Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-07-12
WHOLE NO. o65

| quently void and you would not pny it. In
what light do you suppose all honorable men
would view ~ In no other light than ss
consummate villains. unworthy the confidence
Of all honorable men. In this light Ohio
and the teeming millions, Of the mighty West
whom feeby represent here, view you, Gen.
tlemen, in relation to this Ktnsas-N ebraska
iniquity! ] appeal to Representatives from
the South. in the name of all that is honor
able i'm the name Of God, to be this once
influenced by the pure promptngs of right
and justice, and restore this compromise line
tor from this dGy hide your deformed heads
and make your appearance no more among
Intelligent beings.
But am resolved to place the gentlemen,
those chiyalrous Southern gentlemen,-
right on the record. Many of them do say
that the repeal Of that time-honored line, Ito
use their own words) was wrong. an injury
and an outrage, and that it ought to be restor-
ed. say many Of you have said to me: and
inasmuch as every gentleman from the North
has been challenged to give the name Of any
Southern man who has dared to,, even breathe
one word in favor of Freedom, therefore, to
avoid being asked so to Do, came up to the
confessional, or | shall without hesitation
name the gentlemen to this convention.-
Cheers and laughter.1
| At length Hon. Kenneth Rayner, of North
Carolina, arose and stated that he had SO said
and took this occasion to say that he consi-
dered the repeal OF the Missouri Compromise
a wrong and an outrage, to which the. North
ought not to submit. He said If he had been
q member of Congress he would have had
his right hand severed from his body before
he would have consented to the iniquitv.
Gov. Brown, of Tennessee, said he had
stated that it was wrong and unjust to repeal
that act; but inasmuch as it wss passed, he
was opposed 70 agitation on the subject by
reinstatng il.
Four or five more, at this point. took the
floor at once, Ford remarking pleasantly,
"ke ep ool,gentlemen. we are going to have
an interesting class meeting here; but come
up 10 the confessional one at a fims!" (Laught.
er long and oud.) A number of gentlemen
confessed in substance what Gov Brown did,
M Ford proceeded by saying that San op-
en- confession" was ''good for the soul;" and
he hoped the gentlemen would learn smother
| truism: The only way to getrid o. guilt was
"to repent and sin no more" All we ask of
you, gentlemen, is to do right, remembering
that there are eternal and unchange prin-
ciples of right. which no circumstances can
vary, and which God himself may not disturb.
BY your confessions this day. coupled with
your action, you place yourself in the con-
dition of thief who having broken into your
house and got possession Of your money, you
detect and arrest. You say to him, "You
villain! what are you doing, thus invading my
most sacred rights!" The thief comes up to
the confessional, as our friends have this day,
saying, 81 know have invaded your most
sacred rights: confess have committed an
o trage and inflicted great injury upon you.
| have broken into your house and stolen
your money. have done this mean thing.
| regret, deplore it: bui indsmueh, noticill-
standing, neusrthsIess, as 1 hare got in no,c,let
there be no disturbance between me and thee.
| poth fear and dislike agitation. Let US just
settle this difficulty. You just step out and
let me keep your house and the money"-
loud cheering and laughtef.)
This is the ridiculous light n-which we
view you Southern gentlemen out in Ohio.
(Here Missssipian interrupts by saying,
This line was worth nothing, of no valve to
any person'') Ford proceeded by saying;
That is beautiful! you will steal our property
and for excuse say "'tis vslueless." Return
the stolen goods, and let the owner fix the
value. If il was but old jack knife, tits not
yours. Come up like men and do this great
thing. Confess your wrong and do right
always remembering that to do right aud
avoid the wrong is the great end of being.
Don't you, gentleman of the South, shrink
away from this contact with truth. don't
entreat you, through fasehood or hypocrisy.
: meanness or fraud, attempt to hide yourself
from the open eye of lofty honor. Uong
continued applause.) You Southern gentle
men have said many pretty things about the
U lion. We, too, are Devoted to this Union;
first, lasr, and at all times: and We do not
make Slavery condition precedent to our
attachment to this Union, either. Can you
l have higher, holier and more patriotic mo-
tives. We are devoted TO this Union, be-
cause ere long, by its perpetuity aud advance
: ment, we expect to become an empire ot
Freed ON every where! (Cheers long and
loud,) Every puplic demonstration l have
attended here patriotic gentlemen have at
tempted..to turnlinto Union savsing machine
until am sick of the endless prating a
bout the Union--being fully satisfied that
they say Union once and mean Negro taret
times Uaughter.)
This Union, rest assured, is in no danger.
!, We of Ohio do not intend to go out of the
Unio1, or let anybody else do SO Uouc
S cheering.) And you fillisbustering Soutt
: Carolina gentlemen think of going out of the
r Union, please take Retrospective view o
u your past lives, and you will find this is moi
the first time you have tried to kick out thu
:; traces. And if you make the trial, twill no
r be the frst.time you are kicked backi Re
' member Old by the Eternal" brought yo'
;. up standing once, and we of the Centra
d Northern States and Western States hav
= determined to do SO whenever necessary. -
is (ApPlause.)
Ut The gentleman from Virginia asks. il W
u are SO devoted TO the Union at the North, no,
it comes to pass that we return such men a
lu Hala Wilson md Chase fo thu Sen,,os