Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-08-22
Unconditional Union Ticket
THE ISSUE.

Our readers WILL Dear Us witness that We
have carefully avoided in the CHRONICLE
every thing that was calculated to divide the
Union men of the county on party issues
We early took position in favor of Union
movement of all parties in this county and
in the State, so that there might be but one
set Of candidates in the field, and united
front presented in favor Of the Union and
the efforts ofthe Government to preserve it;
but We have been defeated in the county
and in tho State by the action of miserable
disunion faction that would rather rulo in
hell than serve in heaven, and there are two
tickets presented to the voters Of the coun-
ty: the one made up of good and true
Union men Of all parties, nominated by o
convention called together on the Union
issue, and placed upon platform that all
can understand; the other composed Of men
some Of whom ore known to have been warm
sympathizers with the South, even after
they had taken up arms against tho Union,
nominated by convention composed Of the
leading disunion, secession sympathizers Of
tho county, without any platform or pledge
Of devotion to the Union.
It is not difficult, perhaps, to understand
the issue presented in contest like this. -
The great body Of the Union men Of the
county, without regard to party, arc arrayed
in favor Of the Sd Of August ticket,--and
every disunionist in the county is doing SER
vice for the other ticket. If from affinity
and association you determine the character
Of men, then this fact alone would deter
mine the nature Of this contest; but men
sometimes reject as insufficient testimony
circumstances Of the clearest character and
demand positive proof. There are quite a
number Of good Union mon in the county,
no doubt, who believe the professions OF
these men that they arc Union men in spite
Of these convicting circumstances, and VIC
would fain leave tho matter as it is, but we
know they are honest men and would not
vote for any man who they believe was no,
good Union man, unless they were misled
by the hollow professions of those whose
interest is the measure Of their honesty. We
say to these men you cannot, If you are a
good Union man. vote for Thomas Q. Parker
for Representative, no matter what his pro-
tessions Of devotion to the Union since his
nomination on the 4th of July, for prior to
that time he was an avowed sympathizer
with the Southern rebels, aud in February
last, in this town, said, in conversation on
the subject Of coercing State, that when
ever an army was sent into the Southern
States to coerce them into the Union, there
were one.hundred thousand men in Ohio who
would fight for the South, and am one
Of them" and, next day, in the Omnibus
between this place and Wheeling, repeated
the assertion, with this difference: instead
of saying II will be one of them," he said
II and my two boys will be three of them. I"
Now, We don't publish this matter because
we think there is any danger Of Mr.. Parker
being elected Representatives, there is
about rs little danger Of that as there is of
our being elected President we want
the Union men Of this county to vote ad.
visedly on the great issue of Union or dis
union.