Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-09
A BELMONTER ON THE WING.

| THAT WOulu OF necessity IOllOW Cl6 laC
civil war in State situated as Missouri
is. The northern part inoculated will
Yankeeism. or in other words, the pro
gressive and liberal ideas of the North
, ern and New England States; and tn,
, southern portion full of Bourbonism
non-progressive and aristoeratic ideas
and sOdesern institutions and southern
thoughts.
There exists to-day, nearly a quarter
of century after the political division
of the great M. E. Church on the slavery
question, in the same communities, bott
the nortAsrn and southern branches. Al
the time the forces were at work like I
huge magazine of destructireuess, undel
a magnificent structure, that brought
about this religious, and as sequence
social division, just dwell in thought fol
moment of the hot, boiling, turbulent
politieEe and social cauldron, that these
same communities were thrown into
Think of the religious and social ostra-
cisml Under the heat Of discussion, the
swift revolution in progress, think OF
the dogmatism, intolerance and intensity
of hatfed neighbor would hold against
neighbor, father against son, brother
against brother, and Church against
Church; and afterwards intensified ten
fold by four long years of bloody strife
these same communities imbruing their
hands with each others blood, and you
can not be surprised that it has taken
all these long years of peace and quiet
to restore harmony and reduce society to
that state of friendliness so conducive
to prosperity and happiness. 1t was bad
| enough in Ohio, but many, very many
times worse in the border States. Let
US thank God it is all over now and the
white wings of sweet peace and domes-
tic security, and social and religious
tranquility brood all over this great land
from ocean to ocean, from boundary to
boundary, and that the people are really
| forgetting the war, and the Church
North and the Church South are hon.
estly and cordially extending the hand
of friendship, and uniting in prosecut-
ing the great work before them. What
glorious thing it would be if the
churches, and especially the great M. E.
Church, could only rise entirely above
all petty strife and differences growing
out of those turbulent years, and shine
forth all the brighter because of having
passed through that crucible, and unite
fully in the grand march of civilizing,
in the grand progressive march laid out
] for it on the broad platform of Christ
and Him crucifed. The time is coming,
the time will come, and we must all hail
the day as one of glad tidings ard great
Joy.
Speaking of the Church reminds me
that just now the Holiness branch of
| the M. E. Church are doing Jealous work
| in this part of the moral vineyard-mOre
actively engaged perhaps in advancing
this peculiar idea than in pushing for
ward the old fashioned work of saving
sinners from hell, and it really begins to
look now as if this extreme Zealousness
in one direction and direlict remissness
in the other might ultimate, if contin-
ued, in a schism in the Church and a
final dismemberment of the two factions
as one organization, thereby further
weakening the Church, destroying conf
dence and impairing its usefulness for
the glorious achievements awaiting a
united front and onward march of the
Church militant. The difficulty, howev-
er, does not seem to be so much in the
peculiar doctrine taught as in the man-
ner of teaching it. Like all ether schisms
its advocates are weakening its Tecep-
tion by too great impetuOsity, superfiuity
of zeal that leads them into so many
absurd and thoughtlass declarations that
are assorted out with great care by the
opposing faction and held up to ridicule.
Charlton County is Immediately south
of Linn, extending to the Missouri river
and having the seat of justice at Keytes-
Vile, way down in the extreme southern
portion of the county. This is one of
the best counties in the State and the
northern half is the best portion of the
county. Brunswick on the Missouri
river is an important town and quite
tobacco depot, there being three facto-
ries there that at times employ one hun
dred and fifty hands each, and during
the transporting of this cut, am told 1t
is quite sight TO see the wagons from
the country round about hauling the
product to Brunswick to these dealers.
The southern portion of this county is
also stronghold of Bourbonism and
the home of the Prices, of whom "Pap"
Price made himself famous in the State
as General of Confederate troops.
Going on south of the Missouri river are
jackson and Johnston counties, two
more Democratic strongholds, and the
latter the home Of Senator COckerill and
Gov. Crittenden. In Charlton county
they had Democratic official who dis
pleased his party in. some manner, and
as punishment failed to get re-nom-
ination at the hands of his party con-
vention. He then became an lndepen-
dent candidate and of course was de-
feated, but true to his interests refused
to give up his Office to his legally elected
successor, and having his meals served
in the office, slept and ate there, holding
on to the fort until elected by the Sher-
iff. Ii this is not an instance of BOur-
bon tenacity in holding on to official pap
it is an exception, and what follows is
the rule: A county official in this State
felt that he did not need all his salary
and therefore covered the balance in the
Treasury of his county and his party
became so incensed at this un-DemOcrat-
ic act, that it passed a law at the follew-
ing session of the State Legislature
making such acts penitentiary offences,
and this law remains on the statutes of
the State to-day. But politics in Mis-
souri, are undergoing radical changes.
The above law was so unpopular with
the Changers of the State they run
candidate of their own against Governor
Crittsnden and cut down the usual ma
jority from 10000 to 10000, and now the
Governor himself is being talked of as
the Malone in Missouri politics backed
by the Congressman from the Kansas
CITY District jackson Co., and many
other leading and influential Democrats
throughout the State. l believe the
masses are ready for emancipation from
Democratic rule and longing for living,
progressive policy for their great State.
a policy that will invite immigration of
people and cultivate its extensive and
rich prairies, develop its mineral resour-
ces, build up its schools, colleges and
railroads and place it where it belongs
in the rank of States. Flanked on either