Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-06-13

Mouday, add Ntha, great excitement waspros 7
'duced BY. the -trial: -s...-T--
On Monday lhe.caase was heard bel9re't
Judge Fleckard. Able COUNSEL appeared on
boIh sides. -Ths- prisoner was granted. a. Trial
by jury. The Coup room was filled during
The entire proceedings.
The jury returned verdict Of guilty, and
The prisoner was sentenced totem days con.
fnemenl in The county Jail, and fined $50.
He refused 10 be Iaken 10 Jail, and, assisted
by several Of his German friends, made an
u,tack upon The sheriff, when abou. 10 ex,
ecu.e the sentence Of the Court This
caused general melee, in which the liquor
party came off second best. The prisoner
was tumbled into jail, considerably bruised,
and those who assisted him in endeayoring !
TO escape. have left town, we hops forever.
Threats were made that the Jail would be
lorn down; bu. nothing Of the kind was al
tempted, and il is well for the rioters thatii
was not. w arlanis have been issued for
the other rioters, and should they return to
Pomeroy, ,,hey will be arrested and punished,
The young man who entered complaint,
has been placed under bonds for disappear
ance at the nexl term OF the Probate Court,
for violating The new law BY geliing intoxi-
Gated. ~,f ,4si c5,ai II, s,Sv.s I'LL,
We have few remarks to make to our
German friends, or,, at least, those whosym
palhize with these rioters, and we make
them in all kindness, and for their own good.
We hope they may be pondered vol. tfeis
n. There is q large and rapidly increas,
ing Native American Parry In this country
which threatens 10 take from foreigners all
their political rights, believing them unf; TO
appreciate our theory Of self government
| We have opposed this party, and are still
hostile TO ils principles. But, we now say
TO our German friends that every occurrence
like thai Of Monday eyening:adds hundreds
and thousands TO. that Naive American.ele-
menl, and should those occurrences become
frequent. il will not be three years before
that party will have The ascendency over all
others, and just so soon as il gains that as.
tendency just iha, soon will foreigners find
themselves deprived Of all the political priv.
leges now enjoyed, and all further emigra.
} lion discouraged. We repeat ltha. noihirg
is SO certain 10 bring uboui this result, as The
) banding together Of any portion Of our For
} eign population in resistance Of LAW.--
!, RepublicaniSm is yetan experiment. The
. American people undetermined that itshal
. prove successful one. Nothing is so es
!, senIial TO its permanency as. stric, obedience
10 those laws made by our own representa-
lives. IL the laws are unjust or ,yranica
1t is in the power Of The PEOPLE tc
repeal or amend Them, But while they re-
main, on the estalue book, they must be obey
, ed, or anarchy will lake The place Of repub
licanism.to be speedily succeeded by des
= potism. Once lei this country be overthrow
by resistance 10 law, and we may bid fare
! we'll forever TO the theory Of self-govern
ment No wonder therefore, that ever
good citizen, whether native or adopted viii
sacrifice his life, his fortune, and his sacre
honor to maintain The law.
a 2. One Of the strongest arguments use
IS by Naive Americans is, that the great mas
10 Of loteigners who emigrate TO this counH
are.men who come here 10 Iced and fate
IS on our vices--lo pander 10 our depraved or
d, peIi.es, and to rise upon our ruin. The
n point 10 The great army Of rumselers in OF
\. towns and ci,es, and Significantly ask, VIII
nj are lheyl The answer is unavoidable
i. tenlhs Of them are foreigners. Will
n. Americans, say they, are laboring to bull
up towns and cities and develop The resou
IS. ces Of the country, these foreign ocusls al
n. eating up our substance, crippling our enc
n, gies, and destroying our moral and physlc
=. health. Tha. there is much ruth in. the
IS, assertions no one will deny, who is acquail
10 ted with the facts, and this only adds weig
,. 10 their arguments. Ills true, their view
I are partial and UNJUST Those engnged
this traffic constitute but small portion oltl
y, ~ foreign population By far the greater nur
-, ber, on reaching our shores, Immediately g
- gage in honorable and useful employmer
:" and by their industry, economy, and ge'
behavior, merit all the success which atten
ny them They are good cilizens, and are n
'r' lound violating our laws, or even sympalhi
'a' ing with those who resist. seyA .a53
10 8. A large majority of the Native pop
= laiion Of Ohio, favor the prohibition Of Il
)" traffic id intoxicating drinks. The forelI
" population, with bu, few honorable exec
lions, oppose a prohibicry law. Athe bt
Ter lot box, 10 The election OF lawmakers,
A are on an equality. The foreigner--i
of rumseller--has right 10 vote, il natufalze
ed and he is also permitted 10 use all his inf
10. ence 10 secure The election Of a,represen,
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