Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-11-06
Eloquent Letter from q Patriot and
Soholar-George Bancroft on the
War = -

Eloquent Letter from Patriot and
War. - -
The Hon. George Bancroft, having re.
ceived the nomination for Congress in the
9Th New York district from the Peoples
Union Convention, has addressed letter to
the Committee, in which he declines the
nomination on the ground that multiple.
cation of candidates will leave the result
very much to chance. We e.produce the
letter in full .-.,a ,,.a
NEW YORK, Oct 10. d
GENTLEMEN am touched with graft.
tude for the good will which has led your con
vention of delegates from the PEOPLES
Union Associations" by un unexpected and
spontaneous vote to nomina II IN rnimous-
ly as their candidate for representative of
the 9Th Congressional District. This act Il
receive as coming from men who are awake
to the perils that overhang our beloved
country, and who pledged themselves as
citizens to be governed by loyalty to the
people. - - Y
The next Congress will have before il The
most imprtant subjects that ever engaged the
attention of representative body since the
Convention that framed our Constitution;
and yet VIC seem to await the day of election
with fearful levity or want of considerate.
ness, as though the old methods OF prepar-
alton, which may prove sufficient in season
ofunclouded prosperity, would serve for this
hour, when our system itself is threatened
with overthrow. 1t is heart breaking, after
the lavish outpouring Of the blood of those
dearest to us, to contemplate the chances of
failure from divisions and wavering in tho
North. Yet after we have sent out from
this city alone troops enough to constitute
formidable army, we are advised to mani
fest ut the polls our consent to disruption
of the country. We send men from every
household to the war; they show in the
battlefield the most heroic courage, and yet
we are asked to vote that the war has no
object, that we fight only to retreat with
shame if we are beaten, aud to submit with
shame if we are victorious
The only possible chance for speedy end
OF this war is its instant and vigorous pros.
ccu'ion. Hesitation brings chaos, and pro
longs the strife indefinitely. There must
be one soul in the President, the army, +, and the
people, or the contest will drag along under
the distractions of conflicting and uncertain
peace by submission may change it into
seven years war. or thirty years war, or
a war for generations. Quick united, action
can alone bring it to an early end. '1i W
The voice of the State of New York, as
pronounced in the elections, willring through
the civilized world. Shall we not do our
part to make that voice clear for the Union?
Are we to devote all our resources to carry
on the war and then go to the polls to ex-
press the opinion that the war, which Ger.
tainly was forced upon us and could not
have been avoided, was unnecessary and a
mistake? Are the citizens of New York. to
be so inconsistent as to strain every nerve
signify ut the polls a readiness to faint and
succumb2 When the oligarchy of the South
began the war by wantonly insulting our
flag, this people rose up with a calm and
resolute earnestness which was surpassed
only by the sublime patience and moderation
with which they bore defeat and mismanage.
ment, and uncertain guidance. Shall we
now proclaim that this zeal was delusion2 |
The Tory party Of England, all the old |
hereditary enemies to the perfect develop
mcnt OF our free institutions, have been
from the beginning eagerly hoping TO see
our beautiful flag rent in twain forever, and
have been unremittng in their advice to US
to let half Of the Union go. Shall wo adopt
them for our counselOrs? Itis one of the
saddest things, in this time of general sorrow
that an effort is made to persuade our fellow
citizens of foreign birth to give their votes
in tho interest OF the very party of the En-
glish aristocracy which from generation
to gengrltion oppressed them at home.
Our bankers, with noble patriotism, placed
their wealth Mt TIE service of the Govern
ment. Are they now to be told that their
loans were offered without purpose and
without any need? That the Government
should have sought peace at any price,
even at tho sacrifice of our National charac-
tor, by covering before the conflict which
alb the possible deprecations Of pusllanimity
could not have avOided9 Willth consent
10 see the Government so paralyzed and
ts policy 80 uncertain, as to leopard the
restoration fpublie credit. and to invite
The interposition Of foreign powers? ,.. |
Are our merchants prepared to wean
from the free use of the Chesa
peake and the Mississippi? Will they, af.
ter having won back these great HIGHWAYS.
give them up to Confederacy which is The
,hild OF rebellion, and which from inherent
,auses will, in case OF its separation, be ne
,essarily hostile to us2 True, our interests
ire bound up with the South. But Is tbe
Of the Capes of the Chesapea
ind OF the Tortugas, and Of the Mississippi
70 restore profitable commerce Win The
forever of vast tracts of|
Italics of the United States,
for beauty, fertility and health,
the best mode of promoting
he exchanges Of domestic products? Will
he bar of custom houses, stretched across
he channels of our mighty rivers, help in.
ernal navigation2 To let the reyolted
States 30 from longing for their trade, is
Q die through fear Of death to renounce
he old Intercourse entirely aud forever be.
'ause to-day it is interrupted. gH b'ua l.
Our fellow. citizens Of foreign birth have
the power Of freedom to
'lend them with US In one nationality aud
and they have shown by Their
onduot in the general distress, how thew
lave faith that they are received into the l.
'osom OF q nation, and form a part of one
Ireat, real, living people. Shall we send
vord to those Of them who are in camp thar
here is no American people--that the
Union is q shame? Our city rightly DEL
Jared its sympathy with the gallant Cor
oran, when he returned from his long can.
ivity. What gave the chief luster 10 his
ervices aud his sorrows exoeut this ths~