Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-03-28

the and absurd doctrines Of the sinve Dem
ursscy, the os,end AIsnesio, .seusrsr Sovereignty
A., As.
4 -As an old whig, we felt bound by the resolutions Of
hat parry In is52 that question: but nasmuch that
Parry Is more, and the present dynasty has violated
every pledge II made in is62 that subject shall
sdvoeste the doctrine thai territory North Of 90 deg
- min belongs exclusively the North and per when
admitted into the Union State States Mrsr be free
from the cppsE of savery"-Isalutniory Of Charles
worth, in Independent Republican Of Dec. is, 1855.
81 In the same paper, for March 5, 1857,
We find the platform of the American party,
as adopted by the County Council, and re-
ported by committee, consisting of james
f. Charlesworth, Isaac Welsh, L. Danford,
@. L. Poorman and p. Lochary, on the 2sth
day Of February, 1857, from which We clip
the following;
Resolved, That Slavery exists only by local statute,
and isihsrsiore National. We WILL Use ALL CoS.
sFTrrIosAL NsAss AGAINST IT'S rxrEssios, and that we
adhere the doctrines OF the early fathers Of the Repu
lie oi this vered question.
Resolved, therefore, That cordially invite a per
sons who are opposed 70 the radical American snt
PaosLAvsRy pocTRisB of the sham Democratic party
10 unite with US upon ono common platform In the props
crnnsny harm onizing with Republican institutions
and embracing the leading principles OF the Declaration
oftndspendenee, and Of the Constitution"
This was Amoricanism in 1855 and 1857
This was the Americanism for which VIC
fought in the contests Of those years against
The Democratic party. These are the SEN
timents that were held and uttered by tht
great body Of the American party Of Bel
mont Go. upon the vcxed question Of Slav
cry, and these arc the sentiments that art
hold to-day by a majority Of the men who
composed the American party Of that day
Where arc the Welshs and Davenportsr
Danfords and Lisles, Branum and Boothe,
Junkins and Hamilton in short, whore are
IN Tie hadiag men ofthe American party Of
that dayP They are still fighting for " the
doctrines Of the carly fathers Of the Repub.
lie on this vsxed question" They are still
fighting against "thc Pro-Slavery doctrines
!. Of the sham Democratic party" and striving
TO "unite upon one common platform FOL
the propagation Of the foregoing doctrines
But wherc---where is the would-be leader
ofthe so-called American party Of to-day? H'
has been gradually drifting, under the teach
ings Of his Pro-Slavery Democratic advi
sers, away from the doctrines of the Ameri
can party, until he has at last taken the po
siton that We long ago assigned him; as
champion Of Southern ri0hts--an advocate
ofa slave code for the Territories-nst onl,
rs m alder and abettor Of the Pro-Slaver,
Democracy" but an opon advocate for
union with that party against which thu
American party has always done such nobl'
battle.
In the last issue Of his papor no hao ru'
up II tho head of his editorial column, a
his platform, tho g. bred Scott decision
and no coercion. This man, who, in 1856
said mo more slave States" now advo
cates protection Of slaves as property il
the Territories; who then said that all ter
ritory North Of 36' S0> belongs erclusirely Il
the North, and per Sc when admitted int
the Union, MUST be free from the curse o
Slavery, now advocates the doctrine that tn
South has the right to take slaves into tha
territory, and that it is the duty Of the Gov
srnment to protect them there; and we ar
sorry to say he has still a few men following
him that are willing to abandon their for
mer principles and throw themselves int
the protecting care Of the Democratic party
This man, that during the last campaign
IVES 90 loud in his cry for an enforcement
ofthe laws when any one in the Nortf
wou3drcfuss TO become bloodhoundto chas'
fugitive slave, now, when traitors 10 thei
country not only refuse to obey Its laws bu
refound in armed rebellion against the Gov
srnment, runs up at the head ofhis columns
In glaring type, "no coercion" and openl!
commits himself to the doctrine that ther'
is no authority in tho Government to pu
down rebellion
He has thus finally thrown of the masl
BY which he has hid his true character, ant
shows himself in all his hideous deformity
recreant to the principles Of his party, I
traitor to the country inwhich he lives, ant
plant tool in the hands Of his " Pro-Slav
cry sham Democratic" advisers.