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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30
Government and again get control of the
House of Representatives.

Government and again get control Of the
House of Representatives.
What is the duty of patriotic men, in
the face of this menace to the prosperity
and well-being of the country? Is there
man in the county of Belmont not ut
terly blinded by party bigotry, and who
does not expect to profit by the wreck
and the undoing of all legitimate enter
prises, who need be reminded of his du-
ty in this time of supreme peril to the
legitimate business of the country 4?
Men who have property, great or small,
should reflect carefully before subjecting
the country to this needless danger.
| Claims for losses caused by the war have
| been filed since the So-called Democrats
obtained possession of the two Houses
of Congress, and, no doubt, serious eff
| fort to collect them would have been
made but for the fact that a patriotic
| Executive stood between them and the
Treasury. The few that have been filed
are but the forerunners of that horde
which will swarm up from the South
upon the announcement that the so
called Democrats have obtained control
of the executive and legislative branch
es of the government. The people OF
the South, smarting under defeat, by d
species of ostracism never before tolera.
ted in civilized country keeping out OF
that region all enterpriSing men of the
North and the money needed to develop
that part of our common country, making
no attempt to recuperate and build W
that wasted region, but sullenly hugging
the thought of revenge, will view Will
satisfaction anything which will check
the prosperity OF tie North, and humil
late that people. ThG men vho contro
the South are to-day no more content
with this government-unleSs they car
control and direct it-than are the peo
pie of Alsace-LOrraine under the Ger
man flag, and like them are sullenly
awaiting the time when they can assert
themselves and deliver il a mortal stab
The Gazette prints approvingly an ed
itorial of the Cincinnati Enquirer, il
which an attempt is made to show thai
the Fourteenth Amendment would pre-
vent legislation of this character. II
this connection we desire to direct at
tention to a recent letter of Senator Ed
munds, of Vermont, printed in another
column. Mr.. Edmunds is the foremost
lawyer of the United States Senate. He
settles the constitutional questions very
conclusively.
The Enquirer closes its great consti
tutional article with this brilliant prop
oSition:
But the same liars say that the Supreme
Court would suddenly be so changed as to de.
clare part of the Constitution unconstitution.
all Is not this an absurd lie? a Supreme
Court may declare a statute unconstitutional
but what power is there anywhere to declare
a Constitution unconstitutional?
The editor of the Enquirer is a great
constitutional lawyer, no doubt, but viii
he deny the province of the Supreme
Court to pass upon the question as tC
whether an'amendment of the Constitu
tion has been lawfully ratified, and is {
part of the Constitution, once that ques
ton is submitted to it?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30
Haucock's Rebel Claims Letter.

On the goth instant Mr.. Theodore
Cook, of Cincinnati, addressed Hancock
a letter, calling his attention to the fact
that certain newspapers are asserting
that in the event of so-called Democratic
ascendancy the claims of dislOyal per-
SONS for losses in the war will be allow
ed and paid out of the United States
Treasury. This letter General Hancock
answered, under date Governors Island,
September %. To this part of Hancock's
reply we desire to direct especial atten-
ton:
To suppose that ''rebel cainas," or claims in
the interest of persons who in the rebellion,
can in any way or in any degree be cOuntenanc-
ed, is an imputation OF dislyoalty, such as used
to be made against Democrats even when they
were in arms defending the country. So far as
it touches me l denounce it. The Government
can never pay debt, or grant pension or re-
ward of any sort, for waging war upon its own
existence; nor could l be induced to approve
or encourage the payment of such debt, pension
Or reward.
Nobody expects or wants such unnatural
dCIlCD. 10 propose IL WOulu Dc all Insult W llc
intelligence and honor of our people.
Mr. Cook styles General Hancock "a
frank, honest soldier" We are not sure
the words of the General i'll his rejoinder
will sustain this declaration. He says,
81 regret that you are disturbed about
that bug-bear 'southern war claims"
Is that the way "a frank, honest soldier"
should characterize claims which have
been carefully prepared, and for the
payment of which hundreds of bills have
been presented in Congress? Is this
hippant expression the expression of "a
frank, honest" man? On the contrary, ),
are they not a serious reality, which
should seriously impress citizen who
aspires to the Presidency? Does not
General Hancock know that the south
ern people are dreadfully in earnest in
their raids upon the United States Treas
ury? This expression is unworthy, "a
frank, honest soldier?'
"To suppose that rebel claims u
can in any way or in any degree be
countenanced, is an imputation of dis
loyalty" says the General. Is it possi-
bic General Hancock is ignorant of the
fact that nearly three-fourths of the
Democratic members of the House have
voted steadily for the payment of claims
which he characterizes "bug-bear' In
the very same number of the Cincinnati
which contains his letter,
are the titles of one hundred and forty
bills of this character which have been
in the House of Representa-
tives. Is he ignorant of the fact that
,hese bills have been introduced? III;
lot, his Characterization "bug-bear war
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30

