Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-02-26
The Richmond Enquirer on Vallan
digham's Speoch.
THE DBMocRAT YANKEES.

tFrom the hehrJrd Enquirer reb III
This section OF the alien enemy, which i
now endeavoring to reduce our country b,
nre, iamlDe and slaughter--even the best o
them, even the most peaceably disposed oI
them-have no idea Of making peace with
us except on the basis Of re- union-that Is
submission. Vallasdipham il the best and
most poaceably disposed; aud in his late
great speech we find not one single prac
tical idea except plan for getting nd ot
the Republican, eornofsnts who now deGoul
the revenue, and putting in their place chs
Dcmocratic sharks who swallowed it,be.ore
all by the help OF the South, in a recon
structcd Union. For this great end, so sa
cred in Democratic eyes, he thus suggests 4
mutual forgiveness Of injuries. ...
!, saudi J'r,i 'ct nsss,aa Ia SIC RGrtk tai
me tliat she has been Invaded, and that al
the horrors implied ID those most terrible
OF wOrds-ciyil wer--have been visited up-
on her. L know that, too. But we, also,
OF the North and West, in every State, and
by thousands, who have dared 20 much a.
to question the principle aud policy. OF
doubt the honesty Of this Administration
and its party, have suffered everything that
the worst despotism could inhict, except on.
ly loss of life upon the scaffold. Some even
have died for the cause BY the hand Of the
assassin. And can we forget? Never new
erl Time will but burn the memory Of
these wrongs deeper into our hearts. But
shall we break up the Union? Shall We
destro. the Government because usurpinc
tyrants have held possession and perverted
to the most cruel of expressions? Was
It ever so do1e in any other country? La
Athens? Rome? England? Anywhere
No, sir. let rs expel the uzurper and re-
store the Constitution and laws, the right
OF the States, and the liberties of the peo-
pie: and then, in the country Of our fathers,
under the Uulon OF our fathers and the old
fag--the symbol once again Of the free and
the brave-let US fulfil the grand mission
which Providence has appointed ter u.
among the nations of the earth.' -..-I.
Mutual forgiveness ofiujgries is beau
titul thing: but how have we. injured the
Northl Was It zee who erected that worst
despotlstn" under which they suffer-? Was
it zee who shut them up 10 Fort Lafayette,
and arrested their editors, and seized their
letters in the post-ofice2 but shah toe
break NJ the Union, cries the Democrat!
DUST as you p ease, sir, it is no affair of ours
No, sir, cries ne, ''let Us ezpel the usur
per-! Mr: Litcoll IS 10 itsurper; you hav,
regutrr,y etecie3him; zee Jcish you j9V Of him
Pe casnot ally ouf~lces f7iMI a ftctiSR; IN a
foreign nation TO displdce its reg,iia,. Cor
ernnaeat. Such proceedings ro,sld be con
trd,y to tie tJscs Of nations, aud ace haee q
great respect Jor he Iqp of nations.
As for The ''old .fag," zee presume tia
Mr. Idilanltighant means tie flag rkich ha
ices lcauiii5 orer- ths s1ttiiaas oj.Btsiez,,, III
trigaais Of lUilroy; HeJfag that has sya,log
izea 10 ne burning totcas dad housei0las des
oiated; the Rag that rc hareseea fmhg 5.f5r,
US on ereSy battlefield Of Virginia.; lie Raa
that ice haee torn ard traoapled Nth q male
dictioa into tie mud Of erely camp Jetreer
Yorkto,ca and The Rappalanaock. tn,
Democrat ,ciU ercnse us; trc chr nere1' again
hoist on sea or taad that disl,oaore4 banner.
We have no objection TO Mr.. Vallandig.
ham and his Democrats dethroning 1.-THE
usurper. On the contrary, we encourage
him in that enterprise; but he must expec,
no political alliance with US, and may a:
well drop the subject of that old flag.