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

ing the sogsuiofis ID Douglas into that con.
yenfi0n. riGvsiJ ie sfiuf a-ngru gsre.A t.9fTg
They had power, tospass the ,Csittssden
compronise, but did not do H. The ireao
lutioAsd declaring that no State has the right
10 secede was introduced, bat ,Pushi With
his parry voted against it, And while the
com mpnomiseI was being m nghttoys vote in
the South tbei Congress Of the South was
voting lDO, 000,men 10 prosecute the rebel
lion H., Did thisIlook like stopping the war
with that compromise Does any man
suppose that with any concessions they
would have foregone all these preparntioBs7
We had been seonpr0mising and compro.
missing till No had compromised away every
thing bat our right to vote and live and
do 900 suppose that anything short Of our
complete surrender,. as their slaves, would
have stespea the,Esbsllion lslit possible
that the war could have been prevented
xfter they had got everything into their
control and were 'nlrsady involved in the
wary 10 .1roHsV sur sslr Z .qsimfrt, ~
Is il not strange that Any one can be found
ipthe North to farm these rcbsls2 And Is
il not stfaHeer still that Democrat should
be found betting up Secession, as a cpnstitiil
tionals right ins behalf Of the South n Is it
otahtonishing thsta remnant ofthe Demo-
cratic party, 10, found ito abuse everybody
except those who, BEGAN this rebellion by
contepptuouslyr breaking up the Democrat
id party n This il, not done by the sturdy
old Demoerats who. once led the party; they
all ,ryshI TO support of, their Government. a.
stiWhy, would youl believe it, nearly all
who are now leading this new-fangled party
vera w higs At the time | was procaiming
Democracy, to, the people OF Trumbull coun.
tyl Such was the Case with Pugh, Pebdle.
ton and othsrs luriAdsed, the mass of them
we're formerly Wings. "a. ,,af.As iar5e-
"A yoice--1D Did you vote for Douglas p
No, because was in New York, sick
with ipfammatoyy rheumatism. ,sai hue
Would you have voted for him?',' a8
With all my heart.
.p5.Would the war have been prevented had
he been electcd2p IS ~. .sg .s.fiI
~ No., because il, was only the pretext of
Northern President that they wanted, and
Douglas would hayo been the pretext as
well as Lincoln. ,,.i,i,e,,.,, uif.sle,i..tI,. q
Now we lind this new tangled party Cd,
posing and abusing everything, but the re,
bellion,. m Great laug ghter. l. The old Demo,
cratic party always, sustained the wars of
the country; but the leader Of your new
tangled partY boasts, that be has not voted
o man nor a,dollgr for the suppression of the
rebellion, +. They are taking . position so
damnabfy unpatriotic, and Infamous that in
ten years they will .denyt that, they ever held
ans. such ,sehtimentsl A voice es,
they will sWeaS that they never said any
such thing. ~, Should not wonder. Laugh
teri You canuot afford to hold such a
position, It would insure your political
damnation. No party, ever lived, no party
ever can live, that opposed tho war. There
were The Tories of the Revolution, and
what hecantc ,lof them ) There were the
Federslists; Of the Hartford Convention
during the last war, and what of them2-T
They were branded 4 with infamy. They
were, compel,e ! 10 drop their party name.
And HhN became, Of those who opposed
the Mexican wnr? You also will be com
peneA II, abandon yopr nalne, which will be
rescued from Isdisgraee ;by the sound old
Democrats when they return from the fold,
and you can take what name you like. You
will be cast out as evil, ard might better
not have bsenfborn. W go itsi nfFF y
.Ihavc no hesitation as torwhere my De
mooracy leads merb stand to day where
have always stood Ny principle always
has been TO drop all party feeling when my
countrysis in danger; to save her at ail
events and those onewtangled Democrats
must learn the same doctrine. goi h
y Baty6u 90 further. You hold that you
are under no iobiigation to support the coun.
trybecauSe youtIpartylis not in power. ln
thisnyou are Asf bad as the traitors, and you
should be on the other side of the line. .,tatl
r-;A vcioel- PAW by so?'A gppt .eisnsJ
isBecause when ttraitsrs strike the Govern
tneut, and YOU also oppose the kdninistra.
ton beoause IL ia not of your party, you sre
helping the traitors to destroy the Govern
mentli ,poii ispeiik3ij dad 39is,9. sa'ti
What the fathers understood by freedom
of speech and of-the press was q fair and
honest criticistal Of chose intrusted with the
government. 3 Bot they did not SUPPOSE
they had given the rightto abuse and villify
the ADMINISTRATION, especially in times like
these, when thedestruotion of the Govern
inent IL thrsatsned BY thelargest conspiracy
ever bzown,a has nurn,ora the right to throw
any obstacle in the way of the Administra.
ton in saving the Geysrnanent Il On this
there can be no two opinions and that Val
jandiaham has transcspded the bounds Of
'honast, and oaidid criticism no ono dan deny;
and essrv patriot should be ashamed of him
Is s'lesderof his partyiiIlAnd yet because
d sH he ssosssss 81. ssssns TENT every one
who supports the Soyernnent, they cry ont
Ebout the destruction of the liberties Of the