Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-12

a Ne,o riot Of ue Conspirdtors AHeml
TO Reorgdaizc Me Buchanan Democrac
by Certain Congressmea-Be on you
Guard!
Gr'rom the Nashville (Teun) UnionI
We have been intending for some DAYS L
notice very remarkable movement of Ger
tain Democratic congressman, well know,
asallies and sympathizers with Breckenridge
Cobb, Floyd, and Humphrey Marshall
meeting was hold the other day by those ol,
tparty hacks whose regulations are as bat
tered and soiled as an old harlot's, and ad
dresses sent forth to the people of the Uni
ted States. This formidable pronunciamen
to, after circulating five or six weeks, go
Just thirteen signatures:
"W. A. Richardson, of Illinois; A. L
Knapp, OF Illinois; John Law, of Indiana
w. Allen, of Ohio; G. A. White, of Ohio
Warren 2. Noble, Of Ohio Geo. II. Pen
dleton, Of Ohio; JAS. r. Morris. of Ohio
C. l.. Vailandighans, of Ohio, Philip John
ston, of Pennsylvania s. E. Ancona, of
Pennsylvania; George X Shiel, of Ore
gon."
Unavoidable absence, we presume, or
public business, prevented the names of
Howell Cobb, Jefferson Davis, Jesse d.
Bright, Humphrey Marshall, Gustavus A.
Henry Wigfall and Neil Brown from ad
ding their luster to this newy-risen galaxy
of patriots. So much for the authorship of
this address. And now let us see what are
its positions. The first proposition is con.
ceived in the very spirit Of selfish intoler.
ance, as far removed from patriotism and
genuine democratic feeling as anything that
can be imagined.
1.-THE present Administration was chosen
by party, and in all civil acts and appoint.
ments has recognized, and still does, its
fealty and obligations to that party There
must and will be an opposition.
Vallandigham and his crowd want to con-
tinue in Office, and get their old friends
back again, and for this purpose there
must be opposition to the present Admin.
istration. We thought that as the nation
was struggling with a mighty rebellion, ii
was the duty of all citizens, without dis.
tinction of sect or party, to fly to the sup
port of the officers who had been put in com.
mand of the laboring Ship of State in order
to rescue her passengers and save her pre-
cious cargo. "No," say the thirteen, "the
first thing is to settle the question as to what
sort of a flag the ship must carry. And
next%we must have the offices. Nobody has
confidence in us. We were turned out of
Office for bad conduct, but the ship shall
perish unless we are restored.
But the address tellsa monstrous falsehood
when it says that in ''all its civil acts and
appointments the Administration has recog.
nized, and still does, its fealty and obliga.
tions to party" 1t is au impudent, glaring
lie. Whom did President Lincoln offer to
appoint Secretary of War? Joseph Holt,
Southern Democrat, who is indeed worthy
of the name of Democrat. Whom did he
appoint Secretary of War? Hon. Il. NJ.
Stanton, another life long Democrat Whom
did he nominate as Major General of the U.
S. Armies? George B. Mcclellan, another
firm, unwavering Democrat.
What are Gen. Dumont, Gen. Buell., and
Gen. Halleck? Democrats, nominated by
President Lincoln and confirmed by a Sen
ate overwhelmingly Republican. The sign
ers of the Address, to make out the faintest
shadow of pretext for the plot, were COM
PEELED to insert falsehood. Had we space
we could enumerate hundreds of other APP
pointments- Andrew johnson as Governor
of Tennessee, for example-who have ever
been warm political enemies of the Presi
dent. But let us forbear.
The next proposition is most significant
one, showing clearly that this Address of the
thirteen Is to tickle the ears Of Southern
traitors:
ITO begin tho great work of restoration
the ballot box is to kill abolition; The bit
ter waters Of Secession flowed first and are
fed still from the unclean mouth OF abolition
ism. That fountain must be dried up.
"ln this great work we cordially invite
the cooperation of all men OF every part,
who are opposed to the fell spirit OF abo
lition, and who, in sincerity, desire the Con
stitution as it is and the Union as it was
Let the dead past bury its dead. Rally
lovers Of the Union, the Constitution ant
Of liberty, to tho standard of the Democrat,
party, already III the field and confident Of
victory. That party Is the natural and per
sistent enemy OF aboiition; ,,
Look at this attentlyely; what IS tn
first duty OF the peoplel 10 put down IN
rebellion and restore the supremacy OF th'
Federal laws IN the revoited states; ina
is what we had thought. Ihat rs what tn
loyal men OF tennessee, and hentucky' ant
Missouri, and Virginia, and Maryland, say
johnson, and Campbell ana Prentice, ait
John nj. Bolts, and uampie ana others
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