Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-07-09
LIGHT BR E.lKEV'G!
Vallandigham Repudiated in
Jefferson County.
The Democratic Organ Denounces
the Convention and its Nominees.

The Steubenville Union the organ Of the
Democratic party in Jefferson county, re-
pudiates the ticket put in nomination by the
Copperhead Peace Convention, because the
party, in the midst of the rebellion, has ia.
ken its stand in opposition to the war. The
Union says:
"We have watched with intense interest
the movement of Democrats who called :he
State Convention ne hnre been grierousiy
disappointed in the results of the Conven
tion, We believe that no party can survive
except by full and explicit declaration of
principles on the great questions before the
people. Has the Democratic Convention
done 50? Have we derived no wisdom froD'
the teachings of Jefferson and Jackson?-
Has the Democratic party forgotten those
ma4ims and measures of the Democratic
creed, which placed the preservation of the
Union paramount to all other political or
personal considerations2 We hope and
pray not.
"Thc recent Democratic State Conven-
tion presents a platform to tho Democracy
Of Ohio with nothing but 'glittering gener.
alities and completely ignores the prcser.
vation Of the Union. With half million
OF rebels in arms against the Union, is it
possible that the great Democratic party in
the State of Ohio will assemble in Conven.
ton and utter NOT A SINGLE WORD
/ TO EXPRESS ABHORRENCE OF
THIS STUPENDOUS CRIME2 Could
! the party invoke the memories of its mighty
dead, General Jackson would decIure:- -
"The Union shaH be prcserred' Worse
than all this, can this Convention invoke
the sacred name of Democracy against th,
Government-no the administration
its efforts to place an army in the field suf
licient to crush out the rebellion and say,
the Union. If this Convention believed
treason crime, why not call it so. Why
> in the name of God, this equivocation o
evasion of the one only great question il
4 he minds OF every persou-the preserva
ton OF the Union, or tho success OF the re
!. belliOn!
4 "As the Editor of Democratic pape
!, which has always advocated Democrati
II principles, we enter our solemn protes
against the Democratic State Convention
!. Union, in doubt, whether it desires tn
preserration of the Union or the success o
: the rebellion.
o 1--WE protest against this Convention be
u cause it does not denounce the rebellion.
g I'VE protest against this Convention be
cause it employed all itsrhetoric in proclaim
ing those undisputed truths, respecting tn,
rights Of the people, the freedom of speech
e the freedom Of the press, the freedom o
It the person from unlawful arrests, and coul,
n find no words in all its political vocabular
to denounce treason and armed rebellion t
II the Government
It And finally we soemnly protest agains
IN this Convention for placing in nominato
70 q. l.. Vallandigham, who in Congress be
q leved in the right Of the States in rebelio
to dissolve the Union-who has propose
j. but one way of putting down tho rebellion
10 viz not by opposing force with force, bu
n. by oifhdrdrng our aymies, COnrehtiO
y and an drmisticp! We admit this looks lik
IN u very easy solution of difficulty, but "
G. cannot comprehend any good results frol
10 such a course, unless the rebels ask for SON
D one of these three things which they hav
. always snccrcd at. g"