Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-12-28
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returning sanity, The reckless Dema-
gogues of the North, for petty partlzan
capital, have ulisrepreseuted and libelled
the Republican party and its principles
.sTiih aadaadaGily almost ineoneslvable,
Their lies haxa- been caught up By th:lr
Southern colleagues for like purposes,
essnd tspsEssd there until, no doubt, many
of the psopls who are not psrmitted to
read Republican papers, have come to be-
Issve the infamous falsehoods. But it is
one. Of the-insnaatabie laws OF social life,
st6al in some form, and at some time, the
lies prepagated to iniurs others will re-
ssttff to plague their inventors" This
us now being illustrated in a striking
enialner in the South. Demagogucs, and
sdisunionists, for the purpose of inaaming
the passions Of the populace, have de-
,nounced Lincoln and the whole Repub
slican party as pledged to the instant lib
seration of the Slaves, and placing them
t5a social equality with the whites
Through the press, from the stump,
9yeln- their Legislative Halls, and pull
sests--from the Halls of Congress and
s6hs Senate Chamber, ana even from the
:rsssideuts high seat, has this most infa-
smous and known falsehood been repeated:
Now mark the result. seo -
) its effects. upon the Intelligent free
men of the country is seen in the orets
Mkelming majorities given to the Repub-
liesh candidates in all these States. A
Hehake which ought to learn them lesr
eoa to make them wiser for the future,
stkel Northern operators have received
Ahe reward of their share Of the conspir:-;
Acsg,I in the contempt of the people they
M0rsd 70 deceivs, and IN being rejected
in their aspirations, for the offices they
szpestadte obtain h5i such means. .. This
n,sperhaps, severeSenough paniishuasnt
for themI butt fhgfr Southern accom-
slices are not, ,likdI to get oiF ESQ So easily easily
WhifasaHAuiFtis8 to deceive the zigao-
kht uhite men of tn cir section, they seem
3 :haye forgotten the great fact that
Aere was in their midst another class
which would occasionally hear atheis
statements, andveip. which they would
fssl the deepest possible interest I'VE
mean the slaves! - s ..tes
q There is not probably slave in the
Union who has not heard, from the lips
of aheir masters, or from those of their
swh class, who have so heard, that ~
Lincoln ros elected theylseere to be free. >
Yhs idea III. ne doubt vague enough in
thesminds Of most Of them, but still the
idea is there, and implanted by the slave
helderssthsmselyes, by their false State
,neptxAef the position aud purposes of
the, Republicans The poor, ignorant
slaees have believed all this, and mean
TO- reap,the, harvest promised Them
They know That Lincoln is elected
They believe that the Republican party
are ready to aid them in any insurrec-
ti6narY movement they may make to ,se,,
cgre, ,f4eir.se freedom, And all over the
South, the insiPispt stages Of slase in
surrect;pns. are. reported. Even Blu
ehansn hihseH f in his late message, as
sures the world that the Shoie Southern
people lie down in terror and rise up in
fear .oefhsxfisas Sftbe7F beHdsa,hhssaaZ1
IN riey Of all this, the, nestI sensible
thing we haEes seen, j. the following
from the Star gu blished at Pamela. Miss.
WIZ s6{& 1feadefs examine It. u 1t Is a
clear confession that ali the Slang about
LincoR was know1tesbe false: d-also
that IT'S now returning upon themselves
in the aearful preIrension Of a seyile
insurrSction. we would suggest, how
ever, that, whils ihsy are disabusing the
minds Of the poor negfoes, they make
a cleansbreast If Sc and undeeeive their
worse duped Followers R this we're
done the disani0a fury would cease in.
a week The faltoNing is the article
from tue Stur, lerred 70:
"We,wish 70 suggest the propriety of
all slave owners taxing SOME pains to
correct q very false impression now pre-
vailing among the negroes about the
election Of Lineef, Il is geneEallysbe-
ilsse0 ~ oansslavess g y ~ fhat they1Wefe to
be free II laneoln Was elected. eor at
.-e re. - he he ssaafsssJ bn h;a lns .ns