Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-03-29
lates and the Presidency.

5;tte Gunven,I"n Of Miss ,uri. # has the
ring that ~c lite, and va T jpice that there
remains ~ just cause 10, any Republican
opposing huw should he be the nominee u,
Chicago, u ,hiss1b tungksly. g.
The C~'ncinnattG ozette says of this lei.
ter, and tie circumstances that drew il out:
The OCCASION was one which required OF hin,
a full and flank avowol OF his views on all
essential ptints ortbe Republican faith, aud
ut least a plain Indication of his Own rrJa.
tons, present and prospective, to that party.
His answer Is deliberately prepared, and on
it, in a great degree, his future status will
be made TO depend. 1t ls, therefore, a
documen, of exciting interest, aud will form
a prominent topic Of conversation in polii-
cal circles throughout the country.
CuDdor viii compel even those Repub.
Ncuns who have been unwilling to regard
Mr.. BATES as on the list Of candidates for
the Chicago nomination, to sdmit that he
not only speaks explicitly, and like an able
and honest statesman, but that he also
comes fully up to tho standard of Repub
licanism laid down in the cal, for our Natl
onaI Convention. The vital principle of the
Repub! can organization Is opposition to the
extension Of Slavery, based upon a conyic-
tim of the sucial and political evil Of tina,
institution Could any thing be more decided
and unequivocnl than the avowaIs Of Judge
BArss on his head, And these are views
which he has entertained for a lifetime
While Southern politicians have changed
front on this subject, and while Northern
Democrats have utterly abandoned their old
opinions, becoming even more Pro.Slayery
than the Sonlh itself was ten years ago, Mr..
Bates has firmly adhered to the faith OF the
Fathers The Republican party conte uts
Tor that filth, and for nothing more.
In rega;d 10 the questions incidentally re.
lated to this fundamental one-the Died
Scott Ieresy, that slavery 10 carried oy the
Constitution into all the Territories, tina. it
must be protected there, and the like Grim.
lnal notwithstanding BAres stands with
equal explicitness on tho Republican plat.
form. lie opposed that Pandora's box 81
mischief, the repeal Of the Missouri Com
premise. lie also wrote and spoke, with
his chaiacteri'tic eloqnence and power,
against those kindred measures, the Lee
compton scheme and the English bill.
What then remains doubtful after this
authentic and responsible declaration of his
positiont r.
The Whole tenor Of this letter we need
only say further, leaves it no longer in un-
certainty that Judge BATES will be either
the nominee at the Chicago Convention, or
else not a candidate ut all. We see no
longer any room for doubt or cayil az to his
n,titudJ Or intentions. Should he be the
Chicago nominee, lie will deserve, and cor
dialiy receive, the support Of every homes,
opponent ui the Democracy in the Free
States. II there are slave-code Opposition
iSto in the Slave States, they must OF course
look elsew here for a leader. And they will
find just Whist they want in the Charleston
nominee. No occasion will remain for a
middle purity in any section of the country.
Grumbling at their own Mischief
Among the many excel lent hits in the
last speech of Senator WADE (and there are
plenty Of such In all his characteristic
sPeeches) the following, to which we up
pend the Albany Evening Journals com.
ments, especially deserves to be kept be forc
the pcople:'
1t Is a little remarkable that the louGest
complaints come from those who have had
the power and administration of the Govern
ment for many years, and have nodded its
policy and been in possession Of ia vast
revenues. The party to which | belong have
been for many years without any power to
control, in any way, The policy Of the
Government. 1t ia a singular TACT, that
those who have the army, the navy and the
treasury under their control, now stand com.
planning; ard thcy come 70 ward 10 Veil us
that their INSTRUMENTATION Is such, or
their principles are such, that it viii be
better to tear down the pillars OF the
government, and involve US oil in one com.
mon ruin. The question might well arise:
How happens it that you have boen in
possession Of the power of the Government
for at least seven years, should have SO con.
Quoted it that you are now apprehensive of
ruin!-[Senator Wads's Speech.
The slrongest commentary on Democratic
administration is To be found in the present
position of the d, mocrstic party. They
have squandered and misgovcrned until the
country vii! tolerate them no longer, and
their only hope of retaining power is based
upon their ability TO terriiy the people BY
%tNreaIs Of dissolving the Union ii they are
turned out o! Office.
These threats they undertake to Justify by
the pretext that the two sections of the
Union have been broughtin,o hostility. But
If SO, Wit brought them into that condition!
With oil the civil and military. executive,
Legislative and Judicial power in their own
hands, 10 declare that the country has been
brought to- tho verge Of civil war; IL to nd.
nit that they themselves have done it.
MOI does Il need more than a momentary
glance at the history VI the past few years,
TO perceive that all tho ttoublss the Democ.
racy complain Of, are Of their own making.
The Kansas difficulties would havs had no
existence but for their u~ncailed for repea. of
the Missouri Compromise. SO it lis with
every other point Of difference. Every one
is the Effect result Of a perversion of tho
Federal Government from its Legitimate