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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12
THE WAY TO MAINTAIN DEMOC-
RACY.

Mr.. Bernan, one of the delegates from
Virginia to the Chicago Convention, was
arrested in Alexandria, on Thursday last,
and sent to prison, Democracy cannot
endure free speech or free press in a
land of slaves, and to allow citizen to
attend Republican Convention might
encourage others to vote the ticket nom-
mated by that Convention. And if this
were permitted the days of Democracy
and "bleached niggers' would be at an
end. SO Mr.. Bernan must be punished
for his treason, and as an example to all
others in like sort offending.
But, as there is no law yet even in
Virginia to punish citizen for attending
a Republican Convention out of that
State, the Democracy could only operate
through the mob, or find some other pre-
text. The mere driving out of Mr.. Ber-
nan was not deemed sufficient. The
dungeon, among felons, was the only ad-
equate punishment in the eyes of Vir-
ginia's chivaly. And this, to make the
suffering and outrage as intolerable as
possible to their victim, must be done
through the perverted forms of law
So Bernan's person and premises were
duly searched, and copy of the Neao York
Tribune found IN has possession. For this
high crime, Mr.. Bernan could be incar-
cerated according to laao. And on this
charge of having in his house a copy of
the most widely circulated newspaper in
the Union-an honest, intelligent and
peaceful citizen is sent to Jail with fel,
ons! And this is the middle Of the nine
teenth century, and this, the model Re-
public! And Ohio can furnish craven
serfs who will act the second hand ac,
completes of these petty despots! Oh
how long!
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12

MA- The Democrats in Congress won't
stand drill any more. twill be remem-
bered that President Buchanan sent in
petulant message, or protest, against
the House appointing a committee to in
vestigate the fostering corruptions of the
Administration. A perfect storm of
mock Indignation was gotten up among
the leaders of the party, and the propo-
sition to investigate the corruptions of
the Administration was pronounced an
outrage. The investigation proceeded,
notwithstanding, and the revelations
made have struck the world with amaze
ment. The question was brought before
the House on Thursday last, on the adop-
tion of resolutions dissenting from the
position of Buchanan's protest. With
all the force of party drill, only forty
Democratic members in the House could
be brought to sustain their chosen chief
AS citizen of Ohio, we are ashamed to
add that among the precious forty are
the names of all the Democrats from this
State who did not dodge When will
the people of our noble Buckeye State
cease to send dough faces to Congress!
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12
Lincoln's Letter of Acceptance

Some of the more unscrupulous of
the Democratic papers, finding nothing
to charge against Lincoln, truthfully
and feeling bound by their allegiance to
party, to do something against him, have
invented the brilliant story that he is an
ignorant, uncouth backwoodsman; with
out refinement, education or sense. The
New York Herald says he could not find
his way to Washington if elected, with
out guide. 1t is not our purpose to
enter into a discussion of this matter; but
we here present his letter of acceptance,
and think our readers will agree with
us, that if he had not the ability to write
it himself, he had the sense to employ
one who had. 1t is not often that so
much is said in so small space No
doubt Democratic candidate would re-
quire dozen columns to mystify his po-
sition, and suit himself to all the sec
tionalisms and shades of prejudice and
faction upon which he must rely for sue
cess. But &c Honest Abraham Lincoln"
needs nothing of the sort. Honest him
self, and relying upon the honesty and
intelligence of the people, he can afford
to be straightforward and to the point.
Here is his letter. Read it:
SPRINGFIELD, H.. May %, 1860.
Hon. Geo. Ashum, President of the
Republican National Convention-Sir:
| accept the nomination rendered me by
the Convention over which you presided
and of which l am formally apprised
in the letter of yourself and others acting
as Committee of the Convention for
shat purpose The declaration of prin-
ciples and sentiments which accompany
your letter meet my approval, and ii
shall be my care not to violate it or dis
regard it in any part. Imploring the
assistance of Divine Providence, and with
due regard to the views and feelings O.
all who were represented in the Conven
ton, and to the rights of all the State:
and Territories and people of the nation
and to the inviolability of the Constitu
ton and the perpetual union, harmony
and prosperity of all, I am most happy
to cooperate for the practical success O
the principles declared by the Conven
ton.
Your obliged friend and fellow citizen
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12

