Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-03-12

and as Democrats upon either measures or
men. My Democratic associates Upon the
committee, am sure, can say OF me and
my Republican associates, what take pride
in saying OF them, that ve have inquired not
what were the partisan opinions Of candi.
dates, but only, can they render service to
their endangered country?
That patriotism, which embraces the
whole country, comprehends the mighty
OF the present and the future Of
the Republic, bids us all subordinate the
temporary claims Of party to the enduring
interests Of our country. The needs of our
country, the pressing exigeDcies ofthis hour
of profound anxiety, when the heart Of the
patriot throbs heavily for the uncert ain
future Of the Republic, bid US forget, forgive,
unite, lock step, and move on, shoulder 10
shoulder, to the rescue of our periIed land.
an and ever have been ready, in obedi.
ence to the voice of patriotism, TO 20 as far
as he who would go furthsst in burying the
idle feuds cngen1ered by the contests Of
the past, aud in binding together the men
Of every creed in one mighty host moved
by one overmastering impulse. But, sir,
my ear is panied and my soul is made sick
by these fierce, bitter, and Malignant assaults
OF men who heed the claims of mere par
tisanship rather that the lofty demands of
an all embracing patriotism. Day after day.
for month after month, the nation has had
dinned into its weary ear these bitter, false,
and unreasoning criticisms of men whose
petty prejudiees against men with whom
they differed about questions of admins
tration in other days-men whose attach.
ments to and sympathies for the rebel chiefs.
their late trusted aud honored leaders, make
them forgettul of the lofty claims Of their
country. Duty to our poriled country,
to our brave men whose manly bosoms
are barred to the shots and shells, the
sabers and bayonets Of rebel battalions,
demand that we should no longer be silent,
that we should unmask these factionists, strip
the DISCUSSES from of these rebel symps.
thizers, and let them stand forth 10 all their
nakedness to the indignant aud withering
scorn of betrayed and unsulted nation.
Sir, these malignant faetionists, these rebel
sympathizers, embodened by the ch arity
aud silence of loyal men, forget who they
are aud what they are. If these men, who
have only tender words for treason and
traitors whose hands are reeking with the
fresh blood of our friends and kindred fallen
in the cause Of our menaced country, while
they pour out bitter reproaches upon their
own Government, and heap their maledie-
tions upon the heads of patriotic men who
give their days aud nights to their country,
have forgotten who they are and what they
are, the nation has not ceased to remember
who aud what they are. Yes sir; the nstiou
refine lubers the associations, the words, and
acts Of the Senator from Kentucky aod hii
confoderates, in aud out Of Congress, who
have no words of rebuke for armed treason
who send to our brave soldiers battling for
their country no word Of cheer or of hope
l tell the Senator from Kentucky, | tell his
associates in these Chambers, | tell the
malignant facti0uists of the East and Of the
West, that the nation, in its magma nimity,
may forgive, but never can forget it. His
| tory will write it down for after times, that
these malignant slanderers of the Govern.
ment, these factionists. who pronounce the
! President tyrant aud usurper, who decry
the credit Of the nation, discou rage enlist
ments, counsel desertion and threater
resistance to legal authority, plot in the darl
secret councils OF the Knights of the Gold
en- Circle, aud demand an armistice to nego
tiate an inglorious peace with rebels in arms
were the trusted associates aud ever Obedi
ent followers of Jefferson Davis and hi
rebel compsers. History will write it dow1
that these sympathizers with rebels were
ever swift to obey the commands of the
rebel chiefs, when they were the leaders Of
Atricanized Democracy, whether thost
commands were to repeal the Missour
prohibition, to seize the ballot boxes u
infant Kansas, murder brave free State men
frame and support the Lecompton constitu
ton, stuff ballot boxes, applaud fllbuste
raids upon border nations, approve DredScot
decisions, misrepresent and slander patriot
men for elinging to the principles aud polio
of the republican fathers, or to give assur
anees that the incoming Administrator
would not be permitted to enforce tn
authority of the nation in the secednc
States. Yes, sir; history will record tn
fact that Davis and his abhorred compeer
in treason left these Chambers with the as
sured confidence of conviction that thes
men, who now brand Abraham Lincoln
, tyrant and usurper, would divide and di.
tract the North, throttle loyal men in thei
tracks, and thus shield the traitors in the
dismenberment Of the Union. Histor
will record the fact that when the old fla
of the Union went down at Sumter beneat
, the devouring batteries and the confsderat
!, flag of treason went up, the nation, inspire
i by the fires Of outraged patriotism, ros
i in sublime majesty, forced the unwilling /
! raise the national flag, and the Governmer
: to defend with all the nations resources i
!. menaced life. History will record, too, th
q fact that these sympathizers with rebe
. bowed before the majestic uprising of tf
people, bided their hour, vilifed first Il
|, supporters of the Government 10 mslsur e
n phrases, aud then, when misfortunes can
!. upon the nation, when the high .wrougl
4 expectations of the people were doomed
r disappointment, when mourning was 10 maj
/. homes, and anxiety for the loved and Il
4 absent filed the hearts of many household
a they broke the silence and inaction impos,
| by the people in the FIRST bright ardor
\ insulted patriotism, pronouncedt the Preside
a usurper and tyrant, the Government
!. despotism, demanded peace on any term
!, and sent words Of hope and cheer to reb
q leaders whose hands are red with the bloc
n of our murdered countrymen.
i Sir, these men and these presses that a
8 now assailing the President a.d the Cover
mentl in measureess aud vituperati'
J, phrases, decrying the credit Of the natio
p pr0claiming that the subjugation of the 7
II bellion by armed force is an impossibilit
.r demanding peace at the cost of a broke
!. disunslnbered, and dishonored Union, pr
t. dieting the disruption of the now 10y
1t States, thus sowing seeds that may rip
N, into tha hitfar fruits of ahanation hatra