Mr.. NJ. l. SOUTHARD processes to sneeT
at the alleged danger that rebel claims
will be Paid if his party shall get into
complete power in the government. On
the 10th of June, 1878, Representative
Conger, of Michigan, submitted joint
resolution proposing an amendment to
the Constitution prohibiting the pay
ment of claims of disloyal persons for
property injured or destroyed in the
war of the rebellion. The resolution
passed the House-yeas 145, nays 81
not voting "a. Only 43 Democrats vo-
ted for the resolution, while 81 Demo
Gratis voted against it. This shows the
dangerous tendency of that party. Of
the S4 not voting "a were absent Repub-
licans, and 80 were Democrats who fail
ed to vote, whether present or not, and
Mr.. Southland was one of them. The
further fact that of the 81 Democrats
who voted 80 observation-disclosures,
shows how solid the Southern States
would stand against any such amend
ment, and how little chance it would
have of getting the needed assent of
three-fourths of the States.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30

ONE of the ways in which Old Man
Secesh expects to get even with the
North and reimburse himself for his
losses while he was engaged in armed
rebellion is to reorganize the Supreme
Court, so as to give him control of 1t.
On the 26th Of January last Mr.. Man
ming, of Mississippi. introduced in the
House of Representatives and had re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee bill
having the following title: "A Bill to
4 Reorganize the Supreme Court OF
"tLe United States" A copy of this bill
is before US. The first section provides
that the number of Judges of the Su
preme Court shall be increased to TWEEN
ty-one, and that twelve additional
Judges shall be appointed by the Presi
dent, "by and with the advice and con.
Z" sent of the Senate" The Old Man al
ready has his grip on the Senate, and il
he gets control of the Executive he viii
put this bill through Congress next win
ter, and be prepared for business upoI
the inauguration of his man next March
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30
LIVE STOCK MARKETS
East L,ifertV.

SEPT. -Cattle-The supply is good,
but mostly of a medium to common
grade. very few good being offered here,
only few loads. s.which were readily dis
posed of at good figures. Fair to COM
mon were shade lower than this day
week ago. Stockers were plenty but not
i'll extra demand. Several loads of them
and medium grades are still on sale.
Best shipping grades ranged from So to
8 25; fair to good 81 so to 4 90; common
to lighs So IS to 20; stockers S6 so to
IS so; bulls, cows and stays 81 90 to 3 80.
Receipts to-day 1920 head; to-
tai for three days $50 head. Philadel-
phias SIS OOa5 Is; Workers So 0Oa5 Is.
Sheep-Receipts to-day 1900 head !;
total for three days 100 head. Market
selling dull at yesterdays prices, but 10
to 15c off from last week.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30

