Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-12-07


proves the theory of the E"Y0lrer, What
ever may be the philosophy oft. The
more negroes there are in any State Of
the Union, or in any county Of any State,
the more powerful is the Democratic
party. Take South Carolina, and Massa-
chusetts as examples. In the one, there
are nearly two negroes to every white
person, and there Democracy is SO in
tense as to run into open notification.
! In the other there, are no negroes, COM
paratiyely, aud the Democratic party
has utterly died out. The same thing
iholds true in the same proportion mall
the States. 1t is so in the several coun-
ties of Ohio, Joe Geiger, the great
Democratic orator, in a speech in Pome
roy, declared that the single County of
Franklin had many times more negroes
than the whole Western Reserve! This
was true And Franklin County is in
tensly Democratic, and sends the little
trickster, Sam Cox, to Congress, while
the Western Reserve rolls up a Repub
lican majority of twenty five thousand,
and is represented by Statesmen. .
Truly, the fact stated by the Enquirer
is significant" And if its wish could
be gratifed, no doubt Democracy would
flourish. Perhaps it is simply to pro-
mote revival Of Democracy that the
South are sending into the Free States,
so many curly headed missionaries. Or
do they come atthe call of the Ea9utrer2
Have the Democracy Of Ohio an 'Emi-
grant Aid Society for the purpose Of
importing negroes into the State as the
only means of building up and sustain
ing the party? These are questions we
would like to have the Eaqufer, or SOME
| of our home Democrats, answer.
We think, however, that the Enquirer
puts its. figures too high. If it would
require, as it says, 10000 negroes to
convert Ashtabula County to Democ-
racy, and 100000 to bring over the
"Reserye," it seems to US that the work
is greater than the Democratic party can
accomplish in its present feeble condi--
/. tion. Wouldn't. a less number answer?
There is another difficulty in the way
To getnegroes enough to convert the
'sReserve," they must necessarily be
bought from some Democratic State
land would there not be danger that by
withdrawing soylargely upon the ''es-
tsencen, of Democracy, the States thus
exhausted would be thereby converted
into Republican communities? Let the
Enquirer and its friends think of these
things before they s'tinvestH largely in
this new missionary enterprise. a '>'
i .zea. sE, sc eoNGREsse4 GiG1jw fsr
/ Monday last was the time appointed
for the meeting Of Congress. We have
! not yet had any report of its doipggs.--,
u
4 We anticipate stormy session, in which
the Disunionists will rave and ,bluster
with Increased fanaticisn. The Presi-
dents Message will be read with in
r.! creased interest. The whole country is
interested in knowing the position, he
will assume in the present threatening
/ aspect of affairs, The leaders of the
nullifers claim him as in sympathy with
! them and their schemes of Disunion,
4 while, some of. the letter writer's for
Northern papers say that he will come
out clearly and distinctly in favor Of
the Union, the Constitution, and the
i laws sssn aal5asa -aja sps aGE ysie-
From our estimate of the character o.
4 the President we could hardly expect
him to take a straig ght-forward course in
any contingency His whole life has
been.a series of petty partisan maneuyer;
for the accomplishment of personal ends
and we do not expect him now to rise
into the lofty position ola statesman
He will probably vent his spfean upor
the Free States, in a studied misrepre
sentation of their acts and purposes
charging them as being the aggressors
: and then, having justified his Southern
partizans for their threatened Treason
: to the Government, will beg; them te
hold on, at least, until his term expires
We do notlook for any useful alegis
lation during the session. The settled
: purpose of the defeated factions seems
to be to obstruet the operations of thu
Government, and bring about state oi
anarchy and civil war throughout thu
couatry. Strange as it may seem, there
are desperate men who would like t.
bring about such a state of things as ez,
lists in Mexico. They have lived so Ions
1pon the plunder Of the public treas
ury, by power obtained through fraut
and false pretenses, that now, wher
they have been driven from their place
by the overwhelming vote of the people
like the Chiefs Of Mexico, they are cali
: ing around them their deluded PARTISAN
to wreak their vengeance upon the equn
e try, and obtain, by open force, wha
they can no longer obtain through in
trigue: s.,..;.... ....l. a,l'. &,
We do not believe they have succeeded
+ in So utterly debauching the mind
: of their followers as to be able to leai
q them to the desperate resort of civil wa,
"A ~ Loon tbar,solyo,;n in no,rer W. NIL