Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-09-27

The repea.of the Missouri CompronisewasJ
Ia Southern measure II proceeded from the |
South, but was committed by them to a
Northern man who was, OF all others, the |
most obnoxious to lhe Nortlf' This measure
had been forced through Congress in defiance
Of all rules, by parliamentary lie. by an in-
solen, majority in TIE Senate, and against
the wishes OF great majority Of the people |
OF the country. Northern men who opposed |
IL Ind been in>uled and treated with scorn.
The halls of Congress had been filed with |
hired rujans, prostitutes and bullies, 10 hiss
and insult the men Sho stood up for the hon.
or OF the NORTH. They had been compelled
" tpcak without ii me for thought or prepar.
stion. They were wearied out by long night
sessions, aud all mannec of opprobium cast
upon them by an unprinciplcd majority pre-
determined to force thes measure through
They we're horne down by States no larger
thai, congressional district in Ohio, and
the northern states, three times as greet as
the southern, we're tramplod under.
| The national cannon were fired at mid
night to announce the consummalion Of this
treaChery. He had walked down Pennsyl-
vania Avenue from tho Capitol tina. night
with a bleeding heart, despairing more than
! he ping for the cause of freedom, and he had
sworn that he would appeal from the corrupt
majorty to the people. He had also resoiv-
ed to labor the rest Of his life to remove sIa-
very from the Capitol or the Capitol from
slavery. Few men were aware of the cor
rupling influence eXerted upon Northern
members by slavery at Washington. Where
the North sends to Congress one man of true
manhood and spirit, she sends ten weak ones.
Mr.. Wade said he regarded lhs question now
before the people not as question whether
negroes shall be free, but whether white men
shall be slevc; Even here II u man has the
courage to detaMd the cause OF freedom, cpl
thrts Of disgrace are thrown upon him by
Northern hrcIing5. Good God! cannot
man be permitted TO advocate the cause of
hb1rly, that cause for which our !orofathers
he'd their blood; in the Revolution! The
North has already experienced more shame
aud insult than that which middenei our sres
to rebellion. The time has come for any man
who has any spirit, any sclt-reapec', any man
hoo l. to vndcate his rights. The Nebraska
act has delrJudrd freedom OF a country as
large as many kingdom in Europe. 1t has
as cGcctualy debarred our SONS and daughters
, from that region, as if the sol! had been
burneI with lire an / birthstone No white
man who respected himself would ever
1 consent to labor beside sla"e driven by the
lash.
He spoke Of the aulacious claim lately
a made by the South to carry their slaves thro'
the Free States. Their insoient demands
, cannot be satisfied until slavery is national
-, lied and freedom scctonaizrd. A northern
Judge had been iound--Judge Kanc--meon
. enough, base enough. ilunkcy enough to sus.
, tain this ella. m on the part Of the slave pro-
pugandStS. Srroggs and J,ilres, with all
their servlity aud corruption, had never
, proatitutpd their Offices to render more ini-
qui,ious judgment.
For all this insolcncc, fraud and wrong on
the part OF the South Northern hrelinss are
to blame. Our remedy, says Gov. Hunt. of
Ne" York, lies in appealing to the masnan-
nifty OF the South.
As well might the slave under the lash appeal
to the magnanlitmy Of his despotic muster.
For the expression of such sentiment Hunt
ought to be ashu med to look Gn honest man
in the face.
To the Republican party we must look fer
redress. That party - pre'emnently do
fensve party, und an emanation from the
people It asks nothing but what is right,
and it is determined to submit to nething that
is wrong.
or that movement Mr.. Chase was the
standard bearer. lie had served six years in
the Senate, aud nothing could be said against
-, his honor or fidelity. lie was true 10 the
=, great cause; his whole life had been idenii-
tied with it, and ,hat is all that could be re-
, quired. All considerations Of personal dis
r like or difference of opinion on minor ques-
4 tions should DO overlooked. No jealousy
should be hurbored. The question before the
people was OF such momentous consequence;
4 that all men aud all parties cou'd and ought
A to unite upon it
4 The speech OF Mr. Wade was an able one,
proving that he was an honest and courageous
, man, and it has produced very favorable Ell
lccts IN this county II. F. p.
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