Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-03-13


) feel tha their city especially and The stat
t u Miryisnd have a great stake d3pendinJ
J on the preservation ol the Uqion an1 IN
2 peace Of TIL country. i the binds whici
; unite the two portions of the Ua,Un, dis
tinru-hed by free anl slIr. II 1s;itut'Dn
slonld be severed, the nature OF tn, die
} terent interests groSlng out o. the specie
OF property in which it consists On one sid,
must involve continual conflicts for ii5 re
cogery, when flying to the other fyr free
dom, and animos,y thus ongendared canno
fail to bring on those protracted lad bl1ody
wara Of ambition aud conquest which ,hav,
characterized nations of contiguous Teritorl
IN every age and which have produced th'
most relentless ..hosiilities between those
of kindred blood. The wars between Fog
land, Scotland and Ireland-he wars be,
tween France and Engiand--of France and
the northern nations of the contient--Sar-
which make up the history Of Europe would
have their parallel here. Maryland YOU'D
become the Belgium OF This side o. the
| Atlannc--the Potomic the Rnino. The
shores OF our great Rivers dividing the
hostile States would frown with lortressss
and centuries of bio ,dshed ensua, unless the
! peculiar cause originating the strife, which
make an early end of it, BY the intestin
war of cOlors Fastening its own extinction.
Those represent, abhoring the thought
of civil war pasaed on the mind OF every
man by the sectional feuj, which although
now showing its violence only upJn a re-
mote frontier, is nevertheless IA: work in
every spirited heart on the continent, have
desired me TO submit 10 this Convention,
convoked to take the initiative in the nom!-
nation OF chief Magistrate to uphold the
cause Of the Free States in the controversy
proposition marked by justice anl moder-
alton, TO restore good feeling, ant Concord,
and certainly there never was Il contest
where the plain honest idea that directed
Jpck3on's administration was Of slGh easy
application in settling difficulty. Let tha
North ask notaiag b4E lehIt is clearly right,
and submit to toa9ihing that is wrong, and Il
cannct fail 10 bring the quarrel 10 an hon.
orajie teEmin1,on. The dispute about the
Territories vas adjusted So satisfactorily to
the whole country that all parties, however
widely differing on other subjects made. il
point to give in adhesion 10 the settle.
ment in every subsequent eiectlIn-it! the
candidates fox the Presidency before and
in the last canvass in obe Iience u the
several nominltng conventions, stood u9oa
i: as u platform:
Tae present Chief Magistrate did more
BY the y,fy terms OF his In1usurll aiIrsss
closed b. solemn oath, ne may be said to
have sworn bis allegiance 10 The cJmpro
misses oi the Slave question, dec airing hey
should not be disturbed if h coid proven
it durn. his term OF seryc.. H. renewed
the vow in the message to the fist Goa
gress he met; and before is close became
the active instrument in abolishing every
compromise made On the subject since ;ne
loundltlon OF the Government. Il was done
win the saidna ass of .he explosion OF u
IN aglzine of poyiar. The system Planned b.
Jefferson aad MS cpmpItcist5 - preYei.i tn-
extension OF Slavery and is dangerous
tendency 10 disruption of the UIioa--the
safeguard supparadd.d under Monroe's ai-
min,slracton, Ll|nies, Pincaney, Caihoun.+
Cray .orL--ill the great men OF the South
dIing; and Clay especially distinguishing
himself, alter ,wo years OF struggle, in ils
chectu lton--the late disposition oi the con-
troYersy ubJu; the Mexican acquisitions &C
by the same grelt MN, sup
ported by Webster, Cass and by b anton
also an the main pont--ths exclusion Of,
Slavery by the prohibition Of the Mexican
laws, in word all the real statesm n ul
the country, compromises on the subject
made By, and pronounced bY item as bad
ing in honor as the compromises OF the
constitution, were blown up by the acces-
sion .: President Pierce and Mr.. Douglas,
to the scheme Of Mr., Alchiaon ami lew
Nullifycrs who prepared the mipa,
Now the simple remedy tor this RUN is
to rebuild the work overlhrown, aud MOTH
ing is eisier, il resolved upon by the Nortn
and persisted in without regard to parry
names or party cries--or Individual designs
or prcdiIections There is not an honest
patriot in the North oil any party who does
not condemn this act Of b ID iailh. Mtny,
it is true, warped by schemes Of Saif,h
ambition and boxing to their paisancem M
through S1uthern influence, say the mis-
Chief done, cannot DO repaired. TIE skn
promises cannot be restored because the
Senate and the President no d veto 10
forbid it. There was immeaSurably strong
er veto against the cxpungng R'sO ution
1.-The bail whicl .ienton solitary and alone
put IN motion. Bat public opinion triumph.
ed then over the strongest wills and the
ablest men of the country. 1t cannot be-
withstooi by the puppets hIw on the scens.
In the meantime, the strong representation
of the Norlh in the House can hold every
thing in allegiance until the Nttion's soce
shall pronounce its irresistible decision,
That the South will acquiescs in H.,
whatever the violent men, who seek dis
solution of the Un.ol to make Charleston
the New York OF the Soub, none can
dou5t. How can il assume the altitude ut
nullication, and war upon the cumpro ,nises
and conpacts of its sseiay--matuTei by lis
own greatest.Statesm ~, unl-r wh'ch tnay
enjoyed peace ana safety for two.thrds Of
century, and tie Subysrsi0n of which
makes the tenure, not only OF the dJmes.
tic institution, but of all they hoid dearest
in public or private liIe, depend on the
chances OF civil war. Whenever this is ,ue
comes, thu North will find an auxiliary in
that s,,nA IJainn marty in thP Slnth th,,