The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-06-18
VIII Assnrt itself

W ltN HAHH.N AN'"--N
The South will yet be delivered by the
South. The iui1uities of the few who
manage the Southern political machine
and always iu % manner antagOuistic to
harmony between the States-the men
who insist ON q solid South in distinc-
tion to a unite2 country will sooner or
later be relegated to the rear, while the
better elements of society i'm those
States will assert themselves and bring
about q better ordcr of things. The
conciliatorv attitude of the people is
TOO apparent to bo mistaken. The
spirit of friendlincss is more strongly
marked on the part of the North than
ever before, and, while there yet re-
mains righteous sense of what is just
between States and between the several
States and the General Government.
the bitterness of war-timCs has all
passed away. The veteran soldiers, so
lone OppOsed. have met and mingled
socially since the memories OF the war
have faded. A post of the Grand Army
of the Republic has consented to assist
i'm the work of founding q home for dis
abled and invalid veterans OF the South.
The Union s. greatest general gladly CON
sented to serve as chairman OF % meet
ing for the purpose of raising funds for
such an enterprise. Unless civilization
is failure, the better elements OF the
South must realize that q better day
has dawned upon them, and will be
Quick to avail themselves OF the adyau-
tages offered.
In addition to the social Olive-brunCh
so agreeably extended the people of
the North have not been slow to bind
the two sections with the chains of
commerce. Literal millions of capital
have gone from the North into South
Crn enterprises. Immense cotton mills
and iron mills are springing up i'm
scores of Southern cities, and the
profits therefrOm enrich North and
South alike. The intelligence of the
South, witnessing these things, is be-
ginning to realize that the hOt-headed
politicians among the people, who in
sist upon q seusClCss sectional division,
and emphasizing their wishes by every
desperate method known to desperate,
murderOus men, are the enemies not of
the North so much as of the South.
Crime and injustice persisted in will
bring in its revenges upon those who
tolerate them. Just as the laXity of
courts and failure of justice brought
fearful penalties upon the people Of Gin
Cinnati
No people, no community, can afford
TO stand cOmplacentlY by and make no
effort to shield the weak from the strong
nor to stay the hand of violence. The
man who assassinated Matthews at
Hdzlehurst got his pay by being elected
to some petty Office. The community
of Hazlehurst will yet realize that the
man who murdered Matthews is its
worst enemy. and that he has done it
more harm than he could hope to re-
pair i'm century. The Danvilles and
the Ellentons are the ulcers upon
Southern society. while new vigOr and
new business health are being imported
by the BIrminghams, the Chattanooga
and the Atantas. The great disturb
inc cause between North and South eN-
lists no longer, neither is there reason
for sectional distinctions so OdiOus tC
national unity and commercial interests
Alabama and Georgia would be better
of to-day were they aligned with the
Republican party. Their industrial en-
terprises are all the children of Repub
lican legislation, and the Republican
party is still their best friend.
However, leaving out of consideration
all material advantages, the South owe
it to itself to throttle and down the des
perate and disreputable men who havD
so disgraced Justice and modern civil
ization. Let it remain Democratic if i
will, but let it be courageous enough
and honest enough to denOunCe anC
prevent the murder of men killed fol
opinions sake. This stand once made
little exception can be taken to Demo
cratic maiOrities coming from Southern
States; there will be no occasion K
wave the "bloodY shirt nor to dreaC
it, and all will be serene. The NOrtl
has no ill-fceling toward the South as
section nor as opposed in politics, bu
for political assassination, for massa
cres of men on account of their Opin
ions, there must always be felt tn
strongest condemnation and horror. 1
is time the reputable and law abidin!
men of the South came strongly to tn
front in public affairs, supplementinj
the efforts of its honorable and leading
men in social and economic matters
So shall there be a new South, pOlt
ically as well as materially, new SOutI
that viii rejoice not in itself, but TAX
pardouable pride in a nation of whiCl
it is a -IHdiaHUpOiS Journal