Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-06-25
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has been sent off to rest in prison for hav
ing abused the use of his tongue? Or mus
we needs follow the party banner, even i
borne by some foolish fellow, no matter
whether he runs over plain or precipcei
Ii will be very foolish to oppose the Gov
ernment. What will you accomplish by it.
PEACE MEN KICKED BIZ JEFF. DAVIS.
Do your hear how thay are met on the
other side Of the line? Do you know how
the Richmond papers chuckle over tbi,
thing-not that it will bring peace or com
promise, but they say, The fellows arc di
vlded among themselves, and we will whir
them by and by" That is the result of |
factious and traitorous course on this eide o.
the line. Hear the conspirators: "Wt
will whip them by and by, and reposses.
ourselves of the Mississippi, when we viii
reorganizc new Confederacy and take in
the West. We will DO il by the aid of the
Peace party ip the North" There is noth
ing Of it, for there is not Peace party that
will dare to move in such an effort; but you
give just as much aid and comfort to them
By your professions as If you did aid them.
DbIoChAC1 SHUCBD BE LOYAL
If any of my Democratic friends here can
reconcile this course with duty they owe
10 their country, to be engaged in pro.
ceedings of this kind, / cannot Isit a du.
~ to your State or to your country? Is it a
duty to your party, even? Ifit is, wine
that party out. My desire and ambi
ton has been to see this great Democratic
party foremost in this fight to avengC
the acts BY which, before the first gun was
fired at Sumter, the Democratic party was
slain in the house of its friends. IfI have
any mere party feeling of bitterness in me,
It Is because they struck down that party
before they assalled the country.
OTHER OBJECTIONS cosIDERED.
Have you any more objections to the
prosecution of this war? Ii you have,
would like to know what they are, for
have no more on my list, and [ made it up
from speech Of a distinguished friend of
mine on the other side, in which | suppose
he had them all summed up.
WHAT PEACE MEANS.
Well, you say we want peace between
these two great divided sections. Bless
your SOUL my friends, so do /, and SO does
every man in the length and breadth of this
land; and so for seven long years, through
the war Of the Revolution, we wanted peace
all the time and SO, in the war of 1872
We asked Tor peace continually. But during
neither OF these were we willing TO take
peace If it tranmeled our hands or sacrificed
our honor. If YOU want Ieace now, pray
tell me how you are going to get it. What
is your programme | have read seven or
eight speeches recently, and found none
declared for anything but that of Fernando
Wood, and that is by diplomacy But d.
plonacy is not sharp enough 10 the edge
yet, You have heard many of your poll.
tical leaders talk about peace compromises;
but the papers Of the Southern States, FROM
the isienmoud Enqeirsr down 10 fdc iowcst
seven BY. nine, have hurled back the pro
position in your teeth, and declared you
should get no eace but by acknowledging
the Southern Contederacy. Are you willing
to give 1t up. and acknowledge the Conied
eracy? l"No, no." Are you prepared
to dlssever the bonds OF this Union p
i"Never."I Then don't talk about peace
until you have won it by the sword. Don't
talk about peace until you have won it with
honor under the Constitution and the flag.
and reduced the rebels to sutjection. l tell
you that you can win no peace by diplomacy,
for they will make no concession to you, and
they will spurn you if you ask them to make
it.
HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO GET PEACE?
How do you expect to get peace? For
the life OF ME | can't see how you are 60
Ing to get it. DO you expect it by tram
melting and binding the hasds of the ma
ton? DO you expect to get it by refusing
men and money to carry on the war, or by
putting in power an Administration opposed
to the further prosecution of it? If you
do, then you are preparing chains to bind
yourselves in serritude more degrading
than that the negroes suffer in the South.
THE cRITENDEN RESOLUTION.
Do for heaveu's sake tell me how you are
going to do it except by fighting it out.
A voice.-"By the Crittendcn resolu-
ton"
Mr. Brough-It is said the Crittenden
resolution might bring it about. This reso.
luton was offered them before the war, and
not man was ready to take 1t, and the
North would have been very sorry it they
had accepted it. 1, for one, spurn the Crit
tenden resolution, and do it for the reason
that the first gun fired upon Sumter, relicv.
cd us from the thraldom of Slavery and I
never desire to see peace restored with the
political powor of this institution reinstated.
What guaranty have you, my friends, that
the Crittenden resolutions will secure peace,
that it would be acceptable to the other
side, or to the people of this side? My
private opinion is that it would be accepted
by neither Politicians may talk as they
please, there are but two issues one is to
acknowledge the Southern Contederacy, and
the other is submission on their part to the
demands of the Government. Let any man
of candor examine all the means proposed,
and he will not arrive to any other conclu,
sion than this. Why do you desire peace
You tell me that you want to stop the shed.
ding of blood Let me tell you something
know in regard to this point. The men
who are fighting our battles do not want you
to make any dshonorable peace to save
them. All that these gallant men ask of
you is to stop sowing dissensions, stop Civ.
ing aid and comfort to the enemy, and let
them fight it out. Applause. They do
not want any of your sympathy-it is all
thrown away. There are not any of your
bones in danger, and I am afraid there
won't be unless you are conscrpted by and
by. Laughter and cheers. ! -.
THE WAR DEBT OBJECTION. ...
What next? Why, we are running up a
heavy debt, and taxes are becoming larger.
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