Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-05-14
New York Democracy-.Legislative
Address--The New York Herald's
Opinion of it's Honesty.

From the New York Herald, a0,hl
We publish this morning, for the infor- ]
nation Of our readers, the address Of the Z
Democrat, members OF our late Legislature !
TO their constituents II isa remarkable
document. We pronounce il an insolcnt ap-
peal for public favor upon false pretenses.
we denounce it as the most impudent and ,
arrogant production Of unscrupulous old
party hacks and spoilsmep that has ever ;
emanated from that fruitful source Of cor. ,
ruption. their headquarters at Albany. We
consider il our duty to meet this brazsn-i
faced imposture ipon the threshold, and to
hold il nm. by the liyht of truth. to public
contempt and condemnation.
We first arraigD this Democratic address
as base peryersion Of that prevailing 10y
al public sentimsnt ofthe State tl.stq1n
VIII iah these 1870 esisasfs We. ;sIaastf %
" ISsisiaturS.yI.T They would have us'''
i'belieyl -.o1fi the whore tenor of this ad.
dress. that the paramount issue of the day
is not between the general Government and
the rebellion. but between the Democrats
and Republicans of New York; that the
great struggle in which we are involved is
not for the life of the nation, but for the
spoils and that the restoration of the spoils ,
to the Democratic party is more important
| than the prosecution of the war. But what
are the plain facts Of history regarding the |
Democratic party? Utterly corrupted and
demoralizcd by the spois, it was broken
up, dissolved and scattered to the four
winds Of heaven at the Charleston and Bal
tinore Conventions of 1860 The previ-
ously controlling elements of the party,
uniting in grand conspiracy lighted the
fires Of this Southern rebellion, while the
| - IL - ..,., &c Dras
ident Lincoln's Administration, left hardly
the shadow of an opposition party IN the
North.
Nor did the Northern elections OF iast
October and November signify resusclta-
tion OF the OLD democratic party, or any
such contemptible reaction OF puo,ic opn-
ion. They had much deeper and broader
signification. Under the arguments OF the
independent conservative pubic press,
those elections were so many warnings from
the people to the administration against
the continuation OF those follIes, blunders'
\ imbecilities, corruptions and disasters which
down to last autumn had marked the con-
: duct of the war. Selling upon these move
ments ofpubic opinion, the, spoilsmen,.
ragmen, bagmen and sordid hucksters OF
the deiunct democratic party rushed In,
} and. making their paltry bargains here and
s6here. for offices aMa plumber, assured to
tvpaak the verdict OF the people. Thus these
miserable democratic imPosters, inflated
r with the deluSive idea that the day had
/. cesae to play tolder game, proceeded in
4 the Indiana and Illinois Legislatures, and
! to some extent in New Jersey and else
g where. to their noyemeDts Tor peace with
. Jvf. payis and his reRellious confedeTates
9 eyen< be extent Of Ploody riots aud civi
wa We ioyai states.
There was something OF this violent rev,
olutionary spirit betrayed by the lifikers o.
! TamhaIy aud M0zart Halls 10 the late lepn
/. test for the Speaker at Albany, and "
slknownoy what would have followed ouf iol
:, the restraining iniue OF wiser men IN tht
!. legislative councils OF the party AT al
1ISeE eyents5 the foolish e4cesses OF % NOISY
Democrats OF the copperhead faction, Eas
y in another popular reaction IN the iate NeV
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut ami
dWcstern elections, In the single case OF Sey
mour, OF Connecticut, it is thus made man
to ifest that bis copperhead peace ptatf9m !
q as odious TO the people as the stupid wa
programme OF the Abolition faction, AN
yet the foremost and most grieveus offens
rs complained Of in this Albany Democrati
in Legislative address is that "one the men
s2 bers from Kings county, elected as q Den
at ocrat, was induced 70 abandon hia party 90
tho Speekcrz,ip es<he. Hcuso ~ g
us hands o, ,hisuppc dents, under circninstsl
flcas Involving : gross betrsyg sot pari
ih faith. ;, We may boldly say h6wevcr, "a
ifthiss Demogratic address 1sinhodies q
ad s,party faith NJ. Csllicot did well 20 p
let I1lay and abandgp It, snd ought to be hoi
cS dred for it BY his constituents. M
Of with a specifcation or two indicatios II
sts revolutionary spirit Of this address, xe shs
ue aron the d;saereSSb subject. These Den
ocrat;c patriots declare that the ''subord
ri. nst;on Of the RIGHTS and interests Of I'll
nd State 10 The schemes Of the consolidatio
ID. ;sts at washington was eyinced lin the LIE
VS., islature, not less painfully in the reluctan
ar to nroyide for the military defense of Il
lis- State. and the refusal to perfect the orga
my ;zation Of the militia, while the FEEDER
all Goyernment, at the same time, proposes
res sub,titute a forced conscrip p{ion for the @
on, reliance of tho Republics citizen nili
on and a volunteer army" And again: 1t
ent made matter Of protest that the Fedel
and Eovarnment nroposes to absorb the fur