Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-03-12

traitors. Sir, look at the circumstances that
envelop us this hour We were plunged
into this capseless war; it has been going on
now nearly two years. A million of the
young men OF the country have left their
homes and. have periled their lives in SUP
port Of tho cause OF the nation. The chieis
Of this unhallowsd rebsllion, who left these
Chambers after hayink sat here and for
months plotted ADD. organized civil war, and
Fleyd, who left TIE CSbinst when there
seemed nothing more for him to steal---those
men'who inaugurated this rebellion, scorn-
fully and disdainfully tell the Senator from
Kentucky, and all tho rest of the tribe of
peace on any terms, that they will make no
peace that is not an absolute recognition OF
the southern confederacy. Jefferson Davis,
the other day, told bis delujed and guilty
compeers Chat if the choice was submitted
to them 70 make union with hyenas or
with the Yankees-and they call us all
Yankees who are loyal to the country, and
am proud Of the epithet--they would
choose the hyenas. No doubt Of il. Their
chiefs everywhere, their papers everywhere,
disdainfully and scornfufly spit upon the
men in the free States who prate about an
Earmistice or peace on any other basis than
Rthe recognition of the southern confeder.
acy. That is the issue before the country.
II Is not compromise Fith the traitors !;
il is not peace with them by which they
are to come back TO these seats and be q
part Of the Union. They spurn peace In
the Union wif4 465rnnka me fable contempt.
And yet, sir, With these evidences of their
feelings, with these evidences of their
proud, naughty defiance of their oblga.
tons and Of the power Of the country, with
their ranking venom against the people Of
the United States, agaipst our Governments,
and against republican institutions--with
all these accumulated evidences of the con-
duct of the men whose hands are stained
with the blood of our loyal countrymeu,
these Kentucky Democrats assembled the
other day in the capital Of that State. and
arraigned the President of the United
States as guilty of usuipatiou, and as Z
| tyrant. Ono Of the charges against him is
that he has allowed "his armies to overrun
Kentucky" The gallant sons of the North.
west who for the last eighteen months have
been traverisng that Commonwealth, "
fighting to defend the loyal homes of Ken.
tucky, and protect TINT State against Buck.
ner and Preston and Breckenridge and Mar.
tshall and the. confederate armies, are de.
noupced aud the administration ia. de.
nounced for allowing these brave men "to
overrun Kentucky Our Army officers
have taken corn and hay and oats for the
use OF the brave men who were upholding
the. tiag OF the coutsy on the soil of Ken,
tucky; and the President of the United
States is arraigned and denounced, and the
Senator comes into this Chamber and in.
dorses' the denunciation. Shame on the
aarraigners, and shame on the men who in
the galleries, =. - -.
| Sir, what else did they do? Here We ara
in this war it must be fought ont. and the
authority, of the Government maintained.
or this Union is dsmeuibcred, this Govern.
ment overthrown, and this nation blotted
from the man of nations. That is the ;s.
sue. These mon of Kentucky. after arraien
ing the President of the United States 7or
acts OF hupanity, for acts in favor of hu
man rights and Democratic institutions.
acts for which the world will bless his name
when these Kcntucky traitors rot in d;s.
honored graye,---thes, m,n of Ken,r.L.
seos auixss VIA call Them selvs. na"ocrat,s -
instrncieJ tbe Henat,rs from n xan,,,.L',
reouested the Hss.resentat ;rss. Gror, Ran'
tncky. to DpsusS His war A. moi ,,t
they needed even for their n,,rpose to Il" -,
"lnstructed' the Senator ~ ,bsv MI
studied his record. If thew had read h;s
history since this war beyau. thev wonlJ
not have thought Is necessary m ..;nstruc,"
him. But they did ''instruct' him and
they did request the R,presenta,;vss
from Kentucky. to onnoss tb;s wa,
to oppose granting to this Govern.
,neut mon or money to tieht tbe battles
of the country. Accnrsed. thrice accnrsed
be tho man who would 'instruct" Senators
+, vote against granting money TO INV and
feed and colha our arlSies in the 4 IA Wv
Tho Senator call. those men loval 10 The
country who can rise uD in thi. crisis NJ The
country, when the nation il struggling FIR
existenc,, and say, ''we in ,trnct onr S,n,,nr.
and request our Represent alive, 70 onnoss
this war, to oppose giving any mora man nppvoy o.
money tor the proseeu,ion Of the war
Sir, the lnan who conceived thar n,onos;.
ton, who penncd that nronosit;on whn nro.
elaimed that propo,ition. il ,ra;tor Gnyp p'x !,
heart, aud he would have arms in h;s bands
were he not a. Onward. observation-disclosures of
applause in the galleries
They not only instruct The Senator 10 nm.
pose granting men or money TO maintsin
The integrity Of this Union and n nraserva
tho lite Of this nation, but these tro;tors.
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