Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-02-12
the Nebels Hope Of Northern
] .Copperhsaeia. :. 9.

Richmcnd Dispatch Is much pleased
wiVl he election Of the Coppsrhesd Hich-
ardson as United States Senator from Illi.
nois. 1t sayG K I4a t't.- So
Illinois isa powerfd state of tho great
Northwest, whose real interests are just rs
hostile to Puritan New England us our cwn.
That she should take this decided stand
against the AAbolitionism, the fanaticism
and malignity of New England il sign Of
the timss'sts thg fostit that Is fuliof Gig;
ni6cance. ItS4&6ot but bsrgrafded As the
outsiving Of the Iin pstiencs - 'fhe Puritan
rule that must altlnatey terminate in q
more formidable reslsMiice TO II, and sepa-
ration from the detestable portion of the
Union, which has been the, source Of all the
troubles among the States, as it has been Of
all the new schoolof philosophy and religion
which have 50 feaiiully demoralized society
at the North. i'as wv.
1t is true that the men who are making
this bold movement in Illinois, and Mr..
Richardson at their head, studiously per.
severe in the idea Of that inpossibility-
the restoration Of the old Union. They
could do nothing less than this. But they
propose, with this view, a cessation of hos.
tilitiss II can hardly be doubted that the
ostensiblc cessation Of the war must be its
permanent. de,touatent. II cannot be re.
newed-at least by, the present parties to it.
The conservatives can do no less than
praise the old Union, and pray for its res.
toration; but we doubt whether they dream
ofa renewal Of the var, even if the over
lures for the restoration Of the Union fail.
1t is a political sequence Of the dissolution,
that has already taken place that there
shall b anotkssss ,dissolution n-that the
Northwest shall split off from, the North
These signs are agreeable, of course, to
the people of tho South, but il would be in
the last degree unfortunate for US it, relying
upon them or any other exlraneous indication
we relaxed in the least our own zeal, ouI
own energies, and brave measures Of self
protection from the hordes which the beastly
and rapacious power OF the North is throwing
upon the Southern Confederacy. The only
means Of securing our own Independence is
the sure one Of increasing the discord among
our enemies, and rendering certain tht
breaking up of the Federal Union. Thi,
event is necessary to the just completion o
thar horrid drama now being enacted, BY
the punishment, the insulation in misery, o.
that race OF men whose villainies have con
jured up all the national woes which now
ill this continent. 'S''
The Richmouds. Whig also has its say OF
this fruitful topia 1t remarks
In the Northern States, where the Dem
ocrats have suecne4sd they seem disposed
to elect to the Senate The persons most bit
In Illinois, ReKAoh hal been chosen
who acquired all the distinction he possssse
by his long and consistent opposition t
Black Republicanism, In New jersey Wal
has beee named for the Office, because h,
has been in Seward prison, and can bea
personal testimony to tho regard Of tn,
Lincoln Administration for the liberty O
the citizen. In PennsylVania, a Mr. Buck
allow has been elected. Of his antecedent
we know nothing: but his beating Cam ero
isa frst-rate letter of recommendation. Il
New York. Fernando Wood, aud in Indi
ana, Josse ID. Bright, lately expelled iron
the Senate, are mentioned as those mos
likely to succeed With such ma'erials a
these, Lincoln will 6ud some difficulty il
running the machine.