Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-03-19

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IN rb;s The .rrsv of ,svss snd ,s%a,;on wbish
was paraJed and held nm 70 nublic gare. by
6esrIv evcrv Dsmocrst;c na,er in ths i.nj
snJ Won nave tho hind of n,;tv and s,nnor,
which was given to The government ain IFS
lsudable effortsn m snn,,ress tha rebellion
OF fhe constitutionalstv az The smancipa
tion proo,amat;on' as a war measure. / have
not = nartiele of doub,: but I have ALWAYS
doubted IFS exnediency The PROCLAMATION
can ouly be- effective where our armies 90
and there the an me effsct substantiallv vonld
have been produced without the nrocloma.
ZION. Slavery must pet ont Of the wny of
the army or Be trampled under foot. With
4 united North tipon this subject. the nroc.
lamation might have been made a useful
agent. or helm. for the supnression of the
rebellion. But Il was hardly to he exne,ed
that we could have the cordial s,tnnort N
the Democratic party 70, the measure. The
negro and slavery had been n dogma in their
political creed The very subtect had he
come sacred. and could nnt be touched
without great caution. even for the supplies.
sion of Rebellion. For these reasons, and
Others which I might give, and with my
limited means of knowing all the causes
which NAV have induced the issue of the
proclamation. I am free to say that had I
been President of the United States would
not have issued the emancipation procla.
nation. With nv present knowledge and
views on the subject, [ think it was inexpe-
dent But would not set myself mn as a
Judge of what was expcdient. or of what
was constitutional, in n cri sislike the nresent
and claim that | had a right to net upon
that Judgment.
e., ;ts own ;n,ororo,",;nn n%i po and ooah b,an"h
nT ~ he Goua,. GU u,p,etha.'; hsU y, su 'aon an,n
nsrsnrm II an ;nd;v;Jual % ~" NV . o'a nar,v ou, ~
IJ, "a ~ ,h - au ,"J,s'uua, Z, parry, ou.
mani bas r;sh, .o 40, v'o'mUu ~, an "ose'n
,vbnt ;s aon,,;t,,,;.j '" s an op" a. W
wa, via. y oon,.H..o"d, anu W"a. no., o"1 ac'
ernment P fbe verv e'a ASSERTION @v % Of ~ sucb V
,;ah, ~ damo.,l;s;yyu ly "'on J;'os,;, =, SUN
fenm parna s.r. ~ s M vma,aI'e, ",,i1 nne ~, oehaor
t. from Ferry cry, says ne would obey the laws,
& o,haro o y, mouI nis nos ~ Ju suI STUMP 70 auyi'c
e.s oe.siS ~ volun.eer wnlie tne present pShcy
ator a. vn9 sr"m "i'n Xssinad n. o'Isnues. K ime oen
.ot ha al ,,o, msnuna, VT, Mqnney te Us Una,
rawo se. h; e.. ,h vnoe, anu m u LII 1ne .ord Wi
,o'fv ra;ma % ' iu' 'Ha' r acs; ns w'i 90. ask mn
h 10 msiso % n;n rpr s,mtar oIehce. ne
nin's m;1l ine,o % 70 W urnlt, anu ininks IL
Thsss ~r ape ,ha sa scns; s!os a,u' @ 20 nolu nun,
tb;s a,or renrosnu,;nn 'S ~, ~ oe"a.J1s .oas,5 Jn
onrroo, H. p'o.em'ms ,'rp os,n, pe.hhaP9 .oerapy
oS,bo nrosan, ns NV don oe eans ~ n DeoIiacy
.ho ,rp pebe ,hen. uaS eao', c,a'Tg tna' MS is
'''I TSa t,us Sone,ny aneu'y ~ sase the mon
hv rafra;u;mn a.Vi ean, mom nn hsanl wou'u Savs IL
snoa 20 Ill., IT,. ,,h;io .ha anu 'es,s., r
sene,s " w"~lJ o a so,o;, %tio i, 'no oena.o; 'oin
wh;cb he i i J;snasoj o y oonpaJJ;,11c ppaJ;1', III IL
arai IL n,ro,,J npp1eu aa " ou oA9eouiusy no
ali, rnau vauu muc GO, o,' e'ay mA?u dnaeol
S,a,s ny "P?" o'''y 'o'' VI 'err''ory LII 'he irec
W. bovo hoon ,o,a ro,o..,,, A.. Al.
IL lin na'o oJe" .olu Lepea'euly Una, the
o.n,nrom;ao. ,Lo,;fMr C.;,..rla,S ....Y
ments to the Constitution had been adopt-
ed We would bave had M rahall;,, XVLnso
"I 10" ~" 'ooo.i'on uoso
iauit, tuen, L WOulu ask, was II That they
were not adopted? If Southern members
of Con,ros. ,.ho ,,o.o ~aa. L. 4
~ ~ co"e.oo' WY |o'H p'oeen' '"u 'oteu,
tions Rut this w,s not ,yh.t H., ,y.n,oJ.
Al ~: l..:.. ~ "e' '''' ""u,o",
tneir ueterininatl0n was to destroy the Gov
ernmept: and their object in retu;png THAR
eeats in Connro., m, IL. -; -
settle our difficulties by COMPROMISE. but To
haffla tho lovarrno,. h., n,o,,n..: IL
'" S"'v.""S"t Cy PfoVcutuB tue
passuBc OF tnt loan, volunteer and force
bills then Dending.
The Iienteuant Goverror T., h;s .ooo,l
t"o tAoutenant UoVernor IN MS speech
hast night gave Us detailed sccount of the
mnuner in which .c,,o ~ sLo.n Lii, 80