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

selves the institutions Of our fathers; but
we must meet this ''Aood tide" of rebellion
and treason-and meet it firmly and like
men-or we will be swept down by it. Its
time the people should arouse to the fact Of
what is soipg on in our midst or their Gov
ernment, with all its blessings, will be swept
away; and we of Ohio will be tackled on to
the tail Of this miserable Southern Confed-
eracy.
As to the intentions of tho Confederate
States, their policy, &C., We clip the follow
ing from speech of A. H. Stephens, Vice.
President Of the Confederacy, delivered at
Savannah, Georgia, March 2lst. In speak
ing of the changes in the new Government,
Mr. Stephens says:
''But not to be tedious in enumer,ting the
numerous changesfor the better, allow me to
allude to one other, though last, not least:
the new Constitution has put at rest Jorerer
all the agitating questions relating 10 our pc
culiar nstitution--African Slavery as it ex-
lists amongst us-the proper status Of the ne
gro in our form Of civilization. This ,cds the
Immediate cause of The late rupture and pres
eat repolation. JEFFERSON, in his forecast,
had anticipated this, as the "rock upon
which the old Union would split. /" He was
right. What was conjecture with him, is
now realized fact But whether be fully
comprehended the great truth upon which
that rock stood and stands may be doubted.
The rrerd,ling ideas entertained by him and
most offhe leading stdtesnlen at The time OF
The formation ofhe old Constitution, tee,t
that the eastdrement of the frican Dds in RIO
ldtion Of The la,os Of nature; that il iods rron9
hpyinciple, socially, morally and politically
1t was an evil they knew not well howto dea
with, but the general opinion Of the men Of
that day was that somehow or other, in the
order of Providence, the institution would
be evanescent and pass away. This idea
though not Incorporated in the Constitution
was the prevailing idea at the time. TIT
Constitution, it is true, secured every essen
tial guarantee to the institution while i
should last, aud hence no argument can b,
justly used against the constitutional gIar
anteea thus secured, because of the common
sentiment Of the day Those ideas, hoeeue'
4 tcere Fundamentally wro,tg. They rested up
on the assumption Of Tie equality of races. :
This Wds an error 1t was sandy founda
ton, and the idea of a Government bull
upon it; when the storm came and tn
wind blew, 1t fell. -,
uOurpe,c Government Is founded upon e,
Gctly the opposite ideas; II JoiiHddsi6ns AZ
laid, tts cornerstone rests, upon he greo
truth that The negro Is not equal to the iohii
man; that Slavery, albordination to the 8,
perior race IS his naturdi and moral cond
tion. applause. Phis, our ne,o Gorer,
nneat, Il the first, IN the history ofthe ,corld
based upon this great physical, lohilosopiict
and moral truth. n cr' a m.
And further on: r tr ri
''This stone which was rejected by the fir
builders is become the chief stone ofthe co
aer" incur new odifce." Applause,
i. And in speaking of reconstruction M
D Stephens says:
e ''We made ample provision in our Cons,
tuition for the admission Of other States
. ismore guarded, and wisely so. think, thi
u the old Constitution on the same snbjec
: but not too guarded to receive them as ia
G as it may be proper Looking to the dista
d future, and, perhaps, not very distant eitlle
!, II is not beyound the range Of possibilit
and even probability, that all the great Stat
g Of the Northwest shall gravitate this way
n well as Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, A
Q kansas, &c Should they do SO, our doc
arc wide enough TO receive them, but n
until Msy are ready to assim,latc ,uiA US
0 priacipla" M. u efpt fr,fslF i'ia