Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-05-04

this man expressing surprise HLat there
should be creature within the limits of the
Republic so wicked and depraved as to
commit such crime as the assassination Of
the President, when he and his colaborers
have been directly or indirectly counseling
this thing Tor the last two or thr ee years. -
Witness the following, from "dimmycrat- =
ic' rebel paper, published in Lacrosse,
Wisconsin:
"The man who votes for Lincoln now is
traitor. Lincoln is traitor and murderer.
He who pretending to war for, wars against
the Constitution Of our country is a traitor,
and Lincoln is one of those men. He who
calls and allures men to certain butchery, is
murderer, and Linceln has done all this.
Had any former Democratic President war
red upon the Constitution or trifed with
the destinies Of the nation as Lincoln has,
he would have been hurled to perdtion
long since. And if he is elected to mis-.
govern for another four years, we trust some
bold hand will pierce his heart with dagger
point for the public good" ..
This extract only surpasses the fulmina-
nations of the Gazette in boldness and d.
rectness. The very same issue Of the Ga
zette that announced the foul murder of
the President, contained political harangue
from a scapegoat in Pennsylvania, claiming
to bea preacher, charging upon Mr.. Lin
coin almost every crime known to man; de-
nouncing him as tyrant, anl recommend
ing resistance to him as 'obe iieace to God, y
and yet the Elitor affects to be "astounded'
at the commission Of such devilish deed.
Can it be that man can become so insen-
sible to every feeling of shame IF in the
deep seated hate of his heart, and the
black malignant spleen of his soul he can
say nothing COED of our martyred. murder
ed Presidcnt-let the mantle Of charity be
thrown over his dead body. One would
suppose that when the widowed mother and
orphaned children were suffering the keen
anguish of u bereavement which wrings
from them walls of unspeakahle sorrow
and bitter tears of blood-when the good
men, and the true, and the loyal of all
sects and parties were in tears and mourn
ing oven this national aff1iction, the very
Prince of darkness himself would chain the
tongue of SANDER, if he didn't bow his head,
un:il the remains of the murdered were cold
in the grave. But this man reiterates and
re-publishes the base charge OF tyranny,
usurpation, murder" &c. Oh thou SIAN
derer Of the living, are you not yet satisfied?
Have you no respect for the weeping mil
lions of the natien and otthe world? Have
hatred, rebellion, misrule and all the baser
passions of your heart full control of you?
Must you slander the dead as well as the
living? Is the grave no protection from
your spleen? How dare you polute the
sanctity and break the awful silence that
pefvades the chamber of dead President
and pour upon his pulseless heart the ag-
gravated slander of the past three years? p
Intamy hath shame, but thismaf has none.
What better evidence is decided Of the
mans (2) political and moral arrangement
No wonder the more intelligent and good
who have acted in political fellowship with
with MIN, now talk of withdrawing their
support and excluding from their families
his weekly edition Of SANDER. Asa iuriher
evidence ct his insanity, the political har-
angue before refused to- contains in sub
stance the following: ''Yon cant coquer the
South-they will fight to the bitter end
they will die rather than submit. &c,
when the same edition announced the fall
of Richmond and the surrender OF Lee,
thus virtually ending the war. THIS same
sermon, published and ecnmmendcd by Sir
Bishop Heat0h, denounce the ninety nine
hundredlhs Of the Ministers OF the Chris
tian Church, not excepting tie Church to
which the Bishop belongs as fanatics, ="
revolu,ionists,' destructionists," 'sul-
porters of tyranny" "murderers. &c
1t was ho. ed that When the man who
superintends rsorgan connected himself
with n branch of he Christian Church, and
publicly proicssed Il determination to regn-
late his conduct according to the principles
of the gospel few months ago, there
would be cessation of his slander and
abuse Of the Church and her ministers =
Note his rapid growth-He assumes to in
struct the private Christian and the min
listers how, and precisely how, they shall
walk and talk. Hear him quote Scripture,
blessed are the peace MAKERS and
''blessed are the merciful," he whines. but
his disci pies manifest his peace" and his
mercy unrebuked, by cursing and dis
charging firearms in front of the dwelling
of AN aged and honored minister OF Christ,
and by insulting his daughters on our
streets. Satan also quotes Scripture when
he finds he can promote his own cause by
so doing. He likewise assumes the form of
an angel of light the more successfully to
further his designs, and not unfrequently
he unites with the Church when he thinks
he can do more injury in it than out of it.
Dees the Bishop ever reflect that the same
bible from which he quotes, contains the
following passages and many of kindred
character2 G q
"Al liars shall have their portion in
the lake that burneth with fire and prim-
4 stone" -+ '' %
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam
out of thine own eye aud thou shalt then
see clearly to east out the mote out Of thy
brothers eye." lgH s.rEE
Beware of false prophets which come tc
yen in Sleeps clothing, but inwardly they
are ravening wolves. ~.
"Ye serpents, ye generation Of c,pers
how can ye escape the damnation of hell.
'Oh ye generation of vipers, how cal
ye being evil speak good, for out of tn,
abundance of the heart the mouth speak
eth" +" ..a
"Woe unto you scribes, &c even so y
also outwardly appear righteous unto men
bar within ye are full ,ot hypocrisy and ii
iquity." III LILL..
But while the lamp Of life holds out t
hurn thp VilqSt sinner NAV ratnrn - and