Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-10-22

thereby the submission of the revolted
States to the supreme authority of the
Union. The platform of Valandigham was
peace at price. From the first overt act OF
the rebellion nay, FROM the first symptoms
of rebelion--,his course was that OF VIC
lent and inhexible opponent the war, up.
on every measure brought before Congress,
and upon every act Of the Administration,
and in every shape aud form. ,...
He had consistently, on ali occasions, sym.
! psthixed with the rebellion as constitution.
ally right, and was against the Government
in its efforts to put down the rebellion, As
sonstituiionally wrong The election OF
such a candidate as Governor of Ohio would
have been equivalent TO demand from that
great State for the suspension of the war,
tor an arn,istice with tho enemy, and tor
such treaty OF peace AZ it would please
laf. Davis and his confederates 70 grant.
But the people Of Ohio have spoken, and
Vallandigham and his disciples have suffer
ed . crushing rebuke.
The rebel papers, aud the English papers,
and the French papets, have lately very
clearly indicated that the rebels at the South
aud their c1nfederates in Europe. expected
the peace or submission party to triumph
ut the recent elections in Ohio and Penn
Sylvana. The programme which these peo-
ple expected was: First, the success of the
submission faction at the polls, second, an
arInlstlce between the Government aud the
rebels; and, third, convention in which
the '..wayward sisters" should either be
coaxed aud bribed back into half hearted
Union, or allowed, If nl brLes were reject.
ed, to depart in peace" and set up an indc-
pendent nationality. All these splendid it,
iuaions have been rudely dispeled by the
result OF the elections. The first item OF
the programuiehas tailed, and all the rest
fails with it, The people have again EN-.
phatically announced that the war for the
Union must proceed until the rebellion il
subdued, and the rebels at the South, aud
the rebel sympathizers at the North and in
Europe, have been taught lesson which
We hope they will never soyget. .-,.
from the New York News Wood orsan,1
Error can exult in the hour of victory but
principle does better---it survives defeat
We have lost Ohio, and probebly Pennsyl-
vania; what then? Wo have gained the
opportunity to approve the essence of our
principle superior to the influence of re-
verse. Peace men, be ffrmer now than you
would have been had triumph crowned your
cause. To be faint hearted in the shadow,
Is to he unworthy Of the sunshiac. For
three years, nearly, you have breasted the
tide OF fanticism; do not bend before it now
and efface the record Of your past forsitude
Despotism will be invigorated by success; it
Is more than ever necessary that resistance
should he more determined. lfyou falter
now, you will confess yourselves the weak
disciples OF faction. where you claimed to
be the resolute apostles Of a principle. Lei
1t not be said ofthe Peace purity that its de-
vOtion was measured by the caprices of no
litical mutations. There is an ultimate tri-
umph that beck0ns from the surrounding
gloom, and il you have the faith that dwells
in rectitude, you will see it and attain it,
1t is no shame to lose the battle that has
been we'll fought; but infamy can trace no
fouler record than his who yields his con-
ylctlons because error has awhile prevailed
The peace men can redeem all that ha,
been lost, and there is yet peace influence,
throughout the North that, If not BETRAYED
by sheer timidity and supineness, will prove
an ovcrmatch foI the intrigue, patronage
and power that now rule and ruin the Re
public. Stand firm. Speak ottener and
louder, and more earnestly than before.
Reiterate ct every opportunity your bound
md symra.s .,oun ~ ,no oauso you auV9cate'
blad NV dsfest III hut J", n. ohau";om. NV; 10 aun nun
principle that nermits n.i,hsr d;s,omra,s' ~
ment nor arustacv.
To, rorr onno,.o
v;c,"rv Snao pa' rs"oh ,h ImuerStahu Una! Inelr
v"np 1ar,v. b"t @ ,ba, wn, o sVI, ,nao a'nales
W., .ro ph uu. ,na. wnlio 'ney exu't, you
gles' Of course Won viii be innlt"J %nut- t
ed at and reylled Yon nnst endure tho
scoffs, not only of tho Abol;tionist I'm, nfI
the holloy-hearted time-s.ry;ny War Dam'
ocrats. But Won have been tsusb, andm
rance by the scourge which. for voars "I in
paticsm allied viii tvrannv Ls" o.ori;,aa oVa'i "a
Il PROSTATE people; and you can endure;
when they point to Ohio, point YOU TO Iuwa, |
But, however much you may mourn thai
your hope is deferred, stand by your priu
ciples aud yield no ground that is not Tough,
for to the Outrance.
trrom III. I.ooi,,ip. p.mo,,,u
mn "'''
corr;ad Ob;n al pana,.,,' Wy ,Iu'ca'e nav
mnjorities. This goes lar to Indicate the
policy Of another Presidential term. We
can, therefore, expect no change. The ir.
repressible conflict goes on. Physical now
ers aud endurance must settle the presen,