Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-08-21

Six hundred thousand loyal men and true have gone
We are coming, Father Abraham-,hree hundred thous-
and more!
Sound Words from Niseouri..Earnest
Expression OF Union Sentiments
At the celebration Of the 4th of July at
Washington, Missouri, Chas. D. Drake was
the orator, and for two hours held the au-
dience with words of burning eloquenoe and
unanswenble logic. We give q few extracts
from his speech:
THE QUESTION FOR SOLUTION.
The question for solution is, what is the
motive of secession /? Why should South
| Carolina or any other State desire sepa-
rate and independent position among the ma
tions Of the world? As it cannot be sue
cessfully denied that slavery is the one sole
h cause Of secession, it must needs be that
the motive springs from the same source ;
and it is found not in wrongs, actual or ap-
pretended, not in fears, real or feigned, not
, in injustice suffered or justice denied, but in
i the social separation of an aristocratic from
democratic people-the supercilious ex.
1 clusion Of people among whom labor II
4 honorable and univerual, from suriai equahss
e and contact with people among whom la
r Dor belongs to q subject and menial race
the naughty withdrawal of the "peculia
/ institution" to itself, that it may be "le
!. alone to erect upon the ravished domain
!. of the Union, and that afterwards added b.
!. forced purchase or marauding conquest,
r gigantic empire Of slavery!
NO COMPROMISE.
81 1t is war in which there can be no com
o promise. Compromise with rebellion
! capitulation to 1t. Count MN traitor wh
N counsels compromise we have no com
N promise, to make. We tight, not frol
: choice, but because they forced arms Tut
e our reluctant hands, and we shall not ceas
u fighting till all arms are forced out OF thel
parricldal hands. We tight TOR the unlo
J. and the Constitution and II by unman,
lr compromlse-and any compromise woG, ~,
le oe uhman,y[Mme suher .ne ohe =. n uu
In mempered or tne olhei oSersntomn, ~ ',i eui
" SO small aegree, wnae 1iSs VI sHoru . wou
OF rise IRON the wn91e Motn AZ wy !wGp ~,
no miilons tnat truckieu 70 hve Inhons
,r- let 1t be unders!ooo tn1t We 10 not ngnI :
W. the Union as II was, my unuers'ah' a
Or, ing OF that much used phrase ID coIreG'. ~
W II 1t means.As DeneVe y o2gs WIN I, tno
"a, who SO trlppingly USE H-tne o"tSn e oou, ,
al mated by 'lavery, then we ngns ,oi ;la no SUI
.oe oH'ya W sab, nf @ Sar the nr;mal Union the tr
Is Union, the Union that was before XII
np Cotton raised his iron sceptre, and befo
aid an arrogant aristooracy lorded it over u
nd when. however we might differ on questio
: Of policy, ali we're intent on the good
.ho the whole country, and all willingly bow
lMo on IN the voice of the majority. For ii
tha Union we fight; and no other will emer
nns from tLis contest. The war for this is O
"v "~ whose end we cannot now see, but VIC m,
I'll, 4" see Il out to its end. 1t is vain to cry,
In. many do, Peace peace oh, let us hs
nn neace r' There can be, ought to be, m,
o be. no peace, but that which follows unct
. oe d;tionaf submission to the Constitution o.
% %os the whole land. Any other would be
i'm the beginning Of war, 7sN ~
nix, When a merciful God grants us peace,
: Il not be based on the recognition Of a pil
and ;csl confederacy, but UPON It's annihilati
rous Then ,bnly Wilt endure. And, my frieu
eral Il ;s empkatically war of subjugatiOn
we're One side or the other must be sahjugat
tied There is no middle ground, whore the c'