Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-09-05
Mr.. Murdooh's Grafton.
coaciuaed from First pace.

NH Inc nHllOu IIluSl IitcS buCh Juuknhtht
uooa ssis greatest OF political crimes as
aiall forbid its repetition, and prove to
the world that Republicsnism Is not a
failure even when tested in the furnace
fires OF civil war. Though no State, as
such L. or ever hss been out Of the I'm
ION, The people lately in arms against the
nat,onal authority have by their own ect
Lost the privilege of citizenship, and have
arlsht (as it has been asserted a thous-
and times before) to nothing but an i'm
partial trial. Their felony entities them
10 nothing more, though they must re-
main subject TO the Jurisdiction of the
LAYS, and 10 the penalties inflicted by
siahtguus Judgment. Is treason, with
ali It's attendant horrors, so light thing
thet the Government can say the life OF
a nation is of less worth than that ofan
individual, the hopes of posterity of less
consequence than the business Of to day?
Ply or the fallen is a sentiment which
ai5sas humanity, but nation must be
fris ss we'll as generous. Then let the
tta,' rs crime be punished by the loss of
these privileges of citizenship which to
the iowa man shall become more precious
by knowledge that there Is way by
which they can be forfeited.
Ii order that the laurels which adorn
the brows OF our soldiers, dead or alive,
SHALL lie kept freshly green, The record Of
ty-cson and traitors must be held forever
oGtcuS and Gamnqble.
II treason is not made odious, how can
l5ya,.y be made glorious?
We have no quarrel with that large
ic1g o. the Southern people who were
ca.ni.l aud deceived into rebellion, whose
habi!s nj thought and social customs had
pfeDared for the appeal To sectional pride
aud plss.on, sosuccessfully made by their
lcaaCra.
we have no quarrel with the homeless
thousands TO whom this war has been
cruel indeed. leaving behind it poverty
eaI ruin. We would gladly help them
10 restore their sunny land to more than
is oil prosperity, to better, because
ttCer g.eatnrss. Let the masses cover
the acacfed disgrace of their ruin; we
viii np5 c%ult over it. Let the grass wave
peacefully over the resting places of their
deaf. Humanity IL above nationality (;
d BAT even the interests Of humanity re-
q1lre us TO hold our sympathies in the
service o. principles, and we do insist
that both iu5tice and decency forbid that
tasn whose hands are still red with the
b,odl Of our heroes should be admitted
noig Or hereafter to scats in that high
cont Of the nation--the American Con-
gtcss.
Whenever by their choice of men and
dsctIrdij1n ot principles identical with
ours, they take the standing of true re-
pgbliGans aS expressed in the COnstitll.
ton, enter into one nationality and stand
with IA in unbroken front before the
world, then we will gladly welcome then
In the Christian spirit which forgets as
well as 'orgives.
History points with silent finger t.
Cha les lhe First at the block, TO Napo
loon ft lG,ha, and bidg us rGmeni6er tn,
Mem sii that always overtakes the be
tvsvef OF nations trust. Do you believe
euy man, woman or child in the North
cfn S.a.ys would he happier for thu
knowledge that Jefferson Davis had suf
ferel thc eHtrcne penalty OF the law.
DJHyt believe Il. II Is treason which til,
irAtiSct o. in ,tice demands to see Behead
Ell, d!agraced and buried out of sight
The lessons o. history nre drawn In strong
contrast. Shall we leave opposite the
pafc which records the final scene of thi,
rgeas national tragedy, the assassination
o. .hc President, q blank page; or shal
1isR SIS stand there u!So WiM the hang
alII's n90s,?
In the beginning of this discourse, al
lU3ed 70 the two great parties existing
here NJ the North, before the commence
meut of the war. Those two parties, m.
irienla, under different names, and cir
cumsllnces, and leaders, are alive ant
active to-day. One is the party of Con
ntoss representing the common sense
the intog.ity, and faith In prnciple-o
the American people. 70 Congress The
people have delegated their powers; thei
voice is heard in the majority of tha
body.
Aud the other what shall I say of it
1t is tho party of" policy" speaking nov
in gentle accents ofphilanthropy-"rh'
rebellion il dead, let everything be as be
fore. The rebels have been the chief suf
ferers let us freely forgive them. Nov
In the huueycd tones of ilattery to tn,
nations foe, their cry il still, as before
taa var, "thc Constitution, the Constitu
ton, " tillouc would think that memora
bio document had but one purpose-th
rerpGtuat.on Of an oliGarchy founded oi
GlVery, living or dead. For though
sllvery .ell before the flushing sword sen
10 preserve the national unity, the dig
archy which rears lts head above the dea
body haH not shared its fate. "a Kin
may die, an Oligarchy never dies" l
IL tho rule ola privileged class, u sovcr
egnty which the Northern Democrat
aud Southern aristocrats join hands t.
proscrve. The old combination IL to b
renewed, nominaiiy IN the name fpeac
end Union, really in the same intcreS
which ruled the country for thirty year
before ihe war.
These new disciples OF the gospel O
peacc, are they the men who Inaugural
ted the Mexican war? How horrible In
war grown since then, since war no lon
ger serves their party interests.
How fearful the danger that Congress
Tor the people itself, acting by its repre-
Sentatlvcsl should overstep its Constitu
tional powers; how slight tho peril whic
might arise from the admission into Ii
body Of an element foreign to the spiri
in which the Constitution IL framed.
These are not times for quibbling owe
parliamentary rules and precedents; tn
great Charter, itself, is the Gospel of con
mon reason and common sense and we III
constantly learning new applications
i,s principles. Grant, fighting II out o
n"linc' Unknown 10 military schola,
t!cism, Farrlgut, lashed to the mast, hav
given Us the kind Of precedents; theil
l. the policy we want--the policy of M
ti0pa. preservation. What would I'll
Constitution be without national life ?
What would the Constitution have bee
70 the ualion, had Mr.. Buchanan's ale
Alone policy prevailed, I'm the perllol
days OF 'Gl2 Sclf-preservatlon Is no let
slVw of individual than OF natianal lilj
Right and wrong are elements whic
Vf.a pf mn N ,Aflifiaa ~,