Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-07-16
A Proper Candidate for en- Isspfo-
per Party.
From the New York Evening Pos'l

L
I,.hs esw vssrs nrccedinp the rebellion
80 roi;,;,;.n .r y the land was more audiblel
,h.pp Gao u Pngh. Whenever a demcrat-
IL convent;ou was called to nominate can
&astes far oiI;ces and to Law down . party
sis,so,,n Pugh snoks nnt io,,dlv: vhenever |
n debate in Congress turned on party meas. |
ures pucb's voice was heard: and finally. |
Shs, Do,alas rndcrtoot to ems snc;pate he
Ismocracv ofthe Northwest from its long
snbservience To Southern masters. the sound
of Pneh was freouen, and clear. Rut the |
rebellion hurst u,,on us. Douglas died aud |
Pueh-Iost his voice. During these two
yeaIs of terrible struggle between treason
and ioyaIty--between the free institutions
of our country and a wicked rebellion in the |
ir,erest of a Slave oliearcby-while patriots
~ ali narties in olfice and out OF Office, have
heen Eybting working. writing and speak
inc in the cause Of country and freedom,
not a single note have we heard from Pugh.
Yes. we had forgotten; Pugh has chirped
once or twice: let us do him Justice To
that outburst of patriotism that followed up.
on the attack on Sumter he contributed not
one breath. so far as we know. and while il
lasted he was as silent as the grave. But
when. after the lapse of months. and after
many reyerses. those whose "heart had new.
er been in the war" Thought that a popular
re- action had setIin- when symptoms of pop.
ular dissatisfaction with the slow prosecu.
ticn of the war wore the appearance, to
some minds, of popular opposition to the
war. then II was that under the head Of
.'I,aw Roport." in the Cincinnati paprrs.
we observed that Pugh had, in the trial OF
some case, come out with a small fling
AT tereepbacks. The sound was a very
faint one, il is true; but it gave indications
that we should hear again from Pugh. and
go we did. When the peace men Of the
North, the armistice men, the COMPROMISE.
on. any terms men, were making their
strongest demonstrations and filling many
patriotic hearts with apprehensio1s of a
disgraceful submission to tho rebols--when
there was every evidence save omen confes.
sion land that was hardly wantino} of a com.
h;nation between Southern traitors and their
Northern dunes and sympatizers to break
nm the Union into several independent con.
federacies. then il was at this auspicious
moment, when coppcrheadism was appa.
rcntlv in the ascendant. that George H.
PugI il reported in the public prints (and
we have neyer seen the report doniedJ 10
have stated in Washington city that plan,
were matured. and their execution could
not he nreyented by any human mower. tc
fake the Northwest into the Southern Con
federacv. "phere tbelon1s." The sound o
Pueh was waxing louder and more distinct
But another re. action seemed to take place
"A re action against copperheadsE
Purh subsidized into silence since then un
broken. until he was nominated, ON IN,
same ticket with Vallaudigham. as candi
date for lieutenant. Governor Of Ohio.
A more sppropriate nomination could no
have been made. Like candidate. lk
marty. Either of them can saw. with per
feet truthfuiness. to tle high toned gentle
man of the Southern oliuarchv. that never
at any time during the war. was his yoic
heard to deuounce their attempt upon re
publican OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES had he bee
BETRAYED bv the enthusiasm or the indiscre
tion Of the moment into a single ut.eranc
In behaf of the old Government Altbong
tho recoleotion of the high official STATIC
and not uncomfortable Official emolumen
Puab had enioyed under that Goyernmep
would have entitled him 10 great lenienoy
even If he had been guilty Of an OCCASION
word in it's behalf. he can aver that he ha
scrupulouslv refrained from exposinp thei
pame of atfacking Democracy ITSELF unde
tbs snecious pretext of a Democratic reyol
against a Republican Administration. a
thouoh he had ali the while had II in hi
mower TO make this perfectly patent. II h
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