Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-11-20


tine roads of the autumn, our vast anil com
pletely appointed army cannot d, its work.
when will it be able to do SO? flee. jack
son and Longstrhet can move with promnt.
itude and daShng celebrity in the cause of
treason and barbaric vandalism. why cannot
our chieftaius move as promptly and as fast
IN the cause Of honor aud loyalty? How
much longer will the nation endure that all
It's sacrifices be tTuites,? Its conviction that
II possesses, twice tod, the power tn subdue
this rebellion is not more complete than.
in my Judgment, will be it, determination
that neither the follies nor the crimes of
men shall render that power unavaiing.
lt Is tins torp0r OF our arnlies-this hope
deferred for the hundrcdth time-which
has uniurled that party banner whose shad
ow Is now resting on sD many of the 10y |
States. 1t is not diSloyaty which has
prompted the deplorable movement, but a
wearness and discouragnmeni cnnseuuent
upon the loss,s, hulnilaiions and delays we
nave SUFFERED; yet it is the most alarming
sign NJ me times, an can only be arrested
by decided military success. IL TIE law
ot tle very existence of such poliii al Or
ga1Tat ms, to seek strength by assaults up.
OH the administration in whose hands, fo
veal or woe, is the direction of those move.
ments upon which necessarily DEPEND the
preservation Of the Union These assaults
will grow in vigOr and bitterness ~ thay
progress, and while thus indirectly afford
ing aid and comfort to the rebellion, will
make continual, albeit uncon cious, an.
proaches towards All open affiliation with it..
Let those who are called upon to vote par.
ty ticket in the midst of the tragi; events
now upon us, ponder well, before doing so.
the disastrous consequences oe such policy
"a policy from whose baeful tendencies no
purity. OF motiye can possibly detract. Let
them hesitate long before they sow the seeds
of discussions, whose bitter fruits NAV be
upon the lips of their chiIdren's children. =
Let them not forget that by thus presenting
a divided front they degrade our cause be
fore the world, they paralyze our own
strength and add immeasurably to the
hopes, the confidence and the power of the
enemy. Already the Confederate press /,
pointing the deluded people of the South tc
these rising distractions among ourselves, il
a tone not merely of hopcfulness but of ex
ultation.
If any man, as a motive for such a course,
supposes that he has ground of complain,
against the Pres dent, let him take heed tba
his i'll directed hostility does not put il
jeopardy the Republic itself. for whose pres
eIvaton from overthrow the President is
necessarily and Loyalty laboring. What ha
q controversy with the President of tht
United States to do with the question ofloy
atty to our country in the midst of such ,
struggle as this? IF he errs--as the bes
men are liable to do--he is soon to pas
away with all his deeds; but our government
aud country should, and if we are true tt
them they WILL endure for countless age
to come The President, with Ill the dign;
ty and responsibilities belonging to his posi-
ton, is but pilot on the national ship fo
a single watch of the night. Who will h
50 insane as to aid however Indirectly, il
scuttling the ship, merely because he has ,
quarrel with the pilot from whose hands tn,
helm is so soon to be wrested? Who is will
ling that savage shout, as of victory, shal
go up from that army of ferocious rebel
whose hands are doubly dyed in the bloc,
of our people? Whois willing that a thrill
of joy shall run throughout the entire
South, and that bonfres and illumination
shall be kindled in the city of Richmond
over the triumph Of the opposition in tn,
great Empire State?. If such there be lei
him vote party ticket. The occasion dc
mands the development of the sublimes
phases Of human character IF with tn,
duties to our land,and to our race which ar,
pressing upon US, we cannot rise above
miserable scramble for party spoils ant
power, then the sooner we creep into ou
graves the better.
Another danger which is threatened from
the inaction of our armies CONES from
abroad. This rebellion is ubiquitous in tn,
curses it scatters as it is foolish in its spirit
The conflict, from our commercial and 9th
er relations, concerns the happiness of tn,
civilized world. Foreign nations with
| forbearance that cannot be too much com
mended, have without interference waite,
patiently and given us every opportunity t.
subdue the rebellion. But unless some de
clsive military demonstration soon take
place, and the South is occupied by ou
forces, these nations will conclude that W,
lack either the will or the power to re-es
tablish the Union.
Already member of the English cabi
net Mt. Giadstone) has openly declared
that DAVIS has made a nation of tn,
South; aud such an announcement, from
such source, cannot but be acc lpted a
having startling significance. Ii the vast
army in whose presence, as it were, a half
beaten enemy is leisurey destroying one o
tuo uioSt VI tue iowa
states, does not do its work speedily, Eu
ropean governments must ere long yield t
the clamor of their impoverished aud starv
ing populations, and there will come inter
vention, with all its woes" Upon thi,
will follow at once intimate entaugIing ALLAN
ces with the South, to be succeeded by hos
tilities with us, and, in all human proba
biity, by the permanent establishment Of
the rebel Confederacy, What fate might
befal our own institutions, amid the bank
ruptcy and decentralization and brokennes.
of spirit consequent on such dismember
ment, | will not trust myselfto inquire. =
We cannot hope to escape from this train oi
events by any exploits of our navy, howev,
er brilliant, occupying the. southern coast
and the cities upon the sea. shore. This,
though well aud very well, will be but
scratching the extremities of the giant, in.
stead OF dealing blows at bis heart Tha,
heart palpitates defantly in the armies Of
Lee and Jackson, which have so recently
ravaged Maryland, and still from the banks
of the Potomac threaten the capital.
My faith in all this matter is simple and
briefly stated 1t is this; For all things
that are for the Union-against all tn n Is
that are against it. | am for the Union a.
unconditionally as | am for protecting my
own body, at every cost and hazard, from