Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-09-06

aDytDlng, not true 10 MS party Or MS cOun'
try, his ysulting smbiiion, overlapping the
bounds Of prujsnce, and ready for anything
that will inurs 10 his benefit. embroiling.
the country in discord, disrupdng his own
party or st lssst those with whom he pre-
tended 10 sct Long before the Presidential
nomination ms, fornd those who now sop.
port Mr.. Bell, leaning towards Mr.. Douglass
with this move badn harmony Of feeling
and could have none. 3,
My opposition to him and his party has
been lifelong. and ! respected him no more
when he pretended TO act with the Repub-
licans than did be fore or since. tits said
coming events cast their shadows before, SO
] thought that, discerned a plot or inten-
tion to hold the friends of Fillmore for a
time and then transfer them 70 Doogl las.
did not expect that transfer TO teke place SO
soon. expected there would have beer
more billing and cooling, more show Of
similarity of taste xnd sentiments, more
comparing OF notes, etc., before the con-
summation of The bsrgsin. No matter how
warmly might have espoused the cause Of
Mr.. Bell, could not and would not have
submitted to the degradation Of being trans.
fe,red 10 Stephen Arnold Douglas-the very
idea is revolving. f -.sf+
Another reason why wish the Demo.
cratic parties, both of them (ior there are
two) defeated is, that both of them in their
platforms desire the acquisition Of Cuba
here wish to distinctly state as "a lover o {
hat tox
to spend twenty millions to preven, the an
nexa,ion or acquisition OF that Island, thu IN
the first cent to obtain it. We have already
division and strife enough, one part con.
tending with another, aud discord in every
section. and it Is now proposed to add fuel
TO the fame, by adding still more incon
gruous element. A people Of different Ian
guage, religion and TASTES, who have for
centuries lived under q different kind Of
government from ours. wish to let them
alone. Let Spain hold Cuba as long as she
pleases, or do wha, she will with her, so
tha, she is not imposed upon us. Some may
say that with Cuba we get great wealth, and
that would increase our power. So it was
said of onr Railroad, that II would put more
than million on our tax duplicate and les.
sen our taxation. | would like to know who
pays less tax than they did before the road
was made.
We have territory enough, more than we
sgree over, it is the great bone Of conten.
,ion, and can not look upon any man as a
patriot, who desires more Tneilher want Cuba
nor Ca Dada Africa or South America Let
US try and take care of what we have. Our
responsibility ash peopie-is snlready great,
and let us not be so large that We must
break down from our avn weight.
will support Mr.. Lincoln, because
believe him to be a pre-eminently honest
and upright man. A rare quality in these
degenerate days.
will support him because I believe, he
will administer the Government with equal
and exact justice to all parts of the confed-
erscy.
Twill support him because | am a Wing
and believe him to hold the doctrines Of the
old Wing party. cn p" y 'r' '.
Twill support him because believe him
10 be man Of unyielding integrity, Of
great ubility and just the man suited for the
times. - tfpa
: I will support him because of his manli-
illness and straight forward character, il
causing him to rise above demagoguery and
low dsslmulation.
will support him because believe him
10 be right on the Territorial question:
believing that both the theory and practice
Of our government, at its formation and a
long time afterwards, was opposed to the
extension Of Slavery. II was loo ked upon
as moral aud political evil both North and
South, and not until befween the years
1890 and 1910 John G. Calhoun pro.
nounced it . moral and political blessing
did, I ever see or hear contrary sentiment:
| will support him because | believe that
shon!d he be elected, he will be content
with being an Executive Officer, and not as.
sumo the legislative department, leaving
that 20 Congress, aud | here give warning
that if find him in his Administration
bribing members Of Congress, or using un.
fair means to carry favorite measures,
will abandon him. But hope Mr., Chair.
man that the country has not SO degenerated
that an honest, upright, faithful and true
man csnnot live at Washington. I have
the hope that after his abors there, ant
after having discharged the duties of the
Chief Magistrate, to the satisfaction OF thu
country and his own conscience; Mr.. Lin
cola may retire to his own home, and spent
the evening Of his days, with his coenomen
still. more brightly burning and Illuminating
the political horizon, with the blessings .
millions resting upon "Honest Old Abe".
Fairs. sr gg'