Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-02-22
From the Mt. Gilesd IN M,rrow Co Sen.
rDiyide and Conauer.v
r. F. ROMANO,
State Secretary, Albany, N. Y.


This''is now the object of he Slave Dem
oc racy. They know thatunlesN the can reno
into antagenistic fragments the n,,n~hty hos
who made them bife the dust last faI,, the
same fate awaits them next fall. Hence
they are busy, bus:' ,busy, hatching stories,
laying plans and Gevising schemes to over.
throw their opponents by divideng them
They tell one story in regard TO one division
Of the Republican army, another in relation
TO another, and SO on; all having the same
object and the same aim; the arraying of one
portion OF the friends of freedom ag giinst an
other: and thus make them do what they
cannot do themse YES, overthrow them.
Are The words of Stephens, of Georg.,
when the Nebraska swindle was being for
ced through, alre,dy forgotten! Did he OF
tell us that the South could alpays csnq uer
the North through its insane divisions! Did
he not tell US that we were an army Of i'm
prac,icables, who, tomorrow, would forget
their real enemies of to-day, aud commence
quarreling with each her. over split hairs,
Have these things already been forgotten!--
Are we about to render his predictions true,
to cur own ruin and downfall, Are We a.
bout to stop fighting the foes Of freedom, aud
turn our arms upon each other! Hive we
forgot the great Nebraska swindle, and the
insult offered to the North by and through it,
and the wrong done to Freedom b. the per-
version Of her heritage to the base purpose
OF slavery! Do we forget that shareholders
are nor aiming at overwhelming supremacy
in this Union of ours-that they are working
for the purpose o.! perverting the whole OF
our Territories for the use of men-stealers!
Friends, think of these things! Look
what we can accomplish if we but remain
united! Reflect upon what will be the result
if we become distracted and divided Re-
main united, and we can revolutionizs the
whole policy Of the Government upon the
subject of Slavery, and bring it back to the
path marked out by Jefferson and the other
great lights of the Revolution. Let US d.
vide, aud aosolu,ism will sweep over the
land like the simeon over the desert, blast
ing the last hope nf Freedom and deliver US,
bound hand and foot, to the Slavedrivers Of
the South.
And yet we see editors who claim 10 be
the friends Of freedom; who claim that they
are opposed to Slavery in all its shapes and
phases; wEo claim that they hold no fellow
ship with the allies Of Slavery. busy as the
evil one would wish, sowing the seeds of dis
cord in the Republican ranks; ceasng their
i;e on their enemies and turning their guns
on their friends; wrangli sg over hair-spl s.
ting, misunderstanding, minor question: that
have no more connection with the great ques-
ton at Issue, than they have with the DIS
covery Of the lost franklin, and in all ways
and manners endeav ring to destroy the en-
tente cordiule that hos been established be-
tween the different portions OF the grea; Re-
publican army! Why do they all do this!-
Why are they rendering aid and comfort TO
the common enemy! Why are they endenv-
orug to destroy the last hope Of Freedom in
Ohio! Why are they playing into the hands
of the allies Of Slavery! Why are they la
boring TO place Loccf.coism again in power!
Loo k at the Locofoco press aiding them on
holding their hats-cheering Them up and
commencing all they do! Can'tthey see that
the whole Locofoco party is iairly con' ulsed
with joy at the prospect ofreturning triumph,
the wasting Of the peoples substance and
pander ng to the wishes Of tyran,s at the
South! Stop, Stop! Stop!! you lore
Freedom; ifyou hate despotsm; if you love
good government; if you are anxious for the
triumph OF liberty; ifyou are praying for the
downall of Slavery; if you wish to see our
national government dissolve all connection
with the institution of slavery; ifyou wish
to see liberty made the rule and Slavery the
exception; if you wish to preserve our mighty
West from the contaminating ,blighting toLch
of Savcry;halt in your course. Throw aside
your contracted views, and take u broad and
manly glance at the course of events and the
circumstances by which yoc are surrounded.
Lift yourselves up to the true spirit of the
occasion. You must do it if you would tri-
umph. Change your course or all 10 lost, and
Freedom is undone by It's own household.