Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-07-20
From tn. ". Y. Hv .ning Day Book.
TI.c Republican, Press On Dis
NUiOm.

h"puOn an JOufllal III OnlO, Whlcn COM
ments on an article that appeared n short
timo since in the ebay Book" We pub
lish this cot two reasons: first, to deny en-
phailcally that we ever proposed, threat
emed, argued or even hinted ut such u cure
for sectionaIism, and in the second place,
10 exhibit to our southern readers the
esprit du corps of tho anti slavery press.
The "Day Book" is the only true Union
Journal in the North, for however patriotic
or sincere others may bo in their desire to
preserve the union of these Statos, the
means they employ we hold to be wholly
inadequate TO the end in view. A party
is in the field that proposes to exclude the
South from the common territory, and
thus by pennmg mp their negroes within
existing limits, pervert and demo'a alize the
natural relation of the races and force
them to common level!
The Republican party amt TIE Repu6-
Ican press present this issue, ,OAich they
term, and property term. hostility to
"SidVery" extension, and by confoumding
tie natural rep"gnonce cf tie norther"
propIe for the negro, NTH tie relation 'hat
eris,s at tie South, they may obtain pos
session # tho teferok government. and
Mrs brig about d;Sunion. TIE election
Of Set0ord, or Chase, or Hule, or any one
representing this hostility to "Slavery er-
teRSiOn"--th0t is, an exclusion Of southern
citizens from the c0mmOn territory, acii be
understood as an act Of sectional uSa1Du-
ton. aUhich, however LeyoL IN form. is in
compatIJle wiM tie spirit Of tie Con>titW-
tom, and norcorer,, IN deadly hostility to
the aceLf0re and social s9f ty Of tile South.
The nor. hern Democratic press and poll
tici,ns have hitherto refused to accept the
issue rendered by the Republicans, and,
clamorous in their denial that they were
in favor or ''slavery" extension, have fol-
lowed Hr. Douala5 and others in pursuit
of the "great principle" of the Nebraska
bill, which OF course had no necessary
connection with the question.
The result has been, that while If un-
derstood-if the subject were explained
and the northern masses knew what Chase,
Sumner, Seward, &c., were after, what
their principles tended to, &c, they
would DO far more likely to be lynched
than placed in the Presidency or sent to
Congress-they may, in the face of all
this blindness and folly, get into power
and bring upon the country a terrible
calamity. The truth is, the old idea of
compromise, SO general among northern
politicians, has exploded, died out, dis
appeared. and a radical change of circum-
stances demands radical change Of opiu-
ion. We must go on acquiring territory
until the whole "boundless continent is
ours, and the time. therefore, has come
when the status of the negro must be un-
dcrstood and must be accepted in the com
son territory if not in the sovereign States
of the North. The "Day Book" alone II.
the North meets the question by the open
declaration that "slavery extension is
right--the equal expansion of southern
population a necessily-nnd it strives to
show the northern masses that tho whole
subject is governed by climatic and indus
trial laws which utterly and forever forbid
the gro, SO called slavery, going any
where else except Just where 1t should go,
aud the highest interests Of American
civilization demand its presence.
AS soon as this is understood, the ere
publican party will be exploded and the
danger oyer-that which is now charged
with the deadly II alaria of sectional sn,
will sink into the disgusting form and
contemplate proportions of original and
unditted Aboitionism. Laborng thus
To harmonic the sections, not by the com
promises or contrivances of politicians,
but by the anHy Of OpiRiOn, we claim to
be, par esceN, nee, the friends Of the Union
and while recognizing the great ability,
stern patriotism and lrue Democracy OF
lnc nllduei pHlh ~ gus D'Stoh L CSC
and many others at the North, we must
be permitted TO say that their party rela-
tions and obligations forbid their taking
cur position, and render their services on
this question of little or no value.
We also publish this article from the
Telegraph to show the apparent since rity
and honesty of northern delusion, and the
deplorablo extent it has debauched and
DEGRADED otherwise sensible men and good
citizens. The writer terms his infamous
heresics "'their most cherished opinions
an d never doubts moment their truth ol
fitness, or in other words, the vile and dis
gushing d0gmas of Aboitionism are as
sumo d TO be truths not only to be respec
ted by the South, but submitted 10 when
those who "cherish" them get into power
The above. is the reply of the New
York Day Book" to an article of ours
which appeared in our issue ofthe Goth, oi
June. We give it entire italicising GER
tain portions-that our readers may see
tho precise position Of this most widely
circulated, and influential of Northern
DemOcrntic Journals.
1t will be seen that it emphatically
denies having ever Threatened disuniOn. p"
This denial Will be matter Of surprise to
those who have read no more OF that
paper than the article above ;-while TO those
who have been its constant readers, the
surprise will be lott in the sublime audacity
of the declaration. We never charged
the DAY Book" with being in 1drOr of
,lisunion. We have always looked upon