Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-01-03

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Hdtor Chyo2fcte' VIII the Union be pre-
served isa question asked with nervous
=, an1e'y oy every lover OF his countryS and
Iso - answer suggesteu by the hostile attitude
=, " 'ne Vo.on otates' and the imbecility OIL
.he reoe,ai nead' Is not very well calculated
" a.'ay sne general suspicious, AL is spec
u'a,'on-spccuiation mixed with uncertainty
anu III 'he m'as o, TINS uncertainty the
pupllc !" sch'lmen. mas become intensified and
an % are i'npauen''y wai''ng uno'i tne sequel
Slsn 20 u.aVeleu iio'', .ne woo, Oh ''me'
% ap7orD,ngy mas TINS question oecome
Una, tne wno'e country ron tno Atansc
70 'ne rac'nc' irom 70 tne Ia Lakes 70 tne uuii
mas .'s, pecoinc one Vast 'nea'er lot us d'scns
son. ana all ranks ana condit'ons OF tne
peop'e are engaged IN surmfing as 70 i's
probable issue, Inc party nnes tnae nave
~ ,,''ner'o u'Viueu .he peop'c u ,l,S srea'
uoverh,nent nave peen ighcleo' the uihei
e,'ces OF opinion that nave hitherto arisyeu s*
snenh = into parties ana iactions' nave 'peen
ioreo''en or iaid aside IN the generai anxie'y
10, the solution OF TINS question. AN arg
sonc''ous ,n 70 know the nature ana power iorI
seii-preservaaon OF the dovernment under
wmoh they hye, and think that the questions
OF difference between the two sections IN re-
iation thereto may and can as wei be settled
by thlrty-three States as by any greater
number.
Two parties are being formed with TINS
object in view, into one or the otherof which
every man will be forced to array himself.
The frst and largest OF these parties Is IN
favor OF the preservation OF the Constitution
and the Union; believing there Is sufficient
po'oer in the General Government not only
to quell insurrections in the States. but to
coerce-not a State, but all the refractory
citizens residing within any State--lnto sub
mission to the laws OF Congress, or the pro-
visions OF the Constitution. They, also be-
lieve that, as our country has grown under
that Constitution until the thirteen States
that originally formed it have been increased
to thirty-three, and the five millions OF peo-
pie have grown into nation OF over thirty
millions, and as IN that Union we have in
creased in Wealth, Intelligence, and Power,
until we are recognised everywhere as one
OF the first of civilized nations. And as we
have, with all this increase of Dimension,
Population, Wealth, Intelligence, and Pow
Hs,-s1 enjoyed -. sHoss-r- Of s.ths hlssuinGa
Of Liberty and the advantages of Free obv-
ernment than any nation under the sun,
they ought by all constitutional means be
preserved; and without stopping to inquire
whether it was the encroaching spirit Of
Slavery, or the unreasonable opposition Of
the North to its rights that has caused the
difficulties that threaten their existence
They are determined that the Union must
and shall be preserved.
The other of these parties, founded on the
boasted doctrine of State rights, disregard.
ing the advantages of the Union, and all the
blessings that flow from it, declare that a
State has right to secede from the Union,
whenever she shall conclude that. ..she has
sufficient. .ss,ase to justify such a pl6ceeding,
and that thcre is no power in the Govern
ment to coerce her citizens unto submission,
or in other words, that this Government is
nothing more than compact of States, to
be broken up at the pleasure of any one Of
the States forming it. The solution of the
ess;o"s 1nad of this article, is to be
uetermine6 triumph of one oH, the
other or these parties. a.
There has always been diferenoe of opin-
ION amongst the statesmen Of this country
IN relation to some OF the powers Of this
Government, but never until of late years
has there been any considerable party in the
country claiming the right OF State secession,
In iSS2-S3 Messrs Calhoun and Haynes
with faction OF followers in South Caro-
'ih''' set up TINS claim Win aNiew 10 resist
ence on part OF that State TO the enforce
ment OF revenue Jaws, but under the crush
ing Constitutional argument OF Webster, an'
,ho e.Qor2ns ''.'.se',ss.on Oh frssicen
JaoAs0n' n ,hey were aweu in'o submission
pu' m 'ne aoo'r'ne since tnen mas peen graau
any S"hihS Srouhu III Tue ooutn, untI