Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-08-20
CAMPAIGN CHRoNICL e.

WE will furnish The CHRONICLE to
single subscribers at Fifty cents for three
months, and to clubs of Ten or more at
FIFTEEN CENTS PER MONTH during the
campaign.
THERE are some very sanguine Demo
Gratis in Belmont County who think there
is some chance for the election of Sey-
mour and Blair. We will aggree TO fur
nish all such with The CHRONICLE for
one year to be paid for only on condition
that Seymour and Blair are defeated and
Grant and ColfaX elected. If you think
your candidates have any show, here is
chance to get cheap paper.
RIcHLAND TOWNSHIP GRANT CLUE
At meeting at st. Clairsville ON Fri
evening August I, 1865 called for the
purpose of organizing Grant Club for
Riciiland Township, a Constitution and
By laws were adopted and the following
officers elected. President DR.. Henry
West. Vice Presidents Andrew Porter
field Isaac Clark, George Jepson, David
Brown, Jas. Gordon, G. Armstrong, DR..
w. Foster, Isaac Taggart, j. ID. Yocum,
James Wilkins, Sr., Richard Sutton,
John Mcfarland, Robert Pogue. Sec'y.
John b. Long gley. treasurer III. c.
NYeiday. Executive Committee, b. s..
Cowep, Peter Tallman, &. w. Carroll,
Isaac I. Craft, Dr. Nv. Fisher.
After circulating the Constitution for
the signatures of the members the Club
adjourned to meet at the Court House
on Saturday evening, August Is, 1868.
| To the Editor Of the Belmont Chronicle:
SIR: Feeling assured that yourreaders
will be interested in the narration of
political events occurring in this, imme-
diate vicinity, propose to occupy lit
tie of your sp ice in chronieling the pro-
gress of the political campaign.
We have, as your readers are aware.
organized a GraHt-Club for the purpose
of facilitating the election of Grant and
meets every Saturday night, transacts
business, and then in ordercomes speech
making. by appointment or by volun-
tary action. The members are all be-
coming more and more Interested in the
cause, and are resolutely determined to
prosecute an active campaign. With
perfect equalization, anda thoroug hcan-
vass, their is no doubt but what we can
carry the County by handsome ma
jority- But i'll order to accomplish this
desired object we must be vigilant,
jealous and energetic, not depending too
much upon the actien of others, but
more upon our own individual efforts
We have the votes, and all that is ne
cessry is to secure their respective bal
lots on election day. True, we have
some weakened ones in our ranks who
need watching, in order to keep them
from straying away and being "gobbled
up" by the enemy, who are always on
the alert to welcome TO their fold those
'stragglers," who having n6 fixed opin-
ions Of their own, and being blown about
by the breath of indecisien, are always
searching for the true "oracle." But by
diIigent effort on the part of every mem
Der Of our organization, the most of those
'stragglers" can be reclaimed, and many
of the more consistent of the opposite
party can be won over to that grand
army of the Union, which now propose
to indorse pedcedbty, through the ballot
box, the results of our late struggle, and
to prevent the accomplishment by the
ballot of what the rebels failed to secure
by the bullet, viz. the overthrow of this
great Republic, or its complete subjuga-
ton to that element in our nation which
has always been true TO its instincts,
''rule or ruin" -ia
Our Club is now preparing for the re-
ception of the Hon. John A. Bingham,
who will discuss the vital issues of the
day, before Barnesville audience, on
the 2sth of August. at 2 P. NJ. As this
eloquent orator commRnds much high
resrect from the Union voters of this
district, we anticipate general uprising
of the people, and turn out that will
ast0nish even orr own friends. A few
such speakers in our midst would soon
clear away the cob-webs of sophistry
with which the Democratic newspapers
are trying to span the minds of doubling
Republicans, and inspire them with full
faith in that party which guided the
Ship of State over the shoals and break
ers of rebellion, into the harbor of peace.
In his master-e effort in the city of Pitts
burgh, be instituted an elaborate argu-
ment i'm defence OF thc enactments of
that Congress which bearded the lion of
Rebellion in his den, and by its sagacity
and expedition assisted the army in