Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-08-15

q complete surrender on the part OF the
North, the evacuation Of the capital, the
disgrace and annihilation Of the Republic.
| Are these the terms Of accommodation
which the New York Democracy proposes
There can be no other. The South is in
earnest, and they have proved their earnest
ness at Charleston and Manassas. We may
assure them of every possible right the Con
stltution bestows, and they would most Ger.
tainly hold the bearer OF the assurances" a
prisoner Of war, and go on building their
Entertainments within mornings march Of
Washington City. Their utimatum IS a
complete and final separation, and in view
OF this there can be no terps Of accomiDo-
datlon" which will not assume the accom-
pllshment OF separation as part of the
treaty. Is that the meaning Of the Demo.
cratic Convention of New York? The pro-
position Of the Ohio Convention IL equally
wicked, for it not only endorses the accom-
notation scheme Of New York, but makes
an issue directly on the Administration, and
insists that the Democracy of that State shall
condemn the Presidents 'late attempt to
suspend the writ Of habeas corpus"
Ii the Democracy of Ohio condemns
one act Of the Administration, they
must condemn every act. If it was wrong
TOR the President to suspend the writ Of ha-
6eds corpus, 1t was wrong for him TO attempt
a reinforcement of Fort Sumter; TO reinforce
Fort Pickens to call out the three-months
volunteers; to open the road to Washington
TO occupy Alexandria to erect fortifcations
on Arlington Heights to blockade the
Southern ports; to arrest the Baltimore
Commissioners; and drive traitors from the
capital. Every one of these measures was
undertaken for the public good. They were
necessary as means Of national self.delence
Ii one Is to be censured, all are to be censur-
ed and if the Ohio Democratic Convention
insists that the President Is to be condemned
for suspending the habeas corpus, they must
also condemn him for not abandoning Wash
ington, and permitting Jefferson Davis to
carry out his boast that he would dine in the
W hite House on the Fourth of July. A
National Convention is an insult to the
North-and even if the North demeaned it.
self into making the proiIer, what States
would be represented? Who would South
or Virginia, or Alabama send ?-I
Where would this Convention sit? Would
1t be in Richmond, under the traitors flag,
or In Philadelphia, under the stars and
stripes? What can they do towards re-
storing and preserving the Union ?" What
can they make that the Admin
lstratlon has not already made? For the
Administration has gone as far as national
honor will permit, and no National Conven.
ton can 60 farther. 81
The truth is that the Democratic organ
cations both in New York and Ohio, are
controlled by the meanest of the old Breck- |
lnridge cabal. They were principals in the |
treason against the Democratic party,-they
were instrumental in accomplishing its d.
vision and the defeat of Douglas, and now,
IN building up these infamous platforms, |
they are the accessories of Mr. Davis. Val |
andigham means Disunion; Ben Wood |
means Disunion, and Bright, of Indiana,
whose every vote this session was cast with |
that OF breckenridge and Bayard, and who
enjoys the notoriety ofhaving been the only
Northern Senator who consistently voted |
against the country, means Disunion also.-
These are the men who control the organi-
cations Of Ohio, New York, and other North
ern States, and, after endeavoring to en-
barrass and ruin the Administration in Con-
gress, they go home to demoralize the peosI
pie and build upa party against it on the |
site OF the old Democratic party. The old |
Democratic temple is deserted-its great
men have passed away--its principles have
been trampled in the dust-.Jefferson and
jackson have been taken from their inches,
to be replaced by Calhoun and Davis-its
glory, grandeur, and sacrcdness have depart
ed with the principles which made it glori-
Gus, grand, and sacred, and as the money
changers and thieves plundered and defiled
the temples in the olden time, so is our
Democratic editice being plundered and de-
filed to-day. The pure Democracy you will
ind on the field, laying down their lives
1t the Treasury-box, paying in their hard
earned gold, and laboring with enthusiasm
n the cause oftheir country wherever their
country calls And the old shrine, with its
and peacehawkers, must be
thoroughly purified before they can ever
lgain knee before it.