Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-21
4rlmunt Chronicle
81. ClairsviIlo, Ohio, Dec. II.
DANGER AHEAD.

DANGER AHEAD. ..t
IF our sadly dcmoralzed radical friends IL
the North go wrong, it is not because We
have been an unfaithful watchman on the
tower. We have called aloud and spared
not We havo warned there insensate and
reckless men that the course they we're pur
suing was apt to lead to sin and misery-
THAT the people of the South were patient
and long suffering, and would not stand it.
When Major Hastings and his Eve hundred
uureconstructed Southerners announced
their intention Of going to Brazil, we sound
ed a higher note Of warning. We addressed
our appeals to the people Of Alabama. We
especially warned our radical people North
that they would wake up some morning and
find the whole unreconstructed South on the
way to Guatemala or Brazil or Mexico We
fear that our warnings have been in vain.
Our amiable, ifnot always trustworthy, CO.
temporary, the Daily News, assures us that
there is great danger ahead. There is a
rapidly-increasing tendency on the part of
the Southern people to seek in foreign lands
a refuge from the intolerable burdens which
the Republicans threaten to impose. upon
those inhabitants of that section who brave
ly and honorably fought for the indepen-
dence of their States, and in defense of
their homes" This is explicit, Lst US
look at the list of brave men who have fed
from their homes. Gen. Sterling Price is
now in Mexico, Senior Of something, Capt
Maury is a Senior OF something else. Jolly
Jack Magruder is displaying his fancy uni
forms in the Halls of the Montezumas, and
they say--yes, they will say it--that the
Emperoris not as happy husband as he
might be-that the good man has really oc
casion for concern, and that we may soon
expect rare scandal Is in high life" 4" This
we can believe, for>J Jack with bis red breech-
es was always an irresistahle Lothario.
We could spare these Seniors we thought
the exodus would stop here The unrecon-
structed Magruder is not great loss. He
was never useful, though somewhat orna'
mental. We can cross the Gulf stream
whether Maury comes back or not, nor do
we think that Sterling Price is necessary to
the integrity of the Constitution. This,
however, is not the end of it. "On the
2Sih of last November fifty OF tho best citi.
zens of Alabama, Of both sexes, arrived in
Mobile en- route to Brazil. Again, we are
assured that "every steamer which leaves
cur ports for Vera Cruz takes to that pluce
other men, whose undaunted spirits cannot
brook the degradation which the Republican
party is seeking to heap upon them. and We
know that others-many others-are max.
ing ready to follow their example. The
Emperor of Brazil receives them with
marked demonstrations of delight and wei
come. We can imaeine Don Pedro taking
to his arms the unreconstructed Majors and
Brigadiers, and directing that their baggage
be put away. Ifhe invites them to his pal
ace we trust, for the sake Of his housekeep'
ers, he will give no such invitations to the
parlors. Beauregard assures us that moth
log but Johnson's kinduess kept him from
going to the Brazils Now that johnson
has been so kind he would prefer to live
here poor and forgotten than to be endowed
with honor and riches in foreign country.
We presume Besnregard is AN undaunted
spirit" and that if he can "brook the deg
radiation the rest Of them should not be so
rcstipe. n.
"Caa Americans, " says our contemporary,
"view these events with satisfaction"
Well, we do not think that our appetite fails
Us, or that there is necessity for soothing
syrups or sedatives. Ii We are asked what
We think Of the uureconsiructed running
away, we can only say we do not think Of it,.
They may ge or stay as it pleases them,
They may obey the laws ofthis country, or
if those laws are too onerous, let them go
and obey the laws Of some other country.
If Den Pedro will be more kind, or if Mag
imilian will give them crosses and patents
of nobility, they should accept the offers aud
70. We do not intend to oppress the unre-
constructed, to ceax them to remain or to
drive them away The future 10 in their
own hands. As long as they obey the Con-
stitution they shall be treated as good citi-
Gems. When they break them they will be
whipped as they were whipped before.
IN. Y. Tribune, l2th. N'' - sd
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