Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-02-11

mans life ought TO be put up against the
property he has in q negro. Gen. Ander-
son entered at this time, and cheering ensu-
exactly where iefs of Oh, b. yes us, left my
Democratic friends holding on to Niger.
daughter. L had enough Of that question,
and have let loose my negroes--that 10,
they have confscated them, al except, one;
and Mr.. Lincoln has pardoned me, and the
negro he set free. And so, between him
and JEFF. Davis, they have pretty well broke
me upon the negro question. l noticed
when | came North "subjugated Seces-
sionist," certain class of persons affected to
moan over my severe fortunes; but while it
was known that l quit the Rebel service re-
garding il as corrupt and foul, and because
jeff. Davis takes the last thing in the world
Southern Union man has, do not hear
them say that is hard. But just let Con-
gress pass q law con6scatine Rebel horscsor
negroes, and you hear them begin to raise
howl. / do not myself believe in sweeping
conhscation act. tell my people the North
will welcome them back not sullenly but
with rejoicing all over the land. As to tho
leaders, l do not believe you have any great
partiality for them. Had there been no ne
gro slavery there would have been no tech
nical North and South. To be sure, some
say it was the tariff; but they could have
had their Lowells and Manchesters in Ar
kansas, had it not been for negro slavery
Others say it is because. Southern politicians
lost power in the government. What made
them lose power2 Because they had the
eternal negro stuck In all their platforms -
You based your success and we based ours
on that. You know it and know it. But
let us not abuse each other, let us 60 ahead
| 10 HholI H. Ca al Il
whom that is done, let us remove the cause
of the war. Negro Slavery is the disease.
Let us treat that. A man comes fo. a lauhck
doctor with nail in his arm. The doctor
poultices both ends Of the arm and puts
poultices on the patients back, but never
draws out the nail. And that is the way
some would treat this National disease. But
we have suffered terribly at tho South. and
all our sutferings and deprivations can be
traced to negro Slavery, and we are deter
mined to extirpate it forever. Cheers. l
do not care what we are called. / have got
past that. You can never have peace while
Slavery exists. Since the question was sub.
mitted to the arbitrsment OF the sword, and
the Aboli:ioDists have let us alone, another
party come and say you shall have Slavery
whether you want it or not. The moment
tho Abolitionists ceased talking about it,
the. peace.at' any price party took it up and
said you shan't come back without you have
Slavery. This is the way these people rea-
son. We have got to start life anew; we
want peace that is permanent You have
not felt the war as VIC have. Our land is
waste, and our children are nearly upon the
point OF starvation; therefore it behooves us
to look about and see if we can avoid this
trouble in the future. We know we cannot
have n nnpf MOI tuhiln Nanrn- q l.,
exists; we cannot recover from our misfor
tunes it Negro-Slavery is allowed to remain
have studied this question of Slavery O
Little. My practitioner was a very bitter man
on the Slavery question. just for the fun
OF the thing, we used to slip through the N.
Y. Tribune. 1t was 6rcbrand. you know.
We did it quietly in our office. But, as |
said, times are changed, and / read the Tri-
bune now, and it is q right good paper: and
| read the Times and Herald, and all of
them. You do not have to talk about hu.
manity to the negro, but humanity to the
white man says take this thing out of the
way and let the Government go on. I tell
you solemnly before Heaven, there is bu
! one way to restore this Government, ant
that is to press your columns forward. Dt
: you suppose that l, Southern man, would
, come and implore you to send the dagger
to the heart OF my people with every im
: pulse Of mine throbbing with them? No.
Sir; but do not want to see this war drag
, along to add still more to our sorrows and
woes. want quick, powerful blow struck
that the whole thing may collapse. And
when you talk about missions to them and
about electing peace candidate to the Pres
idency you give them aid and comfort
whether you intend it or not. They do look
forward to this thing, and their leaders tell
them to hold on just twelve months longer,
and these men in power will bo overturned
and new party will como in to give them
place. These articles written here are cir.
culated South, and are commented upon In
way to suit the Southern people, who are
led to believe these are evidences of weak
ness on the part of the United States Gov
ernment, and that they have much to hope
from these things Let platforms 60 down,
perish institutions, but survive my country.
Let US save the country, and the country will
save the Constitution. We want to start up
on the pathway Of higher destiny, and we
cannot do this until the Government is re-
stored, and that can never be restored except
at the point ofthe bayonet. Gen. CAN'T
described the agricultural, mineral, and 9TH
er resources fthe State. N
L have noticed that although neither Lin
SoIu hoi DaNio hfo huHuoOuc, ycC
coins face will bring three times as much as
JEFF. s in Arkansas Laughter and cheers. |
The soldier has large quantity of green
backs, and the Arkansan q large quantity of
land that he is glad to sell for thcm, and in
five years his other half will be worth more
than the whole of it would be with Slavery
slaves and all. And in few years their
sons aud daughters will intermarry, and they
will get along as happily as ever. All the
fight is out Of our people. Trade will bind
US together Men will trade over cotton,
even though one of them wear blue coat
and the other gray coat. Laughter and
applause This, them win be not only the
regeneration Of the country, but the bind
ing Of il together, and God Almighty so in
tended it; He intended that these institu.
tionss should be preserved and upheld under
all circumstances. ] get perfectly bewilder-
ed when think Of this great country where
a man flom Maine is at home in Louisiana.
tell you the, American genius will spread
all over this land, and the time will come
when your colonies OF Yankees will settle
oil over that beautiful land Of ours. and
J churches and colleges will snr;ng nm ,yho.a