Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-10-08
A Worthy Pair.

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A Worthy Pair.
1t will be remembered that during the
war, while ValIandigham was sojourn-
ing inside the rebel hnes by order of the
government, he wrote letter to Col. D.
d. Inshall, of the Eighth Alabama rebel
volunteers, in answer to an invitation to
visit that gentleman and his regiment.
This letter was found among the private
papers of Col. Inshall, his baggage hav-
ing afterward fallen into the hands of
the Union forces. 1t is precious docu-
ment, and reads as follows: -if'irs
yALLANDIGHAM'S LETTER. tff
DEAR COLONEL: Your kind note and
invitation Of yesterday was this morning
handed me by your brother-in-law, who
will hand you this in return. It would
give me much pleasure to visit you and
your command before leaving the eonfed-
Grafton, but it is how impossible to do so,
as have made arrangements to start
this A. NJ. with the earliest train for
Wilmington.
You surmise correctly, when. you say
that you believe me to be the friend Of
the South in her struggle for freedom
My feelings have been publicly expressed
in my own country in that quotation
from Lord Chatham-"My Lords, you
can not conquer America There is
not drop Of Puritan blood in my veins.
hate, despise and defy the tyrannical
government which has sent me among
you for my opinions sake, and shall
never give it my support in its crusade
upon your institutions. But YOU are
mistaken when you say there are but
few such in the United States North
Thousands are there, who would speak
out, but for the military despotism thst
strangles them. ~
Although the contest has been, and
will continue to be, bloody one, You
hou have but to persevere, and the vlcto-
ry Will surely be yours. You must strike
home. The defensive policy lengthens
the contest. The shortest road to peace
is the boldest one. You can have your
own terms by gaining the battle ON your
enemy's sell. 'fi
Accept my kind regards for your per
sonal welfare, and sincere thanks for
your personal kind wishes in my behalf,
and hoping and praying for the ultimate
success OF the cause in which you are
fighting, believe me, as ever, your friend,
G. L. .VALLANDIGHAM.
Col. d. D. INSTALL, Sth Ala. Vols.
Honesty the Best Policy--Ths Leading
Democratic Journal Repudiates the Da-
plieity OF the New York World.
From Brick Pomeroy's Democrat.
If there is anything in his Broadhead
letter inconsistent with the platform, he
it in accepting the nomina-
Y. World
None but a recreant Republican could
have written that sentence. None but
a member of the bread and butter bri-
gade would stoop so low and lie SO basely,
as did the man who wrote that line. -
The World knows, we know, every
of the Convention knows that
Frank Blair's letter secured to Frank
Blair the nomination, and made him
the favorite with some, even for the first
position on the ticket. Stand by yeur
guns. if you have any, Mr.. Worldly wise
man, but whatever else you do, don't
hope nor try to involve the party that
pays you in any cowardly description Of
It's principles or its leaders.
Frank Blair's letter is part OF the
platform. Thank God he is not a marble
that can wabble backward and forward
from platform to platform, like sick
rat for toasted cheese. He wrote that
letter for two human reasons:
/. He knew what he meant, and wish
ID the public to know t,.tso.
?. He desired nomination, and deen<
I'd that good way to get it.
He was right, it seems, and no man
IAN more heartily despise the journal
hat insiduously opens the dsor for dis
retreat than he. 1t takes q
Southern Yankee, q renegade Radical,
pap p-seeking leech to squirm and lie, and
make faces to suit the emergency, but
hey never deceive anybody and in time
meet the contempt they richly merit
rhe stampeae--Aecession to the Ranks
of Grant and Collar by the Battalion.
A few weeks since large and enthu-
iastic Republican meeting was held in
ront of the residence of Chas. McLain,
Esq.,, in Middleton, Clearfeid County
Pa. Mr.. McLain has been a lifelong
Democrat, and will vote the straight
ticket this fall for the first
ime. As the Grant and Colfax club
we're passing the Democratic headquar-
ers on their way to-Mr. McLain,s, aeGr-
v one hundred votees, mostly Democrats.
eu into line, with cheers for Grant and
'olfax. They stated they couldn't stand
he cry of repudiation and the attacks on
Union soldiers any longer, and would be
ound in the ranks of the friends of the
Jnion and the soldiers.
Hon. James II. Walton, n prominent
itizen of Philadelphia, and life-ling
)emocrat, has written q letter to Hon.
|. ID. Maxwell, of Easton, Pa, declaring
hat he will vote for and give bis support
D Grant and Colfax. Mr.. Walton was
Democrat of the old Tenth Legion
ehool, and was all his life particular
-ient of James Buchanan. He was
,ember OF the State Senate in 1855, was
treasurer of the United States nint and :
Treasurer OF the United States
" aDnointraanf of Preside nt R,,ehanar,