Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-02-27

dent. Mr., Colfax sent a capital letter to
the Convention which we publish else
where. Rg,W, ...ls9..
sb LETTER FROM SPEAKER cNLFAx. r
Sl N WAsHINoToN, Feb; 25, 1868.
n Hss Ercellency, GoG BAKER. M
Il MY DEAR Sur. ! should be glad to ex
y cept your kind Invitation, and thus en-
Joy the privilege of looking into the
!. faces of the representative men of our
organization In Indianr, when they come
together next Tuesday In their biennial
convention. But the Fules of the House
does not allow its presiding offfcerto be
absent during Its sessions, and must,
therefore, deny myself this great pleas
ure. ~
4 Itmay not be inappropriate, zon the
n Threshold Of the, Important, campaign
before us, to look ba0k for few minutes
at those deeds and triumphs of our young
and patriotic party. which are garnered
up in our national history, and which
n no defamationby our enemies can ignore
When the Rebellion, with It's Demo
cratic President, Democratic Cabinet
officers, and Democratic Generals, threw
down the gauntlet at the feet of the ma
tfon tney had resolved to destroy; and
when the Democratic leaders Of the
tso'eti, IN repiy, snouteu NO coercion."
III wasehe Union Republican party that
wroye on US banners Sihe last man and
the last dollar If need be;" and the
unconquerable armies their Congress
ional legislation called to the field finally
"eoerced" the Rebellion into subject
ion. nclsei9HrHse z yhb 9'3 ic "u q i'Oidf
In the darkest days of the struggle,
when at every street-corner we were
tauntingly told by Democrats, "You
cant conquer, the South there was
one party the one whose Delegates now
meet az opr Capital, ~. ,.ug i. = 's..l l7l.I
Wnen unprecedented and onerous
taxation become necessary to maintain
our, credit, TO pay and supply our heroic
s2iuiersl ana 70 keey our nag flying In
tne neid, we dared to defy the prejudice
editor attempted to inflame ,agrinst the
ene Du.uens OF ta1atioh ana thus dar7
inE trlu'nphed:a. .l.lt ..tr .udU
,n men conscriptlon laws hecame ne
d eJd1s,oy, W ~ Wy out reglliiehis aecimat-
Gu asain onu aeain ny we ouile.s o. tne
ehey .in'' a aut ~, .he u,sJase oi .he camp, tne
Sre ALL nd vith .de snU snd Wnen .iie iana
~aenneu .l mi.n ocfstlcaehahciatloiis
OF tnese laws, we risked popularity,
tre'., kesory, al'uani' py ueiehuing them as
ornxety Gs' nur @ veterans deiended the
c2Hiunmsly ,nft w we Heru; 49,. r6ar,ia 7
Wnen MT Lincoln at last struck at
niaEery ,'.aE az tie cause OF an our woes, as
Wph ~ Is ilgns arm OF tne Hepeiiion,
anu Wne, ! DemoetallS orators ana writers
i,,os. ,.S'., scanqaipusy 81 anu persstantly ca
iumnlaoen M Us, as having converted the
WEI ior 'i.,i ihe onlon INTO en apo'itisn war
@ 70 I.ee .iie negi0es we ieariessly allied
Vna th., .,i,II,,s fause 70 tmat Oh tne cumole and
"s I'LL a,r s1a,ia Mhu rroS,dehce rewarded
us ioI ouI hueiioy oy CnaC Driiliant sue
eess,oh ,ol'triuinphs whieh gave salvation
siova sH,sne iioh' No wen "s freedom te the
si'ssg, 'Wn,,.,,. wan, -.,
~ ~hen1he NaIiohal convention OF our
sppon,e,nls pp,t,,l az onicago dare 70 hang out
t tate Wi,i'e WI nag q suarehuer, oy proclaim
lnS me wal iallure, ana demanding
an ItiIneuiaIe esssatioh or hostliities,
, we we pr1n,iiriIy Wcepteu me issue. And
th, ti,e souieis Wis'i IN. ms caftrldge-hox ana
ine VOTERS .with tie paliot.box, united
~ seanplng M tneif indighaht yondenina-
'loi, pii wy ., uispraeeIni Et avoWfi'
a. " men .ne ugverlilheht was compelied
!oissue @ ooIas py the hunareis OF mill,
ions lor the preservation or our national