Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-01-22
marred and maugIod with their pro.slavery

was is an after-th0ught on the part Of some
gentlemen here.
In those days it was said, as the gentle.
man has to-day said, there is a controversy,
a difficulty to be settled. Sir, there were on
that day no difficulties to settle touching
the rebellion; no duty to be performed by
this House, but to pass the constitutional
laws necessary to enable the President to
call out the people, arm them, and crush the
rebellion. The question before us then was
simply, shall we by law authorize the Presi
dent Of the United States 70 SUNNI on ali
the people, without that ninety days
restriction imposed upon him by the act Of
l795, arm them. and let them put down this
rebellion, preserve the Union as it was, and
maintain the Constitution as it vas, and
thus restore peace TO the nation %
complete as though rebellion had not dis.
turbed the ,repose Of its mighty heart -
How was l answered! Away with the
Constitution as it IS" we must change it
from what it is-a sublime and beautiful
scripture-into horrid charter of wrong,
acceptable to the demon ofrebellloD. Who
taught you that lesson? Who taught you
that it was not worth while on that day to
maintain the Constitution as it is? Iassert
that your party, with one accord. on that
side Of the House, shouved out-and that
too hy ,he;r acts vb;cb snoIa -. u ,ha' ,ha
their words- thai tbev wnnId M, hovs H.
Cons,;tut;on "a !, ia Whenoa 80 81 :,
strange lsnarase 1.u,x viii ,ba co.;
tntion AZ Il ia ~. ,rW M, Er. 49, 80
There il . record swav down IL aIaha,n.
or M;ss;ss;nn; vb;cb sreats vn,n,no. n,'
This subject Tn isso wban ,h;s rI rahaIl;on ~,
was orgsn;zsd hv vour Yan.au, al man.
On;,msns .nS 49, paoU' and @ you.
Nean. and that other Goyarno- af su,h
ICarol;na vhnss nama haua f v, nsu'h
I;Ls the me'nory of ,he r;nIaJ !, .s, -
rot-I Ga th., when ,har an.ara5 :. v. 49, "
their cnnsn;racv tbeu nse3 thasa ,uord.. "a
I'VE viii not live under the Cnns,;,n,;on
ofthe ITn;ted States as II ;s" Th.v wonij
moi live nnder ri The Cons.;,n.;oD1 ,vb,ob
Wash;ngton cave them was no, &, ,or ~asr non
tlemen If their cnltnrn 70 I;va n,jsr nd
those centlamen who are no-v Ear tha or
stitution as il is agreed with them m at !,
was not A. for oentlsmen gbo baa slaves
70 fan them While thew slent % and E Who oS bv
some divine nr,,rouat;ys or othsr vars ner.
m;tte5 70 rean wbere tbev had not soEn.
and m gather where thew had not strewn,
men in conspiracy against their country
sbould be required to live peacetullv under
the Const;tnt;on az il ia
Tbss. gentlemen of the Democratic marty
concluded thev would accommodata than
and CHANGE th. Constitution nf the country
They wonld chance il. AL said before'
from what the fathsrs oftba Rsnnhl;c m.ds
II a great vritten charter of I;b.rtv which
10 M r.sn.c,er Of narsons vh;cb dac,a 70.
that at the moor and tha r;oh the ct;zsn and
the stranger within vonr eate, arc ai;Ls
saorsd before the subIime majesty of its
jovs into a mere written do snotis,n Tbev
the cnnsnirators of Alabamn and M;ss;as;nn;
and South Carolina said they would oh ,paa
this written charter of onr lib,rtv ;nto n dss
noti.m that the men NJ The nlow the Loom
and tbs anvil the workers and The bn;ldsrs
vare but greasy menhanic, and m sni,l oner'
at;ves the ..mnd. .s;lls" of society nn;t :,
associate with gentlemen. To accommodate
these gentlemen. to save them from snch
base Contamination. the Const;tntion mnst
be cbonrea or rde.trovsj Totbat and ,I;s 20. a.
bellion Is waved: and to the same end ,be
ssntleman from Missouri and b;s n.r,u ;o;n
the shout to.dav-call a convention. And
ohona ,ha Gon,,;,nt;on H. "S, e.
,ra,oo,;on evarvvb bere ~ ths in s,it,,t;on .,
pro.ecHJn eIn erfywuefe sha. ~ .h' ~ s'u.ioa o.
nut,,,,, ,rh;oL W.sh;ng,o, h;,nsaIf ~ .n
"' was .iw;cLsd % crnei and " unna,ursl ;, W eu
Chance tbs Const;tut;on von saul To,
thasa Son,lemen who talt abont ma;H,.;n;na
IN Geens,;,nt;on as /, ia tnrn hsnt I'D ,,nnz
, Sar | mon tba amsnImsnts that vsra 1 pra pre.
San,ad hara in tba wintsr of Iss, pd pand
so"abt [ hv their movers now and .duo,ates 70 ahe he
here here adonted and referred n tbe seyeral W al
States H. thair annroval IF Congress
bod ,ben % adonted thase nronoseS omsnS
msn,s We Would have hard mon avary
hrea,e tba. tbev were nscessarv ~ the nrs !.
srvat;on Of the IInion as II was but not n
the % Tonst;tu,ion as II ia = "'' 'N' INV "
rs Sir ahout that time when some of ne
vera trr;ng ~ mass avs to enab,e onr
Execut;va E r. c.Il ont and arm the neonle
and nnt Sown tb;s rebaIlion this same narty
that % i ;s now far '.tbe Constitution as il 4 4
and rho TIn;on as IL was met in the canital
Of NV own State and met in the geat c,m
morc;.I matronolis ot the North. the citv
esH,a w Nam '9oJ Wort and Jointly declared aS.;ns,
oars;o, y, ,.G" sa tbe asntlewan from Missouri
Soeio,on' "a a, dar . nno,a from n,a,nnrv ,he
Teo,a,es monas,.;o rsso,t;op of Ohio adontsd r
Dei'hs Do,uuVhD - ,he n.mocra,;c co,veo,;on !, IL
GS,u,o ~ m,oush Of .januarv. ISsI when thi, i
.nH bo,i;nm % was .rmina a. The fisv ali owe,
.Ioo,un Ia',,r ma' That ,esolut;on s;r was ir
sns ss;,t"nos Goa and in fact that whenever the
sqosis0ahcG anu ~ '.ao .bS S',L IL wy