Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-09-27
pickaway County--The Slave De-
m cracy--Sen. Wadc's Speech.

IN OdCJ-IOGH' Nauc DpceVu'
CiacLEvi1tK, Sept l7th, 1855.
Editor OHIO State journal:
Last week the Slave Democracy wee ad,
dressed in this town by David Todd and
George L. Pugh. Mr. Todd is the mostsen-
sible man 10 the party in Ohio, and conse.
cueutly he did not aicmpt TO justify the re-
peal of the Missouri com promise, or apollo
gizc for the conduct Of Tho Administration -
On the contrary, he said the Nebraska Act
was uncsed for by the people, unjust and a
breach of faith towards the North. Tho Ian.
puafe in which he condemned the n,rasure
was such as might be expected from Nj |
Chase hmself. But" said Mr.. Todd, "you ,
" i'll say you are opposing Pierce and Dong !
lac. ! reply, who in the devil are Piesce |
or Dougasi They are not the great Demo-
cratic party, and we are not bound to justify !
them in what s wrong" 1t is polite for
Mr Todd - take this course. He knows he
might as well stand in the way Of locomo-
tive az Justify the Nebraska swindle before
the people OF Ohio. But, while he made
great show Of candor and courage in thus ap
parently opposing the Administration, he ad-
viscd his party "to keep in the ring and
was careful not to inform them that the De-
mocra,c candidate for Governor occupied
tIe Nebraska platform.
Mr.. Pugh attempted 10 show, through the
greater portion Of hs speech, that bis party
! had administered the Stae Government with
economy; md the residue of his harangue
was devoted to the Know Nothing party -
! He made very brief alusion to the Nebras-
ka act, saying he approved Of the principles
Of that bill but conceded to others the right
TO bold different opinion. lie condemned
tho ouraecs committed by the Missourans
in Kansas; but sad nothing about the outrages
committed there by Mr.. P,erce. He accus-
ed nlr. Chase ana his party of being III favor
OF negro suffrage, an accusation w'iiui!y
rase on the purt OF M. Pugh. He charged
the Republican parry with dIsunon; aud
drew vivid picture Of its horrors. He said
Senator Wade had made n speech in Maine,
in which he declared the Uhion virtually dis
solved, and that the Nouh aud South now
hate each other as cordially as the llost hos.
tile nations.
On Saturday last there was n great meet
ing here Of the Republican party, and Sena-
tor Wade addressed the people. He said the
> speech he had made in Maine had been mis-.
understood, or intentionally mlsrepfcsentcd.
He had not expressed the sentiment Inscribed
: to him, that the Unlol was nov virtually dis
solved aud that the North and South hated
each other as hostile nations. The language
he used was merely cautionary and hypu-
> ,hetical. lie had asserted that if the state
OF things which had grown out OF tue repeal
Of the Missouri compromise should long con-
time, and the South persisted in their policy
- state OF hatred Ike that between hostile
putiups would ensuc. He had never permit
ted thought of di-union to enter his mind.
Disunion was impossible lt you undertook
to dissolve the Unon, how "ou d you go
about it! lie understood how log is split
, by wedge, but in what manner the Union
i, to be divided is not easily to be accomplish
ed Some years ago convention assembled
at Nashville, the object OF which was to dis
solye the Union. A lew gentlemen met in n
room and discussed the subject, but the great
ness Of the project, and the tcebleness oil
their means soon became apparent. Their
position appeared simply ridiculous. They
adjourned aud took some refreshments. and
they resolved that If things did not wear n
moro favorable aspect, they would ut some
future time do great things.
lie had also bcca charged with saying that
the Whs party is dead and stnketh. This
was not true He hud said the Wing party
is dad, and the Southern portion is not only
dead but stirketh. The Southern Wings
had basely deserted the Wing organization
at the passage OF the Nebraska bill. They
had voted for it, and without Il cir votes the
4 oh
had canvasscd at midnight IN the purlieus OF
, the capital with the common enemy, aud had
determined with them 10 rob the North OF an
Empire, and devote il to slavery. This was
treachery as black as ErebuS, VIII ch should
, dlssolve all relations between Northern aud
Southern Wings. God forbid thai he should
cast opprobium on an organization with which
his political fortunes had been cast and with
} which he lud acted all his lie. lie had no
) disposition to say aught against that great
party which. in It's day, had been powerful to
4 do good uud avert evil. He had rcjuccd in
its victories and mourned over It's defeats
I II any man would show him that the old
: Whig party could, in lis present crisis, sup
r port the cause of freedom and maintain the
, rirhs aal honors Of the North, he would give
; it his support, but that party had melted
! away under the detection aud treason OF the
, Southern Wings aud u new and powerful or
ganizatiun had silently arisen, such US the
crisis DEMANDED.
The Constitution gave Congress no power
over Slavery in tho States and he did not
propose TO interfere with ii there; but il
Southern members persisted IN thruSlng the
subject upon him, he would carry out his
princl piles, aud he had 80 expressed his de-
termination in the Senate. Tho safety of
slavery lay IN giving to The Constllulions the
construction that Congress had no power
over it in the States. II the South should
attempt diaun,on, he would treat her as a way
Nard child, "Sir, il you can not behave Your
SELF viii box your ears until You can"
The doc,rno of Wnshington, jefferson.
Madison, Wylhc aud Pinckuey had been de-
parted lrom by the Modern Democratic par
; 1y, and this party had become the advocates
Of slavery extension, by throwing down the
barriers aud leaving the new territories to be