Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-07-18
TERMS OF ADvER1TsING.
the allotted lifetime Of man, the people, :

the allotted lifetime Of man, the peopje's
representatives are convened in the council
chambers of the Republic. to deliberate on
the means for preserving the Government
under whose benign influence these grand
results have been achieved. A Rebellion
the most causeless in the history of the race,
has developed a conspiracy of long standing
to destroy the Constitution formed by the
wisdom OF our fathers, and the Union ce-
mented by their blood. This conspiracy,
nurtured TOR long years in the secret councils,
first deyelopes itself openly in acts of spolia-
ton and plunder of public property, with
the connivance, or under the protection of
treason, enthorned in all high places of the
Government, and at last in armed rebellion
for the overthrow of the best Government
ever devised by man. Without an effort in
the mode prescribed in the organic law for
redress Of all grievances, the malcontents
appeal TO the arbitrament of the sword, in
suit the nation honor, and trample upon
Its nag, inaugurate a revolution, which, If
successful, would end in establishing petty
jarring Confederacies, or anarchy, upon the
ruins of the Republic, and the destruction of
its liberties
The 10Th of April, cannonized in the first
struggle for American nationality, has been
reconsecrated in martyr blood Warren has
his counterpart in Ellsworth, and the heroic
deeds and patriotic sacrifices of the struggle
for the establishment of the Republic are
being reproduced upon the battlefield for its
maintenance. Every race and tongue of
men almost are represented in the grand
legion of the Union, their standards pro.
claiming in language more impressive than
words that here indeed is the home of the
emigrant and the asylum of the exile, no
matter where was his birthplace or in what
cline his infancy was cradled. He devotes
his life to the defense of his adopted land,
the vindication of its honor, and the protec-
tion ofits flag, with the same zeal with which
he would guard his hearth-stone and fire.
side All parties, sects and conditions of
men, not corrupted by the institutions ofhu-
man bondage, forgetting bygone rancors or
prejudices, blend in one phalanx for the in.
tcgrity of the Union and the perpetuity of
the Republic. Long years Of peace in the
pursuits of sordid gain instead of bunting
the patriotic devotion ofloyal citizens seems
but to have intensifiedits development, when
the existence of the Government is assailed.
! The merchant, the banker and the tradesman
Il at the altar of their country, while from the
counter, the workshop and the plow, brave
hearts and stout arms, leaving their tasks
unfinished, rush to the tented field, the air
vibrates with martial strains and the earth
SHAKES with armed men. In view of this
grand demonstration for self. preservation in
the history OF nationalities, desponding pa
triotism may be assured that the foundations
of our national greatness still stand strong,
and the sentiment which beats to-day in
every loyal heart will for the future be re-
allied No flag alien to the sources of the.
Mississippi will ever hoat permanently over
!, its mouth till its waters are crimsoned with
! human gore, and not one foot of American
! soil can be wrenched from the Jurisdiction Of
the Constitution of the United States until it
is baptized in fire and blood. Vociferous ap-
plause upon the floor and in the galleries,
which lasted for many minutes. Gentle
men, as your presiding officer it becomes my
+ duty to apprise YOU that any demonstrations
, of approval or disapproval of anything done
or said during your sessions is in violation of
parliamentary decorum, and the Chair would
, also inform the persons in the galleries that
s applause by them is violation of good Or
der and breach of the rules of the House.
: The Chair hopes therefore, that any demon
: stration of applause will not be repeated. In
y God is our trust, and the Star-Spangled
: Banner forever shall wave
"oer the land the free and the home OF the braven
: Suppressed applause. Those who regard
/ it as mere cloth, bunting, fail to appreciate
e its symbolical power Wherever civilization
dweiis or the name Of w ashington is known,
= it bears on its folds the concentrated power
2 ofarmies and navies, and surrounds the vota-
r ries with defense more impregnable than a
o battlement of wall or tower. Wherever on
8 the earth's surface an American citizen may
e wander, called bypleasure business, caprice,
e it is shield securing him against wrong
L.. ~, - . IanI 0H
e his birth. As the guardians of the rights
and liberties of the people, your paramount
duty is to make it honored at home as IL Is
respected abroad. A Government that can
not command the loyalty of It's own citizens
. is unworthy the respect of the world, and q
Government that will not protect its own 10y
al citizens deserves the contempt Of the
world. [Applause He who would tear
y down this grandest temple of constitutional
! liberty, thus blasting forever the hopes of
Is crushed humanity, because its freemen, in
/ the mode prescribed by the Constitution,
select Chief Magistrate not acceptable tc
g him, is a parricide to his race, and should be
regarded as common enemy of mankind.
Il The Union once destroyed is shattered
# vase that no human power can reconstruct
e in its original symmetry. Coarse stones
K when they are broken, may be cemented
l. again prtClouo OnCS, uCtCi. Il tiO AsO
. public is to be dismembered, and the sun Of
!. its liberty must go out in endless night let !
i. set amid the roar of cannon and the din Of
Al battle, when there is no longer an arm tc
!. strike or heart to bleed in its cause, so thai
q coming generations may not reproach the
q present with being too imbecle to preserve
the priceless legacy bequeathed by ouI
~ fathers, so as to transmit it unimpair
,e ed to future times. Again, gentlemen
~ thanking you for your confidence and kind
Ia ness, and invoking guidance from that Di
n. vine Power that led our fathers through tn,
i red sea of the Revolution, enter upon th'
u discharge Of the duties to which you hav'
= assigned me, relying upon your forbearanc
- and cooperation, and trusting that you
q. labors will contribute not little toithe great
n ness and glory of the Republic.
"a The oath of Office was then administered
70 by Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois.
,g A'PHrLADELPHIA correspondent Of the New
,ofI York Tribune says that JEFF Davis has 9
"a =, brother Joe. who went to Paris last summer
4 where he invested S200, ,000 in the French
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