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

or any one of them, into submission to tn,
will Of the majority Of the North, &c.
These resolutions were followed up BY tho
circulation of peace petitions" all over the
country; and these leaders, by false pre-
tences. obtained the signatures Of many
very many, good Union men to these pc
titioDs, and then sent them to such men as
Vallandigham and Breckinridge to present,
not to Congress, but to the leaders of thi.
rebellion, in order that they might be read
at the head Of the Southern army, to afford
''aid and comfort" to the men who we're at.
tempting to destroy the country.
These Resolutions and petitions have ex.
ercised a mighty influence in encouraging
the leaders Of this rebellion in their persis-
tent efforts to overthrow the Government.
Not only SO, but they are welding mighty
influence upon public sentiment in Europe,
and will, unless repudated by the people,
certainly lead to the destruction of the Con
stitution.
To show the effect these peace resolutions
and petitions are having abroad, we make q
few extracts from recent number of the
London Standard. After speaking of the
difficulties the. .Presiden mt has had to contend
with, it says:
ITO a man doing all he can this must be
annoying, ifnOt insulting (; but there is still
more important class behind. Peace and
Democratic meetings are becoming quite the
rage, and with the Union sops thrown out,
in at least one of the resolutions, there are
unnieasured quantities oigall and wornwood.
Democratic Pennsylvania of course takes the
lead, and at meeting held at West Ches.
ter, Chester County, on the 18th of August,
we have string of most ungracious resolu.
tions, with one by way of tag calling OH the
Government to support the Union. The
war, we are told, is the fruit of the ire
| pressibIe conflict sentiments of Lincoln and
Seward, and of the principles Of the Chicago
| platform and Abraham Lincoln is censured
tor. his bold assumption and unauthorized
and arbitrary exercise Of power in making
war, establishing blockades, raising an Ar.
my, increasing the Navy, expending mon
ey, suspending the privilege of the writ Of
hd6e0s c0rpus-slortcomings and wrongdO
ings prejudicial to and violative of the right.
and Interests OF the States and the people
and which prove him u!ft to be the Presi
dent OF the United States Similar meet
lngs were held at Ellsworth and Danbury
Conn, on the Sd and 18th of August, a
which resolutions framed in the same spiri
were unanimously adopted, and with grea
enthusiasm. Nor has President Lincoln'
own State, Illinois, been behind in thes.
disloyal demonstrations, while the secession
tendency of Iowa is quite alarming. At ;
meeting Of the Democrats OF Union. Vai
Buren, County, Iowa. on the Sd of August
it was resolved, That we have no synpa
thy, aid or comfort for Northern Abolition
lists, or their fanutical sympathizers ant
that we witness with disInay the Constitu
tion violated in many of its plainest proyis
ions; the military power overriding the civ
III the liberty OF speech and of the Press
the, writ of haJeas corpus. all swept ava,
under the specious plea Of military necessi
ty.'"
and then, speaking of the results of thes,
meetings, it uses the following language:
During the war of 1912 the people of thu
Northern States went so far as to communi
cate with the British Admiral on the coast
and were ready TO conclude a peace witt
this country on their own behalf and j
Gratis of the North are bent on doing tn
, same thing with the South"
!, Is this their object is this their purpose
/, After having carefully scrutinizcd their ever
act, after having watched their course sine
the secession of South Carolina, and tn
, sympathy they have manifested for the re
: bells; after having carefully noted their bit
! ter and determined opposition to ere,y az
r Of the GoUernment to sustaia itself, we ar
! forced to this conclusion And ifthere
Z any further evidence needed to satisfy 70
upon this subject, we refer to the fact tha
: to these men the olive branch of peace ha
1 been held out in Ohio, by the Republica
g party. They have been asked to bury tn
e political hatchet. and meet with us upo
: one platform and swear eternal devotion t
I the Union, that we might labor together ft
: the preservation ofou threatened countr,
e but they have spurned all our offers, an
g forced upon the people of Ohio partisa
s issue, in order to procure division of til
: Union men of the State by party lines, an
: thus apparently increase the strength of tn
y disunion element, that they may, after tn
l. election is over, as they did in January las
say to the men of the South and to the worl,
= that the 100000 Democrats of Ohio ser
II greeting to their Southern brethern," &c.
( These men are to-day standing with ou
i. stretched hands. red with the blood of Ohio
II bravo sons murderad in this coptast bao.,