Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-12-04

gigantic rebelliop and the re,torinr of tran
Suilitv 10 the land. has the right' ia he
hour Of ia utmost mead. m ,corn a vas,
element of strensth nlaced within ;ts reach
and at its d;snossi. nor vhy II II refuse,
to avail ;tsslf Of such nm element Il should
not he held resnonsibls far the l;yss Il s,e.
rifles and the homes il biiphts.
But We mead ,,m.nc;notion fsy lsss for the
material Aid II afFnrds great evsn indis.
pen.able. though IL beothan because Of
other nar.mo,,nt considerations-
We have tried the az nsr;ment of Fed.
eral Union. with fiee.lsbor svstem n one
portion of IL and slave svstem IN anothey.
for eighty years: and no one familiar with
our Affairs for a auarter Of a century mast
is ignorant that the result has bean an in.
crease embittered wear by wear In over.
accelerated ratio-of dissen,ious. Of section.
\ d jealousies, Of national hear. burnines. :
When. eighteen month"; .sincc. these cul.
minated in war il was but The issue which
our ablest statesmen, looking souovfully
into the future, had long since foretold. :.
But if, while vet at peace and with ali the
influence of Revolutionary remiuiscences
pleading the cause of Union, this diversity
Of labor system, producing variance Of char
acter and alienation of fsel;ng nroved
stronger to divide than all past memor;es
and present interests to unite. what chance
is there that its baneful power for evil should
cease now. vhen 10 thonchts of fsnc;ed in.
iuries in other wears are sdlsd The recollsc 40
tions of the terrible realities enacted IN a
hundred @ bIsoSv bsttle' 'ssIds % from xS;oh III :
the smoke has scarcely nassed avav7.
Nope--the remotest
A suspension of bostilities VA ran nur.
| a n
which to return to our monev. gettiny' he.
fore The storm bnrsts firth snsw v;tb
oatbsred force. but If We looI hevnnd
sel6shness and the present; /; If our children
are in our Thoughts: II ws are snfTer;no and
expendine now that thew. in a And of nros.
perity. NAV live and die In neace. then must
we act SO that the result shall endnre W.
must not be content to mt off the evil dav
The root of the eyil-the pragnant c.use Of
the war--that must be eradicated.
Report has it that a Western polit;o;an
recently proposed. "a the hest solution of
our difficulties. the recognition of Slaverv
in all the States. Such an idea has a basis
of truth; namely. that a state of war is.
among us, the necessary result of confiiciing
labor systems. Such an idea might eyen
be carried out and lead to peace but for
that progressive spirit of Christian ciyiliza.
tion which we dare not openly Outrage. how
numerically soeyer wa obev i'm humane
behests. - -
There are thousand rcasons--peograp nh.
ical, commercial, political. iuternationaI--
why we should not consent to a Nation
into two Confederacies it is a contingency
not to be thought of or entertaire3 but I,
zoe look u,erelv to he conJitiom. of M.t,no1 y y
peace, the chance of maint.;n;nv 4 vomid
be far better # the isIenendenca nj ethe
South were 10 he recoon;x.d v;tb ber na.
eroes emancipated. than Il ,hs ver. n
return to her .lleei.pce. retaining her slave
system. - - - -
For in the former case Tho .,roo of die
seusion being unrooted. Tho tandsncv wonld
be to re.unite. and few wears might sae n,
a single nation ayain while in tha latte,
a constantlv active sonrca nj ;rr;tation st;l,
existing. three YEAR, of breath;no t;mr
would not elapss without bringing endle,,
ouarrels and = second rebellion
Conceive re. nnion with slavery st;lI in
existence. Imagiue Southern svmnathizer.
in nover among ma offsr;ng compIom;sss
Supnose the Seuth exhausted with m;I;tarv
reyersas and dasir;nr n faw ve"rs' .rm;st;c,
IN recrm;t. decides r. .ccsnt II undor N,
gn;ss of neane and reconstrrct;on VIA,
nertP Thousands Of slaves. thsir orc;ted
hons, Of characterization crnshed. ass;nO
across the border. A Fugitive Slave law
revived bv peace. .demanding their rendition
Ponulsr cpin;on in the North onnossd =,
the law. and ref,sing the demand Renev
ed war The certain conseouencs ''''''
Or take, even. the Alternative of reooe
u;tion--recognit;o of nm indenendent Con
federacv. NH slaveboLi;ny Ire wa The,
-~hecom;nu tho sole sTeention among tn.
nations of the earth--tp make onrselve
s;ders and abettors of the slave svstem of ,
foreign nation. by agreeing to return to be
nasre % refn ] n~sas sseI;nv S l;bertv and an .sy w
Inn smong nsp Nst;onsl ssIf. rssnect i'm
nerativelv forb,ds th;s Pubiia ssntimen
| Would comnel The reiection. Ar a base humil
;stion of snv nronosed treaty stinulation
!. nrov;d;no for rendition of rnnavav slave,
Vet the South would regard such reiectio,
? in M M other l;~bt % than ss . standing mensc
, a threat tn aenrivs har of what she "a
, gsrds AZ her mott vsluahle nronerty. Oo
tsrm;nous AZ for MISUNDERSTANDING thon
! ssnds.--of miles our bo undries would he
. must not the South, in ;commou prudence
maintain Il .ss along , s2ds:: Sis border !" Lie
n IN this 2 And IL "a do ahall ue asCa N