Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-08-13

tne WAT. w nat ootS tust monut ~ uchus
this: when We marched TO Fort Henry,
war; when we marched on Fort Done lsOn,
that was an offensive prosecution. Of the
war; when we marched on each and every
battle field, it was an offensive prosecution
OF the war. As long as we keep our armies
in the Southern States, aud make them re-
coguiEe the Coustitutipn of the United
States and the supremacy Of the lay, it is
an offensive prosecution OF the war. lfthat
is correct, I want TO take the language see
reported in some Of tho speeches made on
this subject, and sift it little. Their argu.
ment il this: further prosecution Of the
war is unconstitutional; therefore we are
for peses. They all declare this TO be their
position on this, subject,F We fought the
battle Of Thompson Hip on the lst Of May,
aud whipped Che rebels; that was an often
sive prosecution Of the Sar, and that was
unconstitutional When We fought them
at Raymond, and whipped them, il was al
offensive prosecution Of the war. The bat.
lie OF Jackson was an offensive prosecution
of the war--it was very offensive to the
rebels. lLaughter.l When we fought the
battle of Black River, it was an offensive
prosecution of the war, When we invested
Vicksburg it was an unconstitutional act,
being an offensive prosecution OF the war.
When we took thirty two thousand prison
ers we went beyond the limits of the Con.
stitution very much, indeed. That was the
most offensive act of the war, and we ought
to apologize to JEFF. for having done such
thing. tApplause. According to these
arguments, each battle we fought to open
the Mississippi river was an unconstitution-
al fight Was it unconstitutional to take
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cut,yn Vi .ne ma. uen Man Th..,
sou''oeu y. se' ..s ~ a.,, g..
VAN van. Us wv NV " p,vssvh . arn;ss @ f,om
.her: We are )" m".uamo w, s.o om ~
w 4oG.n Ts.nas se ~ w V;.r;n;o S," ou oud I'll
ShsISS,pp r.h Sp .hs. - 49, g. ,,"s ~ and ~
% n'aSos r"s.n,e 'o .ho .er o#sn .;volv anv
further. We are to say to the rebels, Now,
gentlemen, we won't do anything further /;
we II quit while and see it you won't be-
have yourselves" They be certain to do
it, because they re that kind of men. Well
now, what will be the result Of this? Ii
we stop the active and offensive prosecution
of the war, in three months they will have
Columbus, KY, the whole Mississippi riv-
er, and all the territory. that we have been
driving them oufof for the last two years.
Now, is that the kind of peace we want
| [Cries of mo" "no." l want to know.
These fellows either mean that they are
afraid to fight themselves, and they want
to stop the war for fear, they will havo tc
fight, or else the war don't suit them be-
cause it is whipping their friends. or the!
don't like to see blood for fear they will fan
or they are ufraid of something, l cannO
"I e.u ;.;, c.r az that oue.
tion mis- is concerned as in reference to the righ
and the power of the Government to pros
ecute this war, no sensible man on eartl
who is loyal to his country, will doubt TO
one single moment. If he is not yer!
loya! man, he will find all sorts of Difficult
ties and objections that can be mustered up
to try to stop the war in every possible way
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