Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-09-11

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self that he might become Exalted
To the Editor of the Belmont Chronicle:
Mr.. Lawrence, the nominee of the Dem
ocracy of this District for Congress, mad
an effort here on Wednesday evening Il
convince the people of st. Clairsville tha
ne had caught up with the Patent Demo
cratic party, and could spread himself sufi
ciently to cover the Cincinnati Platform
easy. You are aware that two years ago
be efore the Democratic Convention of thi
District, he announced himself as an "Inde
pendent, Anti-Nebraska candidate for Con
gress," and made pretty good little Re
publican speech. That when the Republi
can Convention nominated another man b.
ceased to be candidate. Well, how d.
you think he attempted to explain the gross
Inconsistencies of his course! Has h,
changed his opinion! No. Was be mere
ly opposed to the repeal of the Missour
Compromise until it was repealed, but aftel
it's repeal in favor of submitting for peace's
sake! No; for il was after the repeal tha
he made the announcement. But the re
peal of the Missouri Compromise was mere
abstraction. 1t amounted to nothing. L
is not a question before the people, and aeue'
pas. The Compromise Measures Of 1856
accom- plished all that it proposes. Oh! mo-,
sapient aspirant for Congressional honors
If this be true, pray why did you manufac'
tnre yourself into an, Anti-Nebraska candi.
date--putting your claims upon a platform
with one plank in it, and that plank mere
But Mr.. L. in the course of his speech
undertook, as he claimed, 10 state few
facts; but, like Uncle Butler, he had but to
ope his mouth and out there popped blum
der. For instance. First. He asserted that
there were only between seven and eight
hundred votes for the Topeka Constitution;
only mistake of one thousand votes! There
were one thousand seven hundred and thirty
,ne votes for it and forty-six against it, be-
rides what were cast at Leayenworth (said
% be about Eve hundred) where the poll
books were destroyed. Second. He said
there was one most abominable and out
ages provision in that Constitution, refer
ing plainly to the oft-repeated statement
hat it excludes free negroes from the State,
when, in truth, there is no such provision in
he Constitutions Third. He asserted that
f Kansas was admitted under the Topeka
the Pro-Slavery men, if they
ad the majority, las it was said they now
lad by reason of the Free State men being
riven Off could change the Constitution
nd admit Slavery in sixty days; when, in
ruth, two-thirds of each branch of two sue
essiye Legislatures must vote for such
hange, AID then the people must ratify it,
fter twelve months published notice in the
apers of the State, before it can be brought
bout. Fourth. He asserted that when
Dunn. of Indiana, proposed in the House of
to restore the Missouri
the Republicans voted against
!, when, in truth, they all voted for it.
fifth. He asserted that Toombs' Kansas
'acifcation Bill Gas it is facetiously styled
rovided that the election of Convention
Delegates should be superintended by Com
,issioners of undoubted honesty and patriot
,m, selected from all the parties, when, in
ruth, it provided that the appointment of
lese Comm issioners should be entrusted to
he very same power that appointed and still
etains in office the infamous Lecompte, and
nat now claims the right to enforce with
Tnited States arms the bogus laws Of the
order -Ruffian Legislature, some of which
[r. L. admitted were disgrace to civ:liza-
on. Sixth. He asserted that the Repub-
cans nude no complaint of polygamy in
tab, because there was "no nigger in that
when, in truth. the Republican
la,form declares it to be the right and duty
Congress to prohibit in the Territories
olygamy and Slavery, "those twin relics
barbarism."
He said that the Missouri Border Rufians
ere not SO much to blame for the troubles
Kansas as were the men of the North,
r the Northerners were the 6rst aggressors
believed, though he wouldn't be be right
rtain about that, but they were as bad as
e Border -Rufians anyhow.
He pledged his word and honor to the Re-
lblicans that he didn't sympathize with
EN- at all, fearing evidently, that as he
IS with them go decidedly two years ago
hen he thought they would send him to
,ngrss,, some Oi the slaveocracy might
" be scared out of voting FOR him, when
wants them to send him to Congress.
He made big bid for the Know Nothing
te; praised the party to the skies--said !;
ey were great, national, Union-loving r
rty, that it was these abominable Black 4
,publicans, such as Greely and Seward,
1t had been abusing them from the time ..
ey sprang into existence compared them {
the Lord, and with uplifted eyes and arms s
,ssed meekly on his heaving chest, humbly
d devoutly prayed them to help elect him,
if in their wisdom they couldn't do that
stand aloof and take no part in the con-
;r; and lest this should excite some for n
.ners against him, he took occasion to b
ow into his appeal, parenthetically, an ad-
ssiof that Irishn,en were hardly ever cow- ;,