Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-08-13

lOtb Its AAo uao - W aV theNt Ve> -
The President Of the United States or the
Congress of the United States happen tol
pass CONSUMPTION law, when we have not
troops enough 10 put down this rebellion,
Il is an outrage. l want to say this: IL was
President of the United States and had the
power, and if JEFF. Davis or any other JEFF.
was fighting against the Government to des.
troy il, would have soldiers. Applause.
Aud every,tsau Lfound trying to excite sedi
ton or to produce satisfaction in the ar
my, that was fighting tor the Government,
| would hang on the first tree come to.
[ Applause. That's what I'd do with them.
: Whenever gentlemen talk in this country
of the Constitution whenever gentlemen
for The exercise Of power that doesn't be-
long to them. why, 10 Gods name, let them
try and obey the laws themselves, before
they talk to Others about it. Look at New
York. Here is conscripticn n law attempt
soldiers to fight for the old flag that was
field; that our fsthers and brothers have
waved and shaken in the face of the enemy
until they trembled with fear because Of
Ino DOWtI Luht was kuOWu W Dc tudI OFu
old banner; to fight by the side Of veterans
who have for over two years marched to the
music OF the Union; to fight for old Yam
kee Doodle as we always did, But men
we're told that this law must be opposed,
that mobs must be raised to prevent its en-
forcement, and these men, who invite the
mob spirit in New York, are clamorous tor
the Constitution and laws. They want the
letter Of the Constitution adhered to. They
want the laws all administered properly:
In New York, gentlemen will get up and
make speeches, and talk abont usurpation
In Office, and the unjust exercise Of power,
and all this, to do what? To make people
law abiding, Constitution loving citiEsns?
No, but to excite the populace to every deed
Of violence and atrocity, to make them resist
tho law openly; to make them wifully murder
their fellow citizens in the streets; to make
them commit acts Of robbery, murder and
arson. Was not that the result Of these
teachings in New York? What did they
do for the people whom they excited thus
Did they prevent any OF them from beiIg en-
rolledl No, but they caused the streets O
New York to flow with the blood Of her fel
low. citizens. And SO it will always be wher
such riots are attempted, because the Gov
ernment has the power to put them down
and will put them down, and the gentlemen
who try to excite mobs will be the first to suf
fer, they will be the first to run out OF tn
country to get rid Of the law, too. Applause
There are a great many other objection
to the prosecution Of this war. The
want to stop the war to prevent the furthe
effusion Of blood. Fellow citizens, thi. Gov
i ernment il o Government that we all love
or once loved. We love the people, tn
country, the rivers. the rocks, the trees, ev
cry thing in il. Theylare ours. 1t is ou
people, our rivers, our lakes. our shores, ou
rocks, our mountains, our rills, our hollows
1t is our people, our Government, the be.
and brightest that ever existed on earth, an
before would see this war stop until tn
Government is restored in all its former pow
er and supremacy, would rather see th
graves Of ourselves. our sons and our brotl
} ers, mountains high. 1 would rather sc
carcasses sufficient to make bridges acros
the widest streams, before this wal shoul
stop, until the true soldier of the Unio
could wave his saber in his strong right han
land cleave the head from every traitor in Il
land. Loud applause. This GovernmeI
is worth fighting for. 1t is worth generation
and centuries of war. It is worth the liv'
of the best and noblest men in the land, or
may they all be sacrificed before the WI
: shall stop and leave an armed traitor in ii
|, land. We will fight for this Government Fl
the sake of ourselves and of our childre
Our little ones shall read in history of INT
who stood by the Government in its da
: and gloomy hours, and it shall be the pro,
: boast of many that their fathers died in Ii
!, glorious struggle for American Mbcrt
! Applause. . q xxx o.''
'f n PEACE MEN. .io-
You hear peace. speeches made We
9 often. We are for peace, they say. l q
!. so too. ! am tor peace as much, as a
a man can be. We will meet them half "
!. and shake hands on this proposition. v
n are both for peace. But / will utell y
II what sort Of o peace am for. 4 an.
% a piece of ! country. tApplause.l =
n for this sort Of q peace. :. Before the reb
X lion broke out we had peace. Before I
" rebels raised armies to fight .agginst Q
d lGoverainsnt we had peace. While,t the ST
,e and stripes Aoated from Maine to Csliforn
IT, aud from the lakes in the North 70 the GU
,r in the South, We had psace. While 4
o. same martial music was played ineyery to
aud hamlet throughout the, length 2
breadth Of the land, we had peace, Mh
We had one army, one navy, one Preside
y, one United States, one people, we i
a. peace. Then, / say, l sm for the sa
p kind Of peace again, and, so help me g,
81 want no other kind. (Applaase. l
ne for the same country and the same Con-
y, tuition. And I can tell these gentlen
20 how they can get peace Tomorrow.
'le once were the State OF Mississippi, belo
II ing TO, the United States Government !;