mere nonsense. The great
issue is the question of overturning
the new State Governments by force.
The restoration Of the power of the
rebels, or, as they call it, "the white
mems Government" in those States,
and sail the rest is leather and prun-
ella"
We owe a debt Of gratitude to Gen.
Blair for his frankness. There need
be no deception practised now, and
there can be neither-can be no other
issue presented substantially to US,
but that of the future peace of this
country. IfSeymour shall be elected
upon that platform he stands pledged
to use the army fthe United States
for the purpose of overturning the
governments that have been estab-
lished in the South by the whole peo-
pie, and by that army to place the
power back again in the hands Of the
rebels. They were with them in that
Convention. They have given to
them their counsel. They have in
dorsed Mr.. Seymour. Their Conyen-
ton and all have Endorsed General
Frank P. Blair.
1 know that we shall be told in the
Northwest that they intend to have
the same currency for the Govern
ment and the people, and for the
bondholder, and tho laborer. They
will proclaim taxation of the bonds
as the great issue upon which they
expect to get votes-that will all be
nonsense. The great issue and the
whole contest, and we have the SOL
emn declaration of their candidate
for Vice President to that effect, will
be the renewal of the war and 10 over
turn the State Governments, that
have just been established under the
acts Of Congress. General Blair has
relieved the Republican party of a
great deal of labor. He has unmask-
ed the enemy with whom we have to
deal, and he mas placed before the
country the very issue, peace or war.
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High sense ornOnOE.

John DAbney, a colored man in
Richmond, Va, purchased his free
dom from Mrs. Dejarnette OF Hanover,
Va, just before the war, for $4,000,
to pay the amount by INSTALL
ments. During the tendency of the
struggle he paid about one half Of it
in Confederate currency, which was at
last so deprecated in value that his
late mistress requested him to discon,
tinue the payments until the close of
the conflict. When slavery was abol-
ished, the debt, Of course, was no long
er due; but, notwithstanding he was
advised against such a course, Dabney
lately transmitted to his old mistress,
now in INDECENT circumstances, $500,
in greenbacks, being the balance Of
the So, 900 he had con tracted to pay.
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CAUTION ABOUT MowERs-Last
wear there were a great many accidents
from the use Of moving machines, BY
drivers being thrown OF and persons
getting in the way. To prevent being
thrown from a mower, buckle q strap
on the side Of the seat opposite the
cutter bar, of sufficient length to per-
NIT the arm to pass through the loop
up to the bend Of the elbow. When
the machine is in motion keep the arm
through this strap, and if anything oc'
ours to throw the driver from his seat,
the strap will steady him so as to pre-
vent his being thrown before the
knives. A little caution Of this sort IS
better than to have ones legs or arms
moved of, as frequently hapPens.-
70. Farmer.
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The statue of Martin Luther was
inaugurated at Worms, June 25th,
in the presence of a vast concourse of
people from all parts of Europe and
America. The King of Prussia and
the Crown Prince witnessed the scene.
When the statue was unveiled, salvos
of artillery were fred, and as soon as
the applause subsided, a hymn was
sung by several thousand voices, with
immense effect.
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A woman named Sarah Victor, has
been convicted in Cleveland, for muir
der in the first degree, for poisoning
her brother, named William Parquet.
He had his life insured in favor of
his sister for $1,000, and to secure
this money was the cause Of the muir
der.
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Youths Department.

Torignal Problems, Puzzles, &C., solicited The real
name of the author and the answer 70 each must
company all eontrIbutiOus
Enigmas.
/.
am composed Of II letters.
My 6 Is boys nickname.
Ny Il was Napolsons iavorIts marshal.
Aiy 5 Q Is metal.
MY 81 is mans name.
NV 10 is q number
My whole is an oft-quotsd maxim that We would all
do we'll to remember.
Waverly, o. FIDEs.
am composed Of II letters.
My4T4623 is surrounded by water.
Ms 3 3 10 is what lambs sometimes do.
Ny 10 n l2 10 Is speak
Ny whole is the older Of Pap's two boys.
Msrshall, U. CATE.
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Answer to Enigmas in last week paper: l. 'Vin-
dex." 2. "Reo instruction" }. 'Flowers."
Answer to Problem No. a. ABgle Al tase SO degrees
angle at intersection Of hypcfhenuse and 0i7ectlng
line 2SR degrees, and angle at apex IA degrees
RVpothenn-e 2 oet bisecting line S35 lest perpen-
dicUlar $40 fest. -r-.
Or, according tc another correspondent, thus: Yer
tical angle Sn angle at base 81 Spd 6y b1,e -
other sides 1859 aud l22 % PerpsndculaF III IS -
BisertiHg line IA &.
We will nut undertake to decide which correct,
but both cannot he. Will Of our mHtbeulariCiaus
settle the qOsstioul-[ I'd. News
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A young widow in Nashua, N. H.,
advertised for a husband, and was
speedily successful in obtaining one
lust to her fancy, from Indiana She
converted her property into cash, and
started with her consOler for his
mythical Western home, only to lose
both husband and money at way
station where the train stopped five
minutes for refreshments.
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Miscellaneous.
IFrom the Springfield Unl Journal.


