Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-07-23

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bonville Herald.
How to Edit Sound Conserysdte
Union Paper.
From the New York Evening Postl
1t is a mystery TO many reader. how GER
tain democratic" joui mails, which profess
the warlnest devotion to the Union, never
theless manage to play into the hands OF
the secessionists. But the thing is easy
enough-,quite as easy as lying--if you will
only consider il for moment. The editors
Of such journals are Of course compelled to
parade their Unionism, because ofthe over
whelming sentiment of the North; at the
same time, however, BY observing any or
all OF the following rules. they are able to do
very effective work for the other side. The
rules we give, by the way, are without
charge to the parties concerned.
LIST. All the military successes of the reb
el armies should be magnified in their ef.
fects, while those Of the North should be
deprecated. If we lose ten thousand men,
set it down at twenty-three thousand; while,
1t they lose eighteen thousand, set it down
at eight. In this manner the superior gal
lantry and pluck of the Soutberners may be
gradually insinuated into the popular mind,
until in the end it comes to be believed as a
fact.
I'd. The war reports Of the Southern pa
pers should be paraded at great length, es-
pecially those which swe.! the number of
their army, or which extol the exploits of
their Generals. But care must be taken to
exclude their inflated dispatches and lead
ing articles, which are evidently, on the
face Of them, monstrous Munchausenisms;
for your readers must not be allowed to sup
pose that the rebel writers are ever guilty
of inaccuracy or falsehood; as that would
spoil their credit with the unsuspicous
Northern public
Sd. The efficient and energetic Generals
in the loyal service should be calumniated
in every plausible way; insist upon it that
they are plunderers aud thieves; and above
all denounoe them for utter incom petency.
On the other hand, laud such Generals as
have distinguished themselves for do moth
ingism and half-i sympathy in the re-
volt; call them the master Generals of the
age, whose prudence surpasses that Of Fa,
blus, while their impetuosity rivals Napo-
leon S; and above all, remark upon that
pre-eminence OF Intellectual and moral quail
ity which renders them the staunchest Of
conservatives.
4th. Whenever the Union army achieves
q signal victory say very little about it; com,
plain, perhaps, incidentally, at the slowness
OF the war; but whenever it suffers a reverse
las all armies do at times,) ask boldly
whether il be not time that this fratricidal
and hopeless war should be brought to an
end. Assert roundly that the people are
weary of it; weary Of paying their meney
aud sacrificing the lives Of their brothers;
and that We can never hope to accomplish
any result 1t is scarcely necessary to sug-
gest on this head that the fact, that during
the two years in which we have prosecuted
the war he have made greater progress
than during almost any two years of war re-
corded in history, must be carefully record
ed.
5th. The finances Of the government may
be made afruitful topic ofsuggestion. Don OF
let your readers know, on any account, that
our securities command better prices than
they did in years of peace; do not show them
what the exchequers of other nations have
borne in times of war; do not appeal to the
universal confidence our bonds inspire in
the commercial circles; but talk sneeringly
of "greenbacks;" ask with wink of the
eye what has become of the gold; say that
our debt must be two or three thousand
millions by this time, is rapidly increasing,
and can never be paid; and mutter Of fright
full tunes, bankruptcy, stockholders, con
tractors and shoddy men. 1t would be well,
if you could, to contrast the successful man
agement of the rebel finances with ours; bui
as gold among them is about four hundred
per cent. premium; as one Of our notes will
buy three of THEIRS as their debt already
equals ours; and as their taxation greatly
surpasses ours, very little, we fear, could be
made of the argument. Pass it over, there
fore, in profound silence.
9th. In the abuse of Mr.. Lincoln and his
Cabinet no regard need to be paid to the
consistency oe your charges. Pronounce
them all weak, timid, vacilliating and ut
terly inca pable, in one column; aud in an
other, accuse them Of tyranny, despotism
excessive rigor, and a determination t.
trample the rights of the masses into tht
dust. Some Of your readers will believe on,
story and some the other, and so the conf
dence OF all sorts will be shaken. You neet
give yourself no concern about the truth o
your charges, provided they look plausible
or can be made to stick. Be sure, however
to insinuate that the men in power, are no
attached to the Union, but that they pros
ecutc the war only to compel the separa
ton of the South. That part ofthe nation
! il is we'll known, is so earnestly devoted I,
the national cause that nothing but tn
perverse obstinacy and hatred Of the Ad
ministration keeps it from rushing into ou
arms in all the ecstacy Of fraternal endear
ment. Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Seward do no
wish the South to come back, and are fight
ing as hard as they can to keep il out. :
Claim for yourselves, at the same time, tn
title Of the only true Unionists.
7th. As it does not hurt anybody yer
much in these days to call him a radical
while the bugaboo Of abolitionism has 10.
its principal terrors, you cannot accomplish
a great deal by reiterating those neiariou
epithets. But you can protest vehement
] against ''nigger" brigades-against tn
atrocity of arnling slaves against their mas
ters, and against the still greater atrocity 0
! putting black soldiers on level with white
i On that head you may be valuable, asconsid
cradle anti negro prejudice still exists anon
our more ignorant classes. But in doin
all this be somewhat adroit, and do not 70
the world let it slip ont that the first negr
troops were issued by Governor Moore q
Louisiana, that they are to be found j
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