Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-07-10

The force of habit is truly wonderful,
and when once confirmed, its victim
seems to lose all power to break away
from it. This is proved every day, in
the case Of persons addicted to the use
of intoxicating drinks. But in nothing
is the force of habit so clearly demon
strated as in the case of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, and other Democratic papers
in Ohio. They have, for years, used
the terms "Abolitionist,' and "Aboli-
tionism," )" as the sole argument in every
campaign. No matter who has been the
candidate, or what the issue before the
people, the same stereotyped slang has
been rung out from day to day, without
a variation in tone or sentiment.
This habit, like that of inebriation,
has become so confirmed, that without
apparently knowing, OF once thinking Of
the supreme absurdity of its position,
the Enquirer repeats the same cry of
tAbolitionist, and "Abolitionism, un-
der circumstances which show that it
must be from the mere force of habit, in
which the intellect takes no part what
ever.
Having used this cry against the old
Whig party-the Free Soil, and the Re
publican parties-itnow finds new party
in the field, headed by Breckenridge, and
supported by the extreme South. And
the Enquirer, in the support of Douglas,
finds itself under the necessity of op-
posing this new party-or rather this
Breckenridge wing of the late Demo
cratic party. But it seems to have no
arguments with which to oppose it. 1t
therefore pours out, to the infinite
amusement Of all sane people, the very
same old slang Of f"Abolitionism" against
the supporters of Breckenridge, in the
South, that it has so long used against
the Republicans, in the North.
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not the paper before us. But, .incredi-
BILE as it may seem to our readers, it is
nevertheless true. The Cincinnati En-
quirer, the organ of Douglas in the State
of Ohio, is attempting to make capita
for it's ohieftain, by calling the support
ers of Breckenridge in the South, ''Abo
litionists, and charging the Southern
wing with "4Abolitionisne.''
The Enquirer says, speaking of thu
Louisville Courier, leading Democratic
paper of KY, which supports Breckin
ridge:
GAS we predicted, the Louisville Cour
ier, Of A6ottion descent, is out against th'
regular nominee of the Democratic part,
for President, and is advocating the
claims of the d5suaionists. The Courier
knows that Breckenridge cannot be elec
ted, and thatthe only effect of his running
will be to help Lincoln. We said
a0ouzd acorh; itself back into the emLrac
Of Aboztjonisn,, and 1t is doing 1t fast.
Such is the force of habit, that W
have no doubt, if the Enquirer shoul'
attempt to answer the arguments of tn
Richmond Euquircr, the Charleston
Mercury, Or any other of the extremes
pro-slavery organs of Breckenridge, i
would do SO by simply charging then
with being "Abolitionists" and laborin
to propagate "Abolitionism.' 1t seem
, entirely to have lost the capacity to rea
son, and mechanically as machine
grinds out its daily grist, of abolition
horrors, and filings them indiscriminatel
at the Republicans, Americans, an
Breckinridge men, North OF South, wit
total unconsciousness of its sublim
absurdity.