The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-11-18
from the Saline Valley Kan.) Register.
Letter from Ohio,
WEBERTowN, Highland Co., O.,

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October q, 1875.
DEAR SR:-I have not forgotten that
you have me under. promise for a letter.
The most obvious matter of interest will
be to inform you that your friends and rel
atlves IN this vicinity are well, with sound
minds IN sound bodies. The men of YOUR
tribe, old and young without exception, vot--
ed the Republican ticket at the late cleo
ton, while the women Of their families
prayed for its success. They are all now
able to look at the result with serene salts
faction, for the voting was effective. and
the prayers of the righteous have prevailed.
The workers in the Republican party had
difficult task to perform. Crops were
generally sim, money scarce, business
stagnant, and the cry was raised that the
v1iialnous banks were robbing the people
oy aosorbiag all the money in circulation.
In TINS critical state of affairs the new idea
OF governments furnishing cheap and per-
manent supply of currency Sufficient for
all the wants of trade" was extremely cap
tiyating. None the less so because the rea-
sonlng IN its favor was generally hazy and
obscure. Hard work was required to show
lts Iailacy, but the work was done, and the
Republicans have been successful.
Waldo Emerson has been one Of the prin-
elpat advocates of imitation, the only one
so far as | know, who has attempted to fur.
n1sh any elementary truth on the subject,
and he says it is founded on the idea of
mans Jdith ia aaa7 This fancifuI scheme
IS therefore really nothing more than 1.-THE
baseless fabric of a vision.
When the love of money is no longer the
root of all evil; when the huckster or horse
fra rr,-f11 -
when traders generally viii not suppress
truth and suggest falsehood in their deal
lngs; when man has the power within him.
self TO govern his own passions and is guild
ed by the calm light of mild philosophy"
or better still, by the sublime lessons of
true religion-then, but not until that dis
tant day, viii there be any safety in build
ing up financial superstructure on the
idea of mans faith in man.
L have often thought, there is an inher-
ent, constitutional and eminently practical
inability in the Democratic party to cope
with financial problems. Here in Ohio,
tax payers have lost million dollars bv the
dereliction of State and County Treasur-
ers-a little more than nine tenths of which
great loss has been caused by the ineficien-
cy or dishonesty of Democratic politicians.
? OAAO % aD4O oH dA,y SIctS OcCdSlO0 70 Doll
a majority of votes in favor of the Repub-
ican ticket. Still think it would be haz-
ardous to rely on her support of Grant for
a third term of the Presidency. Washing
tons example in retiring at the end of a
second term has all the force of organic
law in the minds of many persons So that
Grants persistency, which won us battles in
time Of war, may cause mischief if he is
nursing the idea of being third term can
didate. We have arrived at the age. as Dr.
Holland says, 1.-THE golden age of bolting,
and voters, even though they have little to
do with forming platforms or nominating
men, can bolt" In this way the people
can reach the politicians and cause their
opinions to be respected.
have alluded to slim crops, Within a
mile of this place, in the adjoining county
of Clinton. there are corn fields only fit for
pasturage, where cattle and horses are turn
ed in to browse on fodder. This state of
things is by no means universal. The roll
ing lands of Highland County have yielded
extra good crops of corn, potatoes and to-
bacco. Everything has done well except
ing only wheat. This is light and very IN
ferior in quality-scarcely marketable.
While we regret this partial dearth, it does
rs good to read the accounts of your fine
crops in Kansas. Some of these accounts
seem faneiful and extravagant; but we are
assured they are correct by private infor-
nation on which We can rely-by letters
from John Weber. We have sympathized
with the suferings- of Kansas people in
lines past, and are glad to rejoice with them
n their present prosperity.
Yours truly and respectfully,
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