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

Our country, st this moment, presents the
singular spce.scie d having ~ It's hiehe,'
=, fsr;rl pla,cs mon who are IN co'npiici'y WI"
a,.vcd and open cr,rpira;os ior the over
throw of the Coye'nment. The iactS are no
l..s,r il, JouSt. Sow as the people nave
1. ,sn IN rive way to suspicious that such
n,oe.trcus criminaly exists, full CONVECTION
am this suhicct has at length been forced up
an the public mint Scarcely until now,
have W. come TO look this strange reality
f.;.ly In The f,ce. The dtagrecable truth
can NO longer he disguised or blinkcd.
In his ls4t annual message, Mr.. Buchanan
made fsin. show ofpreserving some degree
of6delity to his constitutional obligations.
lie denied the right Of Secession; he man
tanned that the cource Of the South carolina
leaders was rebellous; he even appeared to
wish he had the power TO suppress the repe'.
lion: vet, weakness unparalleled, he subsided
into an attitude Of utter imbeciity and help
l,sspess. Mucl, as this was to be deplored
at such juncture, disastrous to the country
A il could not fail to be, there were some who
5tharitably attributed his conduct 10 less rep
rchensiLle motives than downright treach-
cry. =,
Il did certain. -npear that Mr.. Buch-
anap : message, which WAS ac."a'iy cut dov
not less than three columns from what 1t was
rs first put in type, and so modified as to be
grossly inconsistent with itself, was the result
az acomprumise between himself and Seces-
siioa traitors at his o,on council board 1t was
hard to zee any way for him to escape the
responsibility of sharing in the treason OF his
subordinates. Later developments SHOW
that at least three of his heads Of depart
meut at that time, have long been active
Disuuionists, bent upon destroying the Gov
enmcnt. One of these traitors, Howel
Cobb, has since voluntarily retired. MIR
Floyd still remains in the important post Q
Secretary of War. A third, Mr.. Thompson
has leave of absence, still drawing his snlar
as Secretary of the Interior, while on
Southern mission for the express purpose o
more completely organizing and more earn
estly melting rebellion
These facts, and the conduct Of the Pres
dent in regard to Fort Moultric, leave n
shadow Of doubt that he is guilty OF cor
plicity in this most nefarious rebellion eve
copcocted by reckless conspirators.
Win Congress remain silent and inactiv
while this process of undermining the go
eminent goes on at the opposite end OF Il
Avenue? Is such conduct to be overlooke
Ia there no remedy for this outrageous b
trayal Of the trusts reposed by the people
such faithless hands? Must this malevole
work 70 on, uninvestigated and unchecke
until al executive authority is destroyed, al
the country involved in fur worse than Me
can anarchy }ii
In our Judgment, there is remedy. y
believe it should at once be applied We
plainly speak out the word which, for da
mast, has been hesitating on so many tongu
James Buchanan MUST ,BE, lMPEACHE
This work begun, there are others VIII
demand immediate attention. John B Fld
and Jacob Thompson should be put on u
Is AIDERs AND ApETroRs OF TREASON
Congress should promptly order an adcqu
ssr.;son 10 be sent to Fort Moultrie Att
t,oo Regiments Of regular army Tor an equi
lent Of volunteels) should be stationed
Washington to preserve the peace, and toi
cent the violence nop OPENLY THREATEN
Every one Of these steps is urgently dema
cd. Every one Of these precautions m
be energetically taken, or consequences
most deplorable may follow the neglect
We speak advisedly. We call upon Cong
10 Acr.-ICincinnat Gazette.