Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-26

enemies hope and pray that our South
ern friends will not force Us to extremes On
this sensitive point. We deprecate such
result foi we want our rights under the
Constitution, and we are all ready to light 4
for theirs under the good old Government
II would to. day most willingly gifd on my 0
sword and fight for ang right belonging TO
them, Staoey Included; but they must not il
nut Slavery between me aud the Govern r
meut and laws Of the United States. will
not consent to become slave that die negro
may be kept slave. will not sacrifice
the happiness of my wife, children and
friends, the welfare of my beloved State,
aud the glory OF my country on the altar !
dedicated to the Ebony Idol" When /
see placed on one side a Government form
ed by the noblest men the world has ever !
produced, the legacy of Washington TO the
human race, a glorious country filled with
happy and enlightened people, and admir-
ed OF feared on every spot that is Iodden by
the foot of civilized man, and on the othera a
country rent into insignificant fragments, en-
J. gagged in continual wars with each other,
each on its knees begging assistance from
some foreign monarch or other against
/ rivai:fragment, m object Of contempt to him
! who uses 1t for his own purposes, then L
shall not be long IN coming to decision,
though negro. Slavery may be on one side
] and not on the other.
REMARKS OF aEo. D. PRENTICE, ESQ.
!, The following volunteer toast, sent to the
!, banquet by Miss Sidney Garlic, was then
., offered
: George d. Prentice. He has proved
d himself not prentice. bui master. mason
n in the reconstruction OF the Union.
| Mr.. Prentice being loudly called tor, rose
lr and said
h nv friends, rise simply TO thank the
% beautiful and accomplished young lady for
,f her fattering toast, and to hank you tor the
l. honor You have done me by your tuanner of
Dr. receiving it. This is one OF q thousand hon
RI ors you have done me, aud l thank you tor
ID them ALL Whilst vilhfed and pursued by
al uiyriads who know ME not 1t IS much to re-
to celye the. hearty applause ot the lew who
n know me best. You will not expect a
speech from me; have facilities tof talk
e. ing to you every day, and therefore, upon
sh such occasions as this, tits fitting that
n stand back for others. snsshD gsT nor
d. But, my friends. cannot resume my sea,
We without telling you how much my heart Ii
or in this festival We have come together
sr- to honor man, a patriot, hero whom we
id is due to General Rousseau from our city
,s- from our State, from our nation. At th'
,se hands Of Louisvillehe deservesa civic wreati
nd and marble statue. He has stood be
nd tween her and desolation. We all know
in what bitter hostilites on the one side, an,
De- what deep apprehensions and miegivings Oh
sro the other, he had to contend against whel
it. he undertook the bold enterprise of raisini
lot brigade to resist the rebellion. The bes
he patriots among us doubted, and hesitated
,ur and taltered, and attempted to divert hin
nd from his purpose, and he was even con
of strained BY their appeals 10 go beyond tn
- river, aud erect upon the soil OF anothe
State the glorious standard around whic
!" he invoked Kentuckians to rally. Denount
ay ed, maligned, and cursed by all the rebels
to he received at best but a cold, and reluctan
to and tilnid support from the masses Of ou
be- loyal men. When he catne one day froI
i it his encampment, with two full and splendi
DE regiments to pass single hour in our Cit,
in the city of his home and his love, he marcf
ock ed his cleaning columns through our street
the amid an almost deathess stiffness, his enemi,
ore fawed to silence by the appalling spoetac
one tbetore them, and his friends scarcely deen
We ing it prudent to give expression tc the er
ave thusiasm secretly swelling in their bosom
hen 1t must have been with keen sense of di
and tude that he returned to the Indiana shor
lists But ere long there came to us all night
dis mystery aud terror. Suddenly the electr
) to telegraph between our city and Nashvil
cts, ceased to give forth its signs, and the raj
lib road train, anxiously awaited for hour
came not. In every loyal soul there was
the deep presentiment Of impending calamit
the 1t pervaded and burdened the atmosphere
lse, Brave men gazed into each others iac
lind and whispered their fears. Then it was tn
the all loyal eyes and hearts turned Instantly
the General Rousseau and his brigade. A sii
ser nal apprised him of apprehended DANCE
,oli- and, 10 an incredibly brief space OF time,
D is less than two hours, he crossed the Oh
We through our streets that even our citizen
EN- living within thirtyyards OF his route, hea
urse him not, and, before midnight, he was
is on his way to meet the expected invader
low He took his position between Louisville al
lren the rebel army which would have seized al
OK despoiled her. He was her shield and b
I to sword. He was her salvation. For tn
that among other things, we tender to him O
heir gratitude to night torthis We tender to hi
the our gratitude forever. -.,b,., 81. ~,
10 or | spent two days at General McCooI
sees cncampment on Green river, and | knt
IS Of how General Rousseau was regarded the
dow by all, from the highest in rank to the 10
ther est. All admired, all loved him. "0h Il
/, the We had few more like Rousseaul
will claimed the gallant McCook to me, as
But we're riding over W illich's battlefield.
with was esteemed the flower of knightly chiv
ttsm ry. He was habitually called the Murat
eayy the army. Every one said he would v
Is a glory in his first battle, aud glory in eve
battle. And upon the awful field Of Shil,
Ia oe amid thousands OF the dead and dying,