Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-12-27
Selling Free People.

readers to letter of Judge Catron, of thF
Supreme Court of the United States, whicl
will be found in another column. 1t is a,
encouraging sign Of the times, that
Southern man, holding the position o
Judge Catron. has become alarmed at the
strides of the party to which he belongs
toward an absolute despotism, and its nee
essary consequences.
1t is well known that many Of the lead
ing Democratic papers Of tie South have
been for several years clamoring for the
re -enslavement of all the free negroes in
that section. They have figured out the
millions of dollars it would bring into the
Treasures of their respective States, and
would, moreover, make the institution OF
slavery more secure. They have not hes
itated to denounce the practice and pub
lished sentiments of Washington, Jeffer-
son, Madison. Randolph, and the host Of
Revolutionary worthless who set the exam
pie of emancipation, which resulted in the
liberation of so many slaves. And the
object now is to re-enslave these free men
and women and all their posterity.
1t cannot be disguised that this scheme
of diabolical atroci'y has taken complete
possession of the leaders of the Demo
cratic party. This is evident not only
from the resolutions Of public meetings
and tie support of Southern journals, but
ii is beginning to find support even in the
Nor.h. The New York "Day- Book, "
which claims to have by far the largest
circulation Of any Democratic paper in the
Union, has an article almost every day
upon the subject. 1t boldly and persist
emily demands the enslavement OF all the
free negroes in the North. 1t insists that
this must be adopted as the central plank
in the Democratic party before it can be
permanently successful. OF course the
scheme must be commenced in the South,
and as soon as it is made part Of the
platform, then the Northern wing OF the
party will fall into the ranks. An Ala
bama paper has the following paragraph
on this subject:
Last winter Louisiana passed law
providing for their removal from the State,
forcibly or otherwise; Arkansas has passed
similar law; Virginia and Maryland have
for years have had such a law III lnagilation;
the sentiment of Alabama, AS expressed in
the public presses of the State, is looking
to similar action on the part Of the Legisla-
lure in session; the question is also being
discussed in Kentucky"
This will show the extent to which the
party is committed to the scheme. And
the fact that such a man as Judge Catron
has thought il necessary to enter his pro-
test at this time shows conclusiveIy that Ii
is in. danger of being consummated.
NJ, Juas-, we JnlnK. mas taNen tire true
view Of the subject. He places his OBJ
jections, not only on the iratical villainy
Of the project, but upon the danger it will
bring upon the South. There are in the
U. S al least ,fve hundred thousand Of this
class of persons, scarcely amy of whom a;e
Of full African blood. Many of them, as
the Judge shows, are almost white. They
are the sons and daughters Of their mas
ters-the Anglo Saxon blood largely pre-
dominates. They are imbued more or
less with the spirit Of the white race whose
children they are. And the Judge sees
he utter madness of re ensaving this pop
ulaIion-the danger it would bring upon
he South through the vengeance of these
Sronged and outraged people.
The Judges letter is prophetic Of the
Evil to come. But we do not believe il
Will stay the hand Of the spoilers. A per-
ect madness seems TO have overcome the
COMMON sense, as we'll as moral sense of
hese. leaders. They seem to be rushing
With the blindness of unreasoning passion
lpon their ruin. If there were none but
themselves to suffer, it might be well
enough to let them "sow the wind and
cap the whirlwind." But when 1t is re-
nembered that there is but one slave
aolder out of sixty of our population, and
hat the necessary result of such All unpro-
'oked outrage upon humanity and the
moral sense of the world must be insur-
ection and its attendant horrors, involv-
ng the innocent as well as the guilty, the
ubiect becomes serious one indeed
3ut read the letter.
Incendiarism.
A large number of printed letters have
een received by Irish Democrats in New
York, urging them to barn the factories