Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-09-05

Brought to the tribunal ofevery mans
private judgment, the Pigments of par
tisan politics are lost sight of-the eter-
nal principles Of justice and right come
up for recognition. They are the bal
ances In which, i'm this our court Of tho
people here convened, we will weigh the
cause Of the eleven lately rebellious
States. ..,,,
In the beginning they made war upon
Government to which each and every
one of them had sworn allegiance. Thus,
their first act was peTjuryl
For this Wdr their leaders had prepared
long before the pretended cause Of their
disaffection arose, (but the crime of lying
is one which the law does not recoghize.)
They took possession of the property
of the General Government, and of the
public treasure, and openly avowed their
intention to take possession of the Capt.
tol and national archives. This sods rob-
Jery. .... ... .,
They destroyed our commerce, and
burned our ships on the high seas. This
was piracy. And they invaded the loyal
States with murderous intentions, and
results, all the while crying: "Let US
alone! We only ask to be let alone"
War Is said to be at least the sum of all
crimes, but theirs was no civilized war
fare. 1t included the tomahawk and
scalping knife under the direction of the
accomplished scholar and poet, Albert
Pike; the hunting and hanging of un-
named loyal victims within their own
territory; the miseries of Libby Prison,
OF Castle Thunder, and Belle Isle. 1t
included the massacre of Fort Pillow,
under the desperate guerrilla, Forrest,
and the fendish deeds Of the demon
Quantrell.
Ii included barbarities from which the
ciUilized Uortd recoHs, the slow tortures
Of Andersonville. 1t was guilty of in
suit and indignity to the dead, and it's
hellish work had fitting end in that un-
paralleled crime which struck the sword
of Justice from the hand of Abraham
Lincoln, and placed upon his brow the
glory of the martyrs crown.
Do we need witnesses to these mon
strouS crimes?
There's Winthrop, true to the end
And Ellsworth of long ago,
First fair young head laid lowi
There's Baker, the brave old friend.
AND Douglas, the friendly foe.
The heroes gather and form,
There's Cameron with his scars
SedgWlck, or heige and storm,
ANA Mitchell that Joined his sters.
Winthrop, OF SWORD and pen,
Wadswortn, rith silver hair
Mansfield, ruler of men,
And brave Mcpherson are there.
Birney who led so long.
Abbott, born 10 command,
Elliott the bold and strong,
Who fell ON the hard-fought strand
Lytle, soldier and bard,
And the Ellets-sire and SON
Ransom, all grandly SCARED,
And Redheld, no more on guard,
Out AIatoona Is won.)
Reno Of pure desert.
Kearney, with heart of flame.
And Russell that hid his hurt,
Till the final death-boit come.
TerriIl dead where he fought
Wallace, that would not yield.
And sumner, VINO vainly sought
a grave on the foughten field,
(But died ere the end he saw,
With Years and bal tie outworD.)
There's Harmon, OF EenesaW,
And Uric Dahlgren. nd Shaw,
That slept with his Hope ForlOTn.
Bayard, that knew not fear,
True as the knight of yore.l
And Putnam, and Paul Revere.
worthy the names they bore
Allen, who dted for others,
Bryan, OF gentle fame
Anu the brave New England brothers
Tint have Len us Lowell's name.
There's Porter, ever in front,
True son of a soaking sire,
And Christian Foote and dupont
dupont, who led his ships
Bounding the first Ellipses
Of thunder and Of 1ire.)
There sWaro. with mis- brave death-w ounds,
And Cummings, of spotiess name,
And Smith, who hurtled his rounds
When deck and hatch were afiame.
Wainwright, steadfast and true.
Rodgers, OF brave sea blood,
And Craven, with ship and crew,
Sunk in the salt sea Hood.
The lost battalions
That, when the fight went wrong
Stood and died at their guns
The stormers steady and strong,
With their best blood that bought
Scarp, and rayelin, and wall,-
The companies that fought
TIL a Corporal guard was all.
Many a valiant crew,
That passed in battle and wreck
All, SO faithful and truel
They died on the bloody deck,
They sunk in the soundless blue
All the loyal and bold
That lay on a soldiers bier
The stretchers borne To the rear,
The haInmocks lowered to the hold.
The shattered wreck we hurried,
The Blacks that Wagnerburied,-
That died in the Bloody Fort,
They we escaped from the torture den,
They we broken the bloody sod,
They We all come TO life again!
The Third of Million men
That died for Freedom and Godi
They have shown what men may do
Ihsy nave proved & aoM e,S men zen, may & ale;
Each face 10 the solemn sky!
Isit yet forgotten, of Shiloh 49,
And the long outnumbe aed lines,
How the blue froeks lay IN .winnOwsf
How thay led at the seven Plnesf
How they sunk in n, the varunsr
How they wen down with the Cumberland,
Firing, cheering as they drownedf
Spirits hundred OF thousands,
Eager and bold and true,
Gone to make good one brave, tust word
Freedom, they died for you!
Died in tempest of battle,
Died in the cots duh pain;
Let their ghosts be glad in heaven.
That they died, and not in vaini
"a great cloud of witnesses come forth
from the shadowy realms of death !" and
you, living witnesses gathered here to
add your testimony to theirs, and to give
your demand that all this outpouring Of
the nations life shall not be made vain.
by political ciicdneTy or personal dsI,6t-
ton -.....