Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-11-19


not protect hrkansas wbee he c0nh, but,
instead. gave II over to. plunder and oppres-
sion by his pets, what have We to hope now
that he trembles IN Richmond for his own
safety and wakes up ut last to the terrible
reality Of his weakness, folly and indiscre-
tion, II we ,oere not protected when We
could hare been, and " we cannot now bt
protected, what must we doi Some say
continue the struggle--let the last man die,
DC.
think differently We ought to end the
struggle and submit. But sou say I'll hu'
Initiating. NO more than to surrender when
whipped. We have done that often-al
wsys when we could do no better J have
tried the experiment twice and found 1t by
no means foolish. Submission Is but eur
render We are fairly beaten in the whole
result and should at once surrender the
point.
it We don't get the happiness we enjoyed
IN the Old government, We can get no more
misery than we have felt under Jefferson
Davis. But look for peace there. We
had it many years; Even while We were
arrayed against 1t, find that hostile forces
in our midst give more protection to citizens
than they had when Holmes and HiDdman
sS's y w.
that Gen. steele has imprisoned and op-
In 1t. And they know 1t is all false. In q
few months, when no more Confederate
money can be invested, and nothing more
made out of the people, they will sneak
back and claim his protection.
But we are ped-iairly beaten. Our
1V:ii a..:..: a. p'.oaono' 20
erv " hattie WE ,n;abt rs;n ouah, hp 70 n wr;no
taors fron, ,bo hosr,s ~ Sou,barn ro,i W.
arc ;nst that much ~eaker thet much Jh no.r
ar nyr Anal rn;n Anan;sh md anS n sorrow "or, en,,
deal. t;om ,,s.t ns ,ubsr.usr wo .~rn IT,
ionSor @ I ,Ls str"rsle % % the moro ~, "'
NRon,, 10, ro,,rssaIv.s sI a asoa;uaa r;,h a.,
bons ~, * IIn;teJ S,.ts. Iii "h.ndn. ioo
~! NJ s,rnas,a Thau c.n ] nevsr a. :, 1T' Tho
have ,o;fad nd sncnt a 60" n,m,h IL =, ~ .b.
s"i,,,;"u of .Ln pSI",,, ~ ~. o ses .he he
Sn"ras Thsr n % .pauoain c.ai T .ha v. @ ,uo, w % ame
Tbau o;,;as .rs T" 1nnra nonulou ov u ,h.;G,,
,hsn aosr v Eor U~ auo, pOpIhu ,opu ,hn, su do ny
L;llad ;n ,wo y a;nra,a aa .' y, us .S y, s'
tru Thar villa og.s and ,owns ,hn;r 6o;d.
and conntrv Aonr;sb a. freSh a. erer Thon
con,d s;nI ;ba;r arn,;ss ,o-dar anJ r.;sa ,,ot,,
leyies to crush us. and NOT m feel II '' "
How is Il with MS? The last man Is in the
field, half our territory ovcrrun, our cities
gone to wreck-peopied alone by the aged
the iame ana nait, ana women ana chi'dren;
wh,ie deser!eo towns ana smoking ruins
ana plantations apanuoneu ah1 lald waste
I;eet US ON all sues ano anarcny ana rum
olsappo,ntInen' anu oiscontent' lower oVe'
all tne iand. a,,ts ..g. .s..,.. t,l., ...,.s
DIssENsIoNs IN THE NORTH.
Have no hopes from divided North. :
II is on the surface-scarcely goes to tn,
bottom of their politics, much les. sbakin,
the great masses of their determined people
RENE ember, too, that much OF the South i.
with them. There is no division as far a.
fighting us is concerned. The mildest Of
them simply proposes peace by reconstruc
tion. That rejected, they are to press u.
with redoubled energy. Let us not, after
all our misfortunes and blunders, construe
the struggles between politicians for place
into sympathy for ourselves. But how
could they propose peace2 Who would bring
the message? To whom would it be delv.
cred? And should the proposition be made
and rejected, we are that much worse of
for il. We must propose peace, for we
ought to know when we have got enough Of
the thing. , .'....'
,., ,
N.dho sLA'hni'
am asked It Mr.. Lincoin's Emancipa-
tioa Proclamation will stand, II you con-
tinue the struggle, certainly. de has the
physical force at his disposal to carry it out.
Ii you cease now, you may save all in your
hands, or compromise on gradual emancipa-
tion. But lot, l beseecn you, the negro no
longer stand 10 the way OF the happiness
and safety Of friends and kindred.
The changes Of settlement upon this qpues-
tion in the South have been curious Not
many years since, it was by no means un1,,
usual for the prress and public men, as well
as for the people generally, In the South
to ooncede that Slavery was an evil, and re-
gret that it should eyer, have existed; ex-
pressing, however, no disposition or desire
to 90 rid OF 1t. Yet tew years more--the
demand. for cotton having increased, the
price Of negroes having incressed IN virul-
enceTfinds US defending Slavery as divine
institution DeBows Review and other
Souther papers and periodicals. With Senator
Hammond OF South Carolina, were promi'
hent in this defense, Their object Was to
educate the Southern mind to TINS belief -
Such course has been vital to the exist
ence Of Slavery because, TO concede that
negro Slavery was morally wrong, was virtu-
ally to concede the whole argument to the