Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-07-31
whv the Rebels are Encouraged and
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iss ne From the Nashville unionl y 4
~ stsl IRARNED IGNORANCE. }7 r
Already we have the biasr knowes'ge ths, is'os Ca
,ovy.s OF inc rebellion have gwen ify and visof hsve
,r,ionyed lie war And ~ ,hoasands o. our efsVe
l,en.- X. Jourpsllot Commerce.
The editors Of the journal OF Commerce.,
who can write admirable articles on sup)ec,sl {
they do understand, write some very so' {
surd ones on subjects they do not under,
and The sentence we have Just quoted
from ;ts columns Is a fne instance oflearn-1
Ie is the whim OF man.
honest enough, no doubt, who shut up an
his room, and ignorant Of the plain facts 40
the world without, lays down imposable
theotiss, suA dsxws lsyn thesGyf fepgseerpns
conciusions The rebellion, tp.rt from ,ts
ipuuts seal end easuestness, wblgb b the
real secret Of its POWER, has gained strengtn
not from the violens sed ve1enfsnt oppos.-
tiou Of It's advergArics, bat rom the t,snid,
hesitsting and ysssillatihg policy which TOO
msny Of them hsve puryued. Hoth'ng s
more natural than for q body II violent men
to mistake the leuisncy and indulgence cf
their opponents for ouwssdice, and this belief
will iuCite them 70 uew outrsses. 1t y NOT
radical plans, threats and sstions," that
have strenrthcued and advsueed the rebel |
lion, bat the unwiss substitution, by FEEDER
al aut utborities, Of mild and per1pasive meas.
ures towards promiseds rebeD, instead OF
the riRid exercise Of military power. The
| Goyernmeut declared war, snd war means
force and com pulsicn, but our oihcers un-
hsppiy forget their true business, and have
been endeavoring most uusuccessfully to win
the rebels over By allowing them corimer-
cial privileges, by suasring them 70 tr,de,
by protecting their slave property, Uy nir-
! ing hands from them, and purchss,ng pro.
visions from them at big prices. lnstca1 OF
denying them the exercise OF their iof
mer privileges a. citizens, ~ehave trea!ec
them ~ though they hsd forieited no ngnti;
Worse than all, We have ectuaiy snowcu
tltens 10 place themselves on an eqcds Jootang
,oith loyal csfisens, and ctdsm the pro1ect'oI, y,
of the Constellation! Tue consequences U
policy 40 weak ana meaningless nave nc
, cessarily been most disastrous We spear
!, of these things not seated In an Once NV
! hundred or thousand miles from the seem
: Of action, but living, in the region OF TN
rebellion, q Shareholder ourselves, ane ,rou
5 long acquaintance and ASSOCIATION wrm y
! bells, claiming knowledge q their ieelihg
e and disposit.on-a gooa deal more accuss. s.
d than those editors who kncw nothing pefsot
ally Of the lnsurrectionlsA We Tsv NY
, heard rebels assert ftequently that the fet
4, eral Government was afraid 70 adopt sevel
d measures, and u confessed is weakness !
re its conduct. We haze kao,on men who hs
>, served as Captains and Colonels in the !; I
ar bel service, 20 to Federal camps TO reciai
nc their fugitive slaves goatssa their h,egros
r 'v aud on returning homo, dseodnee tis y? y;
y, w officer who restored his negro, ~ nyPocf,
W, and an AbOiitlOnlst. we never nave kno'
D. or heard of one instance whore rebel abat
his opp 70 the I?vernem, W rotac, MaS