Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-02-07
A FEW PLAIN QUESTIONS TO THE
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4 Do tire the Southern States tttss9se seriously !
contemplate a intercourse with the
North, or secession from the Union, or
neither? a.g+ -. =. -, -,
q In the former case, how long can
they do without the necessaries, the lux
uries of the North, OF. to speak fgura-
lively, when child from resentment re-
fuses to eat his dinner, how many meals
does he usually .omit2 ~
8, In theicase of secession from the
Union, in what, part of Christendom
would be found more feeble nation
than the separated South, without Ships,
without sailors, without manufactures,
without white labor or industry, with
out much money, and with the volcano
Of the black population under their feet?
A. In case of a disruption of the
Wnion, to Which side will the frontier
States i5of Marylaha,g Delaware, Missouri,
ettt., think 1t 2nfost prudent TO attach
themselves. ,'z9d - 1 IL -, ~
'n5o. What VIII be the first fruit of a
separation Of tn" States, unless it be a
stampede of Slaves, a reeapture, a rescue,
civil war? A''!it t''' u '''i' 9'A-- -ti''! 'o
6. How long can the South carry on
such a war with the disabilities already
mentioned, and with "a white population
which is now less than third Of that Of
the Union, and will soon be but a fourth,
a sixth, and eventually a still smaller
fraction? 49, ''
I. How much courage !. IS there in
"chivalry" which selects for its assault
an unarmed and unsuspecting victim, like
Sumner, and which is unable to suppress
paltry insurrection of few mnatics
till it is done for. them by the United
States marines?
s., IF it took Virginia. two days to cap
ture John Brown and his twenty un-
trained, "yagabonds, as they are called
at the South, how long will it take to
conquer the State of New York? '''' "a g
g. IF it cost the Emperor of Austria
some hundred millions, and part ofhis
dominions, to carry on few months war
with France, how long win South Caro-
lima be able to wage war with her appro-
spriation Of 500, 900? = ,''-'l l.5@ l4'....'
10. Is the alliance Of foreign power
preferable, to the more natural alliance
Of countrymen, kindred ndfiends?, Is
a colonial dependence on Great Britain,
like that which our Ir.' fathers split their
blood to sever more desirable than a
constitutional government of a majority
Of the people? Or would MARSHALL Pa
lasier make a more acceptable Governor
Of the South than a legally elected Re
publican President? -. NJ, ~, -
F. II. Is not the bluster and .bravado
about Southern secession growing rather
a stale topic, peculiar to noisy politicians
and hair Drained journalists, which the
sensible and conservative portion Of
Southern people know to be foolish and
would prefer to have cease?, u. "'''' s''t
12. Do not the people of the North, a
few eccentric abolitionists excepted, re-
spect the constitutional rights, of the
South-are not they bound to them by
ties of consanguinity and Of: interest
do they not feel and admit that slavery,
as it now exists within the States, is no
concern of theirs-that present emanci
patton is not to be expected, and that
the South must work out the problem of
slavery for themselves? .,5 4-...,
IS. Thirty or fifty years hence, what
safety will there be to the South, except
in the protection of strong government
like that of the United States?