Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-08-29
The Secession Democracy.

There cannot be the slightest doubt but
that in the loyal States there is class Of men
who are trading and mousing through polit-
ical schemes to advance partizan and per-
sonal interests at the expense of the great
interests Of the country. Those men call
themselves Democrats. They cling to the
title in order the better to deceive the unwary.
They steal the livery of patriotism to serve
rebellion in. These men are always aspiring
to be captains in the Democratic forces not
somuch that they have any superior fitness for
command, as that their personal aggrandize-
ment is thereby, the better secured They
disdain to march in the ranks Of their party,
for the reason that in every struggle the
leaders are the first to be rewarded, and the
last to be endangered They are the ones
who consult, and caucus, and concoct the
schemes by which the worthy and unsuspect-
ing Of their followers are to be deluded, un-
der specious pretences and patriotic names.
These are the men who row form the class
properly denoninated Secession Democrats.
Who, among the honest, the worthy and
conliaing of that party, would now desire to
see rebellion prosper, and the right Of seces-
sion become the recognized order Of things
in this once happy union of States? Who
among such would lend voice, and vote, and
influence to promote the triumph of treason
over loyalty, at the expense of that freedom
that has been the pride Of our fathers, the
glory of our age, and the hope OF mankind ?
The supporters ofsuch execrable heresy and
schiSm are not among the honest and con-
scientous followers Of the Democratic stand
ard. They are but those who usurp the
name to conjure with.
The hour has come when the Democrats
OF our country will be called upon to denounce
these intriguing leaders, or to renounce the
title to loyalty to the government. Not one
Of those in the North who, as late as last
November, cast his vote for the Breckenridge
ticket, but will remember that when, during
the canvass he was told that the leaders of
that faction were looking to the overthrow
of the Union he made denial Of the allega-
ton with angry Indignation and yet who
can doubt but that those leaders were then
Secession Democrats as much as they are
to-day. These are the men who scorn the
offers to cast away the issues Of forne par
tzan strife, and to unite for the strengthen
ing of free institutions, and for protecting
the Constitution that fosters their growth
and gives them fixcdness of form. They
have no possible expectation, in this haugh-
ty refusal, of securing the elect on of their
creatures to any position of prominence be-
fore the people. The halot-box has proved
fatal to them in every trial from the great day
Of November. 1860, down to the greater day
of August, 1861, when Kentucky echoed the
peoples voice of majesty in condemnation
of traitors and their treason. Nay, to them
the ballot-box holds forth no hope. But
their aim-an aim unworthy ofany sane man
who has ever read even the Bible or news
paper--i is to divide our people into sections,
and under local and temporary issues, in or
der to bind the hands Of the Government,
whilo the great issue of our national exist
ence is left at the mercy of the Confederate
bands OF Southern traitors. Their aim is
to debauch the people from the love Of their
own county, in order to aid ambitious and
mercenary demagogues in calling down up
on us the minoins OF other nations to assist
in our overthrow, and with them to gloat
over the dreadful catastrophe.
Their plot is to whine about peace and de-
nounce war, or, if that be unpopular, they
will ever claim to advocate u vigorous pros
ecution of the war, accompanied with liberal
offers Of peace" But wheresoever they deem
it safe the war is denounced without limit
or stint. Hear what Eaton,a secession Dem
ocrat, and candidate for the U. s. Senate in
Connecticut, declared recently at meeting
in Bloomfield, in that State. Said he:
Il was told that this meeting would be
broken up. Mark the prediction-within
thirty days ten thousand men will be in
council in Hartford county to demand that
Il stop shall be put to this damnable, unnat-
ural war; The man who does not consider
it such is not fit to live"
And hear again what the Bridgeport Far
mer, published only thirty days ago, said
about our soldiers and the war
"The rebel soldiery, as you term them,
Mr.. Courier, are not fighting for money
like our Revolutionary fathers, they are
fighting for their just rights.
SIN the revolution of lT76 the forces of
King George were the ones who fought for
money. In the revolution of 1861 the FORCES
| OF THE DEspoTLINCoLN ARETHE ONES WHO
ARE FIGHTING FOR MONEY. Men, who
fought for their constitutional rights in l776
did not want to be hired to do it. Neither
do the men who are fighting for their con
stitutional rights in 1861.
These, Democrats of Ohio, are the Seces-
sionists Of the North, who claim your aid in
the overthrow of this fair and mighty fabric
Of Republican Liberty. Are you ready for
the sacrifice?
Fashions for August.