Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-04-12
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The Nashville Press for March 10Th re.
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"a citizen Of this State has spent some
! time 10 Washington. AMI conversed at
/ lsngttwith President johnson. The Presi
| dent is not at all pleased with the conduct
Of the Southern politicians, newspapers,
conventions, an ] Legislatures On the con
trarys ha 10 highly displeased with them. -
| He went to the utmost verge Of generosity
10 order to encourage the rebel leaders to
repent and act AZ rational men. He says
| the Southern States have not done their
! duty. lie bad laid down his requirements
! TO the Virginia delegation, and requested
them to elect loyal men to Congress who
could take the test oath aud would support
the laws. This they hal s.ubbornly refused
to do aud il the rebels persisted in this
| foolish aud wicked course, they would have
to take the consequences, and he would not
| interfere in their behalf again. A reaction
on the part of the President is close at hand.
and he will, if trif9d with much, longer by
the rebels, deal them terrible blow"
On this the Raleigh Standard remarks
"We have felt sure all along that this was
the position of the President. We knew
that in 40 event would ne desert the Union
mep OF the insurgent States. He has been
'trihed with and in this respect there is no
i'm provcment, or prospect Of improvement,
With the secession leaders They will go on
from bad to worse. La this State, for ex-
ample, three candidates for Congress were
defeated because they could take the oath;
and some of those who were elected declared
they could not take the oath If they would,
and would not il they could. This declara-
ton materially increased their vote. Gov
Worth, during the last session of the l-egis-
lature, having been requested By the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to designate persons
for the Office of assessor and collector Of the
internal revenue aho could take the oath,
instead of shoullsring the responsibility
himself, referred the matter to the members
of the Legislature, secessionists included
and the secessionists of the First Congress
si0nal District refused to recommend any
one who could take the oath ID. ID. Fere.
nee, Esq, since appointed ny Governor
Worth to an important state office, was con-
spicrous, as we learn. 10 refusing to recon-
mend and one who could take the cath.
We learn also that the Legislature removed
at least one-haf Of the loyal justices of the
peace appointed by the provisional governor,
and filed their places with rampant seces
sionists. The Provisional Governor appoint.
ed mayors and commissioners, loyal men.
for some twenty or thirty towns; and as fast
as elections for these offices have taken place,
under the administration of Governor Worth,
these loyal men are being ousted, aad seces-
sionists and latterday war men put in their
places Thus it is that the entire work of
the President. in re organizing this State
is being rapidly swept away.
.:."We rejoice at the above declaration of
the President We trust he will act I and
act promptly. Let the sblow fall 1t can
not come too soon." q .T