Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-07-16

ready tools, and cc-workefs of LINCOLN
and the Jacobin party during the whole
process of the destruction of>the grand
fabric of free government which now
lies in ruins around us counseling the
worst and all the measures which the
destructionist introduced and carried out,
and tha elder Blair, like spirit of evil,
thrueting himselfinto the dark conclaves
of the conspirutors against public liber-
ty, kissing out his venom against the
Democratic party, and instigating the
wasting and destroying of the South
for grudges of well nigh forty years
standing, conceived and cherished be-
cause her leading men-Calhoun Nc
Duffie, Rowan, Bibb,, Tazewell, Troup,
Davis and others-always scerned him
him as mercenary adventurer, and re-
fused to recognize him In society.
1t is'this BLAIR family, whose history
is thus truthfully sketched, which now
claims position and o voice in the DEM
ocratic party, and even assumes to die
tate its nomination for the Presidency.
In fact, IL has the modesty to claim the
the nomination for one of its own menu
bers-- butcher of st, Louis--the nice
young gentlemen who so adroitly bal
anced between the Speakership and q
Brigadier Generalship,, ande to whom
Lincoln so kindly tossed the latter when
the former was not to be caught.
Has the Democratic party fallen so low
as to be used by such creatures? sit so
craven as to allow such fellows to say
what it shall do or what IL shall not do :?
One of these Blairs has the impudence
to say that the party cannot be united
on any one of the candidates already
named--some new man must be taken
mp Think of IL ! Look IL over !? Where
Is Train! Send for Train! He only can
match him. IL ~
The Democratic party cannot be uni
ted on any candidate already named l.
Good! Where did you learn all that,
Montgomery? BY going to Stuer Springs
and consulting the oil man. or sending
out to 81. Louis and asking brother
Frank? Then the Blair family stands
out against the nomination of any candi-
Democratic party cannot be united then
on any of these candidates! The Blair
family "goes-back on these candidates!
So the party cannot unite on any one of
them! The party Is not united without
the Bairs! In fact, Ii Is no party without
the Bairs! Whew! What big family /!
10 use the expression of their late la
mented MASTER" What q long tail our
cat has got!
But all this difficulty could be got over,
If the Convention would unite the party
by nominating Gen.. Frank. Then the
party would be united, of course, for the
Blair family would be satisfied! When
they are satisfied the party is united!-
How simple! Why has not this been
thought of before?
Now, gentlemen, enough Of this. The
Democratic party Is unitel-united as
never before, upon principles and q man!
You know this full well, and all your
efforts will avail nothing to defeat the
peoples will In ,uhis great crisis you
are of no account-you have no weight
You must stand aside, and give, place
to the millions who are going to do the
voting and elect the ticket, and will have
1t to suit them-ior knoO the reason iOh.y!
This trihing with the peoples will
must stop. This cheating must have an
end" The country has had enough Of it,
aud its .patienCe'is is exhausted. The pub
lie mind must not be provoked farther.
There is feeling growing up most
threatening to certain conspicuous ac-
tiOns in the interest of the bondholders.
Foul ptdy is unprecedented!
IF 1t be successfully cOnsummated, pre-.
pare foi the consequences. The peoples
wrath will be terrible, and they will take
up theif own cause, and battle for it un'
der leaders of their own selection, and in
whom they can trust. We warn al
who have entered into the conspiracy o.
the .bondholders against the right, tC
leok to their safety, while they may, ant
make harmony where they are threat
ening discord, and secure victoiy wher
they are plotting defeat. t...