Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-09-24

ton that il fsafs ,be negro will becomes its
ic ladies Of Ohio fear that they will he com
PEELED TO intermarry With tbem3 If so,
the next legislature Of the State will enact
by law that they need not unless they want
to. ....
They who thus bring in the false and
ground!css issues know that they are dis
honest IN their attempting to lead US away
from the great aud all absorbing question
Of the tibes--the life Of the Union. They
do not appeal to reason but to the lowest
and bosest passions OF human nature. Pa.
triotism and duty are with them minor con-
siderations. Flf l
The Proclamation is the special act against
which the rebels here and in the South hurl
their vildst hate Ii has struck the yitals
Of the rebellion, snd'slaves who were before
the bone aud slnew1 OF treason, have by it
been transformed inlo men-the flesh and
blood Of freencn, fighting the battles Of
their own liberty
The President thought that two years was
long enough to throw clods and grass at the
rebels, and giving lhsuf ninety days notice
he issued this benign edict. Good men,
angels and God applaud him for doing it,
The soldiers approve It, and victory as a
result, gilds our arms and follows our ban
ners ever since. Before defeat aud disaster
marked all our efforts.
But II It be an outrage to declare all men
free--Jefferson did the same in the Declare
ton; and if it be wrong to employ black
men as soldiers, Gen. jackson did the same,
aud With such good Democratic antecedents,
Democrats should be content with both
these acts Of the Government Yet history
will hold the Democratic party responsible
for making soldiers of negroes in this war
You have forced the Government to this
step by your denunciaiions of the war, and
discouraging the enlistment OF white men,
Your candidate for member of Board of
Public Works, together with every leader Of
your party, has declared it "a damnable
war" on the part Of the Government.
You must acquiese and submit to what
you have forced the Government in self
defense to do. ...t
The only hope left the rebels Of the South
is In their Northern sympathisers. Take
that away by your action at the polls and
you leave them in dispair. .....
Already the Mississippi is ours from its
source to its mouth the rebelliOus Confed-
eracy is cut in twain, aud bleeding at every
pore, while our victorious army is driving
their scattered forces in every direction be-
fore them and will soon give the Conspiracy
its death blow, stabbing to the heart the
foul demon of Secession that dared to in
woke the destruction OF the American Union
Let us then rally around the proud ensign
of the Republic, ami with the aid of the
soldiers at the ballot-box give the rebellion
and its sympathisers rebuke that will con-
sign them and it to eternal iufainy. Let us
silence the profane voice OF party, and as
United Americans rescue the bequest Of
our Fathers--the Union aud L;berty-from
the deadly thrust of traitors. ..,,
Col. Puorman closed by extending an in
vtation to the people to attend the great
Union Meeting at ST. ClxiIsvile on the 10th
inst. to hear John Brough, the great lion
of the tribe Of the Union, aud retired amid
the plaudits Of tho crowd, which dispersed
well pleased with the days instruction. and
with the determination to vote for Brouyh
and so assist in assigning treason to its ma
tive hell .-... .--.. - ... ...s.