Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-09-13

been a pod-send III { r hands, and "a fetcl
upon Divine Providence" in Fastening tht
T freedom of the slave il has succeeded, a.
usual, by dividing the people Of the ffe,
States upon tri1es and side-issues, whilst the
South has been a unit In defense Of its grea
interest. 1t has disbanded the Free Demo
cratic Party, which has been thorn in th.
side of Pro-slave:y politicians since its or.
ganzatioD, bringing reproach upon the Anti.
Slavery cause, and divisions in the ranks Of it:
friends. Multitudes, hitherto disowning al
minor issues as 30 many Stumbling blocks
in the way Of Of progress, and keeping an eye
single TO the great question Of the day, have
been entce1 into the Order, and, in the vain
endeavor to harmonize Native Amercanism
and Anti.Slavery, have completely subordina.
ted the latter. By thus uniting with Ma
tional Party which proposed no policy what
ever in relation to Slavery, they had declared
/ their separate party action to have been a
I blunder from the beginning. They have
| fallen back upon the vain experiment ofser.
wing two masters, and the vicious morality o.
doing evil that good may come. They have
broken the moral power oil their movement,
by espousing principles glaringly inconsistent
| with Its fundamental ideas.
/ do not wish 10 question the motives OF any
honest man. do not deny that many friends
of our cause may have united with Know
Nuthlngism, in the hope of thus more efectu-
ally aiding the slave. Tni5 does OF cure the
evil resulting from false course. We hav-
recently learned through the public prints of
poor attempt to serve the interests of coun-
try Sunday Sc hools. by roobing widow and
her helpless children. The cause Of Freedom
is dishonored by serving it on like principles.
We smite it to the earth, instead of arming
it with power. This is a moral necessity, and
it need not surprise US, therefore, to find the
ravages of Know Nothingisn becoming quite
visible throughout the North. That it has
done much mischief to the cause Of Freedom
in Ohio, think will not be denied. 1t has
laid it PROSTATE in Indiana. The editor Of
, its leading organ, having determined last year
that America must be ruled by America ms,
and that the Slavery question was no longer
worthy of any special attention, sold his SUBJ
scription list to Wing establishment for "a
lob. Office" and summariy discontinued his
paper. The Order having ignored the ques-
ton o. Slavery, our friends who joined it were
! ignored likewise, to which they meekly sub.
mitted. In the Anti Nebraska campaign OF
last year, swayed by an impelling desire for
fLs ion, they were generally willing to accep,
a position of entire subordination, and even
I of silence. under the captains who commanded
them, lest the pro-slavery prejudices Of the
people should ,e aroused, and their otherwise
! "A ;ato hindayaAt Ir
many localities, our cause was so complicated
with county Offices and peculiar local arrange
I ments, that it was not thought wise FOR Anti.
| Slavery men to oficiate in its service, anC
/ consequently it was handed over to the tender
mercies of its foes. As part of this policy
the public reputation of our principles by the
| Anti-Nebrasks party was submitted to, and
one backward step having prepared the way
| for another, the finale of the matter is, that
whils the people have not been converted tt
our doctrines, we ourselves are pa.ayzed and
dumb-many secretly sighng to escape from
their unfortunate environment, but unable to
see the way Of del;verance. And the same
perncous results, though perhaps in a les;
depree will be seen in due season, wherever
The Otter mas seduced men into its embrace
Time will test the the truth Of what | say
and prove, doubt not, that years OF arduou:
and discouraging labor will be needed TO re-
cover the strength we have lost, and the ad
vantage we have foo.lshly thrown away, BY
our ill-fated connection with movement
which demanded our unhesitating frowns iron
the beginning.
| And now, sir, in conclusion; what. is to be
done, What is the demand and what the
Zone of the hour! How shall we make the
Anti-Slavery cause more thoroughly under
stood, and the woes of Slavery more deeply
felt, BY the people! have already indicated
NV answer. Let the true friends of oul move
nent find each other cut, and stand together
as one man. Let our friends who have beer
led in an evil hour to affiliate with know-No
tbiugism Immediately retrace their steps, anc
oppose it Jus, as they oppose Slavery ITSELF
I.et those who have remained ourside of th'
b., Older continue their warfare against it. LIE
it be distinctly understood, that an Anti-Sla
very man is of necessity the enemy OF Caste
Bigotry, and Prescription Let the brother
hood of all men, without regard TO race, color
religion, or birthplace. be the platform OF
which all may gather; and let US speedily
orrapize our forces for genuine contest will
our foe. Let us thus determine how little
IS well as how much, was achieved for the
slave in the late elections; what was dom
for the cause by honest and hard fighting ant
what was done againstit it by the arts OF mer'
Diplomacy, in temporarily uniting opposite
and irreconcilable elements in an empty ant
d. ceptive triumph. Let US be stsadtasI in ou
work, endeayoring to impart something ofper
, mauence to the organization we may adopt,
necessary to success, and thus shunning tha
instability that would form new party, witt
a new name, for every campaign, and thus lrit
ter away our strength in the tickleness of 0u
, schemes, instead OF husbanding it for efiectiv
service. Let US not be troubled about tn
smallness of our numbers, but solicitor
, only for the honor of our, cause, as the sur
t means of its triumph, firmly trusting tina
through our fidelity, the rightresult will come
Let us not strive after any personal ends OF
: transient success, bu! so act, in reference
: this great cause, that the calm and hnal juds