E0 Senator Sumner, on the 4th inst,
in the United States Senate, delivered
what is said to be the greatest speech
ever heard in that body. Of course the
brutal associates and accomplices Of the
assassin, Brooks, who attempted to
murder Mr.. Sumner in the Senate cham
ber some four years ago, had to show
their real character on the OCCASION
Chesnut, of South Carolina, made re-
ply in language that would disgrace a
clan of drunken bullies in a cock pit
The Gazette says:
''In the Senate yesterday, Mr.. Sumner
delivered set speech upon the admis-
sion of Kansas The telegraph gives US
only the opening ard closing sentences.
These were of classic elegance and fit
ness. Evidently his speech was as ter
ribly incisive as it was eloquent, for Mr..
Chestnut of South Carolina gave utter
ance, in reply, to language as foreign to
the instincts of a gentleman as it was
native to the blackguard. Mr.. Sumner s
reply to this billingesgate, was model
of parliamentary severity
Here is the language used by Chestnut,
as reported by telegraph. Speaking of
Senator Sumner, he says:
"After ranging over Europe, sneaking
through the back doors Of the English
aristocracy, and tawning at their feet,
this slanderer of States and men had re-
appeared in the Senate. He had hoped
thatafter theRunishment he had received
for his former insolence, he would have
learned propriety; but he had reacted
his former vulgaraties and mendacity.
The Egyptians deifed reptiles; but it re-
mains for Northern Abolitionists to defy
an embodiment of malice, mendacity and
cowardice. He was not inclined to put
further punishment on the receiver of a
former punishment, who had gone howl
ing through the world, yelping out vol
umes of slander. He would, therefore:
endeavor to keep quiet"
That is the reply of the sovereignty
Of South Carolina, in the person of her
Senator, to speech of matchless power.
and classical purity. All the reply, in
fact, which could be made, unless by an.
other attack with bludgeons, as was done
when Mr.. Sumner, to use the expression
of this slave-driver, was "punished fol
his insolence."
And here is the response of Mr.. Sum
ner to this brutal outrage upon the Sen.
ate and civilization, as we'll as upon him
self:
"Mr Sumner said he had pointed out
the barbarism of Slavery, and the Sena-
tors rejoinder should 60 as an appendix,
and a fitting illustration Of his argu'
ment"
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12
To GEO. AsHMUN, Pres't., sc.
Douglas a True Prophet.

Mr.. Douglas, at social party in
Washington, year ago, gave it as his
firm belief and clear conviction that the
next President of the United States,
would be citizen Of Illinois. His audi
tors thought it good joke, supposing
that he had reference only to himself
His prediction will be fulfilled, however
differently from his then expectations.
We believe it is the settled opinion
of Theologians that the Prophets in no
instance fully understood the extent of
the meaning of their utterances. In this
respect, too, the Little Giant will prove
himself true prophet. Illinois will
furnish the President. But his coat
tail will not hang so near the ground as
| that of Douglas.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12
THE PLOT CoNsUMMATED.

