Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-08-20

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trouble from these falihlesS mon. haol sd1
Then in sl832, South Oarolina stepped
forth to nullify Q law Of Congress, sbecause
she did not likeft j Bat they came In a bad
tirnsi Jsckson, then put his foot n5ecss
sion and pat II .out as yous would put out q
candle. bIonlyIegret that John Calhoun
did not commit the overt act that old Hick.
ofy inikhtihave hung fiml SagagOI 10
AT last they demanded that Slavery should
be perniitted TO go where iitr pleased, should
be protccted IN trfnsitmb through the free
States, and should everywhere be guarded
by the American flag. q, They thus urged on
those demands upon the Northert Democ,
racy, until we lost all political power in Ohio.
They knew that the North would not, could
not yieldito albtheir. demands. ~ They saw
that they could, NO longer impose upon the
nation the doctrine that free States should
be kept out until slave Ststes could comesis
to u!stoh them.,, We have told them all the
time, that we wonld,s adhere to the coinhro
misses of the Constitution; that wefwould do
anything for them, but keep your hands off
our free territory, that We would protect
Slavery as Ear a. tho fathers provided for
itssproteotion, but 1t the samo time ,yon
must not make II the supreme element In
our Government s yi1siu4d 4 IL auJ Ne
yd This brings us down to- 1885,, Many Dom
ocrats Saw the crisis approaching at the
Cincinnati Convention. They did not then
hate the Northern people one particle less
than In 1860. They were dsterniined to re-
bel but could not do 90 without q aopretext
They dared not 6ponly declare their object
to be to destroy the majority principle. -
Some pretext they Unjust have in order TO
unite their people In the bloody work.. Ac-
cordingly 4 they raised the acry thati-if the
Moth, should elect q . sectional President
they would sscede.p They came to the Con.
vention at Cincinnati witha scheme to in,
cure the ielectiouiofd sectional candidate. =
But when they found that the candidate of
the Convention would give them seven out
Of the nine members of the Cabinet, they
considerably modified their platform, con-
oluding to rimpFove the term of the next
Presidency in preparing for 1 vigorous blow,
and to more certainly insure success. During
the administrations ia mes Buchanan, we
had troublele elenough1in, Kansas, BY the des.
perate and bloody efforts oftthe slaseholders
TO impose Slavery upon that State against
theyill of the people. Amid the noise and
confusion about Kansas, they were the bet
ter enabled to subordinate every arm of the
Government to the terrible purpose, they
templated.Sisa ,,,t isu,,,A Sta ahi a.
Il Then, in 1860, they met at Il Charleston,
and brought forward another platform, that
Slavery should be protected wherever the
dag should wave--thatn slaves might be
passed through, the free States aE their
pleasure; or in other words, aud in lshort,
that Slavery should become the platform Of
the county, j You must take the platform
and elect the men We place upon It, or We
wiz seoedel :, We will have no Union, n ex-
cept that Ia which tho miuority can rule. ~
5The. Democracy had beeu presented with
Q, good, many bitter pills before, aud swal-
lowed them. In 1843 No hid resolved, that
Slavery Was anievil and We would get rid of
it IS soon as possible; but We wsrei oon,pelk
ed to abandon that plank or Il drown, for we
could not swim on H., Rs@aly ia nmh.u1
IA young man stood up in that ChArlestou
Gonvention aud brsvsly told themsth hat the
Northern Democracy would not place their
hands on their months and their mouths in
the dust Others spoke to a,simiarI effect,
but that young man took the lead. But OIL
how has he fallepli George II. Pugh is,noy
llcling the dust ftompt their very teet, and
furnishes another melancholy example of
one who docs not run we'll the race that
was set before hiln.' hi tj,3 sts, w ,K .olesr
Those slaveholders then and there cooly
and deliberately planned for the election of
n sectional candidate. They supposed it
would DO Seward, but they we're mistaken.
They succeeded, instheir prime object 10
breaking up the Democratic party, procured
thereby the election OF n Northern oaudi-
date, AND, Them cried out, = You, have done
il, and We will. secsdel" sA,A, ,lSm Ar,N.
hlHsd this been an not of sudden impulse,
ofmehsmartingS under wrongs real or i'm.
sgihaFy, there would be some excuse for Il.
But no; you had kept al y6uf Compromised:
you had not put Slavery, in peril; they held
clearwdrking ajofity 10. Congress; they
controlled both the purse and the sword,
uud the Administration of,Iincel, could do
nothing against them. q They had seven oVft
'of nine j ddges ofthe Supreme Court 10
-maintain'the Coustitutiou for them as they
understood it, isna ,tEierefofx there 'wsss no
where to be found the least excuse or baili-
alton, FIR no Southern right nor iistitation
was put in peril at that time. eelS Deaivsh
They had tho entire control Of the .Ad-
Mfhistfition OF ,Btchanano, afrd ,they ask
you to believe tEsy the injury W. innictsd
was i'll I You'd thM thc fetSSosStains angel %
could, vipspuf she sdsmnable' record! They
|'ptoceeaeA 70 cor6e 6entfste the whoiss power
/ 81 W. Government against the Nortk.4
1hNyibent tho havy 10 defiant seas, to be
lcailef bsck C. theif posts when the blow
should be- struck. They disposed ofthe
army to SUIT Themselves They took pos
Session oi your tarssnsls, They stole 'tlfe
tpu6iic money. They did every act possible
to render Us bslphss, and to PROSTATE us at
their feet M thSehour 0f their rebellion.
| \ They ,weht farthst,l They wepe 10 that
pdor, weak ola ban, [ Laughter. Il But iE|s j
tfsminds me of 4 atoast drank a,by Boz : TAB
pen u y patt met to cslebrate The, destruc!
tipn Of fRe, Old Upited 81 fsSss Bank. Ben .
tSss Sss; W. II. sam sEll R9 Ss
sSss'Sf s S ss ssua Haussisas 3 tRS sa
l'coHld bfftg the power of tHs Governtnshbtt
to beaf upon themf They completely be-
l'wiidered the old man ana GOT him to send
in message asserting that State had no
right to secedo, but at the same timer the
General Government had no rRi nj to coerce
! 4 State. III aiigitsf. I You night Hot be,
lieve it, btitliL il Oh ffls record. II Wifi BE
difficult now to ffai another weak man OF
II. ~