Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-08-25

Clairsvie, In demanding that bostilities
cease, on the partof Abraham Lincoln. and
in declaring for "a vigorous prosecution Of
peace" by a cowarily surrender of this last
experiment Of free representative Govern
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To the defiant treason Of JEFF. Davis, the
Democratic Convention Of Belmont and
Joseph W. White respond, the war, on the
part OF the Government, can never restore
the Union-we are for vigorous prosecu-
tion Of peace, and therefore we demand Of
Abraham Lincoln that hostilties cease aud
an armistice be proclaimed Consider this
profound proposition, Hostilities are to
cease by the act OF Abraham Lincoln. By
what act The Withdrawal of the armies
OF the Union from Vicksburg and Orleans,
from Richmond and Atlanta, from Texas
and the Carolinss, from Missouri and Ar.
kansas. lmbecility itself would not demand
OF Abraham Lincoln that hostilities on the
part OF Jefferson Davisshall cease neither
is that any part of this startling dsnaagatic
proposition for the vigorous prl of
peace" In the very hour of on |!, n
is demanded of Abraham II that
hostilities cease" that the yictol Ia leeions
OF the Republic halt in line of battle on
the eve of victory and throw down their
arms go
| "Oh! Tor tongue to curse the slave
whose treason, like adesdly blight '' ~
Comes DER the councils Of the brsve ...
! And blasts them IN their hour Of might.
This is the Republics hour of might--ip
All your neld or poised battle, amid the
eearthqeake and the fire of the great con-
nlct, victory 70 crowning your arms with
triumph and blazoning with a new plorv
your banner of beauty and power.
But now, after all that the sacrifice and
valor OF your heroic army has achieved, hay-
ing carried your eagles in triumph from
memphis to Atlanta, and from Washington
to Richmond. in order to secure an easy
conquest to the arch Traitor, his Northern
allies are to demand of Abraham Lincoln
that hostilities cease and an arnistice be
proclaimed speak it on the authority Of
Abraham Lincoln himself. these Traitors
never proposed any terms of peace-and
think You they ever will while Northern
demagogues demand of Abraham Lincoln
that hostllities, on the part of the United
States, cease, and proclaim that they are
against the war and for q vigorous prosec,,-
ton of peace, by electing President and a
Congress that will proclaim a surrender
dishand your army and withhold all supplies!
Not content with the demand of an ar.
mistice, this party demands of Abraham
ihncon that convention of all the States
ne ne called for constitutional adjustment. -
The President has no power to call con.
ventlon of all the States to make a icon.
stitutiona! adjustment The Constitution
declares that on the application of the Leg.
lslatures of two-thirds Of the several States
the Congress shall call convention for the
purpose OF proposing amendments to the
Constitution and which amendments shall
only be valid when ratified by the Legisla.
tunes OF three-fourths of the several States
or by conventions of thrce-fourths thereof.
DO Mr.. White and his partzans by call
Tor a Convention OF all the States mean
Convention to amend the Constitution, or
a mere Convention of demagogues to adopt
ana report caucus resolutions as impotent
FOR the restoration of peace and public Sc
cnrlty as are the resolutions of the Belmont
DemocratiS Convention! Whenever appli
cation shall be made to Congress by the
Legislatures of two thirds of the several
States, for Convention to amend the Con.
stitu'ion, it will be called; for, in tn { event
Congress has no election, as the words of
the Constitution are imperative, declaring
hat the Congress shall call such Conven-
ton on such application made For Presi-
dent Lincoln to call Convention of all the
states would be as fruitless as to call for
"spIrits from the Vastly Deep"
Men end patriots Of the 10th Congress
slonal District, save your country by CO op-
Grating with the true men of all par
ties IN every State; by voting down and
lighting down this rebellion, its aider,.
apologists and abettors, by sustaining your
President who, while he offers amnesty or
pardon to all engaged in the rebellion, isaye
Its chief instigators) seeks by the prowess
and yalor of your army to crush the armed
hosts of treason and assert the supremacy
OF the Laws. Sustain your self sacrificing
army. il you would save your country. bv
refusing to trust with your legislative now.
or any man who denounces this holy strug-
gle tor the Union and the Constitution as
an unjust war, and who has refused or
would refuse to vote the needful supplies of
men and means. The way to peace is
plain: it can be reached only by the com.
p.lete restoration of the lawful authority of
tho Republic-aud that restoration can ONLY
be attained by the ballot and the bayonet
1. Is in vain that the noblest and bravest of
your sons have rushed into the sheeted
flame and iron hai OF battls--it is in vain
that hundreds Of thousands Of these heroes
have yielded up their lives in defence of the
unity of the Republic and the authority of
~" .<""o' ~ 70 III 'otu ttidt tucy nave Urlv-
en- back rebellion from Washington to Rich
mond and from the Missouri to the Gulf
and that at this moment the horrid bastile
Of treason trembles beneath their giant
blows, if you are to demand that hostilities
on their part cease, and make your demand
good by electing Congress to withhold
from them the necessary supplies and to
denounce them as engaged in an unjust
war. BE not deceived by party name or
cry Of peace, when there is no peace. a.
Know this, that there can be, in the pres
enoe of this rebellion, which strikes at the
nations life. only two parties Patriots and
Traitors--the aiders and supporters of the
Government and the aiders and supporters
Of the rebellion. .I-''-I
Whoever in your midst co-operates with
party organization which denounces the \
war fol. the Union as fruitless strife" de-
clares that it ''can never restore the Union"
that "hostilities shall cease" and which,
by its votes in Congress. and its secret oath
bound conspiraoies proclaims that the men
and money needed for the vigorous and
successful prosecution Of the war, shall not
be, and ought not to be obtained, is the en-.
emy Of the Republic and the enemy of its
defenders. Against all such aiders and
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