Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-22
UNIoNTowN, o., Sept. 10Th. 1864


EDITOR CHRONICLE: The Bicorporate
peace party held what they called their
great ratification meeting" in the school
house in this place. on Wednesday, the 9th
inst. There was abundance OF room in the
house for the Ladies', little boys, and about
thirty voters. Mr.. Clark made peace
speech, in which the vacant hearthstone"
was mentioned frequently, and an appeal
made to- the ladies, asking them if they
would longer submit to having their James
their Henrys their Samuels torn from them
and sacrificed on tho field of battle He
then advised them 10 vote for little Mac.
and surrendered the floor to Judge !
Chambers This finished speaker com.
menced by assine, where is the old Guard I?
He then told ,he audience little Joke ef
certain wit who said "I'm, suspected--
You RI suspe ected-They're sus, ected. After
repeating these sentences until some one of
the audience became disgusted and left-he
then continued his discourse in the follow
ing words--"Im suspected-You sus-
pected--Fhey're suspeeted"-tI render
this in the Judges flowing style-fill your
mouth with old horseshoe nails---stuff some
cotton up your nostrils-r,ll your ewes like
a dying calf-and repeatk slowly Suspc cted
Of what? OF disloyalty to the u. s. Gov
ernment. Do not become alarmed, Robert,
you are rot susDected--the members of these
secret associations that smugeled arms and
ammunition into Michigan, Ohio, Indiana.
for the purpose Of seizing the. CapiIols Of
those States, liberating the rebel prisoners.
and inaugurating civil WARFARE net suspect
Ell. Oh, no. Their characters are above
suspicion. If | had space could cite you
to many instances in which members Of the
so-called Democratic Party" have cleared
themselves of suspicion by producing the
proof Robert says loyalty does not apply
to our institutions, tits mark Of obedience
to hing' or some great potentate. He
argued that the will Of the people was law
and that loyalty was not the upholdne of
the Government under which we live. He
discoursed much of arbitrary arrests. "Val
landigham" was crucified anow and the au-
dience were requested to vote for little Mac,
who would do away with all such tyranncai
proceedings Qaey. Did he forget the
arrest Of the Maryland Legislature Old
worn out jokes were told, at which one or
two persons laughed heartily. Jokes sim
liar to the Judges can be found in the life
Of Buchanan the Kings fool. In telling of
an old woman stranglng her husband and
saying that she was Just helping the Lord
"a little" he said we propose helping the
Lord a little with old Abe Lincoln one Of
these days Yes, you tried that at Balti-
more, didn't you, when he was en- his way
to Washington You say he arrested Val.
landigham not for what he had done but
for that which he might do, twas not for
what the President had done, but for what
he might do that members of your party
attempted to assassinate him on his way Ia
the Capitol. Twas not for what they had
done, but for tohat they might do, that a
Massachusetts, Regiment was mobbed in
passing through the streets Of Baltimore
Robert said, that the Editor of the CHRoN.
IoLE had published that the oCopperhea
were smoked out, and had taken the stumn !
and he sugges'ed some ono to attend their
meetings and take notes. Now, IL any Of
his Republican friends hsd come for that
purpose he wanted them to- put down az
and net 80 awes end tsl1 lies 70 bad been