Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-08-01
The Coarse of the St. ClairS-
vile Gazette.
tTs ISLANDERS upoN CUR
BRAVE VOLUNTEERS.
Tise Editor sgs.rGigaefs, C0ti-
Gcsi3ssCh GssG Denounced!

RsI"rHBGfollowing was received from
Capt Tallman's company, at Camp Rose
cranz, Buckhannon, Upshur county, Va,
after our paper had been issued.
Never shall forget The meeting Of morrhcrs faith
ers wiyec and daughters hyny to meet their loved ocs
who had been torn from them in the mOmcut Of excite
nsnt 10 slIre ,ic tolls Of miury compaign. Aud for
what rha TIC negro Sayc may he lihHrssd! Think Of
chilrcn deserted, the than snvsty iudsands
OF deserted homes Of white that the negro mas be
SET irce.ior there is doubt that this Is tho n o
this administration under the cry q saving Tie union.n
-ttia@cue and Ci,iyen G. ... 4HHNs
We, the undersigned, members Of Com
pany X, l7th Regiment, have read with re-
gret the above article from the Gazette &
Citizen, of June 20th and thus publicly ex
press our indignation at the covert foe who
thus attacks the officers and soldiers, from
the President down to the private in the
rapks, who are engaged in suppressing n
Rebellion in the land, and sustaining the
Government against Traitors. We deeply
regret that at home in Old Belmont even
one man should be found SO party-shacxled
as not to discern that this war is one not
made for the purpose of freeing slaves, but
for the purpose of delivering the Govern
mcnt from the hands of Rebels, designing
its overthrow. 1t matters not how widely
we may differ from the President respecting
all other points, there still remains one bea.
con light to guide the loyal citizen, and that
is the duty of every citizen, when the State
! is threatened by enemies abroad or traitors
at home, to take up arms in its Defence
! That the time for the performance of this
! duty has arrived, can any honest, intelligent
man doubt? Does he need to be told OF
Forts and Arsenals seized, of money stolen,
Custom Houses and Mints appropriated, u
of peaceful and loyal citizens hanged, mere
ly because of Union sentiments, or
because they happened to be born in our
own State of Ohio,--of new government
framed, the Old Constitution of Washing
ton, Jefferson and Madison discarded and
! spit uEon, and u new one made,- the
levying Of large bodies Of armed men for
the ayowed purpose of deiying the Federal
| Government and of resisting the execution
of the laws and last, though lot least, the
wunton and blood-thirsty attack upon the
i handful OF starving men III Fort Sumter,
! because the Government, as 1t was In duty
bound to do, proposed to relieve their want,
i and supply them with provisions, and moth
L ing more,-and the boastful threat of theiI
Secretary Of War that their hag--not the
4 Stars and Stripes which we all love and re-
spect, but the rebel Rag should fly from the
dome of our National Capitol?
\ However, it is not nece essary that all tho
causes which have brought about this wer-
fare should be enumerated for the purpose
of this article. Suffice it to say that We
have felt called upon to notice the above
mentioned article for the reason that we
could regard it in no other light than a
serious reflection upon the motives which
4 have actuated us in offering our services tC
our country. And furthermore, it is oul
belief, Judging from the tenor of the above
article, and especially from the tone Of the
paper generally,-its selections and editori
als-that it is the betarious purpose of its
Editor and his advisers to do all they can tC
injure the cause we have espoused, and t.
give all the aid and comfort in their power
10 the enemy, to the subverson OF our glori
Gus Constitution.
l Having thus given expression to our feel
ingsi in relation to this designing article, we
hcreunto subscribe our names this 24th day