Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-07-24
FROM THE nov. Mr. DIVES N !. 9

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Ihis little Rit Of correspondence touches
the quick: The rash speak often, and often
60 unheeded. The calm startle Others when
tney themselves are startled. The eouili-
orium and eequanimity of Secretary Seward
sa proverb. No man s temperament /,
pctter knoMn- NO man 5 opinion has NOR,
weight lie has a name for foresight and
sagaciiy. But il is the calm Of ths nan
that gives these their currency. New YORK
listens TO him as TO an oracle. Men knocL
at his door inquiriDg anxiously s.Watcb.
man, what Of the night p No one vii,
cal the Premier an alarmist. He has heen
criticised for over hope, for superabundant
puoyancy. bu' II is this man who has ar
last spoken nervous. anxious words.
You must help Diven and Van Valken.-
burg raise men. All is well If zoe ipstaatIy
sf'op our strength. | send him Owen,
home for that purpose.
owen, who Is sent. speaks. Fresh from
r 1he Secretary, he reiterates his words. -
men nervousness and agitation increase in
,nen .eeei',iyn. s must nouo end Mis
NO Official bulletin Of Mcclellan nor
presentation from the President could have
carried with it significance 80 we;rb,r so
momentous az these three or four Enoss - =
vate and familiar from the bonora ble e.,
retary OF State. There they are, fun N fbe
brim of what every patriot can apprec;sss
and OF what should wake the very dssd ;f
any such there De among the Patriotic of our
stricken country.
DIT. Seward Is no novice in American M
IN international affairs. His very nos;t;t,n
puts into his employ fund of information
thst no other man can lay claim to. These
are no ordinary words for him. They do
not sound like ischeerful and good natured
response 10 the curious, six months ago
30 they ought to have weight. They ,nvs,
nave weight. They should ring and thun'
der through the land. They must echo and
re-echo back and forth from ocean TO ocean
from the lakes To the line. ''All il wslp'
may inspire and stir US. We NAV net bs
utterly cast down. Our work only half done
asst things to do yet. A mortifyinp checI
before the capital of the conspiracy I've
y rrropesn nations eager for an or,6ortunity
OF intervention But ''all is wei Il .oe H.
stdntty sto,c onr strength r.
:, What is our strength? Three hundred
thousand men in arms! We must show
them instantly" I'VE must end this war
soon: or fight the world"
Stone hard is the heart that Is not rous-
ed and quickened by these unusud words
What further Of argument or appeal is
needed to hurry into the field these three
hundred thousand They are but rain.
drop to Niagara in comparison with our
whole population We are twenty millions
,-one-fifth fighting men. We are abdndant
Y equal 70 the task of self preservation.-
we can throttle. trample into the eafth,
this atrocious and abominable rebellion -
We can do anything we desire toward our
supremacy and peace at home and the re-
sspect and dread OF us abroad, if we only
Instantly sItd,o CIR strength. 4" , - q.
Americans! your destiny is in your own
hands. To arms