Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-03-27
Aiding the Rebellion.
[From lbe cIncinnatl Gazelle. lslh Inlll

Aiding the Rebellion.
| From the Cincinnat Gazoue, 18th infLl
Mr.. Lincoln special message with refer
ence to Slavery was well received by the
loyal aud well,ineaning people of the coun-
try, as a propositionintended and calculated
to put an end to th6agitation of the Slav-
cry question, by removing it from politics.
The burden Of thesong of pro-Slavery par
tisan leaders and presses, for years, has been
that the Republican party intended to in.
terfere with Slavery in the States where it
exists, regardless Of the constitutional rights
of the people thereof This lie such papers
as the Cincinnati Enqpirck have used con
stantly to fire the Southern heart. But the
President elected by this misreprcsented
Republican party, sends message to Con-
gress, recommending the passage of reso-
luton proposing, on the part Of the Nation
al Government, to grant pecunary aid to
such States as may voluntarily adopt plan
Of emancipation, thus recognizing the rights
OF those States 10 retain or abolish Slavery.
Ii the States choose to act upon the pro-
position, says the President, well; if not,
that is the end Of it, There is nothing in
the proposition that reasonable men could
object to, except those ho think it uncon-
ought to be eradicated. The Kentucky pa
pers accepted the proposition as constitution
al, but thought it upwise to raise the eman-
cipation question at the present time. The
proposition, however, was timely and pro-
per, as means to spike the guns of Seces.
sionists, North and South, who fear that
the anti Union feeling will die out the mo-
ment their old cry Of ''Abolitionists" against
the people of the North ceases to be avail
able. But the eCinsis.aati Erquirer, true to
its instincts, and fairly awake 20 the import
ance Of continuing the agitation Of the
Slavery question as political hobby, sees
nothing but the spirit of fanaticism in the
Presidents recommendation. 1t says:
The suggestion springs from that uneasy insane spirit
OF iansllcsIs that has already been OF such immense
mischief 10 the country, aud which every man should
lrown down Leave negro slavery alone, where the
Tons.a'ion a. leave, t. 70 work out iis own destiny
Leave y 70 hme. We OF the North called upon
70 in'erefe with it in any form shape and cannot do
IT, tAcupt AT our great INJURY aud disadvantage. Better
millions of dollars TO alleviate the discusses OF poyerty
the North among the whites, than invest the sum ia
creating free negroes We much mistake the temper OF
lhe Northern people II they ever it, We doubt
whether single Congressional District ont Of New Eng
land and the Ohio Western Reserve would vots ii |,
had the opportunity iii favor OF The Presidents yehsne
Its talk about the sentiments of the Con-
gressional Districts is as reliable as the state
ments it published IN the early stages Of
the rebellion for the encouragement of the
rebels. to the effect that two hundred thou
1sand Ohio Democrats would join the South
ern army, to dghtagainst the National Gov
Iernmenr The EEQidfer kopt up this rafk,
and really seemed 70 believe it, until its of
tice was threatened By mob, composed of
Union citizens OF Cincinnati, including a
tull proportion of those Democrats OF
III nj
guaranteed to the rebels, in it, oft-repeated
pronunclalnentoes, promising two hundred
thousand Ohio Democrats TO swell the ranks
Of the Secession army. But for such as
srrances as these, which led the leading
rebels to believe the North would have been
divided; and that we would have had
enough to do to take care of ourselves,
while jeff. Davis took Washington and do
stroyed the Government the rebellion
would never have been undertaken. But
while the Enquirer changed its tune, from
compu!sion, it neyerchanged its principles
1t is the same Secession animal now that il
was preceding the fall of Sumter; and it i
still doing its best to aid the rebel cause
We have evidence of this before US In the
Nashville Banner of Thursday last 1t re.
iterates the charges of "Abolitionism
against the peopleJof the North is much
concerned about the Constitution" which
it has been helping to destroy; and in proo
Of the strength of its position, it copies the
comments OF the Enquirer on the President
message, which it pronounces ''patriotic
and just" This is the way in which such
papers as the Enquirer fired the Southern
heart, until that Southern heart was filled
} with treason, and rebelled against the Gov
ernment; and it is the way in which it con
tinues to exhibits disloyalty.
But this cry Of "abolitionism" is not KEEP
up by the Enquirer without an object. 1t
the handle that the Knights of the Colder
Circle have adopted to aid the rebel cause
1t was found that the great masses of the
people Of the North were attached to tn,
Union, and could not be moved but some
thing might be accomplished by getting
= them excited on the abolition" question
' Accordingly when person is invited II
Join the X. G. C.'s he is informed that it i
mutual protection society, to oppos,
} Abolitionists, !" and little by little the can
| didate is led into the vortex of treason.
! This information we gather from a littl
I, work that has been placed in our hands en-
titled, s'An authentic exposition of tn
4 origin, objects and secret work of the or
ganization known as the knights of tn,
/, Golden Circle, published by the U. s, Ma
tional U. c., February, 1862; and entere,
: according to act of Congress, in 'he Clerk
! lofiice of the District Court for the Distric
j Of Kentucky, February 10th, 1862" Thi
' exposition doubtless caused the Kontuck
3 Legislature to pass law making it GRIN
9 inaI offense, punishable by imprisonment i
y the Penitentiary not less than one, nor NOR
# than five years, to belong to such a Society
!, This work contains the most startling dt
y velopments, and it ought to be read by ever
Y loyal citizen. We cannot do more no.
\ than to publish a paragraph relative to th
alleged organs Of the Society. 1t says:
While the "Caucassiann is the special organ and p
II vaiely circulated in many places, there many ead
newspapers in the North said to be edited by knights
and eagerly sought the brotherhood IN their espe
tive States and in the different Sines 10 Indicate The pr
gress OF the work and which are deemed able auxarit
B. Among them may monion the Herald Journa OF Cor
merce, Express, and French newspapeI New fo
and Argus Albany; Union, Rdehester; Courier, Budal
= Enquirer Cincinnnti Free Press Delfoti Times, Chic
u 20; News Milwaukeei and many others OF less iloe.
These are the principal names Oh the lists OF rave
1t messengers for those States. dct att
|e Loyal people, may be able from this 4
: appreciate the cry of 'Abolitionists," +" whic
: Is Used 30 constantly by the Enquirer, Ne
ID York Herald &c. and their followers. :.
s. is simply war cry adopted by the Knigh