Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-02
PoMERoY, TUESDAY. FEBIstJ y 2, 1858.

,.,av. he f;nds, ,mong thouobtful men
amono those who had hoped to find, in this
western world. the realization Of their
ones in tIietu1ard 10 MANS onward
,,,.SGrassl- n p,ow;nS doubt i'm reference
Is. our future. AnsiouslyJ do they look
across the ocean--dreading to hear oi new
and more alarming riots-new civil wars
Inc new violations on local rights-iiew
4, ~ sS,,al1.a,rtiiny tlexnaditions-.tew aggressive
vzn.al giPer vaa sa slime. all Twas different.
Tbs.v would. ihen have ,sparded as a false
nrnnhet he man Who had predicted
fbat at the clos, Of a single decade, the
regular expenditufes Of thef Federal Gov
eriimeht i ina time Of peace would exceed
sixtv millions of dollars, being Eve times
tsofe thanstba had been but thirty years
before II o. ,Tfl9 'hraa7g8VksI
I. That. the recipients of this large amount,
whether ontractors, clerks or postnasters,
would 'bc held liable for the payment of a
formal and regular, assessment, TO, be ap-
piled TO the maintenance in Office of the
men bye whom they he'd been appointed, or
those .by whom the contracts had. been
made:e 49, ~. y,.,s,,.sr ~. Y,..-e'..t
That payment Of these assessments
would be made the, condition upon which
their own continuance in office should de-
pend: .,..,s', ~, s., o.,,,.,..,.., IN. ~
That. coincident with these demands
upon the EMPLOYEES of the Government,
all salaries would - largely raised; and
that thus. the treasury should be heavily
taxed for purely party purposes, and for
the promotion of private interests: ~,
I; That Capitalization would lie so far per-
fected as to enable the Executive to die
tate to a body of officials, sixty or eighty
thousand in number, all their modes of
thought, in reference 10 questions Of pub
lie interest: 44 ''7't h'7oS
THAT constantly growing difficulty of
obtaining-independen Of the Govern
means of support, and constant
increase in the rewards Of public service,
would be attended with corresponding in
crease in the number Of claimants for
office, and in their subservience to the
men at whose pleasure offices were held:
That the Executive would dictate to
Members of Congress what. should be
their course. and publicly advertise the Of
ices that were to be given, to those whose
votes should be In accordance with his
desires: @''4'el sl' le'''s A'SA'o''a'' ,'
That the growing mental slavery thus
indicated would be attended by cores
ponding growth in the belief that zone Of
the chief bulwarks Of our institutions"
was to be found in the physical enslaye-
Ihent of the laboref:Gf) 1esWd - az /
~ That the extension of tile area Of human
Slavery would have become the primary
object Of the Government; and that with
that view, the great ordnance OF 1887, as
carried out in the Missouri Compromise,
would be repealedi FoisaH5''6 81 .1of'
~ That, for The promotion of this object,
the treaties with the poor remnants ofsthe
native tribes would all be violated; 4.iF
~ That, with the same end in view, wars
would be made, piracy encouraged, and
territories purchased: s.9oeq 5aj usa os
& That the Executive power would SO far
have grown as to enable it to adopt meas
uress provocative of war, with view to
the spoilation of theiweaker neighbors of
the Union:I -aigmezs ~ Wo'hi y9di
That it would be officially declared that
might makes right, and that, il neigh
boring power refused to sell the territory
whose possession was desired the Union
would then be justified In seizing it:V
~ That the re opening of the slsve-trade
would be publicly advocated, ana that the
first step toward its accomplishments would
be, taken by a citizen, of the United
States-in resembling the prohibitions of
the Central American Goyernments:j Ia
That the prohibition ofSavery in Cen
trail American State would be considered
sufficient reason for the, rejection of a
treaty: ..s..f. .e,1i..i.' -,..Yf
4 That, the substitution, throughout all
the minor employment Of society, of slave
labor for that Of the freeman, would be
publicly recommended BY the Executive
Of leading State: ~ '' Z"
That, willie always seeking territory in
the South, the rights and interests Of the
people would be bartered away for the sole
and exclusive purpose Of preventing an
in the North: = l.'' - -
sSTrl.a. - .na,,,id ~ AZ iorros1 thot 1ba froa