Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-08-23


ciple Of truth, on my part Do you suppose,
sir, that such attempted Illustrations will
iasten upon me, or the American party, with
which now act, dsrcspect or ingratilulc
towards the dead or the living foreigners
Have freedoms laws given Us no right 10 en-
Joy our blood-boyaht birthright, by casting
our votes VIC choose without subjecting Us u
c5orges of base ingrottude towards some
peaceabe and respectable neighboT OF for.
eign birth! GOD forbid that we should eyer
be in condition Of that kind. Forbid il fol
the peace and honor OF our country. Must
The pistol and bowie knife lie used on US for
exercising our glorious franchise! No, doc
tor, your "much learning has made you mad ~
As to your spirit reference. withstooj
all his persuasions and inc ucemenis when he
and YOU and others, now in the high places
were doing all they could 10 break down the
Jackson larty, up ill 1886. could look at
his sPiri. now, or yoI or your splitter other
spisits, who acted with you. How you could
LOOK that spirit in the face know not if it
could appear and seeyOu eXeriinn pour rn1-
ence 10 give place and power TO your enemies.
History tells lis that Hlmlcar twore Hanibal
on the altar OF his country, to be perpetual
iOe to the Romans. That spirit, in lis life
time, pledged you, many time over. to be The
political foe OF Judge Kennon. Ifthe spirit
oi the former hero could have returned and
found his son with the Romans battling the
Carthageniqns, it would not have as,ohishtd
him more, than would the spirit Of d.. Wis.
hart be astonshed were he to return and see
you IN the company you are n. c, vered over,
as we AL know yJu to be with your broken
vows and promises to DR.. Wishart. Your
course, until very recently, was as violent and
abusive against Kennon, as it now is against
the Americans of Ohio.
! You refer to our former position This
/ supposed you would not do, as you left the
Democratic party and Joined what was called
:he "PeoPle's Line" and elected a certain
Associate Judge, and then again acted with
the party. You speak OF I. Simpson, called
, myself "a "Roct Water Democrqt;" that
could well 10 without bOastinI' and n do so
yet, for have resisted all offers OF money to
carry out the wishes of the ST.. Ciairsaile
clique. You have not done SO. for you pre-
tended tc be so enraged a, Judge Barton and
! his friends at Columbus, that you treated him
badly, so much so, that the Judge complained.
Perhaps since that, some OF the pure IN heart,
at st. Gainesville, have put ripe apple or
pear into your pocket; at leasta wonderful
change has come over your MUD and feeling
Doctors will differ as well as lawyers 10 NJ!
pretend to say what he charged your mind,
but something has. Dr., you are, sir, too up
right man to reside in this bewidered aud
pointed land, with Know Nothings. You
had better take up the wings o! an ngei and
fly to the only spot Of green earth that they
don't inhabt, which is the Holy Lint. And
there pitch pour tent on the noun, OF Olives,
and live the rest ofyour lie midst the bet ute
Oils olive trees, so tomed in history. There
you can overlook jerusalem where the great.
est deeds were performed that ever took place
on this globe. At the foot of that glOrons
Mount flows the Brook Kadron, round the sa-
cred shores of the Garden of Geth,emane. -
On, holy and soennplace of earth. No
Know Nothing lips have ever polluted the pure
waters of the kadron. In your reflections on
the purify of your heart, above all olh'r men,
you could visi. the spot where heavens bright
star first shone its golden rays, and paid it:
.
spot of Ct the earth where you should take Up
your abode fit residence for pure men unt
angels.
As to the American party it is party Of
necessity. 1t grows up from the broken rank
of all other parties God, only, knows it:
destiny. do not pretend to Judge. !, sir
see in it germ which, if carried GU: pro
perly, will be OF great good, if otherwise di
rected, may be fruitful of great wrongs.
became member, not as you anu th1se y(,
pecev5 have it, in procrbe men tor thei
:, religion bur to help guard our temple of lber
~ from foreign usages, and hierarchical dis
+ plays and Influences, and to prevent ou
r American system from being snpPlanted b.
+ foreign priest craft anb kingcralt owing /
J the greatly increased numbers Of paupers an
n fugitves arrived from the poor houses an
y prisons of the old world--bringinG with thou
= the spirit eff 'eudalism and despolIsm; trans
C planted it here by the overwhelming mum
9 bers; excited to madness, as they are, in Er
1t rope, on The subject of religion. These ar
s. my wishes. Should the party fail to carr
j. out these ends, | shall content myself b
e knowing have dond my duty in making III
II effOrt-not TO take the rights Of liberty trol
Id one person, in the image OF Gyd-but to will
l. hoG the right Of suffrage from few cf the
until we see we are safe by admitting the
+ as citizens, and until we see the are fit to
S, citizens and Americans, in the true .neaniu
l. of the term. Nations stand to each Oth'
he in moral and in law, as families do "
le would not wish a man from the old word
&c marry your daughter until you knew him vel
o, and if you admitted hun in you family you,
IL course, would have right to prescribe Il
IL terms upon which he should become mpr
$. ber of your family, and whu ought to camPla
a Of the eoncrac,ing parties. We have Il
Ut highest precedent aud authorities for III
le, position in the world All acquainted wi
n otr history and law, know full well that
'le are trading in he footsteps Of the heroes a
'y statesmen that moulded and made our Co
Die stilulion. They furesaw trouble that wor
nc or might arise on the sbuject and to perpe
on ale their opinion wcrded the Constitution
in- follows: "No person except n natural be
ry. citizen Of citizens Of the United st tss.
you the time of the adoption Of this Constitute
sboU he eJi0jbIe In The Offcs of President