Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-11-09

against the Government of the United
States, and attempted to enter and desecrate
its temple. would say, Depart from here,
ye cursed, 4 kS1w you not" [Tremendous
applause. Let them learn that when
they elect officers to 80 there, they must
eleet aeu, atloast, who have not been the
leaders of theit armies, and the murderers
Of leSsl neb. [Applause.
- 1 suppose that At the next ELECTION that
you have in New Jersey, in their platform
these Democrats viii resolve that there IL
no objection to JEFF. Davis being President
Of the United States. If the people have a
mind 10 that effect, they will then prob
ably conclude that it is proper to admit the
Upited States into the Southern Cenfeder-
7 Ths way fs prevent things Of tbat kind,
10 to stsptit before n is done; TO tsaiar the
people against them. If you educate the
children in New Jersey and every where else
TO hug treason to their bosons, then you
viii disregard its sting. But if you educate
them as they grow up to fear treason az
they would fear the bite Of a poisonous SER
peBt. there is no danger chat they will ever
be guilty Of associatiug with traitors. or Of
committing treason against their country.
[Cheers. e ory - ID l.. a5ll4..
And yet New Jersey. believe, is the only
State iHithe Union where Slavery does not
exist tDat refused to pass the amendment
to the Constitution of the United States,
declaring that Slavery should never again
exist in this proud Government oi ours -
And this was not because they had an inter
est iu Slavery, but because they wanted to
do nothing that would be Objectionable to
this people With whom they bad been polit-
ieslly associated so long, and with whom
their sympathies were 80 strong. There
could have been no other Ieason for it. Oh,
if had it 10 my power, and these men were
collected here tonight, would assembls in
their presence every widow who has been
made such by this war every man that came
through your State upon crutches, every
man who presented himself after the fight
with one arm, or no arm at all, or with shat
tered wrecks for limbs, and would marshal
before them, too, the orphans of the war,
aud would say, Here. you godly n men
Of the Legislature of New Jersey, look upon
the scene, and see what Slavery has done
for these people. Senss ton. And if |
we're one armed or a one-legged soldier,
and should meet one of these men, would
raise the stump Of my lost member in bis
presence and say to him: " Sir, look upon
that ruin. 1t has been made so by Rebel
shot, produced by this institution of Slavery.
You voted that il should not die ." That
vote was to revIvify it and bring it again
into existence. .....
And this is TIE Democratic party of New
Jersey, who apply to US the epithets rem
egades' and traitors to the party. p
Well, have no shame for thing of that
kind, be it called by whatever name they
c. 30 - 60, n,
to day, if they and we live, while the Union
vatien have, in bright letters of living light,
the cause of the land. their deeds will be
written in dark, deep letters in some deep
and dark place, as if sinking from the bright
sunlight where loyal men might read the
history tGreat applause
men, while these political contests had been
going en- in your Stste-while this war has
been going on-have been making history
for hereafter; and while doing so they have
been making a record for your State, and,
whether that history, of New Jersey that
will be written in time to come is such a
one as each citizen of New Jersey will be
proud Of or not, is for you to say.
There is one part of the history Of New
jersey that the people Of this whole land
are proud of-a history which, if that made
by the other portion were as fair, no State
would stand to day with brighter page in
the eyes of the civilized world. Applause. !
You have history on the battle; fel6-you
made history where history ia to be made
that lives as long as time shall last. You
made history that all the footprints of trea-
son cannot wipe out There can be no such
thing as effaciug it. 1t stands there inletters
of gold, to be read by the civilized world--thst
on the battlefield, New Jersey was always
in the frsnt rank. [Cheers. But when
you turn your eyes to the other page, and
read the history of your officials at home
your legislaturs-what do you End? You
find them refusing the poor soldier who has
been marching beneath the searching sun.
climbing hills and wading through swamps;
laying down his life day after day for his
country. when he asks the poor privilege
of casting his vote for some man at home,
he is denied. They say, t'No, you cannot
have privilege; yeu are q lincoln hire'ing;
that you are fighting against your brothers OF
the South; you are disgracing the land that
gave you birth; we, the honorable body
that has been elected by the citizens Of the
proud State of New Jersey, have in our
wisdom decided that you are incapaeitated
from exercising the elective franchise, be-
cause-vAat? because you carry a muske'
and wear the uniform Of the United States
and bear the starry emblem of its unity anC
strength against the enemies Of the land
That is the only answer that they can give
and yet they say that this is old fashioned
Democracy! Laughter fit is, the on
ly mistake ever made in my life is that
had not left the party sooner than L did
Laughter and cheers. f1 gI.L
Now, my fellow M-countrymen, If any oil
you are here who have been voting th'
Democratic ticket all your lives, and are vo
ting it yet--who are calling yourselves leya
men--and have no doubt yuu aro-reftec
in reference to this thing, and ask why ar
| these things so2lsi II +ssr
You, who were fighting in the battles ol
your country, tell me whether or not, II
/ this town, when the news would come in o
a great Union victory, what the conduct OF
the different people was in this community
Tell me, when the victory was on the ald'
Of the Union troops, who laughed AMI
shouted tor joy. and who sulkiy went ava.
and cursed the day and hour that the, vic
tory was won? Was it the man who olaiu
ed to be a loyal msn2 Was it the ma
who was Democrat who was for sustain
ing the Government Wasit the Repubi
canvas il the Abolitionist-the man 70
hate 30 much-was he the man who can
nm and sneered when he saw your bows fro