Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-01-10
Lea as UNITE!

The practic1l i'suc now before the country
Is not coasneTi " party ~ section. but Is one
Of such non ,uJ as to sink'ail por;y dlstinc-
tons, & unit ~ one uianall Of all parties
sho beiie' ineths Union of thee States,
and the perpetu'y cf tliis Government
worth ccn Iteration. Il b nosa time for
hen TO tax Of potiy ispcs or charge this,
jhet, ol the, eher na;ty with being respon-
sihle for the present dapgeh to the Union.
No true patriot viii stand BY, with apparent
Indifference, and take the advantage of low
politics. to prejudice uuthinking people
against any party. The time has come when
the question is only aiked are you in
favor Of preserving the Union2' 1t will
be time, full tiinc, 10 settle our. differences
in the Union, when we first re.torc to securi-
ty our endangered Government, We be,
lieve The Republican party right in the most
absolute sonse, and our Democratic or Bel
friend, with the same faith and with equa
right believe they are right; but, in all candol
and honesty, what is the value Of your prin
ciples, if You loo e the Union2 If our ma.
tionali.y be once gone, if the Constitution
be torn to atoms and scattered to the fou
winds, ii'the sacred rights, which have mad
VI what we are. as a nation, and which were
sanctified by the blood ofpatriot sires bt
trampled under foot, and we become scat
tered people with every mans hand agains
his neighbor, then, we ask, of how mucl
value will be your party? Shall We spcnt
Ifhe time in mutual ordinations and re
! ordinations, while the enemies of our ma
ton culuminate their reasonable schemes
Traitors arc abroad in the land; with perfec
impupity, they are going up and down th'
land plotting tho destruction Of this, tn
best Government that ever had an existence
Many are becoming poison ed by their in
sinuating wilcS, and in one shape or anothc
look upon the Union as Of but secondar.
timportancc. l.. E., ..... l.,.I....
With this before US why not take ou
stand on the side of the Union, and will
Old jackson swear thatit "must and shal
be preserved" Is it thing, the value o
which, can be estimated? Where is tn
man that will put price upon the civil an
religious liberty which all are permitted t
\ efIby fn 'tHis country You cannot fin
Such a one save among the secessionists
We are for the Union first, last, and fol
ever, we are for it right--yes, and We are ft
it wrong; for her wrongs can better be righ
| edin the Union til an out. -..s ss.
In the Union we see the country restore
TO peace and tranquility, with prosperit
browning labor, and plenty in all the lane
but out of the union We can see but discor,
state at war with state, neighbor with neigl
ber,.law trampled under foot by mobs, all Il
channels Of industry clogged, the poor
starvation, with no hope from Governmen
the people loosing confidence in their rule
and the rulers fast assuming the position
despots. ..r....-.. '
Read the history Of all the bloody rev
! lutions of the Old World, measure the di
tress, the misery, the blood, the millions
s family ties broken, the burned cities an
villages, the country laid waste and all tn
win be but beginning Of what must folio
! If this Union be sundered. -. s.ssT 'a.