Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-02-19


and to incarceration in State prisons 7ht
pretence Of reconstruction Is a false pretence,
and although the obtdinn,sit of votes upon IL
may mol be Jeloniously punishable 6y iaio, It i,
INFAMOUS IN the eye of morals"
What is wanting in language here OF
scorn and contempt for the practices of the
Northern Democracy in the "obtaument Of
votes" and how utterly obtuse, shameless
and degraded politically, must they be if
they do not feel so cutting rebuke! Is
it not difficult to imagine anything better
calculated to repel every attempt at any
merely political alliance? and is it not plain,
as we have said, that these scornful words
bitter, singing have at length reached
sensibilities as oallous and hard even as
those Of these old political hacks, the lead
ers of the peace Democracy of the North?
Scanning what we have given and much to
the same purpose recently put aaoat in the
public prints from the South, should not
every loyal man congratulate himself who
is in no way vulnerable to such assaults as
this from the Richmond press?
We cannot withhold one more extract
from the same Richmond production, con.
tanning, as it does the gist of the rebuke
sought to be conveyed to the abcttors Of
treason thus doomed TO catch it from every
! quarter. 1t is this:
1T is not for US to give advice to any
party in the North, but in this case the
maxim IL certainly true, that il may be wise
for them to learn from an enemy, The les.
son which we would teach tho Northern
conservatives is simply this that honesty !;
tic best policy Let them not go before their
people with dclusive aud false programme
Let them not deceive their people into the
belief that the South will unite in the con
vention which they propose.
Now, if the loyal men Of the North had
, not advanced single sentiment going t
rebuke this 50 called Peace Democracy, y
what we have given from prints issued il
the very presence Of the rebsl conclave a,
y Richmond ought to be sufficient to cut shor
all attempts ofthe disloyal at tamperinl
with the rebels in arms. The latter com
menced with avowing their hatred for the
extremists Of tho North; and they have
worked themselves up to that degree of fury
that they will recognize none as TO be toler
ated who stand in the way of that consum
nation Of their ambitious schemes projectcC
so many long years ago and, as they hope
yet to be successful. Every proposition fol-
terms short of separation" brings back
only an insane howl ofdefance, only new
manifestations Of hatred of the most malig
nant kind. What is the conclusion of all
this? ..... ....
Only this: That tho loyal States must
unite again as one man to crush the rebel
lion by that law force to which tho rebe
leaders themselves were the first to appeal
Separation, which, of itself, at once anC
forever destroys all those old coalitions
: betwixt tho Northern and Southern Bcmoc
. racy by which, for two thirds or more o
our history, certain set among US managed
/, to retain power, can hardly be the consum
nation once wished so ardently by those
who have been foremost as ''negotiators'
of late. Driven back in thoir foolish quest
then, what remains for these men, if they
would foster any hopes for the future, bu
to drop forever their wild schemes and cease
to flwn upon men who IN turn spit upon
and spurn them? Surely they have gone
far cnough-even the most reckless and
profigate of them-in this direction; sure.
u ly they must now see that, as hoped for ''ne
gotiators," their vocation must be yielded
to thos who, backed by the armies of the
Republic, can at least insure durable
"peace" not resulting in frowning
batteries on both sides Of the border, frou
the Atlantic to the furthest confines of the
Republic in the West.
There is yet another and encouraging
view to be obtained from the present state
of Affairs. Not in the nature of men hav
ing any pride whatever, to stand the insults
which we have thus seen have been heaped
upon the Peace faction of the North, wC
have good hopes for the conclusion, that as
agencies hostile to tho vigorous prosecution
Of the war, thoy will be but little further
heard OF in the manner they have boer
heretofore Nay, under the severe provo
cations they have received, and stimulated
to look nearer home for means of gainin 9
position and power, they may even be
iound-some Of them active on the side OIL
the Union, making even simulated patriot.
ism do something to vindicate the cause OF
the country. Even if they are but true to
their old instincts and their old tactics,
the prospects Of military success now
Frightening may serve to make then eleventh
hour patriots aud to some purpose. Had
they the sagacity and the resolution to rs
pent and do right in the future could
they feel the force of the advice given
them by their quondam friends at Rich
9 mond, they might, indeed, whilst the wal
lasts, make up an exhibit of patriotic deeds
> such as might go long way in the sh ape
= Of political capital in their future. We feal
Il they have not the courage to do this, but
d at any rate, late events seem to have pretty
we'll rendered them harmless for the pres
4 eat. With faction commanded to silence
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