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

the balancing power in the Union. -.
These two things have precipitated thi,
rebellion. They have been the cause.
working for a long period of time. If Q
man Of ordinary capacity had stood on the
pavements of Cincinnati during the sitting!
of the Convention that nominated Mr.
Buchanan for the Presidency, and failed tC
see these elements working to their full
ffution, he would have been as blind as 9
mole. ~ .sY, ..l ...
AT that time and years before it was de-
termined upon it was no sudden move.
ment OF the Southerners. Their first lead
ing motive was an ascendency in the con
troll ct the Government of the country. -
With their subordiDates they made the in
stitution of Slavery the means by which tt
secure il. We are told that sectional elec
ti0ns have produced these results NJ,
friends, we have not had an election in thi,
country that has not been sectional in il.
character, with ono exception, perhaps
that of lS40. For | know to my deer
chagrin, that in every instance where the
Democrats have taken a successful part in
the elections of this country, thcy have
gone to a Southern State for their man, OF
taken man the Southerners had bound in
bonds before he was put in nomination. -
Now, when you come down to the election
Of 1860, l will show you that the success oi
Mr.. Lincoln had nothing more to do with
the inception of this movement than would
have had an act Of the Chinese Emperor.
Laughter. That it was used as prctext
for precipitating it will admit. hut that it
was the moving cause deny. The South
ern mon saw what others had seen must be
an inevitable result, that the political pawer
OF the Government was passing out of thei,
hands. They found out long ago what the
world could have told them ages ago, that
civilization would not 20 hand in hand with
the domestic institution of Slavery. ZAP
plause. They found that while blythe laws
OF population they were losing political
character and strength, the soil of this
virgin Northwest was.ialing into the pos
session Of hardy men who were extending
the area OF freedom, and-what they dis
liked more than all elsc--extending the area
OF votes. Their time was passing away
and the time was not far distant when the
States North of Mason and Dixon's line
would control the destinies of the country.
Applause. Then came up this dogma,
I hat Slavery must be the balance wheel. -
They said to US, you must adopt the rule
that in the territory of the country-the
territory consecrated to freedom Slavery
shyll go hand in hand with free labor,
to preserve the equilibrium of power" -
The Democratic party had shouldered q
great many things in its time, until, to use
a steamboat expression, it was literally
loaded down to the guards Laughter. !
We struggled under it as long as We could,
but in the Northwestern States the load
crushea ont me Democratic party When
sncy p"e~SoSa aSosle"es amount Ra'emo'
.ra.s .a pro.cs!ea' anu .1en noutnern conspira-
uts h 'urneu M rGunu ron % anu sald' II is etner
s.o"a al VI I've we M'' ,,,. stHeue rom M tne onion'
Ia".a H.. .h i"o c. "a.l VI Ol"clhna,l una
ua,u hnhs.n imd' urea, ,,o .,e Ups OF ooutn
IL ,i,;n "a"o ~, 1Iu J aaJ p9'"u W 10 take thls
rns"ttS t % T9 wv ",, .,ss.LJ seotuG mnat was tne
49, d pi 10y poi'N NJ Wy In''icr , conprT
,..,''i m,SI 1Iu a ,,oI,',a,eu hna l nuchanan; ne
s'u,a n.y. .S oegi ",se llan wHo oould nave
ioretp,u a.o,h fne elec. ol tha.. rour years OF
am. AMY, S,,n Do,o,,a." Au,'iIs,ra'lon rolleo
y" o"u.aIsm uo.Son t hun nau got ponu anu securl
W -, anoen.r .e !, % iodt years, oht lhey were
s,S 80 so.o ~ Sol,u tl mol oe oo'a'nea again'
.or .o i"eIo ..;,i WIS nooouy 20 gise y. Laugh
d. VII. Say no,hlng VI .he heau OF the
nuo'anan Adl,'nlstratoh, ~ put II ,s no
;op,oas ;''p, .aci .'iat men went into 1hat Cab
,nct y, ,r ,ron' 'ne ooutn Wno maue themselves
a. ousy n. ~ oees LOT tne c1hh,et that has
1o.ne. my occrecary OF the navy sent the
The Secretarv Of War was % amnlnved f,r
four years in filing Southern, forts with
guns and ammunition, and in taking arms
away from the Northern peonle and mt.
ting them into the hands of the Southern.
who had been trained to use them, And
vet, in the face of these facts. tits said that
they seeded only because Mr.. Lincoln was
electedl Well. if thew did. ali I have n
say is. that they made an almighty rood
preparation ior that event. TTnmgbfer d and
cheers. | More than that. after M lin
coin was elected. thew vert to the existing
Administrarion md asked "Hov far are
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