Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-03-26

"THE last CHRONICLE in noticing the
Democratic Festival held tthe National or
the 4th inst. says he has been informed
that Jefferson Davis was toasted Mt that
Festival. Now, Mr.. Longgley, we demand
your authority for that statement Either
you or your informant is guilty of a most
deliberate and unmitigated falsehood. No
such thing occurred. If you do not give
the name of your author for this story we
here and now pronounce you to be wilful,
deliberate ard malignant slanderer, and un.
worthy the confidence of any honorable man.
This story, If uncontradicted, is calculated
IN the present excited. state of the public
mind OF tins country to bring trouble of a
most serious kind into our peaceful CON-
munity,, And the man who can thus de.
Eberately manufacture falsehood out OF
whole cloth, should be spurned from all ro.
spectacle society as disturber of the pub
lie peace. From the commencement OF our
troubles it has been the constant effort of
this Longgley, through the medium of his
paper to stir up strife among the people OF
thls county We now again warn our fel.
low'citIzens against his ialsehoods and sian.
dcrs.
There is nothing more admi, able than
truth upon the lips of innocence nothing
more despicable than lips stained and cor.
rupted by falsehood. When a man SO far
forgets himself as to prostitute the chastity
Of his mind by deliberate falsehood, he Is
then prepared for any other crime in the
qafk catalogue OF human deprayity. -
Gazette.
Mr.. Gressinger, if you will look closer,
you will see it was your friend, Stonewal
jackson, and not Jefferson Davis, who was
reported toasted lat your democratic
Festival Your bravado about our ''au
thority," and all that kind of thing, is the
sheerest nonsense. You knew full well that
we would give you our authority whenever
you called upon us for it. Step down, and
you can have it, sir.
This transaction is alleged to have taken
place in a drinking saloon under the Ma.
tional Hotel, and by parties who were in at.
tendance upon this Democratic drunk.
Now, Mr.. Gressinger, amt you beauty!
Talk about falsehood Talk about US try.
ing to stir up strife among the people of
this county, What in the name of Heay.
en- has the st. Clairsville Gazette been doinp,
ever since tho bombardment of Fort Sumter?
Take the very number previous to your last
issue You give up about column and a
halt, Of your editorial columns, to the pro
ceedings Of that conclave of Traitors which
assembled at the National Hotel. Are such
meetings as that not calculated to ''stir up
strife in the present excited state of the
public mind, " and to divide the people"2
Ehl
Let us look at m editorial in your Gazette
OF the same date. Speaking of the Con.
scriprion Law you say:
But We give it as our deliberate opinion
that 1t stands Uith0ut u parallel IN
az h'sfo'y for tyranny and uanl,ii0ated op
pressoa: can ONLY b ececuted by lie
hand Of military T,oper." v"
Is that such an editorial as a loyal mon
should write2 Is that not calculated to en-.
courage resistance to law of Congress and
70 the authority of the GovernmontP Men
like you, sir, are justly chargeable with such
outbreaks as that in Noble county for which
some poor deluded men, less guilty, have to
suffer.
In your last paper you occupy four
mortal columns with the reasonable stuff
'f that avowed Traitor, Lazarus W. Powell.
,f Kentucky. This Powell remained in the
senate especially to embarrass the Govern.
nent, while his confederates -Breckinridue.
Buokner, Il Co.-should stab it to death
de Is q contemplate Traitor, and you kno,o
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On tho fourth page Of your Gazette, of
ast week, you print letter, alleged to have
'sea wittsn by some one In the army, which
'ou say was originally printed in the Cleye.
and Plaindealer. This letter is headed as
ollows: "A Soldiers View of the War
The Change of Feeling in the Army
Soldiers Sick Of the Negro War" You
Introduce this letter after this fashion: y
The following letter, coming to the pub. i
10 through paper, intensely war and an
'dyocate OF Gov. Tod, will not therefore he +.
scribed to party motives. +"
You hrneio the above was utterly false =
Vhsn you wrote it. Yom kne,o the Clevo =
and Plaindealer supported your Copper. .
,ead ticket last Fall. Did you not, Mr.. y
Gressinger2 4"
knowing all this, and knowing that the
main stock In trade Of your party consists
n lies aud deception, are you not beauty, d
% set yourself up to lecture others about Q,
alsehoods-snd to jabber about truth up- 4
IN the lips Of innoccnce''l Fudge!
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Ever since this terrible war has com. I
nenced the CHRONICLE has ignored party y !
uestions We have done all in our power n
0 unite snd rally the people in defense oil
he Government, imperilled by this gigantic ,
Iebellion Of Southern nabobs. We have !;
he satisfaction Of knowing that more than
xo thousand brave and true mcu from this a