THE gravest peril that will confront
the country, in the event of so-called
Democratic ascendancy this fall, is the
fact that the chief support and stay of
the party that would then be in power
would come from communities lately in
rebellion-communities which have suf-
fered pecuniarily because of the pres
ence of armies in their midst-who
would thus be in position to demand re-
paration for the damage done them by
the war. In the event of the election of
Hancock and the reelection of Demo-
cratic House of Representatives the
Democratic party will occupy precisely
the position that it did in ante -6eLlatnl
timeS-with the great body of its sup
port in the South, having control of the
Southern States and an unbroken con-
gressional delegation from that section,
and having control of but two or three
Northern States, and but a few scatter
ing members of Congress from that sec
ton, the dominant section is bound to
control the action of the party, just us it
controlled it before the war, and Just as
it controls the caucuses of the party to-
day i'll the Senate and House of Repre-
SentativeS. What then? The caucus
will demand such legislation as will
make good the losses of the South in the
war, and Northern men will be found to
acquiesce in such demands, just as they
were found to acquiesce in the demand
of the South for the extension of slave
ry in 1854. The payment of rebel claims
would not be more revolving to the NOR
al sense of the people of this congres.
sional district than was the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise in 1854, and the
attempt to fasten slavery upon Kansas
by force; yet exGov. Shannon, then rep
resenting this district in the House, vo-
ted for the repeal of that sacred compact
at tie demand of the South, and return
ed home to face the intensest indigna-
tion of his constituents. 1t required the
votes of but few members from the
North to effect that repeal-four of
them were from Ohio-but that few
were found when they were needed and
the few will be found again should the
so-called Democratic party this year get
control. of the Executive branch of the
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30

They are few, it is true, but the wonder
is that there are any. The truth is, not
man in that town but would be Serl-
ously affected in his material interests
if the country should be afflicted with
legislation hostile to a tariff, as threaten
ed by the Democrats. Property would
depreciate in value, building would be
checked, the demand for labor would be
lessened, and in other ways the town
would be seriously crippled. These re-
suits would affect unfavorably the farm
ers and gardeners who supply the town
with food.
| There have been seasons when the talk
of a "change" might have had some
meaning, and when, perhaps, a change
of administration and a change of poll
cy might not have resulted. in harm to
the material interests of the country.
But that time is not now. All around US
are evidences of prosperity. The trans
fer of power to party which threatens
to cripple the tariff and to undo the
banking and monetary system of the
country bodies no good to any good citi-
zen. \ partial triumph of that party
in Maine sent bonds and stocks tum-
bling. The country lost in the value of
bonds, alone, S25,000,000. Some ST00.-
100000 of debt is yet to De funded. There
were good hopes previous to the Maine
disaster that this could be done at y
per centum. The country will paythe
penalty of that folly in an increased
rate of interest, and thus is directly tax
ed as Il result of partial Democratic
victory. But, unless the October States
in unmistakable terms give the country
and the world to understand that the
Bourbons will not be given power. a
greater decline and serious disturbance
in business matters is inevitable indeed,
the Cincinnati Commercial, an able and
candid paper, predicts that if the elec-
tions in the October States should result
like that in Maine panic will follow.
All men who 90 not expect To profit
from the woes of their country and of
their ff.llow-men, should reflect careful
ly before voting the so-called Democrat
ic ticket in this emergency. Business is
prosperous and healthy. Why try the
hazard of Il change?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30

THE Belmont county business man
who thinks he performs his whole polit-
ical duty by casting his vote on the 18th
of October, is making blunder that he
may bitterly rue some day. He might
as well sitin his easy chair at home, let
his business run itself, and then expect
on the 1st of January to find a balance
on the right side of the ledger. The du-
ty of every business man is to act now
and energetically. If he neglects to use
his legitimate influence, and a year from
this time finds his business embarrassed
by the policy of the Democratic party,
he will have no one but himself to blame
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30
THOMAS GARRETT
Why the South is Solid for Ham
anaIx

