Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-08-21
TheReal Disunionists

"The harp of thousand strings" on
which the Democratic party play this can
vsss, gives forth doleful refrain when the
6isuaion string is twaneed. and all the little
democrats Join in the lachrymcse strain, and
chorus disunion. This cry. it is almost
needless to inform our readers, is not of
modern birth. Nearly quarter Of GEN.
tury las rolled over its head, and full
twenty years have lent their vivifying
influence to mature il. It originated with
tie urhrng nulliheis Of South Carolina, who
yet wear the hsngmun's rope around their
necks, fixed there by General Jackson. -
That CRY coming from the Palmetto State in
1892 etruck no terror to. the country then,
and the cry Sf their colleagues of this day
will not terrify the country. 1t is strata
gem too bare faced to deceive any one and
too ruerile to excite any feelings bu, those of
contempt. We do not wish TO deny, how
ever, that there are many persons who cry
dsuniou, and they may think they viii ef-
feet something BY the cry, but they are
wofully mistaken.
The Democratic press are charging that
TIE Republican party is the disunion party,
and all the stumpers of that party from
STEPBEN ARYoLp DoUGLAs down. down,
down to Gen. HowEY, harp upon the same
thing. They attempt to prove this charge
by quoting as from leading Republicans,
language they never used, and garbling and
totally m misrepresenting language they did
proved a real, unsduiterated, disunion senti-
ment on 4 leading member of our party
Let ue see, for a moment, how the account
current stands, as ssainst them. All the
South Carolina nulli6e:s and secessionists
are now members of the Democratic party.
JoRS c CALHOUN was the leader of that
party. Col. JEFF DAVIS is q Mississippi
seoeesicLitt and he is the present Set retsry
of war. But we ha better evidence than
all this. We will call few Of our witness
ses:-
Mr.. MEAD, of Va, distinguished demo-
crat, said, in the lower House OF Congress.
June IL, 1861
"Ifvou exclude usI am not willing to submit.
We intend TO have the land peaceably il
Ne can. .forci1ly if We must.
Mr.. Mason, Democratic U. S. Senator.
InJanuary. ls4s. said:
at is time TIE YOKE WAS THROWN Off. and the
question settled.
The @ydse,'' is known in the North as The
"bond of .lnieu'' between the States. Yoke,
indeed!
Mr.. SrAkTcz, of Tennessee, said, in June
1850:
when the wi!no, Fro~so is adopted. and
:ise South ale ready TO walk out of the Union.'
Mr. Bsowx, of the repsdiating state Of
Mississippi said in June. 1850, in Con-
gress-
Ii The Wltnof frOy1s0 Is ADOPTED. at Will raise
etorm that will sweep awav this Union, AND j.
FRAY GOD DEyOUTEY ar WILL DO SO."I
Where is any sentiment more atrecious
than this one. The rascal will pray ior the
diseoluti' n Of the Univn. Thank God. his
prayers will ayaiid nothing!
Mr.. CoLcocK, of Georgia. in Congress. in
Eebrn.rv 1910 ..;J
'.Ifthe Wilmot Proyiso should pas. in any form.
will introduce q bill for the dissolution of the
Union."
Mr. CLEMENS, another distinguished Sen.
stor in Congress in February, 1850, saiG:-l
The South asxs no compromise. lido not believe
war will follow disunion. but in no event will
bloody pictures deier her from de ienGng her rights
NJ every hazard
Mr.. Neville, a Southern Democrat,
said in Congress. March a, 1850.
''The people Of The South know their rights and
will maintain them at all hazards, even should dis
union result The South muet defend
their rights at the expense Of blood"