Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-11-01
A Virginian on the Approaching
= ~. .s.h . Election.

A Virginian on the Approaching
y st A Election.
John N. Bolts Is address ing the people OF
Virginia with the sturdy msniiness and
bolddess for which he has always been dis.
tinguished. While men In the Northern
S'stes. for party purposes, are msnufsctur.
ing public opinion. slsndering their neigh
bors end fellow citizens, snd pandering to
the dlsdnion and slavery sentiments of the
South Mr.. Bolts renters Justice to the Re.
publican party, although he opposes II, tells
to the people Of virginis plain truth, that
sro wholesome, however unpalatabie. A
correspondent Of the New York Times says
thst he 10 listened to by large crowds, and
10 producing q profound impression wherever
he goes. The same correspondent furnishes
the following sksich Of some Of the points
Of one Of these speeches.. y pabfua7us i4a
By way Of prsfsce, Mr.. Botu observed
thst such was the tyranny Of the Southern
press and Of Southern public opininn, dhs,
few men dare speak their sentiments. but
thGt he ned no fsyers TO Ask--that he gas .
freeman, and should fesrlessly exercise his
right to Gay what he pleased. and upon any
subject. They might csllhim an abolitlmist,
but his shoulders were broad, and conId bear
4 heasief burden than even that And he
did say what he pleased, and a Virginia au.
dience spplauded doctrines novel to their
cars. end which might have been regarded
as highly offensive. n Uttered by other iip.
He svowed his disbelief in M. Stewards
"irrepressible conflict" doctrine, but he
swept away tie calumnies by which his
name In the South has been rendered infa.
nous. He read an extract from the Ro.
chester speech, embracing the obnoxious ir-
repressible conflict paragraph, and thon
showed tha, the idea did not originate With
Mr. Seward. but that Roger A. Pryor and
Senator Toouhbs held the same doctr NJ, md
had snunciated it previods to Mr.. Stewards
speech. Pryor and Toombs believed that
there was an irreprssait'e conflict betwoen
free and slave labor, but that free labor
world finally give away to slave labor while
Mr.. Seward he d that slave labor must grad .
ually retire and finally die before the ,rium
phsnt march Of freedom Of free labor, But
Mr.. Bolts did not agree with either of Them
--he did mol Believe there was any such con-
dict,' that soil and climate regulated both
systems Of labors. and that both would long
endure. ..s.oli,..s .,... ..,...
Id case Of Mr.. Lincoln's slection ii wa.
prsdetefmiusd, By some Of the Southern
Ststes 10 sscede. and inssmuch as Virgin a
wod'd be in-ited to jnin in the reasonable
crusade, IL wss right that the people should
dndtstshd the true position and sentiment
Of the Republican csudidate,, and for thi.
purpose Nj. Bolts road crpious 'sx,rsc,s
from Mr.. Lincoln's speeches, all tending 10
show that hn was qhite conservative, and not
the terrible. bloody minded. fre-esting sbo.
litionisl the South generally believed him TO
bS. He did not desire to be understood ss
Advocating Mr.. Lincsin's views on tie shv
cry question. he merely wanted to present
historicsl facts so ssto dissrm the enemies
Of tha Unio n, By showing that th,y had no
cause to rebel aglinst Mr, Lincoln or his
administration. becsuss Of .his views upon
the slavery question. ,soii saf faog..r
The Southrrn Democrats claim that the
eqaaliiy Of the States 10 snd to the terrific.
,es can ony 20 preserved y tre'r being al
'V"eo 70 carry 'neir property lslave') into
'nem, snu nave 'ne'r y'ght to this properly
pro.ec'eo oy !ew, ~ Dotts said the State
see sqoai fien" u ne territories; that the
not'ne'n man could sar'y any Properly there
~. ."s Sos'AeFe nan could. and that the
Sou'nesn ne ecs's carry any property
sasss when tne rertnsfn msn codIdS and.
@efs'o'e' ,ssy mooA sPon equal grounds;
oot /" oy equsisy sney meast the right to-
carry aavs property into the territories they
nae mistaken the,r r'gs's. that They hsd no
such right under the constitution ss that
instrument d's not rscogsiss fhes. a. proper
y W "se'ossl :sn's, and that fAsy 'srs noi