Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-05-07
Political Items.

VIZ pcu vi
The Republicans claim gain, over
last Fall, In Cleveland, Of several hum
dred i'm Columbus, 1S9; in Dayton, II,
and lose over 900 in Cincinnati The
average throughout the State is in favor
of the Democracy. This settles the pro-
position that Ohio can be carried next
Fall by the Democratic party. wa it
be carried2 That depends, not On the
efforts of the Republicans to prevent il,
but. first, OH the fidelity, harmony and
pluck Of the party here rs a state or
ganization second, on the question
whetherin the Presidential platform and
candidates, we shall have that which
shall conform to the principles, indorse
the measures, command the confidence,
and, above all, shall arouse the enthu-
siasm of the Democratic masses orOhio.
OF course they will support any Demo-
cratic candidates and platform. But
mere "supportn will not carry Ohio,
nor even simply hard work by political
contrivers and managers. The people
must take the matter in hand in their
own. way, andtheir hearts must be in IL,
too. They must see the flag, and be sure
that IL is the old Democratic flag of the
old Constitution and Union, and not
some mongfel banner, bearing on its folds
l"War, Taxation, Bonds, and the Negro"
but the old original Red, White and
Blue, without bluck stripe or black star.
They must hear the old bugle sound, and
feel sure that its blasts are the echoes of
the Democratic thunder of the brave
days of old. This was the sort of "Bour-
bonistn which carried Ohio last Fall,
ann nothing short of it will avail to stir
q fever in the veins of the people. We
shall have much hope of Ohio next Fall,
if only the Republican leaders and press
| an hn nltrpod IN ttUolan1i n ha m "
again for some Office. The red flag Of
the banderillo does not sooner rouse the
fourfoOted combatant in spanish bull
flight than the prolonged cenundrum "
stiIs an Ohio Copperhead to battle. but
of one thing, in our deliberative Judge
ment and deep conviction, all concerned
may rest assured and therefore Eastern
conservatives and War Democrats, u
and their allies in the West, may take
notice of it and govern themselve ac.
cordingly. No platform or candidate
or Border State, that is committed
openly or tacitly, to the prescription oi
the sagacious, gallant, and truly patriot.
ic men who refused to support the late
civil war, with all its evil and bitter fruit
accommodating now every day. Let the
: Captain Cuttles of War Democracy apC
Conservatism "make note of it. " /
The New York Herald proposes to sup
port the nominees of the Fourth o
July Convention, and expects victory
it may as we'll cease its clamor abou
} l'.adjuring Copperheadism, y and pre-
pare to join hands with Copperheads u
, once. On that issue it cannot force Far
ragut nor any other intestinal candidate
7 upon the Democratic parry nor can Tht
New York World. Upon this question
Q there can be but one condition of united
effort and successful fight, whether will
a.civilian who opposed the war, lik,
Pendleton or Thomas III. Seymore, o
. "a brave soldier who found himself In TIN
war and honestly fought, as he supposed
. for the Union, like Hancock and Buel
Y and that is total absolute, and un
hesitating equality among all who be
g long. to and support the Democratic
, party and its candidates. Copperhead
who constitute both the vital and tn
y numerical strength of the party, especi
t ally In the west-will hav this or the.
0 will have nothing.
5 The Old Guard for April prese n S tn
4 following choice sugar-plums for Demo
Q cratic babss:
y "a Northern Democrat " warns tn
people of the South that they must no
believe for one moment that the senti
ments proclaimed by The New Yorl
Day Book, or The La Crosse Democrat
II cratic party of the North. " The tw
y papers here named equal in circulation
h nearly all the other Democratic paper
!, in the United States. And it is further
10 more, within bounds to say that seVen
tenths Of the Democratic papers of M
o North allure such Democracy as. is Sc,
l. forth dy a few such papers as the Nea
York World. We have no doubt tina
= The Mississippian's correspondent wa
Il in Lincoln's war, either as contraoto
n or an officer. He has upon him tn
J. stains of the blood of men who tough
II for their liberty, and he wants to see tn
l. Democratic party plarted upon tn
e basis of thS Abolition war but that b
70 will never see. The rank and fie of III
g o a Democratic party hate that War q
Ii they do the deUI, and no Democrat
o victory shall eper be. .aOon ON o plntforr
T. recognizing the justice of either tn
T. principles or the rusults of such wa
e Nv y The Democaatic party is demol
y allied by Its long cringing before usul
n patton and despotism. The back vo
It umes of The Old Guard will attest thl
n we foretold that SUCH would be the o
% feet of the inglorious submission to th
rs Lincoln usurpatiOns. 4 hundred me
% of The pluck and patriotism of Wax
ls Booth, at The start of these terrible e.'despo
70 is1as, no,ild haze sdUed the country frol
10 all IL has suffered and is no,O suffering
l. would, indeed, have preserved constitl
h tional liberty, and saved the Govern
ment from destruction. But, alas eve
70 now the Democratic press seems stup
ID fled by the din of barbarous revolution
,r Inetead of blowing the loud bugle-bla
of Of resistance, of quick and fierce resi-
Dt tQaee to tUrQ1lU they seem to he sLntl,