Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-10-29

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opposed US. Lot him 60 into oblivlos. ..,It
is immciarial who led the party opposed 10
the Government. And their great leader
HAS d leest the merit Of consistency He
has aways openly opposed you and sym<
pathized With rebellion From the beGiuft
ing he declared his opposition to the vu1I--<
He led that infamous Ave who resisted every
war measure Of Congress. He has never
stopped to deceive you. But the otherss
who calling themselves Democrats, have
borne his banners and fought his battles.
are mousing and hunting after place and
power. let them not be forgetosn.
But the fruits Of OUR victory are not con.
fined to our own State. o. the third Of
next November this tide, which hes boen
rolling from the Ohio river to the Lakes,
will roll on over New York, sweeping up at
least 1000 majority for Union. The whole
Of that State has been ablase with demon
strstions Of Joy at the result Of this election.
Every city and town from Albany to Buifa<
10, has been the scene Of public demonstra-
tions of rejoicing. have been flooded
with dispatches OF c,ngratulstion from all
over that State. And the burden of it has
been, the salvation that Ohio has wrought
Tor the Republic.
But its tone goes down to Dixie, too
The rebel leaders there have clung to the
hope of Vallandigham's election, with des~
peration. To secure it, they would have
sacrificed their best army. Now, that last
hope is crushed--their last piauk has gone
/ down. They have heard this voice of thun-
der from the loyal States. Like Belshasxar6
they see a writing on the wall, and in it.
read their doom.
| The news Uf this victory goes over the
water, too, and settles all talk Of inter$sh-
ton there. II will even enter che Tailler~
les, apd find its way to the ears Of Louis Ma
poleob, stuffed as they arc with Mexicau
cotton. He will discover that we meas to-
fight this fight out, and the discovery Sill
make him ring wonderful change in his
tune. -
There is another place to which the news
Of this victory will 60 with especial signif-
canoe. As it leaps from crag to crag, and
and bounds from crest to crest among the
mountains Of Tennessee, tho soldiers will
hear it and will say, 1--WE knew that the peo.
pie Of Ohio would not leave US to Rght this
battle alone" As this news breaks upou
our brave boys from every mountain crest,
it covers them with foam Of glory. And
why should they not rcjoice2 To them aud
to their efforts we owe everything, and even
! the chance to vote. We have not felt the
effects Of this rebellion st oil. We 70 hons
at night aud rest in peace. No blade Of
: grass Of yours has been trampled or stained
with blood. The torch of noincendiary has
wrapped your home in flames; the knife Of
no isssssin has iaid your Chiidrs6 -dexd q
your hesrthstones. But for this wall Of
Union hearts which stands between you and
the foe, all those horrors would have swept
upon you, and Ohio would bear the scorsh-
cd and blackened evidences Of war thst
Mississippi now does .r...-rgT
And do you know how these brave boys
have begged, persuaded and implcred their
friends to vote for the Union? All honor to-
them that they did not. in their public ca
Z pacity, use threats also. ! know Of some
: cases, however, 10 which they have used
r threats, privately, and with very happy
result too. Let me relate an incident. When
was in Lancaster, found upon the stsnd
Q from which | was to speak, an old man
whom had Known in former years, and
I who had learned war Identified with the
9 Peace Democracy. "Why, George, how
come you here?'' saidi. And the old woman
Q told me that he had = son, . captain in the
8 army. His son had written to him saying:
!, Father, pray, implore, entreat you,
r to vote the Union ticket. But If yoHdo not,
: when come home. though msy slipround
+ to kiss mother once in . while. when you
9 to you again. !" The I'D man vent ON is So
o broken English to tell bow he carried the
letter to his wife, and how, moved by Il and
J. her tears, he concluded that be could net
'S lose his boy for one vote. Many Dcusoossts
y like him had concluded thst they cgu1 Hps
lose their boys for one vote. Aud IL tk<
e election had been put of for two wSsns l1G
Is ger, We would have got all the votss from
1t the old Democratic ranks that were worth
q having. Many more Of them, think, have
II already come over, and, in sixty days, almosl
all the rest will claim that they were with
1 us. Let us not rspulse these men. Let d
rs cruelty by public opinion the leaders, bul
q let US not tread down the honest and delu
"a ded masses Elt tstLt s4s1
a. Let me now address . word to the ladies'
lliaries in this campaign. We owe thin
ie victory, as we owe all Of good in the world
re to woman. Woman was last at the cross
D; and first at the grave. She has BEEN might!
"a for good in this war, spreading untold Bless
Or ings all around. No one can ton bow II
IN her Soldiers Aid SocietBs have done IN al
N leviatiug suffering and in bringing oomf6r
" to the soldier. Womeu have helped the
ia soldiers on the battlefield by the home let
,n ters which they have written-letthfs full O
d, confidence, love and cheer-which'warm th,
ut heart and nerve the arm for the 6Eht. Shg
., is always ON the side Of the people oas9t
ID Government, and has always beer With d
It in this campaign Her instincts are ete
: for truth and right. We owe much.to, wo
es man, Let US not forget her. Let us nsve
r. fail inremembrsnce Of sud duty to her.
en Let me remind you, in closing that v,
i, have still . Government to watch over On,
at preserve. Let US stand ready, like miuut,
BY men, to do 80, BY our votes, by our bsyo
ar nets, by all means in our power M
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ne Special Dispatch TO the Cincinnati Gazette. -. ,a
On KNOXVILLE, TENN, Oct. rs.