Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-02-16
Speaker Elected!

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an old Heary Clay Wigs an able law
yer, aid is held in high estimation by the
people of he State, having served them 10
the capacity Of Speaker oil the Senaie, Gov
ernor end Chancellor of the State. This is
a crushing defeat TO the D ack Republican
Helferilcs. Thus this prot,actcd struggle
of over ci tht weeks, ats ut last terminated
in favor Of the supporters Of the Union and
the Constitution to the discomtiture CT the
AboIitionists, whose doctrines are ulike dan
gerous and ignominious. There Is ye, 10y
atty enough among the people, when fully
awakened, 10 wipo olt t,is sectional orgini.
eaton in every State in the Union, and we
think il will be done. The wicked designs
Of It's leader are perfectly well understood,
and cannot but meet the condemnation Of
the American people.-Gazette a. Citizen.
This wonderful production is the leader
of the last Gazette. 1t is not wonderful in
itself, but only in It's association. Now gdod
friends read it over once more, then let Us
dissect and examine 1t in it's anatomical
parts.
You would hardly suppose, judging from
the shove, that the Republicans elected
Pennington. If you did not know that this
, was from the Gazette Of course you ould
say they elected him, for the Gazette never
published a living truth so undeniable, as
that this protrac,ed strauggle ''has termi-
|, mated in favor OF the supporters Of the Un-
ion and the Constitution, to the discomforture
Of the Abolitionists, whose doctrines are
9 alike dangerous and ignominious. We
digress here to say, that the Gazette is origi-
nal in applying the term Abolitionists to the
n lorty.one disunionists Of the Democratic
party, who have bound themselves together
u to abolish the Union. or course he means
them, for we know Of none others who suf.
fsred such ''discom forture." Another truth
ID Otis strange he blunders on the truth be-
D. times) Is, that "there Is ye, loyalty enough
y among the people," &c. "to wipe out this
q sectional organization" We have the best
8; of evidence Of this fact from the action oil
d. the Maryland and Texas Legislatures.
10 Again he says: "The wicked designs o.
' its leaders are perfectly well understood ,
We have never been uble to know why they
Of were not understood sooner. When such
ne men as Hunter, Wise, ~Iycrson, Davis, Wig
'e fall, and their thousand followers have de
nd ciared in as plain English. as that twice
rs two makes four, that they are in favor o
he the dissolution Of the Union, we think it i
b. time they were understood. a
ire There is but one sentence In this remark
les able production that the Gazette should eS
ic. plain, viz: This 10 crushing defeat to tn
u Black Republican Heyeriks. This is 8
- perfectly inconsistent v it'll the balance, tina
We are forced to ask m explanation. w
know he Is in the childish habit of calm
30. the Republicans, by the nickname ''Black,
~. but that they suffered a crushing defeat |
g., the election of one OF their own men Is be
o,o yond Dur compr ehension. And then VIII
does no call them HelJerites? III l:feriL.es
rru Tint is strong language, but what else ca
II mean! You know the Republicans al
determined to ferret out that hell Of CORFU
as. ton known as the Democratic Administrt
la. ton. Is this what you mean Mr.. Gazette
,ed Bu, taking the several quotations abov'
as. with the single exception Of the last, q
ten true, where does il place the Democracy
Here we have the Republicans electing
of man as Speaker, aud that man, ono who hi
is. acted with them to the very letter, standin
upon the same broad and liberal platform
maintaining the same great living prime
pies, "a man who, true TO the greet caus
be. never swerved from his duty-always votin
airs for Sherman throughout the long contes
cry and whose election, as conceded by the Ct
iii zette. was a triumph Of the "Union and tn
.ail Constitution" Yet, now mark ye, euer
Democrat voted against Pennington, vt
it'll ~ted,agsins t"ihe Union and the Constit,
ers ton" Yes, this party which did 30 muc
tod for the "Union and the Constitution" {
ide much for the "discomfituie Of the Abolition
ast ists,"-ofthe Union was opposed to the bi
INT ter end by every member Of tho so-calle
sec Democracy.
DRY The Gazette closes this remarkable artic
by the declaration that this party whic
saved tho "Union and the Constitution,
and did so much for the country generall
ing by electiEg Pennington, may be considers
"as buried In the ashes Of dispair." No
in here is another mystery. We only know
as one pair a, Washington that were dispaire
u" and they didn't go to "~ashes"-we mel
Dan. SiGkles and his wife-for they we
nut together again. II they had gone to ash
OF they would not have been sufficient to bu
''' even the discordant el, ments Of tho on
''"a unbroken Democracy, let alone a party
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