Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-10-10

| uiso Witnl some OF tneSe same demons,
live of them, flends in human shape, stop
ped at the house ofa man named Mark ham,
who, seeing them approach, and fearing in
suit and outrage to himself if he remained,
and thinking that they would net be so like
y to provoke quarrel with the family if he
were not present, took bis rifle from its
resting place, and retired unobseryed by
them into little thickot hard by the house.
in order to be at hand in case they offered
any abuse to his family. He had an amia-
bic wife, and two daughters, the youngest
a girl of about twelve years, and the other
just blossoming into womanhood, about six
teen, as beautiful as the morning and as pure
as tho dewdrop. The Secessionists entered
and insolently demanded dinner for them
selves and feed for their horses. The wife
told them there was the crib and the fodder,
and they would give them their dinner
They took the hay and the corn and scat
tered it about the ground, and ordered the
ladies to hasten their dinner.
In due time the meal was prepared, and
soon greedily devoured. After sating their
appetites at the table they began to address
rude remarks to the wife and daughters.
One attempted to make love to the young
lady, when her young sister, sezng the tin
horn, or trumpet, which is kept in almost
all rural homesteads to make a summons to
dinner or sound an alarm to the neighbors in
case of any accident, sprang to the door and
blew blast. At this the helish demon
turned, drew pistol from his girde, fred
its bullet through her brain; and with one
wild shrek she fell in agonizing death at the
feet OF her screaming mother That blast,
the shot, the shrek and scream pierced the
ear of the waiting father: he sprang from
: N No u -
revealed all ; and, taking deliberate aim. he
sent his rifles bullet straight through the
william heart A suppressed roice' GooI
Iy God = followed by tremendous applause II
The other four alarmed at the trumpet blast.
and knowing that the whole neighborhood
would soon be upon them, mounted their
horses and fed. The enraged father, find.
ing them beyond his reach, turning to where
the slayer. OF his little daughter Law, seized
his AK and cut his brutal body into quarters
and threw them out as only fit for the dogs
to devour!
Such, my friends, is secession at home. -
1t is robbery, rapine, and murder And it
IL marching towards you, and will be upon
you. You must arm for your own defence.
l speak not to you in fables. These things
occurred not In remote country, but right
over there in Tennessee. [ seem even vet
fto hear the shrek that went up from that
young and innocent heart, as It took leave
OF life, so wild, so clear, so agouizinp. that
even angelic spirits might come to listen and
avenge! Will you not then, rush to the
support ofyour government, and the rescue
OF your country from reign of terror that
has no parallel in the history of civilized
man? We demand it of you as a right and
not as an appeal to your sympathy. And if
you would secure your own State of Ohio
from the same ruthless aggression, you must
arm and meet this monster iniquity without
delay, And let me tell you, friends that
you do not best secure your safety by throw
ing up bitches and trifling entertainments
around Cincinnati. No-the line Of yoar de-
fence IS ne Southern boundary Ene Of Ken
tucIy!. (Cheers. and that's SOY Ken
lucky is. now open. She is ready and de-
termined to fight for the Union and IN the
Union. Great applause She has hereto
fore fought J6r Ohio and Indiana in their
infancy, she will now fight ,cih them to re-
pei from her own borders an invader not less
ruthless than those who then invaded yours.
Bnt am told that Kentucky is for neu
trality? That was an idea of the politicians
not ths peoples idea. The people of Ken.
tucky arc right. And when the people are
right, you cannot conceive, my friends, how
quickly the politicians become right "
(Checrs.) They have most holy dread ofI
minorities Laughter and applause. T.
kentuckians have said to us of Tennessee
you shall not only have arms, but also rc1
inents to curry them, to liberate Won from
the tyranny ofsecessiOn. (Groat applause. !
And will you of Ohio not Join hands with
Kentucky in this crusade tor the redemptionI
Of the land that holds the sepulchre of An.
drew jackson? (Shouts of yes, YES, we
will!) Then, as | said before, your
columns must advance to drive the invader
from their contemplated winter quarters
among. the full granaries of Kentucky and
Ohio, back through Tennessee, and thence
into the ,Gulfof Mexico Cheers Yes,
friends, let them be driven like the swine
ofold, who were likewise possessed of the
devil, into tho depths Of the sea, and be over
w,helmed in its waters! Laughter and ap
plause.) w
AS Tennessee, and Kentucky, and Ohio
joined hand IN hand to march through tho |
swamps and lagoons round about New Or
iS leans IN 1873, SO let them be united again
Mulligan surrendered, and Manassas was
lost. What oft? The cause nor the conn
try is neither surrendered nor lost. And
these mishaps of war should only serve like
the receding lava in the volcano, to send
forth q still more fiery and engulphing tor
rent of vindicating power. (Applause. l-l
Our course and our cause must then be on.
ward; and we shall hope, with the aid of|
tho mighty Northwest, to open our wav
through Kentucky, and into Tennessee,
where there are POS, 900 patriots and Union
men--more than the whole white population
Of South Carolina-waiting for the coming
Of your banners, and ready to take the van
Of your column when you come. (Temen.
dous applause.) We want not tho rear nor
the fank-giye us the post of danger, md
with your stalwart columns around which 10
rally, and We ask no favor of the defiant foe.
had always given myself credit for some
manhood. But, the otherday, when | stood
in the presence of Two THOUSAND Ten.
nesseeans, exiled like myself from their
homes Of comfort and tho families of their
love, / found that my manhood and stern.
ness of mind were all nothing, and TINT
was only child There they were. NV
friends and fellow citizens of my beloved
State, gathered upon the friendly soil of
Kentucky, from the tender stripping of six.
teen TO the gray-haired fathers of sixtv. nil
the evil that has haf.lla, 90, I