Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-09-25
HON. JOHN A. BINGHAM.

HON. JOHN A. BINGHAM.
The Butterhut papers Of Ohio, from the
Columbus Statesman and Crisis down to
the St. Clairsville Gazette are using very
dishonorable means to defeat Hon. John A.
Bingham, the able and fearless candidate
of the Union party Of this District for Con-
gress. They not only retail all manner of
base lies upon him, but have even resortpd
to forgery, in order to hush his eloquent
voice in the halls of Congress.
The following, purporting to be an ex-
tract from speech of his in Congress, has
gone the rounds of oil the Butternut papers
in the State: ....
"Who in the name of Heaven, wants the
cotton States, or any other States, this side
Of perditioh, to remain IN the Union, if
slavery'is to continue
We have a pamphlet copy Of. Mr.. Bing-
hams speech, md publish the entire OK.
tract, m which the Butternuts have found
such h terrible mares nest. We appre.
hend tnat, with the experience the Ameri-
can people have had of this institution of
Slavery, there. are very few that wish it to
continue, if it is to be uphold, sustained,
and fostered by the whole power of the
United States Government. This is the
light in which Mr.. Bingham speaks of it.
He speaks Of it as a political power The
Pro-Slavery men Of the. South have for
years used the institution Of slavery - a
political machine. Calhoun at first tried to
unite the Southern people in opposition to
the tariff but that failed, and he and his
followers at once set themselves to work to
unite the Southern people on the slavery
question. We have the testimony of Gen.
jackson to this effect. They succeeded in
the latter undertaking, and they also suc-
cecded in getting such political mounteBanks
and demagogues as Joseph w. White,
Kennon, Jr and the Editor of the Gazette,
to tic to the tail Of their kite. ..
Gen. Jackson, but short time before his
great soul left its earthly habitation, warn
ed his countrymen of the object of these
men. He said they meant to unite the
people of the South on the slavery ques.
ton, when, upon some pretext or other,
they would attempt to break up the Union.
How literally true his prediction ! The
Democratic party Of Belmont county, to day,
is controlled By the followers Of John c.. Cal
h0mu.
The institution of slavery has controlled
the Government for years, and has made its
laws exclusively in the interest of sct of
contemplate aristocrats aud traitors in the
South. Mr.. Bingham, as we understand
him, while he would not disturb the slaves
of loyal masters, would have the Govern
ment administered in tho interest of white
men--of the men who to-day stand in the
ranks of our army, and are boating back
this horrid treason.
Mr.. White, We presume, would make an
apology to the Rebel shareholders for every
cannon-ball Mcclellan shoots at them, and
would have his dear Breckinridge and jeff.
Davis to understand that their "niggers"
and lands shall not bo disturbed, and that
when this horrid abolition war; is over
he will welcome them back to the Senate,
with the pious and fragrant Wigall to
browbeat and insult the representatives of
freemen,
Here is the extract from Mr.. Bingham's s
speech, referred to above:
Mr.. BINGHAM. If the gentleman nm.
nexes no condition to his loyalty, then his
remarks about the use Of this revenue and
the divine civilizer of Africa, and retaining
the cotton States with their slaves and sla.
very untouched, in the Union, were simplv
meaningless, and ought not to have been
uttered. He said, If you allow, under anv
condition, the cotton States to depart from
thus Union, then Kentucky would not stav
10 the Union; and annexed the condition
that you must not, in the great effort to re-
taln the cotton States, touch slavery. Who.
IN the name OF Heaven, wants the cotton
states IN the Union, or in any other place
than the state of perdition, If they are onlv
- be IN the Union on the condition that,
from day to day, from generation to gsn.
Grafton, and from age TO age, slavery,
this new eivilizer of the children of Daho.
mey, shall continue, and be upheld by the
whole power of the Government? Laugh.
ter. The question is, whether the gentle.
man from Kentucky is in favor Of the I'm
ion; whether he is for the Government of|
the United States, and for the exercise Of
all the means which God aud nature have
given, to U.S., and which may be justly and
lawfully employed under the sanction of bn.
manity, for the putting down of this infa.
nous, internal reballion9 , Is he for the
Union TO that extent that be will sanction
the employment Of all necessary and Just
means to preserve it2 -.
The Butternuts maker Mr. Bingham saw
WHO In the name Of Heaven wants the
Cotton States, or any other States this side