All our readers know that Kansas, in
obedience to law duly passed for that
purpose, called Convention, framed a
Constitution, submitted it to the people,
preparatory to admission into the Union
as State, and that the constitution thus
duly submitted to vote of the people
was adopted by an overwhelming ma
jority. Elections were held in. pur-
suance Of the law and after a severe
campaign, in which all the power and
patronage of the Government was
brought into requisition on the side of
the Democratic party. the Republicans
carried the election The constitution
thus fairly and legally adopted was
transmitted to Congress, and the people
of Kansas asked to be admitted into the
Union as State The House Of Repre-
sentatives promptly passed the neces-
sary act for her admission, but the Dem
ocratic Senate refuses.
1t has been announced over and over
again by the Southern leaders, that be-
cause Kansas was a Republican State, it
should not be admitted until after the
Presidential election, so as to prevent the
people from voting, as the citizens of a
Territory are not permitted to vote for
President. This has been avowed
over and over again. Northern
Democrats denied that this was the in
tention of the rarty-that none but a
few fire eaters would do so desperate an
act. But test vote was taken in the
Senate on Thursday, when every Demo
crat in that body who was present ex-
eept two, voted to keep Kansas out OF
the Union. Latham and Pugh voted
with the Republicans. Douglas did not
vote! The vote on taking up the mo-
ton to admit, stood q yeas, all Re
publicans except the two above named
to 80 nays, erery one of them Democrats
atsay the Democrats of Meigs County
now? There stands the record of the
votes of your chosen Senators! Thirty
two Democratic Senators voting to keer
Kansas, free State out of the Union
for the reason, and the only reason tha
the people will not have their beautiful
State filled up with negro slaves! Car
it be possible that honest men-free la
boring white men will consent to be the
serfs of such partyany longer?
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12
THE FOWLER EMREZzLEMEMT.

1t now seems that the defalcation of
Fowler, the Postmaster of New York,
and his stealing of the public money has
been known to the Administration for
three years Yet the thing has been
smuggled up until he was enabled to
pocket the enormous sum of one ham :
dred and eighty thousand dollars. When
the thing could no longer be concealed,
warrant was issued for his arrest. But
the Marshal, instead of arresting the vii
liam, acted simply as an accomplice,
giving out the fact that he had the war
rant, and intended to make the arrest
the next day, so that Fowler could
make good his escape A great pretense
OF hunting him up was made, but good
care was taken not to find him The whole
manner Of his escape is now ostentatiously
published by his friends, who say he is
safely beyond the reach of the Govern
ment.
Another of the reculiarities of the
transaction is that his bonds are only
SIS, 900. and his bail claim that the bonds
themselves are wholly void, not being in
conformity to the law, and, consequently
they refuse to pay. So a good Demo
erat gets s1SO,0OO,OO of the peoples
money, spends part of it in corrupt
party purposes, pockets the balance and
goes to live in retirement in South
America, while his bondsmen tell the
people whose money is stolen that the
little fornaality of giving bonds at al
was simply swindle and a sham, il
keeping with sham Democracy. The
people are patient, but we think their pa
tience is nearly exhausted. Surely the
days of swindling must be near the end
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12
A. KOHL,

Dealer in and Manufacturer of Umbrel- ~~
las. He holds himself in readiness toSII
make Umbrellas to ORDER or repair old IL
ones in the most substantial manner He will
also buy worn-out Umbrellas at liberal prices.
Shop on Linn street. north of Smiths Shoe
Stcre.
He would also inform the public that he pre-
pares a SALVE, which he will warrant equal
to any in use, for the cure of Felons, Catarrhs,
Burns, Bruises, Sprains, Cuts, Salt Rheum,
Ring Worm, Rheumatism, White Swellings,
and many other diseases of the kind. Price.
25 cents per Box. Jan. g. 1S60-3-1tf-
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12
The Richmond and Baltimore COnven.
fiOnS.

tiOns.
Our readers will remember that the
Convention of the harmonious Democ-
racy," which met at Charleston to nom
mate candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States, quarreled
over the inevitable i" "Sambo' for two
weeks, and then split. The real, "simon
pure" ebony Democracy-the genuine
woolly- headed Congoes - adj journed to
meet in Richmond, on yesterday, and the
mongrel, saddle -colored, "half and half"
Democracy adjourned to meet in Balti-
more, on Monday next. There will be
rich scenes at these conclaves of patent
Democracy.
If Cufee, and Caesar, and Dinah, and
Rose, don't have the fragrant essence
pressed out of them by the fervid en-
braces of these rival lovers, then there is
no virtue in summer heat Which of
these Democracies will triumph it is
needless to speculate. An effort will be
made to throw all the shades into con-
gomeration of visible admixture,' and
harmonic on the free love" plat,
form. We think there is the affinity Of
contrarieties between the factions that
will bring them together Grease and
Iye VIII mutually embrace, and, destroy
ing each other, form compound differ
ent from either; and, as one Of the fac
tions lives upor the oily essence of mig.
ger, and the other upon lie, we sec
no reason why they may not mingle.-
The compound would be equal to the
''hell broth brewed in the caldron O
the witches, in Macbeth. But some O
our Democrats would doubtless swallow
the dose. We think, however, gooc
many of them would revolt. But, as th'
wise man says, we shall see what We
shall see"
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12

