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

about Republicans now do not talk about
Democrats now; do not talk about Wings
or Americans now talk about your country
and the Constitution and the Union. Save
that !; preserve the integrity of the Govern-
ment once more place IL erect among tho
nations OF, the earth and then il we want
to DIVIDE about questions that may arise in
our midst, we have Government to divide
in.
| know it has been said that the object of
this war Is to make war on Southern institu.
tions. l have been in free States and have
been in slave States, and thank God that,
so far as l have been there has been one
universal disclaimer of any such purpose. 1t
is war upon no section; il is war upon no
peculiar institution but it is war for the
integrity Of the Government, for the Con-
stitution, and the supremacy of the lave.-
That is what the nation understands by it.
L have already detained the Se iate much
longer than intended when | rose and [
shall conclude in n few words mo e. Altho lph
the Government has met with a little reverse
within short distance of q is ci Y, no one
should be discouraged and no heart should
be dismayed. 1t ought only to prove the
necessity Of bringing forth and exertng still
more vigorously the power of the Govern
ment in maintenance of the Constitution and
the laws. Let the energies of the Govern
ment be redoubled, and let it go on with this
war-not war upon sections, not war
upon peculiar institutions anywhere; but
let the Constitution and the Union be its
frontlspiece, and the supremacy and enforce
ment of the laws its watchword. Then it
can, it will, go on triumphanty. We must
succeed This Government must not. can.
not fail. Though your flag may have trailed>
in the dust though aretrograde movement
may have been made though the banner
OF our country may have been sullied, LET it
still be borne onward and if, for the prose.
ton Of this war in behalf Of the Govern.
ment and the Constitution, it is necessary
to cleanse and purify that banner. say let
it be baptized in fire from the sun and bath
ed in a nations blood The nation must
he redeemed; it must be triumphant The
Constitution-which is based upon principles
lmmutable, and upon which rest the rights
OF man and the hopes and expectations of
those who love freedom throughout the
civilized world must be maintained.
The people whom | represent appeal to
the Government and to the nation to give us
that constitutional protection that We need.
| am proud to say that have met with every
manifesto ion Of that kind in the Senate.
with only a few dissenting voices | am
proud to say. too, that / believe old Ken
lucky, God bless her will ultimately rise
and shake oil the stupor which has been
resting upon her; and instead of DENYING MS
the pr. r.vnege OF passing through her borders
and taking arms and munitions of war tn
enable a down-trodden people to defend
themselves, will not only give us that pIiyil-
oge, but will join us AMI help us in the WORK
The people Of Kentucky love the Union
they love the Constitution they have no
fault to lind with it; but in that State thew
have duplicate to the Governor of ours.
W hen we look all around, we see how the
Governors OF the different States have been
involved IN this conspiracy-the most stu
penious and gigantic conspiracy that was
ever formed, and as corrupt and as foul as
mat attempted by Catifine in the days of
home. We know it to be so. Have we
not known men to SIT at their desks in this
Chamber, using the Governments station
AIRY 70 write reasonable letters and while
receiving their pay and sworn to supnort
the Constitution and sustain the law, engap
ing in midnig ght conclaves to devise wavsand
mean, by which the Government and the
Constitution should be overthrow? The
charge was made and published in the ma
pers. Many things we know that we cannot
put our hnger upon but We know from the
concert of action, the regular steps that
we're taken in this work of breaking up the
government, or trying to break it up, that
there was system, concert T action. It isa
scheme more corrupt than the assassination
planned and conducted by Catine in refer.
ence to the Roman Senate. The time has
arrived when We should show to the nations
ol the earth that we are n nation capable of
preserving our existence, and give them evil
dence that we will do it.