Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-07-24
How to Distinguish sympathizers.

From the New York Postl
Mayor Opdyke, in his admirable address,
to the Common Council, b as stated, in Ian
guage as clear as il Is cogent, the polie,
which all patriotic men must pursue in tbi,
crisis. When great dangers threaten IN,
State, he says, all differences Of barty AM
opinion must be forgotten; every loyal citi
zen must support the Government, not onl,
by his council and services, but by the gen
erous confidence he reposes in the President,
and those by whom he executes his plans
and though we are at liberty to criticisc freely
the doings Of public men, our chief concern
should be to impart promptitude and vgor
to the actions ot the Government, aud to rs.
sist in prosecuting the war with all the ener-
| gy and all the instrumentalities that the rules
Of civilized warfare Justify.
The men who at this time are trying to
stir up strife at the North, who are trying
to provoke popular passion into resentment
against the Government, who wish to divide
public sentiment the respective merits of
Secretary Stanton and General Mcclellan.
who canor against this officer or that, who
caii public meetings in the Park, and who
openly advise the mob, as the Herald of Sun
day did, TO break up Congress, are not the
friends of the nation. They are traitors at
heart, or the secret agents of traitors Their
whole object Is mischief They desire to
destroy the nation, and knowing that no
DETER method of accomplishing the end
could be devised than TO SOW dissension
amongst the people of the North, they are
exnceeedingly busy III scattering the seeds.
Their cue just now is to assail the Presi.
dent over the shoulders of Secretary Stan.
son, whom they heap with wagon loads of
falsehood aud abuse. Pretending to he spe.
cial friends OF Gen. Mcclellan. who would
drum them out Of his camp IL he could once
catch sight Of their ragged persons thoy de.
nounce MIR. Stanton as bis enemy, and ascribe
to him the entire want Of success which has
characterized the campaign of the Peninsula.
How thoroughly inconsistent with themselves
they are, was seen Yesterday in that vile
sheet, the Herald, which is the rinrleader
OF the loathsvn,e faction. In one coinnn it
contained Cen McClellan's spirited Foul tn
OF July address TO his soldiers in which he
emphatically denies that he has sustained
any revcrscs IN the late battles, and which.
as the Herald said, 'breathcs the spirit Of
SUCCESS a statement was subioinel that
wounded army officers who bad arrived from
Mcclellan army are unanimousin stating
that nodetcat has been experienced on tho
peninsula" Yet IN other columns editorial
articles teen,ed with outrageous abuse of
Secretary Stantopas the author Of tho ,ais.
asters we have sustained, and menacing the
President in case he should not forthwith re.
move his Secretary OF War Everybody that
knows anything of the matter knows that
stanton has. withheld no re enforcements
FROM. Mcclellan, except as directed BY the
President and we may add to that informa-
tlon that the President has McClellan's own
letters thanking him for re. enforcements,
and declaring, after Mccall $ division arrived
on the Peninsula, that he 'had more than
enough troops to enter Richmond" Yet
these vicious journals conceal such facts and
a'islead the public mind, in order to defame
high officer who is Objectionable to them,
Now, we have our own opinions Of Mr..
Stanton, General Mcclellan and others
sometimes we have expressed them, and, as
we now think, imprudently often; hut we
shal! not allow our convictions as to their
merits to betray us into controversies or
quarre!s. When the rebellion has been sun.
pressed 1t will be time enough to settle our
differences of opinion. What we want i
earnest and dcciicd action. Lot us, with
one accord, push on the Government let us
hll UP the ranks of the army; ; and lot ns give
every officer who does his duty, eyon when
he does not do it precisely as we might wish,
hearty and generous support rt