Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-01-03

tive tariff pretext for secessian, the new me-
text had been installed III itS place, ani 20 !,
Tally dcvs|oped as 70 be seea,iv on ois4so. !
~. Clsynsw Il, and On a. y1sA al H.. <.
1888, ina letter TO Mr.. Mx5ison, cxpsua.i Z
his spprehensions of this nsw dsnmr. I'D
declared his disbelief Of ady fouudstio. a..
the alarm which was attempted. Mr. Ma.
ison Immediately replied, rsciproea,iux bo<i
his apprehension and disbelief i"
1T Is painful (ssys Mr. Madisou) % -.
the unceasing efforts to alarm the South bx
imputations against the North of .unoonst;-
tutional designs on the subject Of the slaves
fon are right. / have no doubt that no
such intcrrneddling disposition exists IN tho
body of our Northern bretbern." ~
These facts, this design Of Disunion, secs
BY Clay and Madison in May, ls3s-chsrr-
ed on the South by Clay in February, 1850
and stated by Benton to have originated IN
disappointed ambition in 1880, sufsdentlt
explain why the lawful election Of Prss-
dent that riH not be a tool of De Slurs
I6ucr, Is the signal for rsisiiie the standard
Of rebellion. II the Dhve Power mnn0r
rule it viii secede, and, raising armies on
pretence Of secession, It steals march IN
accumulating military force, with which, il
if circumstances in the North were favor
able, it might possibly hope TO establish
monarchy over the whole country. Ths
blindness with which that Slave Power has
been followed, may have given IL hopes we
scarce dream Of 1t has dared to tzsmpls
on the morality Of mankind, under whidh
Thomas Jefferson condemned Slavery, and
on the Christian religion, by whose lisbt
John Wesley saw that Slavery was the "sun
of all villainy." 1t has got its Church
South, with this gigantic iniquity tied % il
neck, giving the lie to all its professions
making of it a tool to ave Slavery, instead
Of sinners. While IL used the tcriff ptotaxt
it boldly denied the truths in political euuo.
omy, as il has those contained in the DE-.
claration Of Independence. So tane3sist
up the ideas of their partixans, on relieou,
morals, political economy, and human rishs,
as to excite the astonishment of those whs
conversed with them - III
Had Lincoln not been elected, the day sd
secesriOn would only have been postponed
not abandoned. His election merely shows
, the Slave Power that it has ceased to have
tool b the President, or has ceased to rule
the whole Union, with whose money it bad
hoped to purchase Cuba, and other slave
territories. For the former two hundred
| ,piIl;opa xxora x.,coI IT, =. -. .IE
to Spain for Norida-the some fcrty-fve
, millions to prevent its sheltering runaway
slava-the sixty or seventy millions fbx
warning for Texas-the ffteen millions paid
to France for LouiianAthe kft5 millions
lowering around the Gadsden .tssaty-the
twenty millions to Mexico 81 Inst ffesty-
show that the Northern purse, which yields
two-thirds of the revenue, is . couvsuient.
affair, and its transfer to Repubicsn hasde
not to be tolerated by persons born 10 rus
and for nothing else; whose selashness has
ncrifoed the Democratic rartYSin ungr,as.
full return for all It's loss6s on NJ hcupas..
From the foregoing facss w - tEit M
litionism was not eSeu compgail IS affh
less assailed with yioleupA 1911 Eslhoen
dropped the ser,i' nk:a ~ - - na
It's political force might bs.wis]dsd, ws
A. presume, for the benefit Of poiit6n,l
leaders; but certainly not for the benefit Of
I Ee - es..as. - - ' .. s...tg.hss ySp.s L..
!, ..i.i@;o @ . So..s = 60. = - ~. !. !.
.as.se IN, s . ~ ~. - ., II. q. = : :
t uue oI noDil1< n y 4 = ~ xssov VIE
o should have = 4e spesttxSeasf tt
which he s9E tod the terrors Of John
= Rrowu,s ;nya.sb ~ mite the Soufb an
s .II ~. G-.-.s~ -
e 'nvas''"i 'nst px con.'-
+ we'd TO seeono the we tne dasnn,onisfs
NJ The respectable citizens Of the North enc
= the South held the same opiuious a 10 II.
y ;n;us.;.a .nd ;,,mor,Etv of a.,s-- NJ
1t lvuso'o : = sn
5. Jefteson IN nus ietteEse <Eioe says tner'
n are come exceptions just = - h fouud q
!. times a thief or 4 sMn1nu evury. com
= 'If1-,A;,r. h,,s ~. -. 49,, IA n, !,
= - 80 - s:,s. . !"
NJ thus period We near no eo.a aenanst r
A Abolitioniyts b. the SCuf 3ut - sooa .
= n. lhou.. .h;f>a frr,sxn fke a ~ clnxv.r