Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-02-19


Another Enthusiastic Union Meet
Ing at Indianapolis--5ps pseohes by
Gen. Kimball, Col. Hathaway, and
others.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati r,nrcue.
INDtANApoLIs, Feb IL.
There was mn immense Uuion meeting at
Masonic Hall tonight, New anil strange
faces still come up to these Union meet.
the glee club sang Rely Round the F,ag"
till the echo went ont into the dark night.
Maj. j. N. Stiles OF the 63I Indiana, said,
God would defend tho right, aud he would
do it IT we did right. It is for the people of
the Northwest to do that they started to do,
and not be deferred by the clamor of those
who staid at home to tind fault. He would
speak as u soldier. He believed that party
spirit was one of the great troubles OF our
county. 1t had brought disaster upon us.
w hat troubled the copper bottoms was this:
First, the Proclamation, second, whether
the negroes would marry into their families.
Shall we use the Negro as soldier? We
use mules, and if mules could carry mus
ket he would use them. We have to get
some one to take the place Of the stay at
home Copper. bottoms, and we will take ne
groes, for loyal negro il better than a
white traitor. Tue Government wants more
men. They would take the negro as mat
ter of necessity.
"They blow hot and cold in tho same
breath--ono day tell us the negro is lazy
and worthless, and the next that he will
come here and reduce the price Of labor =
This was war Of aristocracy against the
people, 1t is not the people who aro dis.
loya, but the copper bottoms whom the
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these miscreants would basely betray. Why
Satan, in all his malice, never created such
villains as these copper bottoms have suown
themselves to be.
Gen. Nathan Kimball said he was glad
TO see the bright faces Of the people. He
came from the battlefield, and be had been
panied and grieved to see since he came
home what looked like fire in the rear
He enlisted to fight for the Constitution and
the Union. He would fight for that and
nothing else There were men at home
giving aid and comfort to the cowardly vii
liins who would destroy our Union. He
was u Democrat, but this was our country
and no party should be put in the way of
our country. There we're men who pre-
tended to be Democrats, would betray us to
the rebels. They were trying to bring the
Democratic party TO that issue, but they
would fail. He had met the rebels in the
field, but the most depressing to fight was
want Of moral encouragement at home. Ii
YOU love the Union, write nor publish moth
! ing to give aid or comfort to the rebels Ii
You do not like the Administration, wait u
a little, and vote another Administration
into power, but as you love the brave boys
who have gone into battle for you, do not do
anything to discourage the Government. -
Il They say the war is not what it was Why
is it not2 Has the rebellion been crushed?
Are they not in arms! Are the rebels not
using every means to strengthen their AZ
mlesi The war is what was, and must be
put down. Would you now desert those
who have left dear homes and friends, to
please these viainsl Cries OF never,
neverp' He had been with the l4th In
/, diana on many bloody battlefield. Ii,
, would never desert those brave boys who
had so proudly borne that glorious hig in &c
many battles. He warned the Copper bot
: toms to pause before they went any further
r This war would end in a triumphant peace
and then, said he, you miserable villain.
Will call upon the rocks and mountains tc
, fall upon you.
, Indiana he loved as his wife and child -
r She was his mother He was proud Of her
= Her banner had waved proud through al
ths war, aud now stood on the summit O
fame; but above the banner of Indiana wa.
r the flag of the United States, the gloriou:
. stars and stripes. While there was singl,
{ rebel State, there would be no armistice. :
I We had 100000 men in the field. Thes,
, men would never submit to an armstice.
' would be to recoguize these rebels, and ind
, them lead and powder. An armistc,
would be league with the devil. The cop
per-bottoms could not see the Union, bu
only saw the negro He would free tho he
, grues to restore the Union, or he would stay
> the negro to restore the Union. He would
, say he would put the negroes to fight nc
/ groes. lie didn't go into the army to tall
politics, but to crush the rebellion; and tha
, they were going to do.
lie warned those who encouraged deser
tions that the army they would demoraliz,
vould return to crush the traitors who lee
them off He knew nothing but the Con
stitution rs it il aud the Union as it was
and he would fight for it always Thi
night there was brighter prospect for thu
! success Of oar arms than ever and for thi,
reason, that the better our prospect the
more desperate became the traitors at home
lie had gone into battle nineteen times =
/ The Union and Constitution" was the
motto of his brigade, and they had alway,
pressed forward to victory.
He called upon his hearers to cease party
cries and only look to the salvation OF theil
country, If the Legislature would onl,
say, Fight on, my countrymen, win the
victory, return home and receive your re,
ward" how good the boys would feel. The
Copper bottoms say it is an Abolition war
Why it was the rebels who were fighting
the Abolition war, for the rebels had pro
claimed it by the first gun at Fort Sun er
They had destroyed their property by thei.
own act, and now whned about the Aboli
ton war, and we're joined in the cry by q
lot OF sneaks at home, who, it there was NJ
war, would never be in the Legislature, bu,
would have been permitted to stay quietly
at home, where the sneaks belonged. Ar
you prepared to give these rebels their in
, dependence? Then you will have an ar.
mistice. Will it ona the war? 1t nevei
will. Will the acknowledgment ola South
ern Confederacy end the wal? Never; as
soon as any division takes place the army
will follow their chiefs, and you never can
tie Indiana to Southern or Northwest.
ern Conlcderacy. There is but one way to
get peace, aud that is to crush the rebellion.
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