Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-02-28
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THE GAZETTE,

they would even do SO now {
THE GAZETTE.
The Editor Of the Gazette, IN his last
weeks issue, after saying that we were
prophets, quotes from the CHRONICLE the
following:
II there SHOULD ever contest come between any par
YES growing ot OF ihs diIleuly !, VII be hcwern h
regularly constituted authorities Of the uilri states uron
the iaid. mud TRAITORS in ar'is or lis overthrow
upon the other.
and then adds:
Yes, he says il will be rArnicis on one hand and
TREASON on the other. But he does TELL us who in
enguroed The who has cnrrcd i on. or who
see<ihsb every possible neaiis foul though u
Of government into consolidated despoiism without
constitutional check or Limitation OF power y no! he
hi. pr"phec vision io liz dim vista OF iDlnry 10 thus
a.uri the fears u The md. Hat he viii find tln' h-
EDITORIAL raying"%r ~ Pr, pindIro @ S W not ee hr,r@ ssyS. %
lilp aud elfofnl chair The citizens Of ile United
$ agc s 4. i s a s s arS,ons sS
Inc people. Ttcy wicked or unwise as 70 urt
The sensitive puit Of liberty o The care and keeping Of
fnlnry rsots for they the most dangerous uepor-
81 human frcedol They hnye ever sra''ged hp-
ety ehcn they hive been made ~ ninrdinns Wmm n,
dison and dsunion By war will be the loss Of liberty
the people Of the United stues Lctus therefore oVO
the path Of blood.
Well, sir, who did inaugurate this treason
against the Government? What have the
Republicans done? Nothing but elect a
President fairly and constitutionally they
have brought forward no measure Of legis-
lation in regard 10 Slavery anywhere--in the
Territories, in the District of Columbia, in
the forts and arsonals, Or any where else.--
What, again we ask, have they done that
looks like treason, that looks like an attempt
to overthrow this Government, or to deny
any citizen single right under the Consti-
tuition.
When the Republicans were defeated in
1856 they quietly submitted to their defeat;
no membcr,of the party talked about going
out of the Union. Suppose, dear, honest
Capt Hoaton, that four years ago, when
Buchanan was elected, fairly and constitu-
tionally the Republicans u majority Of the
entire Northern people, had determined
that, MS the Administration of Mr.. Buchanan
was not likely to carry out their views in re-
lution to the Slavery question, they would,
unlcss further guarantees were given them,
20 out Of the Union; What would you have
said2 Do you think you would have retract-
ed your principles? given the North greater
guarantees in relation to Freedom in tho
Territories2 No: instead of retracting your
principles you woifid have answered the de-
mand with insult; and If single Northern
Convention had been called, for the avowed
purpose of devising ways and means for GO
ing out Of the Union, and had seized Il single
dollar worth of Government property; in
stead of talking Of submission, your "voice
would have been for war. " Yet, the cases
nre parallel. Mr.. Lincoln has been consti-
tutionally elected there is not one single
word or expression in the platform upon
which he has been elected that intimates
that the South will be denied any of her
rights; yet now, when South Carolina and
her confcderates have made WAR upon the
Government, you cry amen, by every word
and act Of your party Who i',ougnuteo
Me troasonY" History will answer: "The
disappointed and corrupt politicians of the
the Democratic party" You may call thii
prophecy. if you wish, but every unpreju
diced man knows it is truth. The treason
belongs to the Democratic party: the trait.
ors arc Ia it. You say the Republican Party
inaug,irated this treason against the General
Government. WHEN AND WHERE? An
swcr at your leisure.
But, horrible We want to transform our
beautiful complex Federal system of Gov
ernment into consolidated despotism, with
out constitutional check or balance. " Yes,
that is,oe icont treason punished, and lleator
and his ilk don't; We think the Government
Of the United States has power to punish
thieves and robbers--to protect its property
and execute its laws; Heaton thinks, ''sag'
man that he is, that this would be trans
forming our beautiful complex system into
despotism. Tho constitutional checks h
speaks Of, we suppose, are such as wer'
given to the Star Of the Vest, when she wa
fred into by Heston's Southern brethren :
at Charleston. He thinks we don't like tn,
past, 80 leap into the future Indeed, fficnt
Heaton, there Is but little that is pleasant I,
look at in the history of our Government fo
the last eight years. Within that time YOU
party has repealed the Missouri Compromis'
Of 1920; re-opened the Slavery agitation
and kept Il open by its persistent attempt
to force Slavery upon a people, in thei
hearts determined to be Free. We had Il
quietly Jtae orr time. We did not repudiat'
the Government of Pierce, or Buehanan
did rot raise the standard of revolt any
where. Our time came at last; and wheI
we thought the sentinel standing upon ou
outposts could Gye the cheering tidings o