Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-09-17
Modern Democracy.

Editor Belmont Chronicle:
The issues of this new-light party under
an old, venerable and time-honored name,
arc new, suggestive and characteristic. Mr..
Pugh, as the representative of Val. Pugh
4 Co., states them with precision. They
are, to put down the Administration, to put
down abolition preaching, and arrest the
progress Of negro equality.
That the Administration should be abus-
ed is to be expected from those who shout
for the man who sought to divide the Union
into four parts, giving the Southern Demo-
cratic brethren the elion' 's.share, and the Con-
stitution to suit the same Southern divis-
ion, and with the same breath shout--"The
Union as IL ,cas and the Constellation as IL
Isl" But the necessity Of exposing their.
own weak ones, and the clergy too, is not SO
readily seen. We have found mono outside
the party who, for political purposes, are
afraid Of being outstripped by the negro, or
who hate him for the sake Of the political
luxury.
This new-light party aver that the war
was brought on by the abolition preachers.
Hence, it wars upon the clergy. 1t does so
because most of them aim at preaching the
whole Bible, and at keeping nothing back.
1t wars upon all who preach that "God.hath
made Of one blood all nations of men for to
dwell on all the face of the earth" Such
preaching smaoks of equality, and Democ-
cracy (2) cant bear it. 1t makes war upon
all who preach-"Let the oppressed go free
break every yoke" Such preaching is
abolitionism in terms, and the Democracy
must put it down. 1t makes war upon all
who preach-"Wo unto him that useth his
neighbor's service;without wages, and giveth
him not for his work." And-"He that
stealeth man, and selleth him, or if he be
found in his hand, he shall surely be put to
death" This, to the Democracy, is unsuf-
ferable abolition denuncistion. It makes
war upon all who preaoh-"Whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you, do ye
even SO to them" Such preaching is re.
publicanism too black. 1t brought on this
war--so says the party. Preaching, argu-
ment, reasoning brought on the warl o.
yes, because the friends of the freedom of
speech " the friends of Val. and PughI
could not meet in fair field reasoning, argui
ment, truth, 'preachtng," they foamed
and clustered, and ragged, and threatened
and at last in their zeal for Southern righjs
stole the nations reasures-ssized its arme,
mot the preachers arms) mints, arsenalb,
forts-6red upon our oountry's fag-(nbt
with preachers shot) passed ordinances Sf
seeession-(not from the preachers) went
out Of the Union-framed q Confederate
Observation-Disclosures Fort Sumter Y
raised an army and marched in arms against
the Capitol OF the United States, and so
opened war in defence of Southern rights
against the preaching ofa few abolition
prsacherS! And thus stands to-day the
cause of Val. and Pugh DenoeracW Clio
ricus exhibition Of Southern chivalry,
Southern bsyonets, Southern arguments
aided by Northern New-Lght Val and Pugh
Democracy, all in array against abolition
preachers! Grand! Go on, Mr.. Pugh..
The Apostles preached the gospel the
'abolition" of the Jewish ritual-the Jews
could not reason against the abolition
preaching By preaching, hence they perse-
cuted the Apostles therefore the Apostol-
ical preaching brought on the Jewishperse-
cutions! As saith Mr.. Pugh & Go.
Paul, at Ephesus, preached against idol.
atry-for its abolition, it is presumed. Start
ling wordi Demetrius, the Val & Pugh of
Diana, cried out to the shrine-dealers that
their craft was in danger from the d5oiition
preachia9 of rabid abolition preacher, who
would abolish their. trade if they Didn't raise
mob In defence of their rights the mob
was raised, and proud Ephssus disgraOed--
therefore, Paul brought on the mobl Ger
ftainly-saith the Liait- Gou.i
i Moses and Aaron preached "let the peo-
pie in bondage co." They preached aboh-
tioni The chivslrous Pharoah got mad
stormed-raged-t hreate n d. Moses
preached on. Pharoah increased the vigors
Of bondage. Terrible plaques broke out
lust as Moses preached, and the land was
desolated, armies were raised and war waged
upon the fugitives and their friends. There
fore, Mosesand Aaron-the abolition preach
ers, brought on all this complicated troubled
And what good citizen would not, under the
circumstances, have Joined Democratic
party to put down the abolition preachers,
and sustain the claims and rights OF that
Southern ConfederacyI-the rights of the
nsasters to their property Certainly Val
and Pugh, and their Democracy would have
demanded the restoration Of the Union and
Constitution as they were in Egypt, and
the rendition of every fugitive, and the