Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-04-10

the preservation, Of the Government. b II
was sustained by those master statesmen,
Webster, Clay and jackson. L stand now
as they stoed in the FIRST storm of state and
for this an .persecuted., Do not be an
cry, but S5ibe up, show -yonr manhood,
ack hoyledge the error of your purpose,
aud resolve to support the United States
Goyerninept--the greatest and best fabrica-
ton of God aud man. .u.gs,.J -.
In Is32--ths year Of nqlli6cation--Ja ack.
son wrote a letter to Mr.. Crawford, Of
Georgia. / invite your attention to it
What did he say ? There existed an effort
to break up the Government, 8. 1t is now
twenty nine years; and, were it possible,
many of you differed with him then none
can differ now. Were it possible for Old
Hickory to return among us, what wsuld be
his treatment OF Southern traitors, Is illus
trated in the answer Of an old man who
knew and loved him well. "If the stars
and bars should be planted over the Gem
eral' grave, what would he say2" "1'll
be d--d if | wouldn't expect to see the old
man jump from his grave, and order the last
traitor to be ANONYMOUSLY hung l"
Gov. johnson at this point made some
beautiful illusions to the illustrious dead.
l was going on to say, that il what is now
transpiring could be made known to the
slumbering hero and statesman his sensi-
tiveness SO acute, his love of justice 80 un-
controllable-- would rise from the tomb,
and, in thunder tones, declare the "Union
must and shall be preserved. " ta .f
l hold in my hand the original manuscript
letter. He tells Crawford that if he had
had time, he would have put notification
down. Tariff was the pretext then. He
shows that the tariff embraced principles
only in consonance with the Constitution.
He proves the real object to have been dis
union.
As the tariff was pretext in 1882, the
Slavery or negro question is the pretext
now. How do the facts stand When we
come to examine, look at the proceedings
of the last Congress. What was the true
phase of the times2 A compromise, you
remember, the Crittenden proposition, was
introduced. The Southern senators, in
cluding Benjamin, Toombs, 1verson, and q
list of others, pretended that If the measure
passed the South would not be satisfied
They desired everything else but compro-
mise Senator Clark offered an amendment
which he believed would be acceptable to
the South. I had critically kept pace with
these pretenders Their protest was only 30
disguise their real intentions, when the vote
was put on Clark's amendment--mark well
only Iffty-fve ballots were recorded. The
amendment was adopted by two votes, thus
defeating the original compromise. Who
is responsible for, this work Of destruction ?
Six Southern Senators refusing to record
their votes. If the Crittenden compromise
had been adopted, they would have been
deprived of pretext for their treason. =
judah Benjamin, . snesking, Jewish, un.
considerable traitor, was seated at my side
while the vote was being taken. told him
it was his duty to come to tho relief Of the
country by voting upon this important pro-
position. He sneeringly answered that
''when he wanted my advice he would make
the request. said, you are Q. Senator
and I demand that your vote be recorded
With six others, he contrived to defeat the
measure BY slipping out They wanted nc
compromise. This, then, has caused thu
present difficulties. These six Senators
destroyed the compromise, upon which they
based revolution. Let us examine ourselves
gentlemen, and females, too, that we MAJ
arraign the guilty ones at the shrine Of pub
| lie suffering. Did. Lincoln dissolve thu
Union2 Did Republicans distract and di
vide our nation? No. Who, then, are Il
blame? Men, who in themselves were capa
bic Of ayerting the storm, and yet criet
there was no hope for the South no escap
Yeu know The clamor has been raiset
that the nom -slayeholding States woult
amend the Constitution, SO as to legislat
upon the subject Of Slavery. On the 20tl
4 Of December, South Carolina passed an or
dinance of Secession took Fort Moultrie-
revolution commenced. Soon after Soutl
; Carolina went out, seven other States follow
ed. Their argument was, that the fre
J States would interfere with their peculia
! institution by legislation.
; By the withdrawal Of these States, tn
power was conferred upon Congress so t
fegislate. Having the power, did the.
amend the Constitution No. While the
had the power, and fourteen Southern Sen
: ators were not there to say, three-fourth
!. does 80 and go, instead Of legislating, whs
I do they dc? l am for letting justice b
done, though the heavens fall. They com
forward with an amendment Jorbidding an
interference with Slavery where it exist
The amendment was passed by 9 vote oftwt
thirds. Why did not you Tennesseeal
take it up, instead Of being governed by
: I wish. to pay my respects to gentleme
I, who have been deprived of their rights
q the Territories. We, have had some clan
orous harrangues about rightsi the most {
|, them have proceeded from noisy dissolution
, lists, who never owned a negro they ha,
been terribly disturbed. / myself owned
/ few-only seven---and / expect they cost n
T more labor than those who owned = hui hui
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