Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-10-16

emily by. They also stated that he wa
what IL known ~ a professional politician !.
tba, he had been everything by times an,
nothing long"
! Stambaugh was much better speoke
than White in point of readiness. b1it m,
subject matter Of the speech was low ant
vulgar. "Nigger euuaity" was its begin
ming, middle and end He drew pictnre,
Of what the abolitionists were aiming M
and told how their design was to have whit,
women marrying niggers-snd "ni9gers a
black as the ace of spades elbowinp fai
young girls around 10 parties" Iik,
White he took .be ground that the war wa
all owing 10 the abolitionists, and the Soutl
ern people had been a down trodden an,
oppressed set. -ht ni
The reader may wonder, as we did. how
a man who had lately been in the Unior
Conventions and who had called himself ;
| Republican up TO the nomination of Rin1
ham, could hold such opinions about tbe
war II the abolitionists were the caus.
OF the war the cause was made operativf
through the election of Mr.. Lincoln. and
how Mr.. Stambaugh could have been Re.
publican puzzles US to imagine We sun.
pose II to be true, as was said, that he is a
professional politician and has grudge "a
revenge.
We have written at some length concern
ing this meeting at st. Clairsyilln. O.
course we do not pretend to report its pro
ceedings. We only desire to give speci
men Of the spirit that pervaded it. Ant
the specimen above given is fair, as tb,
I Butternuts themselves will say. We wen
to the meeting As a curiosity We desired
Tor the hrst time to see meeting of the
sort. We desired to know what it is thai
alls these people; what it is they propose tc
do about the war. And we have to saw. af
ter listening patiently and weighing ali we
heard with our best and most impartial
Judgment, that we could see nothing bu,
hlndrance, embarrassment and disloyalty tc
the government in all that was said and
done. We felt certain that man could
not believe the things set forth at the st.
Clalrsvlle meeting and have in his heart a
prayer for the success OF the war. Aud vet
the speakers and the people ofthe audience
with whom We talked, deny the impeach
ment Of disloyalty. They say that they are
loyal. lfthey are it is a strange thing
They propose nothing about the war. They
give It no help or encouragement in thei-
, speeches. Every word said is calculated
only to make man have a contempt 70,
Its origin and its objects And after al
their carping and carving about what ha.
been and is doing by the Government, they
have nothing to offer by way of amendment,
You say to them, "We grant for the sake
OF argument, all you say. about the war
now what do you propose to do? We are IL
the war, no odds who got US in; we must
conquer or the nation innst 90 to pieces
What do you proposef' Their answer i,
cvaslve and always unmeaning Elect con;
servative men TO Congress Mr.. White said
az the close of iiisspcech Well then what!
What will the conservative men do? Ham
per the administration we suppose. Refuse
like Vallandigham, and he is the chief of
these so called conservatives, to vote dol
lar to carry on the war.
We warn the people over the river, whose
election is so near at hand, that the designs
OF these people are only mischief. You are
running fearful risk in lending your sup
port to them. Their success can be only
the success of the rebels. Ask yourselves
whether, in the nature of things, it can be
anything else. You know that the Gov
ernment Is doing all that it can to put down
the rebellion. You know that the admin
iistration of Mr.. Lincoln for the time being
is the government You cannot say thai
you are for sustaining the Government and
yet for breaking down the Administration.
The Government goes with it. Rest assur-
ed of that. The stake is too awful to be
tritied with. You are risking everything.
Your liberties, just as sure rs we address
you this warning, are trembling in the bal
ance.
Men of Ohio, in a spirit only Of the most
anxious patriotism, we entreat you to be
warned against these men. Read the
speeches of the noble refugees from the
South, such men as Brownlow of Tennessee,
Hamilton of Texas and others known to
you all, and lay their warnings to your
heart. You know that they are not Aboli-
tionists. You know that many of them are
shareholders, and yet they are the ones,
chiefest and above all, who warn you of
such men as are now getting up these St.
Clairsyille meetings.