Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-07-30

HttuHB lO-uigHl III my next. nope III
result will 6e such as TO make your some
time-since Barnesvilie cores Dondent chang
his opinion of our towE. Al reVoir,
/ LocALiTEMs.
MIsTHER EDITOR: Who'd a thought it
Not we! Such honor is enough to "weigl
US down PROSTATE TO earth" Mentionei
by and welcomed BY the editor! By thu
way, David We can't spare cur dictionary
Poor Us. Why does =, into whose goot
opinion we endeavored 10 ingratiate our
self by giving publicity to his praiseworthy
industry, why does he of all others pass u;
by So and wish for sUme one from Bridge
port! Does he mean that IRE have insulteC
him. and tha. he has gracefully forgiven Us!
If so, we
BienI We've seen our welcome, SO veil
make ourse'f at home. And, now, St.
Clarsuilians, "a cheil's amang ye takin'
notes, and faith she'll prent 'em.''
Well begin with wonderment. Won
der what our town is coming to! Ruin, we
fear, if it keeps or. Surely a better day
l0iH come.
Ave, it must come! The tyrant's throne
Is crambiing with our hot tears rusted."
King Alchohol has advanced step by step,
turning key here, shooting a bolt there,
and riveting a fetter yonder, until half our
town are bowed low in servile homage
Crushed down by the weight of chains, than
which the blackest African under Americas
free laws never wore heavier. Say you it
was men that disturbed our slumbers a few
nights ago! On Locofoco principles | deny
it. They have been bought a I'd are ''goods
and chattIes." They are slareS, bought BY
iideous grins that pass current as Friend
ships smiles, for the slave market Of
Bacchus' vicegerent, and by him bequeathed
to Satan. They have been bought, body
and soul for the lowest seryitude on earth.
And who will free theml Must it he the
women! The men have all deserted the
standard. Then, Hasty, gather up your
volunteers. I'll write my name in brightest
letters on the role OF Freedoms champions,
anG lend heart, SOUL and might to the strug-
gle. Mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, to
the rescue! Take up your arms and onward.
The cause is as good as that for which scurl
fathers fought and bled," and kind Provi-
dence will smile upon and grant US success.
a mightier tyrant than George Ill. threat
ems cur liberty Will we submit! Never!
Onward! Forward! To the rescue!
Have we any laws! Have we councili
III SO, where are they! Scenes are enacted
on our streets every hour that makes law a |
mockery and 4 council but a sham. Not
wv nty four hours ago we saw romaa
JroomSticking man. She had "coilared
him" in one Of cur groggeres. led him out
on the pavement, and there chastised him |
most unmerciuly. Is this lawi If 1t Je,
it must have been made with a view to
ra isng the morals of our community. There |
stood children, gazing upon that disgrace
ful scene, listening to the most horrid oaihs, |
laughing and shouting to see ard hear
Verify. this is fine prospect for our future.
Spread il abroad over the land that in the |
capitol OF Belmont there is not a temper
ance society; that out of about three hun |
dred children not seventy-fve attend Sab
bath School, that We have at least half q |
dozen groggerfes, whose owners aEe con-
stanty busy burying regulations, talents,
and hearts. Where will be the end! Echo
'answers--the end. We heard a lady re-
mark a lew days since that she had become
SO used to noise that see could not sleep un-
less there was r0W. |
Since our last we have paid short visit
to our sister village, Morristo~n. This is j
truly a delightful place. We were much
pleased with the air Of business and enter
Prise it wore. AND we were completely |
charmed when friend said "ihe greatest
curiosity in Morristown was a drunken
man. May it long be true!
We observe many of our citizens and
ciLlzenesses are enjoying "raspberying."
As for US we'd rather pay somebody else for
dumping into the bramble bushes and
scratching out both their eyes cut" Wei
have no fancy for it. But amt it against
the law! Seems to US we heard so. Maybe |
we dreamed it.
The fields around US are alive with reap
ers. We suppose we ought to tell you what
kinds of crops are being gathered, but, to
tell the truth, we can't. We don't know
any thing about it. Would know field of
wheat from one OF oats. So we'll leave that
to our friend from the country.
Were MT you away day or twol Did MT
it fall to the lot of to make some selec-
tions for the last issue! Cause why wei
notice piece in twice, said piece being
captioned WELL Done. But | had better
not say too much, or John might wish more
than ever that I'D "leave the burgh."
Yours, of course,
Fan TAz Mayor I. 4.
P. S. We heard, few days ago, COL
ored gentleman, shO was slightly under the
influence of his morning bitters, proclaim
that he had "been eleven miles East and
twenty one miles West, and he was not
going to be insul,ed in any little to,cn like
this" Query: is it not my duty to pub
licIy and eloquently defend our city from such
an implication! We pause for reply.
FAN.