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


Ambrose Collins, Isaac Holloway and Amos
Glover
The Townships were then directed to meet
and report one Vice President from each
Township, and elect four delegates from each
Township to IN ,et in Committee to select and
report candidates to the Convention for the
several Offices to be filled at the approaching
election.
The Convention then took recess until
halfpast II clock, when it was again callel
to order by the Chairman, an tn, following
Vice ce-Presidsnts announoel by the several
townships:
Coleraia-Wm. Dungan;
FMshing-Swan G. Vance;
Goshen-Townsenl Burns;
Krhwood-Rohert Isreal;
Mead-John Hammond
Pease--William Robinson, sr.;
Pulney-John Wright;
Rtchl1nd-Ambrose Collins;
Smith,. Lewis;
,Yomersett-John Starbuck;
Uuion--Dr. r. Hamilton;
Wnrm-John Bralfeld;
WtshiAgt0n-S. Danford;
WIyne--Anlrew Porterfield;
Wheeltag-Thomas Lodge;
York--Amos Glover.
The committee on resolutions then report
ed, through Daniel Peck, Esq, the following:
WHEREAS, within the last nine months,
in not less than eleven of the thrty-four
States which compose our Fe lcral Union
lawless, insurrectioniry, formidable and
reasonable combinations have been formed,
by rebel citizens, for the ua lisyusel pur-
pose of resisting the execution of the laws,
breaking up the Union, AMI subverting our
Government; that tD these ends those rebel
citizens have wickedly and treacherously
seizel upon forts, arsena's, munitions of war,
and money, the property OF the United
States, of great value; have organized Il
large army, by seducing some and COMPEL
ing others, in violation of their allegiance,
to enter into their service have inflicted
cruel and sanguinary punishment upon
loyal citizens for the exeici.e of privileges
expressly guaranteed To them by the Consti-
tuition; and have incitel to robbery aud
piracy upon the high seas, and actually of
iered premiums Of twenty dollars for the
dead and twenty-five dollars for the living
bodies of law-abiding citizens of the Unit I'd
States; and with all tho tormalties of an
independent Government have commenced
and are now carrying on u war against the
Government;
And, whereas the President off the United
States, his Con Stitutonal advisers unani-
mously concurring therein, an1 the Gov
errors of a large majority of the States, an
the Legislatures of the same States aino It
unanimously approving thereof anl many
of the leading talented and patro ic men OF
all political parties, AMI Il, We believe an i'm
mense majority Of the people OF the United
States, not only asserting thereto, but de-
mandng it OF him. has recogni. eel these com.
binations as nsurrectionrry, and has called
upon the people and C0ngre' for men an
money to suppress them, and enforce the
laws and preserve the Union;
And, whereas, Congress, in extra session,
twenty-five States being fully, and two State
partially represented, have almost unani-
mously, liberally responded to this call;
And, whereas, the people Of the United
States. heretofore, since the formation OF
our Government, have been, most of the
time, if not at all times, divided into orgal..
lied political parties, differing upon question.
arising under the Constitution, and recog
nizing the Union of these States as sacle ed
and indissolublc, all of which questions are
of less Importance than that which has beer
forced upon us by dsunionists now in rebel
lion against our Government. Therefore
Resolved, That in our opinion all existing
political party organizations ought to be sus
pended, and no nominations should be male
or party organized calculated to divide thos,
who are in favor OF su staining the Genera
Government, by supplying it with men anl
money to suppress this rebellion.
That, in our opinion, the army and nav!
of the United States ought to be used. an,
will be used, to enforce the laws of the coun
try. restore domestic tranquility, AMI secur
to the loyal citizen of each and every Stat
in the Union the privilege OF framing thei
own laws, and forming their own politica
and domestic institutions in their own way
subject only to the Constitution Of the Unite
States.
Resolred, In the language of the resolu
tions introduced into tn, Hou 'e Of Repre-
sentatives by the Hon. John j. Crtten len
Of Kentucky, at the present extraordinar
session, and by the Hon. Andrew johnson
of Tennessee. into the Senate, and almos
unanimously adopted,
That the present deplorable civil war ha
been forced upon the country by the disur
ionsts Of the Southern States, now in revo
against the Constitutional Government, an
in arms around the Capital.
That in this national emergency, Con
gress, banishing all feeling of mere passio
or resentment, will recolect only its duty t
the whole country that this war is no
waged upon our part in any spirit of oppres
sion, nor for any purpo OF conquest or sub
jngation, nor purpose of ovcrthrowing O
, Interfering with the rights or established in
stitutions of the States, but to defend an
maintain the supremacy of the Constitution
4 and to preserve the Union with all the dig
nifty, equality and rights of the several State
unimpaired; and that as soon as these OF
jscts are accomplished, the war ought I
cease" 2.