Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-02-07

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John Brown raid came but he would ask
bis seeding friends, that in case Of disdnion,
would Carolina be better abe 10 protect her
self against raids then than she had been In
the past. Now, when every man was ttueto
the Constitution, when every man was. a
Judge and executioner Of the law, and evety
convenient tree was gallows upon which 10
hang avery man who violated the Constitu-
tion IN the manner John Brown and his
followers had who should teach every man
that they had a code for the punishment Of
traitors as stringent as it could be made
II was sinatter Of history that il was the
men Of Pennsylvania who were the FIRST to
vjndicate the outraged laws and to offer sup
por tand succor to Virginia against the at
tack Of John Brown; and when the follow
crs Of that man had escaped from Virginia,
it ought to be remembered that they were
arrest ed in Peuhsylvania, brought back to
Virginia BY their capssrE and handsd,-over
to the authorities, bythom they were tried,
and being adjudged gull ty, paid the penalty
Of their invasion by their own death.
The people Of either section had been es-
tranged and provoked by misrepresenta-
tions and calumnies, and thus perversions
and falsehoods had done their work. He
would accept their charges in the most ag-
grieved form. and yet he would tell them
that they were all false. He said that he
would make any sacrifice to save the coun-
| try. He would even sccept James Buchan-
an for another tsEA and allow the "old
public functionafyi' 10 administer the gov
eminent for four yeaTs more. He hoped
this was giving sufficient evidence Of his
fidelity to the Constitution. He was ready
to lend his sanction 70 anything that would
heal those difficulties. Various propositions
had been offered, let them accept the rest.
He would go for the report Of the Commit
tee Of Thirty-Three rather than go out Of
the Union; but, falling in all, he would go
home, and would there meet disunion with
| torch in one hand & sword in the other,
and SO help him God, so long as the star
and stripes Aoated over him and his State,
he would never yield to disunion. General
applause from the densely crowded galleries
He asserted what was matter Of history,
that every solitary act Of the Constitution
was ordained after public discussion, and
was voted for by statesman Of the South
and either passed BY them or received and
approved Of their States; aud the very policy
under which Lincoln should be inauguratet
was the policy Of the Democratic party O
the South, and which they gave to the coun
try and demanded and received their approx
'lAi. Tire Houss k.<~ssl..s ~hen the govern
ment was ordained, when the Declaration o
Independence was proclaimed, that ou
western boundary was the Mississippi river
and he asserted that from that very day, a
the instance of the South, at the instance o
shareholders, the area of the Governmen
had been enlarged and expanded. Ever.
foot of soil that had been acquired at the in
stance of the South, the North, with its nu
merical power and strength overshadowin
the South, has willingly yielded. Florid
! and Louisiana had been thus purchased at
cost Of twenty-five millions, and at cost
! fifty millions more to remove the savages
. millions more to build Notifications an
towns along the deep to guard Souther
commerce. And after all this little Florida