Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-04-12
safety. as well as to avoid the possible 6gh,

lhking lenve OF him, ! went 10 kingston,
where ! stayed al night with Whit Moody.
Whilst there, Mrs,rs. Bra1dus and New
land came in to see mr., WHEN I expressed
the same views. sent for q. w. Maupin, ,
an old hunting companion, ~ spend the
night with US, and 10 have a friendly talk
about the whole matter, as | knew he was
one u the Committee, and had acted the
part Of u peace'maker when Tony was al.
tackled ip the first fAid at Berea, as was
told. ] thsn explained Ia G. w. Maupin,
in the presence Of 81. New and and Whit
Moody, my whole position, as ne had not
read my Frankfort speech. told him that
he was Vne OF a revolutionary committee;
that ] shou j not,iDterfere with their action,
if they confined themselves 10 the expulsion
of the 'radicaIs;' but tha; if ,hs Committee
attacked us, the Republicans, ON account of
our principles, that we would defend our
selves to the last; and that in ouch defense,
we'd shoot him; Reuben Munday; Terrill,
or any other one Of the Committee who
aided and abetted any assassination Of one
OF my party; that was for peace; that |
had told our friends at Berea, that whoever
shOOe 'h VI lAuhoOhl WOuluu w 81 at
his own risk, and we would not stnnd by
him; but that if they cleared themselves of
Hanson, and were attacked in their "
right, that we would make a common cause
we would take to the Woods, and defend
ourselves to the death.
This, men Of Madison, is my whole con-
n%ection with tho Radicals of Berea RAll the
time against their doctrine-all The time
for the peace and ssfe,y Of the community.
On hoHSay nigftI staid with my sister
Smith; on Tuesday, herring that the ex-
element was mostly against me, and that
| was thought to have dictated the letter
Of Hanson 10 Judge Field with a view to
bring on war, I made my REMARKS at the
court house to clear the popular mind of all
appreheDsions. The ialsehoud OF the whole
allegation is apparent, when you will see by
The letter to Judge Field that it is dated on
the 18th inst; two weeks ago, when I had
neithor seen nor known Hanson, nor been
at Berea since my Northern tour, and there.
fore could not possibly have had any inter-
courss With him. 9" '' /"
, Now 1t turns out just as | had expected,
from what was said by Mr.. Newton in
Richmond on Wednesday morning last, in
the presence oil G. W. Maupin aud others
that The Republicans had nothing to do
with Hanson; were for peace, and fought in
their own defense.
The Republicans say (Which was admit
ted TO me by one Of the party) their houses
were rudely searched; and I give you here
a copy Of a letter. written to ma by .Messrs.
Biand'nnd Haley, stating the whole cause oil
) the difficulty; which original letter, signed
by Haley aud Bland, by J. Il Rawlings, Cur
be seen by calling upon me o..
aHr ael BEREA, in the Evening",
spU.uts 9aI March 80, 1860.
My FRIEND G. Nj CLAY: | drop you q
line stating the iDcts concerning tho fight
In the first place, il was not brought about
over Hanson, but over the treatment TO Geo.
West. The Committee went to his house
= on the hunt Of Hanson. West is in the kas,
stuge of consumption, and told his daughter
10 shut the door; aud they broke the duor
down, and they culled aud abused West and
D his daughter; and we wentto see West, with
no view Of seeing any Of them. We met
. them, and | begged for peace, and did all |
Q could to obtain it. | intended to take your
Y good ad vice. i l'U good. .
FRANK BLAND aud GREEN HALEY
Here men OF Madison, IRE sJme OF the
; facts--but not all Of the lacts-lhe language
to the daughter of West wa, too gross Tor
j the public eye; and | fore suppress it.
Nor were these the only outrages. A SINH
, lar offence to the children Of the poor bru'l
on revolution in that kingdom IRON which
we draw our blood md ouI love OF liberty
The story win sink deep into The hearts OF
> thirty millions Of Americans! The battle oil
the 26lh day of March will never be forgot
ton in the ann ,ls ofthis nation! You may
I drive these men into the mountains; you
D moy burn their houses; you may hunt them
down like wild beasts, till the last one falls
! by superior f%orcei bat their cause is the
cause OF American liberty, and the hottest
: instinct of human nature. Their martyrdom
will light up the fires of civiJ war, which
will pervade the Upicn aud be exiinguished
D only by ME downfall Of one OF, thu other of
the great powers which shall have caused
: them TO desolate the land!
Men of Madison, stand by those men
| stand by the Constitution and laws of my
native State-l stand by the Republican
party every where-l stand by the liberties
which | inherited from our fathers, and
which my own blood has from the beginning
Of the Revolution OF l776 to this hour, in
every battle field been present to defend. /
stand, in . word, on my Frankfort speech of
January 10, 1860, which l desire to place
before The world as the. ground Of my faith
and my action. .J., ,... +.
IshaH in no way rhatever recogsiss or
submit 10 any Revolutionary Commiiiee. AT
my count,y's call | have freely ,risked my
life in her defense, Two years in exile from
my home and fppily;anim, months in a
foreign prison; ready at all times to sacrifice
money, health, and even life itself, I have
brought back an unsullied name to the place
Of my birth, and which you were not the
last to welcome as par, Of the common
glory Of the State. You may be strong
enough to oycrpower me; you cannot drive
me from tho duty which | owe to myself, to