Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-07-17


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selves. Are yoa, intelligent freemen, de
pendent on the arm of leader? Are you
incapable Of Hcting for yourselvss7 III 50,
then, you concede the, very thing for which
the tories of the South are contsnding, and
admit that You are unit for self eovctnment
Cast OF this degrading and unlnsniy feel
ing This is the peoples Government
they have received itsss legacy froin Heav
en-, aud they must defend and prsssrve it,
! ii il is to be preserved At I'll. ain1or thi,
Government above oil esrtly possessions
and If it perish, l do not wish to seryive il
am for Il, though slavery should BE- struck
from existence, and Africa swept from thl
balance of the world. I bslieve, indeed
I that the Unionis the only protection Of sIav
ery--its sole eufantee but IL yoAS persist
IN forcing Shre44sas Cf slavery sxyi ~ tiis
Government, | say, in the face Of sfeaven
Give me my Government, and letsthe ne.
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These traitors who are perpetually clam.
oring about Southern rights and slave pro.
perty, a. If there were no other rights OF
property in existence, manifest the utmost
bitterness, bigotry, and narrow minded
sectionalism. They are pe,pefuaLh calling
ont SLdbery 4boiittoaist, Ydnkee a,td Lin
colnitei HoW malicious and iapiHonsdrt
all these slang phrases. Are iCs not all Amert.
cdns, descended of ons blood, and Composing
one great JansiHf ! recognize no such
miserable, narrow and selfish feeling as that
which refuses fellowship to the loyal aud
just of all sections OF the Republic. / scorn
the trammels and fettersof sectional bigotry.
i claim this world as my home and every
honest man as my brother. love my
country, her Constitution, her laws,
and her free institutions. | love her
history, aud the memory Of her glorious
deeds. love the precepts aud teschngs
of her glorious founders, love my State,
and pray for her happiness and prosperity
which must be found in the laws sndfundeI
the flag of the Union. Looking around me
to- night, say to the gallant and patriotic
soldiers who bear this flag, Welcome, vel
come, thrice welcome, defenders Of the
Uniop!" On with your glorious work, ano
in the face of all opposition, even at the
point Of the sword aud bayonet, fnd amit
the roar and crash Of battle, let the Govern
ment Of Washington be defended W,
have heard these troops called Northern in
vaders and Hessians, but We have seen anG
compared the rebel and patriot armies. Tn,
first spread horror and desolation among us
the latter have been law abiding aud orderly
and have been protection to the people.
This rebellion is animated and controlled
by the worst spirit that ever filed the bo
som of man. With singular audacity o
! ignorance, some persons pretended to CON
pare the rebellion of 1851 with that of i776
| How preposterous and absurd? There i
not the ren,otest analogy between them. :
They were, on the contrary. the very anti
j nodes of each h7pther. Tho ola re, elrtio
4 was to establish and perpetiist6 ffeedom
but this was to subvert and desttoySit an,
make us the vassals Of France or Grea
Britain. The modern revolutions would,
possible, reduce us to the very servitud
from which the former delivered us. Tn
spirit of rebellion was fiendish, proud, cruz
and Iawless. 1t was 50 from the day whe
the Devil raised the standard of revolt i
heaven, and warred with Michael the Arch
r angel for the supremacy of the skies. w
l arc told that the Devil was conquered, an
chained in the internal pit but that he wa
: to be loose for a season. If ever the dev
2 was lot loose in the world, believe tha
now is the time, and that he is actratin
this Southern rebellion. Yet men who ha
: aided this diabolioal rebellion, now pretenc
: ed to talk of tyranny and opptession J.
I How long has il been since YOU had you
= Minute Men, your Vigilance Committoe
. and your Passport Committees? How Ion
$ has i been since men were driven fiom the
: homes for the crime of LOYALTY? / W,
driven from INV own home. aud Gar wha
! What crime, what offence had 3 done 2
y None, save my devotion to the (iovernmen
r and nv attachment to the Stars and Stripe
d Yet men talk of oppression, and complain
ed of the arrest of Ministers of the Gospe
:, Ministers of the Gospel, indeedl Psrdc
q the expression Oh, it was great outra,
y to arrest Parson Elliott, and Psfson Howe
n and Baldwin---Armageddon Baldwin /
: What claim had the.e traitors toiudulgenc
u / do not profess to be profouhd theol
gian but reverence the teachings of h
et Gospel, and l thought that the Gospel
st Jesus arched the whole circuit Of the skie
d and rested on the ends Of the Universe !?
O. Who are these reverend fraitors that III
+ should 90 unpunisted for their crgn,esi
ar Ihoid that this Government is OF divil
~ birth. that it is gift Of God himself, nj
g. that neither Parson Elliott, nor Parson
st hon. nor Parson Howell, nor Armageddo
~ have right to break it up punish the
n, meu, not because they are priests, but
0. cause they are traitors and enemies of ,
ts c;etv law and order. They have pursu
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