Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-04-23

member Of this order be in danger, that.
even ~ the risk Of my life, will defend
and endeavor to save him; that / will
give no outward sign or hint thst per-
son may know Of the existence of the
X. 3. X, unless authorized by the Grand
Cyclops, and that each member Of this
Order, as soon as the sign IL given, / will
recognizes, defend and protect as a brother.
l further swear, that I will, under and
in all circumstances, bear true allegiance
u the South and her interests, as inter-
preted by the Supreme Cyclopean Coun-
oil, and when i receive its orders, should
i even be in the embraces Of my wife, L
will leave her 70 obey them. / further
swear that all Radicals and negroes who
have placed themselves opposite to the
interests of the owners Of the soil Of
Tennessee shall forever be my enemies,
and that under no Circumstance will 1
have other connection with them, If 1
can help it, than to.'welcome them with
bloody hands TO hospitsbIe graves" y
That my family aud the family OF
RADICAL shall never interchange twists
and furths pray that the God Of the
Southland. whom now invoke, shall
strike me dead shall / ever, either in
lettereF in spirit, refringe upon the
things set forth in this oath. To all of
which swear in honesty of heart and
sincerely Of purpose. so help me God"
Soldiers TesttmoniaI Tabled.
The resolution introduced by Mr.. Ball
was up for discussion in the House on
Saturday, The Joint Resolution roads as
follows:
WHEREAS, The thanks OF the State Of
Ohio are eminently due TO her citizen
koidier5 who so nobly volunteered in the
service Of the country for the purpose of
restoring the Union of all the States and
maintaining the supremacy of the Cen
stitution unimpaired, as handed down to
us by the fathers of the Republic; there
fore, be it
Resolved by the General assembly of
the State Of Ohio, That the Speaker Of
the House Of Representatives, and the
President of the Senate and the Gov
ernor of this State be, and they are here
by instructed to act as a committee, and
as such are hereby authorized to procure
and deliver to each honorably discharged
officer and soldier from Ohio who served
during the late war, and if deceased, 10
his widow or next Of kin, suitably en-
graved Testimonial of Homer" to be
signed by the Governor of the State and
the presiding officer of the respective
Houses of the General Assembly, and
countsrsigned by the Adjutant General,
in token Of the grateful appreciation and
recognition Of the State of his patriotism
and valor.
On the amendment offered by Mr.. Ba
ker, of Darke, toinsert the word "whits'
before officer and soldier, an animated
| discussion followed, participated in by
Nessrs. Lee, Scott, Lewton, Leete, Kerr,
Baker, Hughes, of Butler, and Others
| OF course such liberal minded Democrat
ic statesmen and great-hearted philan-
| thrOpists as Messrs. Baker and Leets
| took the ground that though q soldier
might present himself, covered with the
scars of wounds received in every bsttla
from Pittsburg Landing to Petersburg,
yet, il on inspection he was discovered 10
have q visible aimixture Of African
blood, he should promptly DO excluded
from the privilege of receiving thil
twenty-five cent..papsr testimonial.
The debate had not proceeded far be-
fore unmistakable evidence was given
that the majority of the Democratic
members We're opposed to the object and
spirit of the whole resolution, and had Q
nauseating disrelish for the soldiers tss.
timonial business. Motions to adjourn
were interpesed, nonsensicai amend.
ments were introduced, and finally our
heroic friend Csllen, who happily COM
bines the qualities OF Bismark and Beau
Brummel, succeeded in getting his mo-
tion to adjourn csrried at half-past four.
So by the adjournment the resolution
! went upon the table, where 1t will prob.
ably remain until the Dayof judgment.
-[Columbus Journal.