Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-07-30
Lessons to be Taught Those Array. a.
ed Against the qovernnlen

Seymourism, Copperheadisn, Norther
sympathy with goddess rebellion, is sti
manifesting ITSELF and New York city, a
the focus Of this, having "sown the wind,
is still "reaping the whiilwind." Never i
the whole history Of public events was
more plain and startling exemplifcation 0
the inevitable connection which exists be
twixt causes and their effects than is no,
shown 10 this production of fruit from tn
tree the leading Copperbeads have planted
Bloody fruit il is; horrible; reyolting
disgusting the crimes perpetrated in thei
murderous wantonness being such as woul,
shame savages The mob once taught b!
political leaders 10 despise the law in one
particular, and straightway they trample al
law in the mire seeking thus to tear vi
the very foundation Of civilized society
seeking to overturn and destroy everything
tnat looks like wholesome restraint. a
And there is no excuse or shadow of pal
liation for all this. Horatio Seymour
the ,Woodses and Brookses, as men of edu
cation and intelligence at, least, all knew
that when they set to work systematicall,
to teach men to cavil at and defy the Gov
eminent and the laws, that they were, BY
these very acts, Enchanting . demon who
would, or might, run riot in every excess
who would probably track his pathway
as has been done at all times in similar
cases in the past--with blood and desola-
ton, with crime of every hue. They had
history, example-we say--for all this
They knew that q popular Government
especially existed & fourished only through
an innate and abiding respect for the laws I;
that when intelligence and a love Of public
order could no longer be appealed to, that
when wild passions and -resentments were
to be encouraged to take the ascendency-
to become controlling agencies, that anarchy
must result-that chaos must come again.
At such time as this there is no occa-
sion to mince matters in dealing with the
evils that have gained such head. For
months past all men of ordinary intelligence
have seen where the teachings of the New
York and Ohio revolutionists would lead,
for we hold, and have held, that betwixt
these men and their congeners in the South
there was nothing to ohoose-except, per-
haps, that the armed and fighting wing were
the more respectable of the two. And if
there is anything in the history of Balti.
more, as connected with this great conflict,
of which she should be proud, it is that on
two memorable occasions here one Of these
infamous sneaks sought hearing at the
manifest peril of his neck. Our people,
with the true instincts of patriotism, knew
at glance that there was nothing that
could be tolerated in the notorious Ohio
traitor that should not be tolerated in any
reasonable villain who hailed from any
portion of the Rebel ConGederacy and ma.
king no mistake in this in the outset, they
are not likely to make any hereafter.
And when the trouble comes, at last
when foul murder stalks through the streets
Of the great commercial metropolis; when
the thick smoke Of huge -confagrations
burdens the cir and hangs like pail over
the city, what does the great chief of the
gang who are responsible for all this do ?
be who was elected to protect and conserve
their rights; who, as the Chiet Magistrate
Of the first State in the Union was suppos-
ed to be one of the bulwarks of society
one Of the delegated champions of law and
order. Why. seeing in it all but the fruit
Of his own doings, in part, beholding in
these wild horrors but the handiwork ofI
his followers and himself, ,he gets up with
lips and pallid face to ''implore''
them to desist "that he deared to protect
The people, and he implored tho crowd,
to respect the rights of person
and property, promising them that he ,oould
zee that everything should be made sATis-
FACTORY" ~ ''The Governor
remarks seemed to give great sasisaction
to the riotors." ds = !nzse ajig
3 And this was the part played by the man
10 putting down the conAagration he had
acted prominent part in kindling, and the
people of this land are expected to be pa
tent under such q disgrace. and inRietion.
Infamous beyond AZ names for infamy has
been the conduct Of the Copperhead Gov
srnor and Of his aiders and abettors / aud
let rs bless Heaven once more--we Of the
BorderTthat to no such compounds Of
and poltroonery are confded our
1estinies as State.
The question is frequently asked-What
IS to be this upshot Of oil this2 What will
be its effects 2 We should say, decidedly
in the end. So long as the war,
burning, plunderings, and all
sheii long and horrible train of evils were
xept away from the SO called loyal States,
ust so long there has been room for the
and party soheniing which has
,aused all this. So long as no earthquake
ind flames seSRed likely to burs. out under
heir very feet, menaciDg and destroying
heir ovB lives and homes, 30 long could
ools be found to make up following fer
hese great knaves; SO long men could be
ound TO vote for Horatio Seymour for
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