Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-10-05
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cratic party, NuIlaDuIgDhUi was hnuOuucluR
the same ominous words, ''it is unconstltu.
tional to coerce seeding States,' and lest
the Southern wing OF the party might falter
and not carry out the agreed conspiracy by
acts Of Sc cession first. and avowed violence
after, this willy leader Of this party. as early
as the I'd Of November, 1860, in the city Of
New York, the commercial metropolis of
the country. declared, that IL one or more of
the States Of this Union should, at any time
secede, he, asa representative IN the Con
gress Of the United States, would never vote
one dollar of money, for the support Of the
war for the Union. No State had then
seeded, but if fst any time a State or
States should secede, they had bis public
pledge against coercion. They did secede,
and az, be kept his word. His colleague, Pen,
dleton, uttered the same'cry, ''no coercion" !"
and so did every leader in the North of this
reasonable party. can not follow their
what the leaders OF this party said 10 Con-
gress, and out of ofCongress, 0 encourage this
rebellion, before gun had yet been fred
upon your flag, the great body OF the party,
through the press and by State conventions
in the North, adopted and indorssd
ALLEN O. THURMAN
lfyou desire evidence ofthis ponder UPON
the resolution adopted on the 23d OF jan
uery, 1861, in the Democratic State Con-
ventioI of Ohio, upon the report of Allen
u. Thurman, the same man who reported
the resolutions Of the same party in Con.
vention on tho Oath of August. That reso
luton is a. follows:
"Resolred, That the 100000 Democrats Of
Ohio send to the people Of the United
States, both North and South, greeting: and
when the people of the North shall have
fulfilled their duties to the South, then and
not till then, will it be proper for them to
take into consideration the question Of the
rigM and propriety of coercion"
This was the 23d Of January 1861. The
flag had not yet been fired upon in Charles
ton Harbor, but States had seeded, arms
and revenue of tho United States had been
captured, and ports of the United States
had been seized, and citizens ofthe United
States outraged and imprisoned-and all the
while James Buchanan, being President was
proclaiming coercion by the Government un-
constitutional, and the 200, 900 Democrats
of Ohio were sending their greeting, that
all this secession, and treason, and robbery,
sheuld go on unchallenged, till the people
of the North shall have fulfilled their duties
to the South. Thank God, the people of
the North have, thus far, fulfilled their
duties to the South, by crushing their in
fernal treason, and capturing and holding
for just punishment, some, at least, Of their
guilty leaders.
COOPERATION WITH SECESSION.
Filled with the spirit of this treason, the
great organs of the Democratic party, and
none of them more earnestly than the
Cincinnati Enquirer, repeated the words,
No coercion of seeding States" Is it
surprising that, such encouraged, the trea-
son assumed such gigantic proportions that
before its ally and friend, james Buchanan,
retired from the Presidency, the confeder-
acy had organized its government at Mont.
gomery, Alabama, and the traitors had
fired defantly upon cur flag in the waite RS
| of Charleston Harbor, and driven back in
disgrace the Government vessel, Star of the
West, bearing provisions to the gallant An.
derson and his little garrison, who by rebel
batteries had been cut off from supplies
Thus encouraged by the Northern Demo
cracy, is it,surprising that these conspirators
laid in wait, 10 Baltimore, for the life of
Abraham Lincoln, the elect of the people ?
Thus encouraged by the Northern Demo
cracy, is it surprising that the mob of CEN
spirators rushed upon the unarmed soldiers
of Massachusetts,, on their way to the de-
Tense of the Capital, and, in cold blood,
murdered them. thereby making the 10th
of April, by second sacrifice of blood, for
ever sacred to liberty, and memorable in
the annals of American history? Intent
upon the overthrow of the Government,
after all these greetings of the Northern
Democracy, it would have been truly sur
prise if the armed conspirators of the South
had not proceeded, as they did, to all these
acts of treason and violence and murder.
..y ... FORT SUMTER. rN
On the llth day of April, 1861, after two
days hard fighting. the seventy gallant
heroes who defended Fort Sumter surren'
dered its broken, blackened walls, to ten
thousand armed rebels. Thus the wal
against the Union was inaugurated +; and to
! defend that Union and maintain the su
premaey Of the Constitution, your new mur
dered President issued his Proclamation fol
the people to como to the rescue of theil
own Government. The psople did come &c
the rescue
"Tbey came s-the winds come when forests arc ''Hd
They came n. the waves come when navie. strand
ing" ...
But they came without the aid, or encour
acement, or consent, of this Democratic
party. Democrats came, Republicans came
TO the defense of the Constitution but th
Buchanan Breckinridge-D part
never came, and never gave their powerful
suppoit to the sacred cause.
ABOUT FORGETTING THE PAST.
But we are told, now that the rebellion
crushed, let bygones be bygones, torgiv
your brethren of the South, and finally IT
vest traitors, and only traitors, their alder
and abettors, with the whole power of tn
State and National Governments. VIII
are fit, say these gentlemen, to be mad
the Governors and Legislators of the States
and the President and law givers OF the nl
ton, as the Democratic chiefs and thei
supporters who conspired for four years
overthrow the Government, and levied wa
against it. That is precisely the logic {
the Democratic party in Ohio, and ever
State of the Union to day. That this is tf
: purpose of this party in Ohio you reed loo
: no further for proof than the Democrat
platform adopted by that party at Colun
. !, bus, on the oath of last month
). THE STATUS OF REBEL STATES.
). 1t is further resolved by the party "th
a the so.called seeded States are in the Unit
a as States, and are, therefore, entitled to {
s tho reserved rights Of the States and
4 their due representation in Congress, q.
= to vote for President and Vice PresideD
> and any attempt of the General Cover
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