Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-06
REVIEW OF THE GAZETTE, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING MAY 80,

THE WEEK ENDING MAY 80,
1861.
There is but little change in the general
tone of the paper. The Editor seems to think
that as aargeynumber of his Union subscri-
bers have left him, the best plan to secure
the continuance of what is left-being gen
orally like himself: of doubtful patriotism
is to continue to copy freely from the Crisis,
Dayton Empire, st. Louis Republican, and
the Newark New Jersey Evening journal,
copious extracts rejecting upon and abusing
the Government and its officials, and com
plmenting the course Of JEFF. Davis & Co.
This is not strange, for the Editor has
become so habituatcd to the use of articles
Of this kind that it would be very difficult
for him to change, even were he disposed,
and impossible without an entire change of
his exchange list.
In the editorial department there is, as
heretofore an abundant use of such terms
as ''liar, y Lying hypocrite, " 'blackguard,"
&c, in the use of which tho Editor has be-
come so proficient that it were folly in any
one to attempt to compete with him. For
our part, we have no taste for that kind of
argument, and freely concede that he is far
more accomplished in that direction than we
have any desire to become.
Last week he tried to torture what we said
in reference to him and his paper into an
abuse ofthe Democratic party, and this week
says we are patting it on the back. Hear
him:
| Yes, you can pat the backs of the men who
have always fought the battles of the country
from the Revolution, and you can harangue
their to rally around the banner of the coun-
try; nd while you assured them that jeff.
Davis with his Southern army, was within
twenty-four hours march of the capital of
the nation, you was not the man to say
come on, boys" but it was Ego on, boys. "
Ii all Republicans were like you, guess there
would not be many battles fought, unless it
was over the spols of office"
We thank the gentleman for the compli-
ment contained in the first part of the above.
1t is true we not only now, but always have
been, willing to ''pat the backs of those who
have fought the battles of the country" and
here, Sir, is where you and we differ most
widely. In the Revolutionary war, Mi,ssa-
ch'tsetts furnished mare troops than all Me
States occupied bV Vom Southern brethren,
and you, Sir, have spent your whole politi-
cal life in abusing and slandering her and
her sons, and now, when the patriotic men
Of Missouri, against tho will of her traitorous
Governor, are mastering into the service of
their country in obedience to the call of the
President, topreserve that country from the
ruin that your Southern brethren" are try
ing to bring upon it, you, Sir, are engaged
IN calling them abolition minions." We
say they are patriots. We say that every
man, no matter what his political opinions,
who volunteers through honest motives in
this war for the defence of his country
against the destroying efforts of your South
ern brethren are patriots, and deserve the
gratitude Of their fellow-citizens.
In reply to the insinuation in the latter
part OF the quotation, we have only this to
say: the traitors are not all in South Caro-
lima or the South. There are some few in
this neighborhood that need watching, and
whenever itcan be demonstrated to us that
our services will be of moro benefit to the
country in some other place Or position than
they are in 'odtchiag such men as you and
yor advisers, we hold ourself ready to oc-
cupy that position, whether in the tented
field or elsewhere but of this one thing you
can rest assured when we do 90 we shall
not leave until the TRAITORS at home are
first taken care of.
There is but little else in the paper worthy
OF comment, except quotation or two on
the question of no party and we copy the
following for tho purpose of showing who
are trying to keep up the party lines:
"There is but one sentiment among the
Democratic press of this State relative to
the mo party" cry of the Opposition. -
Every one of our Democratic exchanges
1 speaks out against it-those which uphold
the war as well rs those which oppose it,
i This is right 1t will not be long before tho
Democratic masses will be called upon to op-
pose the advance of ancient Federalism-to
struggle for the maintenance of our present
form of Government, and with it our Con-
stitutional liberty"
The Gazette and Empire, with their OK
changes, are of that class that would advo-
cate an adherence to party lines, though it
resulted in the destruction of every yestipe
Of civil liberty.