The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-08-05
DEFINING ITS POSITION,

| The Cincinnati Gazette thus defines its no.
sition on the proposed union of the Whips
with the Freesoilers. 1t has been falsely
quoted as favoring that scheme, but after
reading the following, we presume the papers
SO quoting it, will give it up as incorrigible.
We quote from the Gazette of Monday.
"But we repeat, what will the liberal Dor.
ton OF the Wing party, in Ohio, do, They
are IN favor of combination already named.
Many of the most influential Wing papers of
the State declare for it. We mention the
following as having indicated liberal views:
Daily Cincinnati Gazette, Cleveland Daily
Forest City, Summit Beacon, Medina Whig,
Buckeye State, Holmes County Wing, Mans
field Herald, &c. Doubtless, there are others
of the same charater, which have not as vet
come under our notice."
We clip the above from an article in the
Oberlin Times, of the goth inst, on the pro.
posed coalition between the Wing and Free
soil parties. We were much astonished to
see ourselves quoted as favorable to such a
movement, as we have never even taken the
trouble to notice it in any way. The PROPOSE.
tlon was received with SO much coldness by the
Whig press generally, that we thought there
was little danger of its making any disturb
ance in our ranks, and we have therefore per-
mltted it to pass without notice. Had we
thought there was the least likelihood that
any considerable portion of the Wings would
favor the proposed coalition, we should have
been very prompt and earnest in denouncing
it. In this portion of the State there is,
happily, no inclination whatever among the
Wings to surrender to faction which has
shown itsele more export in bargaining and
intriguing for office at Columbus, than in any,
thing else, and whose violent exertions, lust
now, are made solely with reference to the
election OF man to the Senate, who, upon
all national questions is as much of a Loco
foco as any man in the Senate.
The game these men are playing is easily
seen through. Last year they labored earnest
ly in cooperation with the Pierce party to
defeat the Wings, and this year they are
laborng with equal earnestncss to defeat the
Pierce party; and to do it, impudently ask
the aid of the Wings, while they tell them
they need not expect to share in whatever
benefits may accrue from success. The ef-
forts of each campaign had the same object
reelection of certain gentleman to the u.
s. Senate; the first resulted satisfactorily to
the managers, but the second bids fair to
prove sad failure, and hence the attempts
to patch up coalition between Wings and
Freesoilers. But that is no less certain to
prove failure, than the coalition would, were
the necessary parties to enter into it. Over
this prospect we have no tears to shed, and
if we have had no words to speak upon this
subject before, it was only because we saw no
symptoms of it in this quarter of the State,
and preferred to leave its discussion to Jour-
nails published in localities where it seemed
to be more of practical question.
Will the Times please to strike out our
name from that list!
REV. DR.. IvEs.-The statement that the
Rev. DR.. Ives, late Bishhop of the Diocese
Of North Carolina, was about 10 be ordained
a priest in the Catholic church, and that the
Pope had informed him that he must separate
from his wife, is positively contradicted by
the Freemen's Journal. As regards the Sc
paration, the Journal says that such a thing
Is not likely to find favor any where in the
Catholic church. The Journal also publishes
IN extract Of a letter from DIR. Ives to the
Rev. DR.. Forbes, of New York, in which he
alleges that an account had been made up
against him in North Carolina, and a process
'erved upon his library and Mrs. Ives personal
lrticles left behind in that State. He further
ays:-'All ask in this life is to Aaue mv
lear ,oifs side By side Wih me at The altar, and
ONE situation, however low, however obscure,
where can keep her above positive want."7
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