Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-09-13
The federal executive easily yields ready

The federal executive easily yields a resdv
obedience 10 his old masters, aided bv M
interruptions disregard Of the laws, Of mer-
ciless prescription Of true Democratic opin-
ion. and by all his appliances Of despotio
power they now je6antly enter the list la
the loyal North, and seek to wiring from
freeman an endorsement Of their wicked de.
signs Every foul agency is at work TO 40
complish this result. Falsely profeasing To-
assent to the abolition of slavery, fhey are
contriving to continue its detestabls pewer
BY legislative acts against vsgrants. Thsy
know that any fern Of servitude will answer
their unholy purposes. They pronounce
me four years war a brilliant swerd scene
IN the great revolutionary drama Proscrip-
tive public sentiment holds high carnival,
and prohting by the example Of the prssi-
Dental platform, breathes cut the slsugh ter
against loyalty; denounces all loyal 70.
straints, and sssails with the tongue Of ma
llgDity and SANDER the constitutionally
chosen representatives of the people. To
still the voice Of liberty, dangerous alone te
tyrants, midnight confagations, sssassips-
tions and murders in open day, are called
TO their aid. A reign Of terror in these
ten States makes loyalty stand silent iu the
| presence OF treason. or whisper in bated
breath Strong men hesitate openly to
sIeak for Liberty, and decline to attend O
Convention at Pbilsdelphis, for fear of de-.
strucion. But ell Southern nsn are nst
awed to submission 10 treason, and We hsss
assembled from all these States. determip
ed that liberty. when endangered, shall End
mouth-pieca, and that the government
Of the people, by tie people and for tho
people, shall not now perish from the
earth. We are here to consult together how
best to provide for the union Of truly re-
publican States; to seek to rsnew the pres
ence Of thirty-si1 stars On the old flag
We are here to zee that ten Of these stars,
opaque bodies; psling their efsetual fires
beneath the gloom Of darkness Of eliEsr-
chicsl tyranny and oppression are return
them to be bright stars smbems Of copsti.
tutional liberty, glittsring orbs. sparkling
with the life giving principles Of the model
republic. fitting ornaments of the glorious
banner of freedom Our last and snly hops
is in the unity and fortituds Of the loyal
people OF America 10 support and Wind %.
OF the s9th Congress and the election Of 0
controlling Union majority in the succeed.
ing or 10th Congress.
While the new bill amending the Nation
al Constitution offers the most liberal con-
ditious to the authors Of rebellion, and does
Dot come up to the measure Of cur expec-
tatien, we believe its ratification would be
the commencement of lasting protection to
ell our people, and therefore We accept it %
the best possible remedy. and appeal to our
brothers and friends in the North and the
West to make it their ws.chwsrd in the
coming elections-the tokens are auspicioas
Of overwhelming success. However little
tho vardiat af tha I.l1 L. O..
reckless man in the Presidestial chair. W
cannot doubt that traitors and sympatkizsrs
will recognize that verdict as sure indics-
ton that the mighty power which crushed
the rebellion is still alive. and that those
who attempt to oppose or deny it will Do %
at the risk Of their own destruction. Our
confidence in the overruling Providence Of
Ged prompts the prediction and iutensi6es
the belief that when the warning is suf6-
GENTLY taught these misguided men. the
liberated millions of the rebellious South
will be proffered those rights and franchises
which may be necessary to adjust sud settle
this mighty controversy in spirit of most
enlarged and Christian philanthropy.
GEORGE W. Paschsll, Of Texas: CHAR
man. B. o. Sidney. Of Miss John Fl.
Atkinson, of West Virgins; John H. Al
derdice of Delaware; A. ". Hawkins. Of
ituHbs@ce, hDOL. VI nlseCUft
Wright r, Fish, of Louisisns: Milton j.
Saffold. of Alabama; Philip Frsaer, Of
Florida; D. r. GeodIoe. of North Csrolina;
D. c. Forney, Of the District of Columbia;
John A. j. Creswell, Of Maryland; G.
Wasnburn, Of Georgia.
Resolutions.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
Mr.. Hamilton, of Texas, from the Com.
mittse on Resolutions, reported as follows.
/. Resolred. That the loyal people Of the
South cordially unite with the loyal people
Of the North in giving thanks to Almighty
God through whose will rebellion, unpara.-
eled for its causelessness, its cruelty and
is criminalty, has been over ruled to the
Of the supremacy of the Federal
Constitution over every State and Territory
IF the Republic.
2. That we demand now. as we have de.
handed at all times sitcs the cessation ofhss-
illities, the restoration of the States in
which we live to their old relations with tbs
Union on the simplest and fswest conditions
consistent with the protection Of our lives,
property and political rights, now in jeopar-
ly from the.vapquished rebels lately in srna
8. That the unhappy policy of Andrew
Johnson, President Of the United States, is,
y bs epeC's upou tuc ivyA psopio VI tue
south, unjust, oppressive end intolersble,
md accordingly, however earnestly We desire
!, s, o our respective States once more rep
esented in the Congress Of the nation. We
would deplore their restoration on the made
luate conditions prescribed by the President,
IS tending not to abate, but only to magnify
he peris and sorrows Of oar'c' ndition. o.,
4 That the welcome We have received
rom the loyal citizens Of Philadelphia,
lnder the roof of the time henered hsli in
which the Declaration Of Independence Was
Idopted inspires us with the animstibg
lope that the principles Of just and eqosl
government. which were made tho fouBds-
ion of the Republic at its origin. shall be-
ome the cornerstone Of the Constitution.
5. That with pride in the pstriotisn If
he Congress. with era, itnde for the fearless
nd ersistent suppe tthey have given 20 the
ause Of loyalty, and their efforts to restore
II the States 10 their former condition as
states 10 the American Union, we will staHd
y the position taken by them, and use all
means consistent with peaceful and lawful
curse to secure the ratification of the
mendments to the Constitution of the Uni
ed States, as proposed by Congress at its