Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-02-26
Andy johnson of Tennessee.
tFrom the Nashville (renn.) Union.l

The Ohio Legislature has invited Gov.
johnson, Of Tennessee, to speak in the Hall
Of the House at Columbus, on the Gath inst.
We hope that be will be able to respond to
the invitation. There are few men living
Ia. day deserving of higher honor than Gov.
johnson. Wo would to God that all North
ern men we're only Is true, faithful and
loyal as he has proved himself to be-
[Sandusky (Ohio) Register.
We find the above announcement, and
the additional one that Gov johnson has
been invited to address grand Union
Meeting at Indianapolis, widely circulated
through our loyal exchanges, attended with
the expression of an easnest wish for Gov.
Johnson's compliance. What his ilten
tions are, or whether constant pressure Of
official business will allow his absence froul
this place. at present, we arc unable to state.
But to our friends in the North, We can Soy
with confidence, that If his v6ic6 could
reach to-day tho assembled millions Of hi:
oountrymen, he would say in substance,
what he said in the Senate of the United
States, Oh the 9th Of July, 1861, Of loyal
East Tennessee
1--WE int, nd to stand as firm az damant,
and as unyielding as our own majestic noun.
tains that surround US. Yes, We will be nj
fixed aud i,nmovable as they are upon theil
bases We will stand as long as we can
and il we are overpowered and liberty shall
bo driven from the land, we intend before
sho departs to take the flag Of our country,
with stalwart arm, q patriotic heart, and
honest tread, and place it upon the SUNNI,
of the loftiest and NEST majestic mountain.
We intend to plant it there, and leave it to
indicate to the inquirer who may cspe in
after times, the spot where the Goddess oi
Liberty fingered and wept for the last time
before she took her fight from . people
once prosperous; free and happy:
1--WE have commenced the battle of free
dom. 1t is freedom g cause. We are re
sisting usurpation and oppression. We vii
triumph. We must triumph. Right il
with us A great and fundamental prin
oiple Of right, that lies at the foundation
Of oil thiags, is with US. We meet with
disasters, and here and there defeat but
ultimately freedoms cause must triumph
for
Freedoms bniilc once begun,
Bcquenthed from bleeding sire IN son.
Thougs bnted olt Is ever won'"
Yes, we feel assured that he would re-
echo these sentiments, which at the time oil
their utterance, thrilled the loyal hearts Of
the nation likes clarion call. And with
even more fsrvor, IL possible, than he then
felt, would he repeat what now appears to
have been spoken in the spirit Of prophecy
"Mr. President, We are in the midst Of a
civil war blood has been shed--lifs has
been sacrificed. Traitors and rebels are
standing with arms in their hands, end il il
said that we must 20 forward and compro.
mise with them. They are in the wrong
they are making war upon the Government;
they are trying to upturn and destroy OuI
free institutions. say to them that the
compromise l have TO make under the ex
isting circumstances is: Ground your arms,
obey the laws, acknowledge the supremacy
Of the Constitution. When you do that,
will talk to you about COMPROMISE.
"Do not talk about Republicans now dc
not talk about Democrats now; do not talk
about Wings or Americans now talk about
ysur country and the Constitution and the
Union. Saus that; preserve The iategrity d
the Government; once more place Il ereci
snono the nations Of the earth aud then, i
100 ioGnt to dipide about questions that n,us
srsse IN our midst, zoe haze Government q
diSias ia.
"This Government must not, canust fail.
Though your flag may have trailed In the
dust though retrograde movement may
have besa made though the banner Of oui
country may have been sullied, let It still be
borne onward and If, for the prosecution
Of this war, 10 behalf Of the Government
aud tho Constitution, II is necessary Ia
cleanse and purify that banner, ! say let il
be baptized in fire from the Sun and bathed
in nations blood IL
i A laI u ALL. L