Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-05-16

That is mere mn,,cr Of time with the Border States
when they shall join the Southern Confederacy, is D.
thing permanent division between them and when Tho
orlcr states go, what will be the condition Of Ohio ant
the NorhWcs'ern Staesg viii they be content to b,
attached to New England in cold, frozen Northern ma
ton OF negroworshippcrs Not very likely We shnl
i ior adInission' We will fix up Government ooot
| sNorGH TO LIVE uSpER-BgrryR THAN VIZ HAVE oor now
| IN ALL rRoBADLrrr.
The time has arrived when each State must look to il
own interests and the cnrc Of its citizens We arc
IN tho mds, OF revouton-not Of people but Of SrArEs
We dnd to-day where we stood after the expulsion o
the British authorities from the Colonies. We rest upon
State organizations ando future Isl hands
| Orr OLD NATIONAL GOVERNMENT LONGER ANY
ExtrEscE ONLY ny THE suYrERANcs OF sUcm STATES As
| CHOOSE TO Owe " VOLUNTARY SUPPORT No oSE or
ANY rARrr ~ AUTHORITY sEE,is DISPOSED TO ADVOCATE
ms ExisrEScE TnEr ONLY LOOK TO irs PERMANENT pls-
SEVERANCE They seek only for lines OF dcmnrkntion by
which to divide IT, But who has the power TO mark those
lines! Who has power even to commission the surveyors
and the mnrksncn! Il Is matter wholly In the authority
to dictate lis tenswhcher to join the Southern or North.
efn Coniederacy form new QUO with such states ms will
Join IL or set up LOT itself and become foreign nation
TO n the others. We have arrived at that point just now
State sovereignty has vndcaed itself against ts own
inciilnOns--fOrccd upon II IN the order OF events that
have hurried us from point TO point until we are landed
upon the shores Of our own Independence. Gov Dcnnson
iionsi md Of inernaIonsl law.s we have Vatte and
| our own State Constitution left WnAr MORE, EXCEPT
sncH PASSIVE oBKDiErcE AS WE cHoosE TO WELD! lAGo
II SAVE YRoM TiiE CLUTCHES OF THE KENTUCKY Law. AND
CRIMINALS suBJpr ONLY 10 ouR CODE; WE HAVE No
NATIONALITY BIT THAT WHICH rs OF Oino Gov. DESSi-
soS mas no srPERloR; BH CAN TREAT, BY ruE WILL oy
orR PEOPLE ANY STATE on NATION. AND FORM
stcii ALLIANCES AS ouR LEGISLATURE, TIRouoH
aANps OF TIE PEOPLE, MAY AUTHORIZE
When you propose division. virginis Kentucky, Ten
nessce and Missouri will elect to go with the South Will
that bc satisfactory, Not at all for Ohio, Indiana aud
Illinois Will then refuse to be tackled OIL 10 New England,
and will follow the Border slave States from both ineres
and inclination What then becomes OF Michigan Wis
consn. Minnesota and Iowa! NECESSITY will stare them
in the face once and they will be compelled to 20 too
What then of Kansas! Cut of from all communication
with the Fast she cannot live alone from her present posi-
ton and State boundBries She stubbornly refused
pare for the We tested her early on that very point
long before 1t Is true any would believe the present
stale OF things possibe Then where will be the Terrific
res and Pncdc staies' All, all must be consulted wiet
coniederncy she would look support her great
cia interests! And tariffs no tariffs the sturdy old Ger.
man farmers OF Pennsylvania, who have instructive
prejudice against the Yankees, would raise up in
ngninst any such wooden nutmeg connection And New
England herself with large and growing minority OF us
true Democrats who love their whole country any you
lc alone tobe transferred Old England and to Canada
ms would revolutionke that abolition region.
And after all this the editor has the impu-
dence to say that he has never uttered a
Disunion sentiment in his life," and calls
upon us to prove what every man in this
community with an ounce of brains, single
grain Of moral honesty, love of country or
patriotism has long since learned, and with
blush acknowledged, that the editor of the
Gazette was Disunionist, and Traitor to
the country Of his birth-to the Government
that has given him oil that no has.
Oh shame, where is thy blush