Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-08-14
Which is the Disunion Party.

The Detroit 1rt0aRs Strings together
few random pearls from the speeches OF the
leaders of the so-caled Democratic party,
which indicates :heir contempt for the
Union unless they have the privilege of ex-
tending slavery indefinitely. It says:
In order fully to satisfy the public of the
reasonable designs of so-called Democrats
in the slaveholding States, we give series
of extracts from Democratic speeches in
Congress, and Democratic resolutions adopt
ed in Southern Conventions.
Wewlll first call upon the stand, Mr..
Yulee, a Democratic Senator from Florida
In a speech in the Senate he says:
"For my part. l am ready to proceed to
extreme measures, even 10 the dissolution OF
the Union"
Next hear Senator Brown, of Miss, u
prominent Democratic leader. In a speech
in Congress he said.
"If the Wilmot Proviso is adopted, it
will raise storm that will sweep away this
Union. and pray God devoutly it will do so.'
Mr. Morse, prominent Democratic Rep
resentative from La, used the following
language in Congress
"The Southern man who will stand up
and say hat he is for the Union, 'now and
forever is more dangerous to the people he
represents than those who are in open hos
tiity. If California be t-ammeled with a
preamble declaring the Territory now free,
am wiling 10 dissolve the Union"
Hear Mr.. Stanton, of Tenn, another lead
ing Democra. in Congress.
when the Wilmot Proviso is adopted,
and the South are ready to walk out of the
Union"
Hear Senator Butler, of South Carolina,
famous throughout the country as leader Of
the Democracy in Congress-:
"I do not make the salvation Of the Union
the paramount question:
Senator Mason. of Virginia, another dis
tinguished Democrat, and Chairman of the
committee on Foreign Affairs in the Senate,
sys:
"It is time ihe..yose aOGs throwa Of, ard
tie question settled.
Mr. Colcock, OF Georgia, Democra tic
Representative, used the following language
in a speech in Congress:
"if the Wilmot Prosisio should pass in
any form, I will introduce bill for the dis
solution of the Unicn.''
Mr.. Mead, a Virginia Democrat, uses the
following language in speech in the House
of Representatives:
"If you exclude us [ am not willing to
submit. We intend to have the
the land peaceably if we can, Jorcibty if we
mrst"
The following resolution was adopted at
q Congressional caucus of Southern Demo-
Gratis held in Washington, in January. lS49:
"Resolred, That the dissolution the Union
is preferable to the submission of the South
to the Wilmot Proviso "
Hear Mr.. Melville, Southern Democrat,
in speech in Chngress:
"Thetpeople of the South know their rights
and will mantain them at all hazards, even
should disunion result. The South
must defend their rights at the expense of
blood"
The following toasts were drank at a
Democratic 4th OF July celebration at Atchi-
son City, In Kansas:
"Disunion, by secession or otherW ise-a
beacon Of hope to az oppressed people and
the surest remedy for Southern wrongs.
Enthusiastic cheers"
The City of Atchison: May she, before
the close Of the year '57, be the capital of a
Southern Republic. [Cheers."
Inasmuch as the northern advocates of that
rotten organization which calls itself the
" Democratic Party" claim it as the especia
hope and salvation of the Confederacy, it is |
we'll TO understand the sentiments which |
aye entertained by those who shape and con-
troll its action. 1t will be seen that the party
which is so noisy at the North in professions
of devotion to the Union, is the very party
from which the Union has most to fear.