Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-12-19
TERMS OF ADvEnTIsIsa.
Make the war Terril3lo

The following is the concluding portion or
the recent speech Of Senator Trumbull. OF
HIS, on his bill confscating the property and
giving freedom to the slaves Of rebels
Who does not know that treason has paip-
ed strength by the leniency with which n
has been treated? We have dalled with n
quite too long already. Instead Of being
looked upon as the worst of crimes. as 4
really is, it has come to be regarded as |,
trivial ofense, to be stoned for BY a promise
TO do so no more. The despoiers of loval
citizens, the c0Dspirators against the peaoo
OF nation, the plunderers of the public
property, the assassins Of lib,rty, when the,
have fallen into our hands, have been suffer-
ed to escape on taking an oath Of allegiance.
which many have not scrupled to violate
the first opportunity. Thousands of indus
tr1ous and epterprsing men have been ruin
ed by this rebellion More than twenty,
millions OF people, now contributing of their
means and their blood 10 It's suppression:
more than half a million of mep-as
noble spirits as ever trod the earth in martial
array--now cncamped in tents, and under.
going all the hard.bips of Winter campaign:
thousands OF others, now confined in prisons.
and some IN dungeons, by the Rebels; the
blood Of the disinterested, the noble hearted.
the dauntless, and heroic Lyon; OF the gifted,
the eloquent, the brave and patriotic Baker
and OF tire hundreds of other lo~al citizens
and true men, shed by Rebel hands. still up-
llfted Tor the slaughter Of thousands more,
and the destruction of free Government
these. an thousand other considerations
all demand that the authors of these calam.
tiles, and others yet to follow, if they have
ar ta tntiI I1f hn.. Il L n
suffer- both in their persons and their pro-
pety, for the enormous crimes thew have
been and are committing against private
rights and public liberty. Besides, Sir, NOT
to conti.cate the property Of rebels is to offer
a premium to di.loyalty. SO long ss thew.
wherever in power, confscate the property
of loyal citizens Under such a policy the
rebel sproperty is safe. let who will triumph.
while the man true to his allegiance, ma
country, and his flag is, if within their
power, despoiled of all he possesses. Under
| such policy, the path of safety for proper.
ty Is to plsce it on the road to treason. Il
it any wonder that under such a policy
treason. which at first had but partial
fOOthOld in such States are Missouri, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Vir.
ginia, has spread till in some Of them it now
has complete possession. The loyal citizen
in all the States where the rebels have sway
knows that the penalty for an avowal of his
allegiance to his country is the forfeiture of
| all lie has, while if he forswears his allegi-
ance his property isalike protected by friend
and foe. If We would bring this war to
successful issue, it is high time it was made
as terrible to the enemies as TO the friends
of the Republic Mercy and security TO
con nspirators and rebels in arms against the
Government are cruelty and peril to loyal
| citizens struggling for the preservation Of
the Union and maintenance of constitution.
al liberty. They who deny their slleeiapco
to the Government have no right to claim
its protection. Let the Government cease
to afford it; deal with them and their pro-
perty as their crimes deserve; prosecute the
war with vigor. and it will soon be brought
TO a successful issue. 1t cannot be that
twenty millions of people, armed in defense
of constitutional liberty, are to be overcome
by less than one-fourth their number fight
ing for the overthrow of free Government,
the establishment of an aristocracy, and the
perpetuation and spread Of human Slavery.
Blu. while fighting this battle in behalf Of
Constitutional liberty, it behooves ms espeo;-
ally to see to it that the Constitution re-
ceives no detrimcnt at our hands We will
have gained but little IN suppressing the
insurrection if it be at the expense OF the
Constitution, for the chains which the bond
man wears are none the lighter because they
were pressed by his own and not another's
hands As we expect to come out of this
contest with our flag full and complete in all
| its proportions, not stripe erased or star
Obscured, so let III preserve the Consultation
perfect in all its parts. with all its guarantees
for the protection Of life and liberty unim-
paired, and the instrument itself rendered
doubly dear from the fact that il has been
sacredly maintained and proven equal to
every emergency. under circumstances tho
most trying to which nation was ever sub.
jecred. Then, when this struggle is over,
We will have an assurance that our Govern.
ment is stronger than ever before, and that
Constitutional Liberty is established on Q
foundation which no human power will evss
be able TO subveyt. lJI,