Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-02-12

this rebellion ions mt pre1pifdted, out ndd
been the york ofthe last thirty years sg.ce
the daw Of rillvfcation, We have IN add
ton to this, the confession Dfthe lh1ex, pa |
per pubHshedin L)nlon uuder the inhn'
euce OF tho secession agents there, 'oh.ch
sho,os that The thirty years Of p!rspard,f,on
did not pass pithoat Earopean d,d ana as
sislance. In its issue OF December 4,n
last, that sheet contains an article, extracts
from which we 6nd in the Baltimore Amer
lean, which are wrlttep by one VINO seems 70
have been in the confidence OF the late pr
William Napier. We have not the entire
concentration. but after stating tint many
yeors since 'the sorereignI States 0 ne
,So,1h had uaalterably resoteed 70 sccede
from tie U,uon, dc," .e il.,, y...,,.,;.r Il
1t is not very rational supposition that
a plot 50 long formsd, aud fully matured,
depended on the opesstious OF jau ansi-sla Z
very party for its manifestation. u ..,... i /,
Wecondemn the statement fthe Journal,
because it looks like an abandonment OF the
strongest position Of the Union party, to
wit: that the war for tho preservation Of the
Union is war for the perpetuation Of free
Government, and that the animu, of the
rebellion is opposition to democratic insti-
tutions, and not to abolitionism. Here is
proposition which all can co nprehend !,
which is easy to be established, aud which
is universal in its application. Why weaken
the force of such war club, by idle clamors
against the bugbear OF nti-slavery, as if
the crime of destroying the nation was no
greater than the crime of dest troying slavery;
or as if the national cause could be helped
by taking half the odum Of treason from
the shoulders of jeff. Davis, and placing it
upon the shoulders Of anti Slavery men?--
Let the important fact be proclaimed to the
country, that this Southern conspiracy is
the work of an intolerant, self sh and des'
potic faction, which, to use the forcible Ian
guage of rebel journal, the Raleigh Stand
dard, ''as it broke up the old government,
because it could no longer controlit, SO it
is ready to break up the Southern Confed
eracy for the same reason" Mr.. Calhoun
and his satanic associates did not believe
in the fundamental principle, on which
Washington and Jefferson erected our Gov
ernment nor do their disciples who are nov
in armed rebellion against it believe in them
tbey are iufdels to the gospel of humat
freedom. We must also consider that anti
slavery is the legitim ate offspring of the
system OF slavery, aud the aggressive an1
} despotio spirit Of slavery, that withou
s,ayervrsp,there could be no abolition
, party. The most earnest opponent
of the system of compulsotory labor wer
the Southern statesmen of the Revolution
of '76. Hon. A. II. Stephens said in hi
f noted Savannah speech: a .' ha
y l"7he preraihag ttleas entertained by han
. (Jetfers3n) and nlGst 81 NE !ead.ag SO fate, as
Htem s,,o a; ,ne ,a"e ",e III ~ ~. s,,yyenent
D the African race ,cas in violation ofthe la.
ofaatare; that It ,oas l,oroag an prtncipt
l. soc'aH'' morally and potn'catiy.
Hnr me,g oo:snmeas n. ~ =" ~,os%,t;on ~ o ,,re IN
y rs corner stone rests upon tile great trut
e hat the negro is not the equal OF the whit
man; that slavery Is his natural ana no'
;. MAJ couu'.'on' .l 'H. .u... -
'fl we sna'l not az presen' auo's 'n' opi".:'
OF tne iiiuslrious .a'herS VI 'ne ro'o', :,
ot I" ~ w. "no t'''0u .r''H :" ..r' I'''s =