Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-10-03

treason, and every crime known in the cata-
logue OF depravity will he as common a.
household wolds, and your most wealthy in
diyidual will hold his property by tenure
more feeble than the r0bber holds his prey.
Every one who desires bis money will take
il If he is the strongest. Robbery and crime
in all its phases will override the land. All
your institutions will be broken down and
scattered TO the four wind, OF heaven; foxes
will look out Of your windows, and robbery
and riot will run up and down uUrestrained
have seen this thing from the beginning I;
l have seen this accursed serpent from the
time it was FIRST hatched have seen it was
lisping infant in its cradle; and / hope to
live 10 see it crushed into the very earth
Tremendous cheering, lony continued, and
again and again renewed. And you who
aid 1t on in any form or in any manner, direct
or indirect, remote or immediate. are a.
guilty as he who is in arms against the Gov
ernment. Cheers You are peace man
in loyal State, and are encouraging one of
the most wicked, one ofthe most causeless.
one fthe most damnable rebelions that ever
existed among men. Apologizing for it
when you see your soldiers marching for
ward to the defense of the National capital /:
you have seen them buried in their bloody
graves; you have seen them murdered and
stricken down, and still you apologize for
thcm and are opposed to war. Yes, am
opposed to war so much 50 that / would.
ifpossble, bring out the red artillery of Heav-
en- to crush this rebellion. IGreat cheering.
1onder is the mother whose son went few
days since and was slain in the battle field.
Peace man, look at her, while the blood OF
her son Is dripping from your fingers end |!
Why was her son slain? Because you was
encouraging rebellion and treason. But YES
terday young bride was called upon TO
wreathe widows wreath with her bridal
wreath. And you were the cause. Why ?
Because you were holding out aid and en-
couragement to this accursed rebellion
Your hands are stained with the blood of her
husband. Look at that little group of
children there, surrounding widowed moth
er; at these she looks, and at these she trem.
bies, and the little children fall back lest the
murderer ofthe father shall be the murder
er the children also. Raise your haDdy tc
Heaven and aid on this rebellion further il
You can, Infamous wretch. / care not for a
political organization care not who acts in
this matter, or who refuses to act that mar
who goes with the stoutest heart and strong
est arm, whatever may be his political des
lgnation, Is my brotherof to-day. Cheers,
Whether he acted with me before or eve
will again, care not, if he acts in this grea
emergency. When the ship of the Constitu
ton Is assailed, when the red lightnings ar,
streaming down her masts, or when sb,
creaks and groans in every Joint; when sh,
Is threatened on one hand by foreign enem,
who annoys, and on the other by domestic
traitors, when she is at her wits end then
let us go forward, take strong hand hold
OF the helm: and while the sails are partibp
let every man do his duty. The bow q
promise arches itself in the distance. telling
US that there is no danger, to speed us OF
our errand of mercy. God speed her or
her errand ; 90 on she is safe! 20 on &c
on the battle is ended Cheers. And
he who has fought with me and has finished
his course and has kept the faith has done
better. duty than all the miserable political
organizations in existence. And it were
better that they were swept off into the Red
Sea like the locusts Of Egypt, than that one
hair OF this Government should be hurt. -
Let all honest men band themselves togeth
er to hunt out this monster rebellion. lie,
them come with the true generosity of true
American hearts. 1t is a great crisis in oul
country. And if this country is DESTROYED
ifit goes down in blood and tears, it is The
last Of free government on earth.
This is making great crisis in human af
fairs. Old political books are closed; reren
cies, administrations, parties, are swept, a!
it were, from existence. The time of eman
cipation has come-the great act of emanci
patton has passed--not the emancipation o
the black man, but the emancipation ofwhit,
men. The great masses are brought togeth
er.. Our institutions are in the crueible
and are to be tried in a furnace seven time
hotter than it is wont to be heated. Blu
Truth is mighty, and will prevail. II vii
ultimately triumph, and this rebellion vii
not only be put down, but it will be hunte,
from the abodes of civilization. Look a
what this great free Government has don
with all the embarrassments you have seen
There is no power since the days of lmpe
rial Rome, nor even it, with all the embaI
rassment this has experienced, that coul
throw forward such mighty volunteer fore
to defend its Government. And it will g
on increasing in energy, in stamina, and i
power, until not only foreign traitors. bu
traitors in arms and traitors in heart. will a
be put down, and will all receive their legil
innate and appropriate rewards. I look fol
ward to the moment when shall see tn
good old stars and stripes waving upon ever
State Capitol [cheersl, upon every fortres
|, cheers, upon every American vesst
[cheersl, |, and every American citizen sha
acknowledge with pride the great name c
this free, populous, unrestricted, unfettere
nation, CHEERS. To secure that end. rt
r belhon must not be nursed, rebellion mu.
! not be fostered, rebellion must not be az
peased, rebellion must not be purchased. :
5 Rebellion must have hemp, instead of CO..
ton, [Chcers. For it is more my fear le.
traitors should not be suspended, than ths
} the habeas corpus should not be. [Cheers.
) There is but just one way to deal with i
/ one way to treat it, one way known anon
. men by which it can be disposed of, an
that is to meet force by force, power b
+ power, rebellion with authority of law [
ii crush it down. Our Constitution must yiel
to that. or that must yield to the Constitl
ton. There is no equality between them
t there can be no comparison instituted. On
= is government and one is rebellion. an
4 they must struggle it out. And let hii
, that is with rebellion, go and take his plaC
9 with them and let him that is for the Go'
$ ernment, go and maintain it, and, if necess,
f ry, die in the last ditch He who attemp
: to appease rebellion either misunderstan,
: himself, or misunderstanls the Functions
o and power, and dignity of Government
Set the battle in array let the lines
/ ranged and who is not for the Governmel
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