Gen. Grant, though not politician. has
a parenthetical way of stating great truths
and sententiOus facts which is remarkable.
As early as the second year of the war,
in a letter to Mr.. Washburne, he writes:
81 never was an AbOlitionist--not even
what could be called anti-slavery-but I
try to judge fairly and honestly, and it be-
came patent to my mind early in the re-
bellion that the North and South could
never live in peace with each other, except
as one nation, and that without slavery"
And again: Gas anxious as am TO see
peace established, would not, therefore,
be willing to see any settlement until this
question is settled"
In his general order to his soldiers after
the capture of General Lee, in referring to
the enforcement ofthe emancipation proc
lamation, he calls "slavery the cause and
pretext OF the rebellion"
In his famous letter to the President,
while acting as Secretary of War ad inter
i'm, be says: az stated that the law was
binding upon me, constitutional or not,
until set aside by the proper tribunal"-a
doctrine that will do to stand by.
In his testimony before the impeach-
ment committee, be says: 81 have always
been attentive TO my own duties, and tried
not to interfere with other peeI les" And
again, 81 never was in favor of general
amnesty until the time should come when
il would be safe to give it."
In his correspondence with President
johnson in reference to the removal of
General Sheridan from the district of
Louisiana, be says: "This is a Republic,
where the will of the people is the law of
the land Ibeg that their voice may he
heard" 1a 1
In his speech to the committee appointed
to inform him of his nomination, he said
9If chosen President, shall have no poll
cy Of my own to enforce against the will of
the people,"
In the letter accepting the Republican
nomination, he says: "Purely ad minis
trative officers should always be left to ex-
ecute the will of the people. I have al
ways respected that will and always
shall" 60 t
These are only samples ofGen. Grants
manner OF expressing great truths, cuLled
at random from our files; bUtthey are
"spples of goldfn pictures of silver and
show to the people the manner of man
he is EE
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HoUsE on REPREsENrAT1vEs,
ID. q. HENpERsoN. Esa.

Notwithstanding its falsity, we ex-
pect to see the infamous lie promi-
nently paraded in the Democratic pa
pors till election day. 1t is too weak
and transparent, however, to deceive
any but a fool.
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Problem No. Is.

wish to lay out a piece of land in the form Of a
right-angcd paralleogram to he nclused by 1876 rods
Of fence and to contain six acres. The length and
breadth required.
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A COpperhead Lie Refuted.

The following fabrication has been
going the rounds of the Democratic
press. We clip it from the Big San
dusky Herald:
Read what the "greatest captain of
the age" and the mongrel candidate
for President said in 1861. He said
it in Missouri, while he was yet col
onel and retained his little honor, if
any he ever had:
"I am a Democrat, every man in
my regiment is a Democrat, and when
1 shall be convinced that this war has
for its object any other than what I
have mentioned, or the Government
designs using its soldiers to execute
the purposes of the abolitionists, 1
pledge you my honor as a soldier that
1 will carry my sword on the other
side and cast mylOt with that people,"
The attention of Hon. E. B. Wash
burne having been called to this weak
invention of the enemy, he promptly
nails it as follows:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 10, '68.
DEAR SIR 1t is idle for the loyal
men of the country to attempt to deny
the rebel and Copperhead lies being
put in circulation against Gen. Grant.
No sooner would one lie be exploded
than another would be put in circula-
ton. No more silly and ridiculous
fabrication has been put forth than
the pretended speech of Gen. Grant
to his regiment in 1861. which I have
seen paraded in some of the most dis
reputable copperhead newspapers.
The whole thing is false, there not
being the "shadow of a shade" of
foundation for it. Yours truly.
E. B. WASHBURNB.
D. G. HENDERSON, Esq.
Notwithstanding its falsity, we ex-
pect to see the infamous lie premi-
nently paraded in the Democratic pa
4 =
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THE HIGHLAND WEEKIYEEFS.
erpEsTPAPERIN THE COUNTY.

II BokaDuAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
oFTTCE-Man st. north side second door east 81 High,
hearty opposite the Post Omeo.
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The last charge against Mr.. Colfax is the
following, in The Washington COnstitu-
tional Union Of June II;
The fnllowinnis an artract from a letfar
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II 81 Ul H6vr PEAoEr' Is The cry eftbo millions
Who have fought for tbs sisrry-gouamod Dag of the
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-12-20

/ :.ffc n, PLAQuEMINs, December IA, 1868.
Mesars. Editors--ss Man proposes, but God dis
mns, i says saays
For the past ten days 4 have been INDUCING
the hope of sending you long, If not
interesting communication this week; but, as
and that too, without verifying the other say
ing that Brevfty is the soul of wit"
Since my last the weather, until recently, has
been fine for taking Oft the crops of the conn-
have, with very few exceptions, finished their
harvest. The yield of the crop for this parish
is about the estimate made in q former commu-
nication-70oO AlAls.-the one-siXth OF an ante
bellun crop. Our planters are preparing to make
about as much the coming season, and wouid
undertake more, were not the political skies
still overcast. Better the times viii be, in
spite of politics, if our people will only go to
work at home, one and all. Let each and
every one live for something-let each one
learn that he does o benefit who produces two
blades of grass where only one grew before"
We will thus surely build up home and country.
The Feast of the immaculate Conception was
duly observed here this seasonrand, doubt
not, will be regularly in st. Johns" hereaf-
| ter. At the Mass which completed the novena
Tuesday thirty aas f M Gi
and yesterday, on which day the feast was eel
ebrated, it was intended to have q procession,
| but towards evening it set in to rain, and the
display, which promised to be SO line anu IN
| teresting, could not take place.
The semi-annual examinatiOn-the first OF
| st. Johns School, is to take place next week.
1t will be public, and it is hoped will aid in de-
termining our people to use every effort 70 sup
port their own schools and institutions of learn
| ing. Good Catholic schools are necessities
which can not be possibly Overestimated, but
it is difficult to mako all our people, Catholics
| at that, believe this great truth at least, II
they believe it, they do not act upon 1t.
But more anon, when time will be more al
| the disposal of PELICAN