Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-02-26
p~fncted Addreaaes.

sisters" Msssrs. Brooks Coz, vallaudig-
ham and Co., do not make much headway.
Their persistency does not meet with the
reward they evidently think II deserves We
wonder that il does not occur to thsm that
they have tskenths wrong method to gain
the love they covet "None bat the brave
deserve the fair" says an old proverb, and
such wooing ss that Of our Northern sym
pathizers has seldom prospered; though We
must admit that somewhat unusual share
Of the contumsly has fallen to them. The
object Of their desires is more thaa coy, she
is full of fierce contempt. The wayward
sisters will not dance, let Brooks pipe ever
so cunningly; every appeal for their love is
answered with fresh bursts Of angry refusal;
and If they feel pity for their suitors at all,
It is manifestly of that kind which is said to
be allied to contempt, and not that which
is akin to love.
We have before us tolerably complete
collection Of the devotional offerings of the
submissionists, Il better proof ofths entire
freedom Of fspeech and press which prevails
in the Northern States could not be asked.
In almost every State except Maryland,
West Virginia and Missouri allies Of Brooks
and vallandigham have in some way or
other made public their abjeet fear Of the
enemy, and their readiness to submit to the
rebels. In Maine, in Ohio, in Illinois, In
Indiana, in Iowa, in New York, in New
Jersey, in Pennsylvania, resolutions have
been offered at public meetings or in legis
lative bodies calling for or favoring peace
at the price Of national honor, demanding
an armistice, offering almost any terms to
rebels in arms to return TO the Union.
We rejoice that this movement has had
full swing; it is another OF those trials ts
which free institutions are now for the first
time fairly exposed. During the Revolu
tionary war the patriots would have made
short work of the gentry who now bawl 81
loudly for peace at any price; we are glat
that in these days such vsrmin are permit
ted to creep and eat dirt at will. Sucl
4 base creatures can scarcely harm the Re
public.
! But we rejoice fer still another reasoI
that the anti.war party has spoken out free
, ly and without interruption. Their oours
; has been kind Of informal mediation will
the enemy. They have offered terms t
the rebels-and far better terms than tn
Government could constitutionally or tn
! nation could honorably grant. They hav
I. stuck at nothing in their cowardly longing
for peace; and while they were making Of
fers to Davis, they we're assuring the loya
8 people that the rebels were themselves mos
!. auxisus for peace. Many good citizen
:, were deluded into believing this; they ar
BY this time undeceived, for the rebels hav
b replied with scorn and contemptts every bi
0 for their favor made by tho anti.war me
!. here. The result cannot but be benefci
i in more firmly uniting the people, for W
9 have now exhausted all means Of concili,
y ting an enemy, even the most dishonorablt
. = and it must be plain to the most arrsr
= coward amongst US that we must fight
Q out, whether We would or not.
b All the effsrts of the anti-war party ha,
proved just this that no terms the matte
!, ould offer, however dishonorable to itsel
t h owever injurious to liberty, however hur
8 bling to its pride, however fatal to its pre-
tise with foreigners, however contrary
a the constitution--no terms short of an q
IS tire destruction of the Union can satisfy
gain the acceptance of the rebel leaders,
i i As even Mr.. Brooks has not yet sufiicieI
i confidence il the political wisdom, or in Il
b patience, of his northern fellow. citizens
t; venture on definitely proposing disunio
~ ~ We are sorry to add that this virtuous di
Y, y fusionist receives small thanks from
: Southern brethren"
ID Como back to our arms, cry the ymp
s. thzers, with tears in their eyes and dirt
their knees; name your terms; take VIII
~ you want; you are the superior race; yo
- ought to rule over us; you shall rule; '
III know we are igsorsnt, Heaven forgive u
,t do return and enlighten us. And fro
D Richmond come back by return of IN,
y such replies as this in the Dispatch:
il III the North will allow us to write Il
"a Constitution ourselves and give US evel
MI guaranty we would ask, we would sooner
r. under the Government Of France or En-
= land.
6 1--WE demand an armistice, cry the pea,
men in Illinois, New Jersey, and elsewhe
a --and straightway Mr.. Foete replies, in Il
= Rebel Congress:
T 'Nor could the Government Of said Coz
federate States agree TO negotiate at all
regard to suspension Of hostilties, excel
u upon the basis of formal and unsondition
recognition Of their Independence. ="
,e "Iot US hold convention Of the Stat,
!, !. at Louisville" demand Western peaoe mel
= = but the Richmond Enquirer answers, eve
: before the proposition is formally put q
paper:
'eI "The advocates of peace at the Mort
9. may as we'll dismiss from their programn
z the preposterous proposition for joint COL
10 xention with the South. The South Cal
3, not, BY any moral possibility, consent 10
= reunion.