Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-06-25


ps,tyrho longer which adopts such treas
onablo policy. L,t your whole energies DO
given in support Of the Administration 10
this war. Don't cover yourself with infamy
by taking upon yourself the reputation Of
tryins to strike down the Government when
tugaged in contest with rebellion. Ap.
Blausc.
CONQUER TtfE REBELLION or SUBMIT
Fellow citizens. you must conquer this
fab.llion or you must submit to a recoyni
ton Of the Southern Coniedcracy You
can do but one of these things; it is folly
~ attempt anything olse, Tor there cannot
exist slave coDfederacy and free confed
eracy side by side upon this continent. -
Applause Nay, more than tn It. be
levc the great tod himself never intended
that moro than ono nation should ever oo
cupy this cnuutry. Iie gave us the lakes
Tor our Northern boundary, and the rivers
stfotchlng TO the seas upon whose waters
floats our commerce to tho nations Of the
world while man has done all that can be
done hy science to bind Us together by means
Of railroads, which extended like mighty
link all over the land. ..e.
You must conqrer the whole country or
abandon the whole country you must pre-
serve this as one GnrcrDlnent or see it rent
into twenty or fifty different factions.
THE RIGHT or SECESSION CONSIDERED
have not proposed to day tn argue with
you the question of Secession. hut say to
you that that dogma 70 destructive to the
principle upon which this Government was
established must be crushed ont or there
will be no unity or national life hereafter.
think old jackson settled tho question of
Secession when he Knocked Calhoun and
his argument down with his proclamation
| thiuk every man in this land will deny
the right of Secession. had talk with an
old friend, whom | saw IN this audience a
few minutes ago. said to him, "Do you
admit the right OF n State ~ secedc?" mo,
sir. do not. 'Do you adult the right
of Washington county IN scccde from the
rest orthc Stnte?" NO" Suppose she
does itY' II will try to coax her back. -
Suppose she won't be coaxed backi' Il
will use gentle force to bring her back?'--
But suppose she has stolen all your guns
aud asks you TO come on and tight?" II
will just tell her, 'wayward sister, go in
peace. Those were John Van Buren, 5
words but he has repented of them. NJw
take that principle aud apply it to the States:
how long-bnt it would be folly to ask how
long would the United States hang together
together? How long before you would be
ca into clans, with more chieitains than
the Roman Enpire in the days of its disso.
luton? How long would you command the
respect OF other nations or of yourselves?-
The doctrine is too monstrous to be thought
OF for an hour When you talk to me and
say, Don coerce anybody | answer that
We eoerce man for almost every crime he
COMMITS and why cannot you coerce the
man who endeavors to break up the Gov.
ernmentf 10 say nothing about constitu
tional argument. common sense fOrbids the
idea. You may talk ill you are hoarse, you
have got to continue as one Government
and u united people, or bc divided into fac.
lions, each sntiet to danger from every
other in the land.
THE DUTY OF EVERY MAN.
Then is there any doubt in the mind Of
any man Us to his duty in this contest2 That
II is his rs every mans duty to give his bcs,
efforts to the end that we may settle the re.
hellion and build up this Government strong
aRain, as God Almighty designed it to be-
aud what We are trying to make il.
PERonATIoN.
This country, my friends, is tho last hope
OF lreemen throughout the world. Ii il the
field ayoa which civilization ha. Aeurished
and science begun to accomplish its great
purposes. The nations and people Of the
old worlt are marking its progress from day
to day, as it enfranchises man from every
servitude. And are you going to give il upi
Young men, can you afford to give to youl
posterity heritage worse than that youl
fathers gave iu you? you can, you arc
faithless not only to your own manhood, but
10 your God. You are bound to have on(
country, one flag, aud one destiny. And
1Fhat country shall this be2 What but the
Fouetfy you had before the rebellion raised
~ paracldal hand TO strike il DOWN. Tha
,untry with the incubus of Slavery wiped
way: a country that, like weary man that
Sllas laid down by the roadside to rest, has
= risen again, aud is marching on to its great
destiny. What flag? What other than
that old flag, which has given protection
and honor 10 your sires and yourselves from
the day Of Declaration TO the present time.
What flag but that which smiles on your
peaceful assemblage to duy Stand by il
then, let it be the flag OF this Uuion restor
ed, reared alott 10 float forever Or when
II falls, II fall il must, let there be nothing
around Il but crumbling walls, aud NOT hing
above i but the Angel that shall speak the
end OF Time and the beginning of eternity!
Details OF the Battle at Martinsburg.