Consider UhGt Lee and Jackson acOuIO
do were they. alice. THESE. ARE
THE SANE PRINCIPLES FOB
WHICH THEY FOUGHT FOB
FOUR YEARS. Remember the nae1
soho poured forth their life blood on Vir
qinia's soil, and do not abandon then
no,c Remember that upon yoatr UOtt
depends the success Of The Democratic
ticket.-Wade Hampton, at the meeting
in the interest of Democratic harmony
in Virginia, at Staunton, July 26.
From four prominent Democrats of Staunton
who sat on the platform while Hampton
spoke.
We, the undersigned, heard the speech
of Gen. Wade Hampton, delivered in
Staunton, on the 26th of July. We have
also read the report published in The
Valley Virginian on the 29th of July
and hereby certify that report was sub.
stantially correct.
ARCHIBALD G. STUART,
H. G. TINsLEY,
A. c. GORDON,
HUGH F. LYLE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30

Four THOUSAND culOred men attend
ed mass meeting at Montgomery, Ala,
on Saturday night, and passed resolu-
tions that if their votes are suppressed
or fraudulently counted again, as at the
recent election, they will take up the
emigration project and revive the exo-
dus from the State. The issue whether
they will go or stay is to be decided by
the manner in which the dominant
Democracy acts in November, and uD-
less they are granted free ballot and an
honest count they will leave for new
homes, where their rights as citizens
and men will be respected" This is
very practical politics.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30

SPEAKING of the Rebel claims, which
as drawn up and presented are simply
prodigious, the Albany Evening Journal
asks the following questions:
Il. If these rebel claimants do not ex-
pe ct ultimately to have their colossal
demands against the Treasury paid, why
they have taken the pains carefully to
draw up and place them on file?
III. Does the record of the Democrat
ic party warrant the belief that if il
gained control of the Government il
would not do its best to secure the pay
ment of rebel claims?"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30

ITO PROF osE it payment of rebel
claimsl would be an insult to the intel.
ligence and honor of our people," Thus
said Gen. Hancock, in a moment of emo
tion patriotism. But who are General
Hancock's people? Are they not the
citizens of the solid South, and will any
one deny that they have proposed such
thing-yes, and put their demands in
tine shape of bills for millions, which
their representatives would have forced
through Congress if they could? We
are afraid Gen. Hancock is not very
well acquainted with his people.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30
SOMERTON.
The apple crop is large.
Chestnuts SC per quart.

The apple crop is large.
Chestnuts SC per quart.
| Messrs. Miles & HOgue East for goods
Jos. Kohl, wife and sister of Salem, o.
are visiting here.
| Mr.. Bradshaw and family have gone
home to GAINESVILLE.
JOS Creighton thinks he'll call him
Garfield.
A. C. Darrah CLERK of Court was
here looking up his friends.
No weddings, and but little prospects
of any. Sad, indeed!
7. P. Mccullough is parter with Drs
Sturman & Martin, in the great Cancer
Cure.
AS there has been some thieving in
this part, one of our milliners has about
concluded to defend herself with bars
hereafter. '
The Hancock banner is up again
and no sooner up than a Southern
wind is brought about, and the banner
is rent. The Dems have been great on
signs, but they fail to interpret this sign
One of our intelligent ladies-and. by
| the way, a correspondent of the Enter
prise, TOBIAS become so much inter
ested in the politics of the day, that she
made flaming speech the other night
to a very slim audience; the only person
present, was her husband, and he fast
asleep by her side. AS she was using
strong emphasis and gesticulating at a
terrible rate, he awoke, and there was the
orator of the night, fast asleep,but send
ing forth beautiful strains of eloquence
in behalf of the Republican party. A
Republican speech is good asleep or
awake. A little more practice, and
she'll try one awake.
The Democratic meeting here on Sat
urday, was rather tame. The good mu-
sic of the Temperanceville Band saved
them from disaster. A boy remarked,
1.-The speaker stood on a chair, and the
audience.on a hopping block" Well,
all told, there were 65 men, women and
children. A small mass meeting! Mr.
NJ. l. Southland did not draw the crowd
that was expected. He may be fine
reasoner, but he failed to impress us so
here. I'll give you his speech in full:
Jim Garfield is the most dishonest man
in all the land"
Col. Poorman followed him at night,
speaking to a crowded house. The meet
ing was of short notice, but Col. Poor
man does not need long notice here.
His speech was one of the finest of his
life-free from abuse contrary to what
the Dems said it would be-. He aroused
the Republicans from their Slumber.
Last night Prof. Greener (colored) ,ad-
dressed a large audience. The meeting
was very enthusiastic. He threw hot
shot into the ranks of the enemy. He
has been through the solid South. and he
is not willing to trust our Nation in their
hands. He is a Steadf;Ist friend of the
Republican party, and a bitter enemy to
the Democratic party. He urges the
colored people to stand by the party that
made them men, and placed them where
they are, and not to support the party
that has been their enemy ever since
there was Democratic party.
DART
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30

