Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-04

yD,-She fcpei lpio5ioene.-ucArc except 70
without quanncataon--which however is moi
proposed what more could the .disunion-
lsts OF the North desire 10 inculcate such
. cpcfrlne mono, must encourage the hopes
q tne traitor government, and nerve it's lead
ets 70 maintain 1t. That indeed would be
socssslon pade easy Let it be remem-
per:o, tnere ID ymon sentiment IN the Sc
cossloh otates In more than half Of them
yoiity oi rne people are against the mad
syyelutlon. The conventions Of the several
oSses wnicn passed secession ordinances, al
retNsed 70 submit their work to a votecf The
IPcYs Win me single exception Of Texae--
49, sneIe y rnouston---tne hero OF Ban Ja-
cnto-tne Conqueror Of 1lexico-the foun-
~ -, sees scno. css-iyepuDic- -Ssiil nh
moved, tne Trend OF the Union. five de-
ciare our readiness to consent TO dissolution
In year or two, or more, how will our
surrender strike dismay into the hearts Of
the brave men who are yet for the Union in
the secession StatesF 1t Is duty we owe
tnem 70 STAND Dy them, and not desert them.
And what shall be said Of its effect in the
border Statesr Will it not nerve to re.
newed energy the secession traitors OF Vir.
gina, with Tyler and Wise at their head, and
discourage the Union sentiment there?
but 40 not object alone nor mainly to
the idea OF consentlng to recognize the in
dependence OF the Secession Confederacy be-
cause 1t Is 'a-f'n,ed. object to the thing
useg, as inherently unwise 1t will be time
enough to consent to dissolution when it be-
comes an inevitable and unwilling necessity,
and that l hope and believe will be never
Twill briefly state the reasons why am
opposed to consentlng TO dissolution:
5 The example will be contagious, and se-
cession will reproduce itself Already the
Mayor OF New York has recommended that
vast city. shall declare herself out of the
Union and make it free port Of entry, soon
to become the greatest commercial mart of
the world The upper peninsula Of Michi-
gan is gravely discussing annexation to Can
ada. Utah has already been coerced By
arms to abide as one OF the territories of the
Union. Soon we will have an Atlantic, a
Pacific, Middle, q Western and Yankee
Confederacy. And why. will not the same
reason now urged to induce us to yield to
southern secession, be urged to sustain all
future secesslons? There are abundant
causes to produce these division if the pre-
cedent is set, and it dissolution can take place
without ever firing single gun to save the
Union. The facility with which successful
revolution reprodnces itself is illustrated in
the history OF France, Mexico, and the
States Of South America. y aa
Bad men, ambitious Of place, which one
confederacy can not give, will encourage di-
VISIONS. This has been no inconsiderable
motive for the existing revolution. So long
a. the traitors controlled the Government
they remained in il but when The, pnXer Is
about 70 depart nom them, they seek also
TO depart from it; Let US not imagine that
the race OF Catalines sdead. When Asto-
ria and San francisco shall become the COM
merclal marts Of the Pacific coast, through
which shall pass the rich commerce of Asia,
the rivalry OF Atlantic and Pacific cities
their adverse interests-will far outstrip any
real hostility OF interest between the North
and the South. st AFa' e'
Nor can it be said we can guard against
future secessions by amendments to the
Constitution. No written constitution can
more effectually deny the right Of secession
than the one we have. A revolution which
would disregard this Union would tear
down all parchment guarantees against Sc
cession.
Suppose we consent to division, it cre-
ates motive for new divisions. Ii con-
.troversy shall arise between the free States
and the border slave States" they can say
to us, yield or we will unite with the Sc
ceession 1Contederacy." Thus hostile COM
binations will foster hostile interests and ad-
vance the yiewsof ambitious mep.. And not
only So 1t aforeign and hostile nation,
establishes afoothold on this continent south
ofus, it may combine with foreign powers
against us, to cut off our commerce and an
nihilate our Institutions. e.4 iiiu aaii
The London Times has justly said: gs
IF South Caroline secedes; if Georgia
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas
Louisiana follow; if Southern Federation
be formed, and take its place among the
Powers Of the earth, there can be no hope Of
keeping the Border Slave States. Thest
will be drawn by natural affinity to detact
themselves from the North and join the
slaveholding Federation. North Carolina
Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Virginia
Maryland, Delaware, will then be dissociatet
from the free States, Such an. event can
not baregarded without dismay by the most
stanch abOlitionist. 1t would in fact, make
the Southern Federation the real United
States as far as territory present and pros
pective is concerned, and reduce the Nortl
to what our ancestors would have called .
"Rump." The people Of Boston or Phila-
delphia might be distinguished for thei
ability and enterprise, but they would be
long to q country with hardly greater fu
ture, than Canada Evaru natural ad Ivan