Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-10-08

OF tne tTeason-to pu uo"h "h'0" '""'S !
men have given their sons-are lending all
their energies. We ask this class of men
TO look calmly, dispassionately at the fol-
lowing facts, in connection with the above
declaration of JEFF. Davis. The Georgia
Constitutionalist Of Sept. 9th, says
I'VE confess that we hare aiodw bnik
strong hopes on the division and dissatiydc.
fion Of the Northern people, the gradual
but sure gro,oth ofan out-spoke, peace party
and the final outbreak of The insnrrectiondry
elements ,chich erist dm0n0 The enemy, but
,ch;ch, bv one means or other, has 80 FIR been
sn,ot,ered or checked But we have always
held that the only way to build up u peace
party among the Yankees, and to set at lib
erty the furious opposition OF the anti-ke-
publicaDs, was by successful war on Lin
coins armies in the field. We still hare
great expectations from the pence men Of the
North, and the explosive. wrath Of the oppo-
| sition masses
Mr.. Valandigham himself, as we have
heard, most e,nphaticdliy declared TINT the
success of Southern arms alone couH gire
strength and consistency to the peace more
ment; and we verify believe that IT Vicksburg
had been held and Lee had thoroughly defeat.
ed Meade on his own ground, the WoNfsand
Goes aud VaHdndighdns and their Jouor-,
ers ,could hare been rampant for peace and
separation, and that not one drnftsd uian
would ever have worn the United States
unitorm--the livery of hireing or degra-
ded soldier-in the city of New York.
The Richmond Enquirer, Of Sept. 22d,
says:
Charleston and Chattanooga arc the only
points where the enemy present the least
appearance of fight. Ii they WERE DEFEAT
Ed AT CHATTANOOGA AND DRIVEN BACK
ON NASHVILLE, THE VALLANDIaHAM MEN
WOULD CARRY THE ELECTION IN ONO NEXT
MONTH WITH LITTLE DIFFICULTY; the peace
men IN the United States pouH once more
assert their nmnhood and speak out"
We might multiply these extracts from
rebol papers had we the room but we think
enough has been given to show at least that
the rebels regard the present Democratic
l.. party as friendly to them, and are very anI
ious for its success. What, we ask; must be
the result of the election Of a ticket in Ohio
friendly to the cause of the rebellion2 Lieut.
Maury of the rebel navy, wrote to the Lon
don Times that
" VuHand,gham traits and ,ontctcs ore,
the border, picdged, u elected Gor@nor q
the State of Ohio, to array 1t against Ian
coin and he ,oar, and go for pedce!"
And "In order favorably to effect the elec
ton in Ohio" says the Georgia Constitu
tutionalist ''it is to the last degree essen
tial that the Confederate armies win on
or more decisive battles within the mex
thirty or sixty days. IF Johnston and Bragl
can defeat Rosecrans and Burnside, Charles
ton still holding ont, or if Lee, with hi
recruited army can defeat Meade with al
the aid of his new conscripts demoralize
and disaffected as they are represented, the
:. we may expect the most }duordJte results
the OhiO election"
Why is it that these men are so desirou
of the election Of Valandigham, if it is nc
is that he il "pLEDGED if elected Governor {
on Ohio to array it against Lincoln and tn
Dat war;? The State Of New York, by i
W. Governor, is virtually "arrayed against Lii
ng, coin and the war" aud if Ohio by the els
The ton of the most bitter anti-war Southel
ell sympathzer within her borders, shall arrf
has herself "against Lincoln and the war,
out what must be the result, upon the gre
es' question of national existence? live cnnn
the conquer the South whilst united in the effor
how much less likely ure we to do it with Oh
has and New York arrsyed against the Cover
,cn ment2 These are serious questions, b'
nrn they are questions in the pending conte
gly that interest every voter in the State. TT
vas great Douglas, in his dying hours, said th
,ns there could be but two parties in this on
full test-Patrots and Traitors. Are tho me
ng- who are arrayed against the Government
md deadly conflict on the field Of battle traito
cy; to their country? If so, can the men, Il
,ar- party, for whose success they are so,anxiou
The be patriotsY Are the brave boys you ha'
est sent forth to the battle field to crush Il
ee, treason that seeks the destruction Of yo'
,as, Government, Patriots? II so why is it tn
hat they are arrayed in solid phalanx again
of the Vallandgham ticket, ift is not t
traitors ticket?
ra- There is no necessity for any one Deil
ses deceived as to the position Of patriots
of Ohio The patriotic, the loyal, the tru
nc are all arrayed on the side Of the Cover
,st. ment and the army, and against the reb
his lion and its sympathizers; and, whilst d
to men who compose tho other party m
,se not all be rebels and traitors, there can
or no doubt that all the rebels, all the traito
rise all tho enemies of the Government, all &
rth- deserters from the army, and all the symr
the thixers with treason in Ohio, are found
neir its ranks, and all the rebels and traitors
at arms against the Government are labori
Ro- for its success.
the Let every voter in the county and in d
low State bear these facts in mind when he &c
ted to the polls next Tuesday to cast his vol
for in the great hereafter, when in the lig
the of history your actions in this great cri
4 in shall be canvassed by posterity, your vo
otic on that day will class you with the patri
,rly 10, whose devotion to the country in t
urn darkest hour of its danger rescued from i
of| pending ruin the liberties Of the nation,
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