na. The Banner, of the 28th ult,
gives the particulars of the murder of
John H. Erwin and his wife, on the
night of Sunday, the 22d, at their resi-
dence, in McNair county, Tenn, by one
of Erwin's slaves 1t seems that the
slave entered the room where Erwin and
his wife slept, and with club beat out
the brains of Mrs. Erwin, and so injured
her husband that no hopes were enter
tained of his recovery. From the al
most daily record furnished by the pa
pers of such scenes, it would seem rather
a dangerous luxury to own such prop
erty.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12

1t will be remembered by our readers
that at the last Congressional election in
St. Louis, Missouri, the Democrats re
sorted to their usual scheme Of fraudu-
lent votes AMI forged returns, to defeat
the Republican candidate. That the Re-
publicans had majority of the legal
voters in the District was we'll known
but to permit Frank P Blair, Repub-
lican, to take seat in Congress from
the Slave State of Missouri, was thing
which Democracy could not submit to.
And SO by the aid of money, bribery,
fraudulent voting and forging of returns,
Barrett, the Democratic candidate, re-
ceived the certificate of election, and has
been sitting in Congress drawing the pay
of a member, and voting with the Sham
Democracy, ever since the first of De-
cember. Blair contested his seat, and
brought such overwhelming proofs ofthe
frau ds used against him, that on Friday
last when the case was reached, Barrett
was expelled from the seat he had so long
held, and Blair, the duly elected men,
Der, was sworn in. Thus, one by one the
desperate swindlers who have usurped
the rights of the people in the Halls of
Congress, are meeting the indignant re-
buke Of the body they have attempted to
disgrace by their presence, and are sent
back to face the contempt of the people
they had swindled. Speed on the good
work until every such wrong is righted
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12

m~We learn. from the Ravenswood
Chronicle, that man named JOHN RAN
KIN WAS killed in jackson county, last
week, by another named JAMES SHEP-
PERSON. The affair took place in beer
shop. The murdered man was drunk
and insulting, and was struck two blows
over the head with club, which frac-
tured his skull.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-12
Sad result of Insanity 1.-Two m en- killed.

On the Steamer B. L. Hodge, from
Shreveport to New Orleans on the 18th
ult., a small broken back man, calling
himself B. L. Heath, who had registered
himself on deck, but procured himself
to be transferred to the Cabin, doubtless
while laboring under a fit of temporary
insanity, suddenly made an assault upon
F. G. Jernigan, who with two or three
others, was t ing up after the rest of
the passengers had retired, and would
have succeeded in dispatching him with
bowie knife, catching him around the
neck and attempting to cut his throat,
but Jernigan caught the knife with one
hand and Heath's arm with the other
As it was Jernigan received a wound
across the throat.
At this moment, the boat having
stru k the bank, the passengers, were
aroused, and Charles NJ. Fort, of SPRING
field, Tennessee, coming out of his state
room, was Immediately stabbed by Heath
and expired R. J. Lyle, of Nashville,
opened his state-room door, and, look
ing out, was stabbed by Heath, dying
almost instantly. The Captain being
called, succeeded in securing the knife
from the murderer, and it was with
great difficulty he could prevent summary
vengeance from being visited upon him.
Heath is about % years of age, is very
much deformed, and halls from Weston,
Lewis Co., Va. He justiies the deed
by alleging that the parties were seek
ing his life, although they had never
met before. The murderer was taken
to New Orleans, where he was delivered
to the proper authorities,