Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-11-28
LETTER fROMA LOOSE BRICK


A recent number Of the Gazette and
Citizen contains what purports to be the Of
fetal report Of the rebel defeat in York
Township, on the sth Of October, directed
to Capt j. ii. Heaton, X. G.. G. Said
report admits that the Seceskwere badly cut
up, but the writer seems so badly used up
so completely whipped-that he does not
know how it was done. He seems to think
that, had not the St. Clairsville triumvirate
visited York, the result would. have been
different. If he means the gentlemen who
addressed the vast audience Of nine voters
-four Union men and five rebels--he is
partly right. The red.faccd gentleman who
accompanied that expedition certainly did
not win many Democrats when he remarked
that Dickinson was damned rascal" or
when he eloqucntly spoke Of the "Black
Republican war;" The three gentlemen
who spoke afterwards in York in favor of
the Union, and against compromising with
armed rebels, certainly did damage the rebel
cause, aud we thank them forit. But, any
one who is not already deneuted by Cal
hounism, Notification, and Secession, can
see with all ease that these gentlemen never
made the revolution in public sentiment Of
which the writer 80 sorowfully speaks No,
sir, they found the revolution already made,
they found the people sound to the core,
and the creature WHO seeks to cover up his
treason by assuming the name Of 'Iconidas'
knew it to his sorrow. The traitorous scamp
knows he utters q talschood when he says
there were comparatively few changes up 10
the time Of said meeting He cannot ex.
cuse himself, nor the traitorous crew that
cluster about him. nor the Gazette and Citi-
zen which leads them all, by attributine
their defeat to a sudden ft Of excitement,
wrought,a as he says, by political demagoe ues.
He ought to know, and he does know that
the Union sentiment, to the dismay of all
traitors, has existed as the dominant senti-
ment Of York Township ever since treason
made its first attempt to overthrow oui
Government, and that to-day il is firmei
than ever that, although it can spare the
but end of company to fight the rebels in
Kentucky, there is still enough left to keep
the rebels under at home. This is wha,
'grieves him to the soul
\ But, the Seccssionist who writes for the
Gazette ought to understand the influence
Of his own reasonable slang better than be
appears to. He ought to know that certain
persons have heard him heartily wish the
Presidents throat cut that those who re.
sponded to the call Of the President and
went forth--our own brothers and friends
to defend their country, might have theil
brains knocked out that our army in Vir.
ginia might bc thrashed, &C., &c. And
knowing that he heartily does rejoice at the
defeat Of the Union troops, and that Other
I beauties of his own party have talked, and
feel like himself, he ought not to be sur.
priscd if decent mon and patriots refuse ia
vote the same ticket that they do He doe,
know and understand all this, and when he
reports to his Captain he should frankly NC
knowledge that he has injured the cause by
bad generalship in unmasking too much oi
his character and feelings.
| This explains the whole story Of the
! ''loose bricks" The leaders of the 4th OF
July ticket ia York came squarely out and
the people knew them to be Secessionists,
aud hence their complete rout at the polls.
1t Is to be hoped that Capt. Heaton will
supercede 'Leonidas, and send out more
prudent tory. l., il.
''Leonidas" dates his report at Oh.
erlin. Now what does this mean 2
We understand him quite well. There are
only about three traitors in Powhattan, and
| all who are not he calls Abolitionists and
hence he compares our loyal little village to
Oberin. If he don't like such an Oberlin
let him got out Of 1t, and go to South Caro-
lima where there are more of his own sort.
For oil the good he does here, he might leave
l ut nnx tima A NIOnSE RACK ~