Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-09-22

cuse many extrayagances We have now
seen what the agents Of Pompey and Caesar
agreed at Niaeara that Ponipey should do
at Chicago. Here is what he actually did:
Resolred, That this Convention does ex.
plicity declare, as the sense OF the American
people, that. after four years Of failure tn
restore the Union by the experiment Of war,
during which, under the pretense Of mill
tary necessity OF war power higher than the
| Constitution, the Constitution itself has
been disregarded IN every part, and the
public liberty and private right alike trod.
den down, and the material prosperity of
| the country essentially impaired, justice,
humanity, liberty, and the pubic welfare
demand that immediate efforts be made for
a cessation Of hostilities, with view to an
ultimate Convention Of all the States, or
other poaceable means, to the end that at
the earliest practicable moment peace may
be restored on the basis Of the Federal I'm
ion Of the States.
The Democra: :y at Chicago did there just
what had been agreed upon by the Rich
mond agents at Niagara. Namely, they
1 pronounced for an abandonment OF the mil
itary defence Of the Union against the in
surgents, with view to an ultimate Nation.
al Convention, and the defeat Of the elec.
| tion Of Abraham LiHcoln.
That is to say, they proposed to eject
Abraham Liacoln from the Presidential chair
at Washington on the 4th of March next,
and at the same time leave the usurper
Davis unassaied, secure and unmolested in
his seat at Richmond, with view to an ul-
innate convention of States, which that
usurper's Constitution will allow no one of
! the insurgent States to enter. What now,
if there be no convention at all, or if the
convention fail to agree on a submission to
the Federal authority2 Jefferson Davis
then remains in authority, his confederacy
established and the Union with all its glo-
res is gone forever. Nay more. if such q
thing could happen as that. the Chicago
candidate, nominated upon such an agree.
ment should be elected President of the
United States on the 6rst Tuesday Of No.
vember next, who can vouch for the safety
of the country against the rebels during the
interval which must elapse before the new
administration can constitutionally come in
to over? 1t seems to me that such an
election would tend equally to demcralize
the Union and to invite the insurgents to
renew their efforts for its destruction.
THE COMPACT APPROVED.
1t remains for me now only to give you
the proof, that although the way in which
the Chicago Democracy did what had been
agreed upon in their behalf at Niagara, was
not altogether satisfactory, yet what they
actually did, was acceRted as a full egeou..
tion of the ,previous. co'hpact. Mr. Seward
here read the following ntsrcepted dispatch
from George Sanders: ~
ST. GATHERINGS, G. W.sSspt. l.
To Hon. D. Wier, HalJas:.
Platform and Presidential nominee pn.
! - -..l hos
satisfactory. Tell Philmore not to oppose
(Sigueal GEO. N. SANDERS.
d. Wier is Richmond .accomplics at
Halifax. and Philmore is understood to be
the conductor Of the insurgent organ in
London.
Here, then, we have a nomination and a
mally contracted betweenthe democratic trail
tors at Richmond and the Democratic OPP
position at Chicago, signed, sealed, attested
and delivered in the presence of the London
Times. and already ratified at Richmond
["By Heaven, you've got them" Got
them, to be sure you We got them, my friends.
They say | am always too sanguine OF the
success of national candidates and OF the
national arms But it seems to me that the
variest croaker in all our loyal camp will
take new courage, and become heroic when
he sees that the last hope of the rebellion
hangs upon the ratification Of this abomi-
nable and detestable compact by the Ameri-
can people. g,
Yes, you have got them but how did
you get them2 Not by any skill or art OF
the Administration, or even through the
sagacity, or activity of the loyal people, but
through the cunning of the conspirators.
over-reaching itself, and thus working out
their own defeat and confusion. They to,
say that the Father of evil always indulges
} his chosen disciples with such an excess Of
/, subtlety, as to render their ultimate ruin
|, and punishment inevitable.
And what time is this to proclaim such
,, a policy, conceived in treachery and brought
forth with shameless effrontery. A cessation
of hostilitics on the heel OF decisive nava
and land battles, at the very moment tha,
the rebellion without single fort in its pos
session on the ocean or on either OF th'
-, great rivers or lakes, is crumbling to tn
earth, and ut the same time, q dozen new
: ships of war. are going to complete the in
n yestment by sea, and three hundred thou
sand volunteers are rushing to the lines, t.
. complete the work Of restoration and pacih
!. cation. .-..,.
9 A MAXIM.
= There is maxim which thoughtful teach
4 ers always inculcate. 1t is that inconsls
: tency is imbecility, and that perseverance
+ is necessary to insure success. This maxim
! was set forth in the form of a copy, in thu
. writing book, when was young. "Perse
, yerance conquers." Even infantile begin
uers encountered the instruction in th'
y form of fable in Webster's spelling book
n The story was that after using soft word
{ and tufts of grass the farmer tried. wha
virtue there mas..in stones, and BY persistenc
8 in that application, he brought. the rud
" bow who was stealing apples down iron
r the tree, and made him ask the farmer
Is Our Chicago teachers tell us that just a
J. tho rude boy is coming down, he must la
e down the stones and resort again TO the us
ofgrass, with the consequence ofcourse, thi
{ the farmer must beg pardon OF the tre'
passer. ,.a H- .1-l.---.-
q THE pIsuNIoN POLICY AND THE GHfcAd
~ r5I POLICY. si-..I
10 But what makes this Chicago policy moi
c. contemplate and even ridiculous, is that it
/. nothing different from the policy with while
J, the same parties now contracting actual
"a ushered in disunion in 1861 in the closir
10 hours OF the Administration OF james Bl