have in every instance presented uni
ted front in. favor of the payment OF
these and all similar claims. The bur-
den of payment of the public debt rests
upon the North-the State of Ohio alone
contributing about as much as the whole
South. Therefore Old Man Secesh can
| well afford to pile the debt mountain
high. Northern Taxpayers willingly pay
the internal revenue dues, while South
ern mOOnShinerS aSSaSSinate the revenue
officers and in every way possible resist
| the collection of such taxes. Within
three years twenty-five officers and agents
of the Internal Revenue Bureau have
been murdered in the South, while at
! tempting to collect taxes for the govern
ment. The newspapers and influential
men of that region openly and boldly
proclaim that the people of the South
should not tamely submit to taxation by
the general government.
+ The Republican party is pledged to re-
sist payment of all manner of rebel
claims to the death. The recorded votes
in the House of Representatives show
that large majority Of the Democratic
members favor payment, even though
the claim is conceived in fraud and in
iquity. If General Hancock is elected,
the one hundred and thirty-eight cleo
toral votes he will receive from the
South will count heavily in his admins
tration, as against the fortY-seven that
will be required from the North. He may
think, and many patriotic Democrats
may think, that he will be able to con-
txol events, but the probabilities are
that they will be fatally mistaken, and
that Hancock will be as helpless as was
Buchanan when the storm burst around
him. General TOombS says "the south
,0iN manage him if elected, no matter
what his opinions may be, and General
Toombs' opinion in the light Of history,
is worth more on that particular matter
than the opinion of General Hancock.
The safe course is to vote the Repub-
lican ticket.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30
~
- 55S5N~

- THOMPSON. - On
the 23d inst, at the house of the brides
father, by the Rev. Robert Alexander
d. D.. Mr. F. w. Bainbridge, of Toledo
to Miss Ella A, daughter of Robert
Thompson, Esq, of this place.
DINSMORE-MOORE-On Sept. 29th
1880, by Rev. w. G. Waddle, Mr.. An
dross T. Dinsmore and Miss Matte
Moore-all Of Fair Point, Belmont
county, Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30

THE qualification which Fusion
Electoral ticket in Maine is said to have
aroused in the Democratic breast, is
measured by the fact that the straight
out Greenbackers, headed by SOlOn
Chase, have put IA clean Greenback
Electoral ticket in the field, and will
vote it. This assures the State to Gar
field and Arthur beyond all question.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30

claims" is disengenuous, and is unworthy
any man who aspires to the Presidency.
Nobody expects or wants such un-
natural action" says the General. A
sufficient answer to this, again, is the
fact that hundreds of bills providing for
the payment of rebel claims have been
presented in the House, and that very
large majority of the Democratic men,
bers have put themselves upon record
in favor of their payment.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-09-30

SEVENTY Democratic members of
Congress have, according to Gen. Han
cock, offered ian insult to the intelli-
"gence and honor of our people"-by
proposing bills to facilitate the passage
of Rebel claims. Gen. Hancock will
find a large proportion of his most con-
spicuous su lporters in the list.