Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-11
MEIGS COUNTY TELEGRAPH.
POAIEROY, O.
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UMpurcIlasable Denocrnts.

For the honor Of human nature, and
AS promise Of a better hereafter, we
take pleasure in recording the pleas
ing and encouraging fact, that in tho midst
Of fostering corruption, and perfidy as
base as treason, Il few names are made the
brighter by the very blackness Of their
surroundings. Three Democrats in the
Senate, and tsceies in the House of Repre-
sentativcs, ON the final vote on the English
Lccompton villainy, nobly wiihstood the
DEGREES Of party caucuses, the seductive
Establishments Of Executive patronage,
and the baser appliances Of gold! All
lonor to the unpul chasable few! Let their
names be remembered by honest men Of
al parties, and remembered with praise!
For although they did no more than their
simple duty, and could not have done less
without bstraying their trust; yet belong
ing as they did to a grea. and triumphant
party. which had covered itself with false
hood as garment, and made oppression,
corruption, and fraud, the 7riune Idol
which its deyotees were commanded to
worship, their erect position among the
PROSTATE throng of their fellows, was the
mole marked and glorious! 1t is easy to
run with the crowd, but to stem its moving
current requires nerve and daring.
This select band, having thus stood,
we think can and should be trusted for
tn ; future; at least, until they show indi-
cations of Il desire 10 return to the "hcsh-
pots of Egypt"
The names Of the Sc lators are:
STEPHEN A. DouGLAs, of Illinois;
, DAVID G. BRoDERIck, of California;
CHARLES Z. STEWART, Of Michigan.
The names Of the Representatires-be- be-
ing the apostolic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as
follows: n f1 se'a
GARNET B. ADRArN, Of New Jersey;
HENRY CHAPMAN, Of Pennsylvania;
JOHN dIckMAs, Of Pennsylvania,
HoRAcE CLARK, Of New York. :,
JonS B. HAsKINs, Of New York;
JonN G. DAVIS, of Indiana;
JOHN G.. MCkIDBEN, of California;
THOMAS l.. HARRIS, of Illinois;
SAMUEL S. MARSHALL, Of Illinois;
ISAAC N. MoRRIs, of Illinois;
y. SHAW, Of Illinois;
ROBERT SMITH, of Illinois. ... ....,..
1t will be seen that in this bright gal
laxy-uhe brighter for the very meagerness
OF the list-Ohio has no share. Every
Democrat" from this State. after profess
ing the most intense opposition to the
scheme, and devotion TO Douglas and
popular sovereignty" were finally
brou2ht--or, rather, Jought-over, and
made to bow in servile submission TO their
nldsfers. Let them pocket their reward,
and with it wear forever the indcIlible
brand that makes them SLAVES! Their
race is run, as it is, not among the possi7
bilities that one of them can ever be re-
turned TO the seats they have SO dishon-
oYed. -'#',''.'' i.H @
The final excuse of :hesc miserable
dough- faces was, that their Southern
brethren would "dissOIre the Cnio,aH ii
they did not so vote! Three or four
Democratic" State Cohvenlio: in the
South, and the Legislatures of as many
States, had resolved that If it did not
pass, they ,rouid dissolve the Union in
stanter. And SO TO save their friends from
the fate of traitors in one form, they sold
themselves as accomplices in a yiler trea-
son in another! These Southern '.Den,o-
Gratis" either intended to dissolve the
Union. or they did not. If they did SO
Intend, they are incipient traitors 20 the
Government, and ought to have been ar
rested and e1ecuted as such, OH the COM
mission of the first overt act. But in
stead of which. these Ohio services have
given them "aid and comfort" and
strengthened their hands for their fratri-
cidal work hereafter. If they did not
so intend. then have Cox & Co. simply
siultificd themselves by the vain attempt
to hide from the public gaze the gold that
bought them, by covering itup with he!
Either position buries them so deep that
the hand Of resurrection can never reach
them. There let them ROT. The race
must soon become extinct. ~ .a.i r-
With the list above the roll Of honor
the immortal tifteen-therc must be many
Democrats ia Meigs-COunty who cordially
sympathize. VIII they be deceived into
the support Of another dough-G,te this
iall? We knew very well tina, the candi-
date of that party. whoever he may be-
most probably Edson B. olds-will 4ot
only support this measure, but viii try To
make the honest Democrats Of this Dis