Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-07-16

Gen. Frank i. Blair ID the Democratic
nominee for vice-President. Gen. Blair
soas Republican, but has, for the last
two or three years, been o bitter Cop
perhead. The following letter, OF a very
recent date, embodies Gen. Blair's bid
for the honor he has achieved. 1t Will
be seen that he takes ground distinctly
for overturning the new State Govern
ments at the South by force and violence.
A Democratic "President electn is to
treat those governments as nullities,
employ the Army to overthrow them,
and allow othersto be set up wherein
hone but Whites are to have any voice.
And then Congress is TO be reconstruct
ed accordingly. Hear him:
From the N. Y. World, July s."
GEN. FRANK p. BLAIR DEFINES HIS POSI-
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,, 'iBl 73 WASHINGTON June 80.
Colonel James o. Broadhead.J yt I1uti l-l.
DEAR COLONEL: In reply to your In
quiries, beg leave to say that leave for
you to determine, on consultation with
my friends from Missouri, whether my
name shall be presented to the Demo-
cratic Convention, and to submit the
following, as what I CONSIDER the real and
only issue in the contest The Recon-
struction policy Of the Radicals will be
complete before the next election the
States SO long excluded, will have been
admitted; negro suffrage established,
and the carpet-baggers installed in their
seats in both branches q of Congress-
There Is 10 possibility of changing the
political character of the Senate even il
the Democrats should elect their Presi-
dent anda majority oftbe popular branch
of Congress. We cannot, therefore, un-
do the Radical plan of Reconstruction
by Congressional action the Senate
will continue a bar to its repeal Must
we submit to it? How can 1t be over
thrown? 1t can only be overthrown by
the authority of the Executive. who Is
sworn TO maintain the Constitution, and
who will fail to do his duty If he allows
the Constitution to perish under series
of Congressional enactments which are
in palpabIe violation of it's fundamental
principles, msN .aa gg, l-. e4I0
II the President elected by the Demo-
cracy enfOrces or permits others to en-
force these Reconstruction acts, the
Radicals, by the accession of 20 spurious
Senators and 80 Representatives, will
control both branches of Congress, and
his administration will be as powerless
as the present one of Mr.. johnson.
There is but one way to restore the
Government and the Constitution, and
that Is for the President-etcct to declare
these acts null and UOid, compel the arll1
to undo its uS,updtion at the South, dis.
perse the ca,pet-bdg State Governnaents
attoW the WhitepeOple to reorganise thei,
0tCn governments, and elect Senators ana
Representatives. The House Of Repre-.
sentatiyes will contain majority ol
Democrats from the North, and they
will admit the Representatives elected
by the White people Of the South, and
with the cooperation of the President, Il
will not be difficult to compel the Senate
TO submit once more to the obligation oil
the Constitution. 1t will not be able tO
withstanddhe public judgement, If dis
tinctly invoked and clearly expressed, on
this fundamental issue, and it Is the sure
way to avOid oil future strife to put this
issue plainly to the country.
l repeat that this is the real and only
question which we should allow to cou-
troll lis :: Shall we submit to the usurpa.
tions by which the Government has been
OverthrOwn, or shall we exert ourselves
for its full and complete restoration p
1t Is idle to talk of bonds greenbocks
gold, the public faith, and tile public
credit. W nat can u Democratic Presi
dent do In regard to any OF these . ith
u Congress in both branches controlled
by the carpet-huggers and their allies
He will be pOwerless to stop the supple,
by which the idle negroes are organized
into political clubs-by which an army
IL maintained to protect these vagabond
In their Outrages upon the ballot, These
and things like these, eat up tile reve
nues and resources of the Government
and destroy Its credit, make the difference
between gold andgreenbacks. Venus
restore the Constitution before we col
restore the finances, and to do this w
must have President who will execut,
the will of the people 10y tramping int,
dust the usurpations ofL,ongress, knowl
rs the Reconstruction acts. I wish I,
stand before the Convention upon thi
issue, but 1t Is one which embracesev very
thing else that Is ofvalue in its large an'
comprehensive results. 1t IL the on
thing that includes all that IL worth
contest, aud without 1t there Is nothinI
that gives dignity, honor, or value to th
struggle. Your friend,
7 .sn FRANK p. BLAIR.
Americans II you want anothe
Civil War inaugurated, vote the Blai
ticket He tells you just how he will
set 1t going. Mark himl