Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-07-02
The Home Traitors of the Loyal
States.

States.
There has hardly ever occurred in th
whole history of human affairs any NOR
revolving and humiliating public exhibition
than haveju been imposed upon the friend
Of free government, the loyal people of thi
country, in the recent convocations and pro
ceedings of the three-so called-"Demo
cratic Conventions" Of Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Illinois. Not commended to reflection
and forbearance by the alarm and distres
on all sides caused by traitors in arms agains
their country, they have seized upon tn,
crisis in the National affairs to add wha
they can to the heavy burdens thrown upor
the Government and people; and they ma,
have the consolation of knowing that, b.
then late action seeking to paralyze the arm
Of the Government in its conflict with thost
who strike at its existence, the infamy they
have so well earned will cling to their name,
forever, and descend to their children, after
them, in more peaceful times as legiti-
mate inheritance. Furious after the spoils
Of office Of which they were rightfully de-
prived by the verdict of the people, per.
fectly venomous in their angry disappoint-
ment, they have-as usual-blended by.
pocricy and deceit, with their old effrontery,
in assuming the garb Of patriotism to cheat
the people and betray the country anew
The actions Of this vile set in getting to.
gcther in the capitals of Ohio and Illinois
was bad enough; but in congregating at
Harrisburg the case was abundantly worse.
Scared away at first by their coward fears,
on their way thither, they yet mustered
courage, finally, to meet in guilty conclave, !;
and there, within view of men laboring on
Notifications to protect the very place they
yet had the privilege of assembling, they
passed the "stereotyped, cut and dried"
resolutions, the cold blooded connections,
denunciatory Of the Government, which
they had prepared in a safer locality.
1t is hardly worth while, perhaps, to no.
tice particularly the resolutions" passed.
They may be supposed to have a common
origin, since they all bear the same stamp
of the most deadly hostility to the Govern
ment, and of tolerance or favor towards the
traitors in arms. Opposed to the prosecu-
tion of the war, and furious over the woes
Of convicted traitors, they are like burn
ing disgrace to the cowardly faction whose
sentiments they represent, and can only be
regarded with utter loathing by every true
patriot in the land. Not willing to dwell
longer on proceedings so revolving to every
sentiment of right, let us turn from these
productions Of traitorous conclaves to the
views Of the soldiers in the field from one
of these States-from Ohio. Here is pre-
amble and some resolutions passed of late
by the 45th Ohio, in their capacity of cit
izena of the State of Ohio and soldiers of
the Great Republic;" and they are ad.
dressed ito the uncompromising Union men
of their native State.
WHEREAS, We have this day learned,
with deep regret and profound disgust, OF
the nomination of the notorious G. L. Val
landigham for Governor by the Peace par
ty' Of Ohio, and have been forced to admit
Of the existence in our native State of a
party which. in the hour of trial and dan
ger, calls for peace with rebellion, and would
have the Republic cringe like towards at
the feet Of traitors, and disgrace US as a
nation in the eyes Of the whole civilized
world; therefore,
'Resolued, That, although we have here.
tofore kept aloof from political subjects,
have passed no resolutions of praise or cen
sure on public men or measures, and have
simply aimed to discharge our duty as sol.
diers fighting for our country, yet we are
convinced that the time has arrived when
it becomes our imperative duty boldly to
express our sentiments as citizens of the
great State Of Ohio.
"Rcsolped, That we condemn the fiomi-
nation of Vallandigham and all other pro
jects Of the Peace party as inimical to ev-
cry interest OF our government; as ain out
rageous insult to the army and disgrace to
the State; and that we earnestly call upon
our friends and brethren at home to join
heartily and firmly with us in resenhng thus
insult, and in siping out this foul stain upon
the proud escutcheon Of our State by repu-
dating the traitorous Vallandigham and
all sympathizers with him by an overwhelm-
ing defeat at the next election,
Resolved, That we scorn all honied res.
olntions ofrespect to the army, all the Aatter-
ing compliments as to its courage and gal
lantry, coming from those who deliberately
place obstacles in the way of speedy sup
preston Of this wicked rebellion, and who,
under the hypocritical guise of peace and
the Union as it was, 0ire all aid and conf
fort in their po,oer to the enemy in front, ,oho
are our deadly, though more honorable foes.
We respect the rebel in arms fighting for
what he deems his rights, but we utterly
oathe that detestable Ming-A HOME TRAI-
TOR"
Scanning the foregoing resolutions, now,
who supposes that from the army, general
ly, the fighting men, the truly patriotic of
the nation, these accursed traitors and dem.
agogues are in the future to get any favor ?
who does not see that the war once over,
aud their lot would be the most unenviable
that can be conceived of, their political hope
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