Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-01-03
Governors Chase and Wise.

We give below the recent correspon-
dence between these two Governors
The manly letter of Governor Chase will
be read with satisfaction by every up
right citizen of our noble Buckeye State,
and its sentiments will be approved by
the people, without distinction of party.
Governor Wise. it will be seen, refers
Governor Chase to the copy of letter
he had sent to the President at the same
time. And it is but just to Buchanan
to say that his answer is scathing re-
buke to Wise for his mad presumption
in demanding the President to employ
the United States Army and Navy in
riding over State rights, in violation of
the Constitution, to hunt up imaginary
traitors, who have no existence except
in the vagaries of the Governors brain,
unnaturally excited by his s'great scare. y
Weaguess' the mighty "oysterman" of
Virginia will hardly send has Army and
Nary into Ohio to pursue and arrest those
whom the Chiyalry call traitors. Here
are the letters:
RIcHHoxD, Va, Noy. IS, so.
To Hu Excelleney The Governor Of Ohio:
L DEAR SIR-I respectfully send to you
the information contained in letter to
the. President of the United States, of
which the enclosed is copy Isubmit
it to you in the confidence that you will
faithfully CO operate with the authorities
of this State in preserving the peace Of
our coterminous borders. Necessity
may compel us to pursue invaders of our
jurisdiction into yours. IF so, you may
be assured that it will be done with no
disrespect to the sovereignty of your
State. But this State expects the con-
federate duty to be observed of guarding
your territory from becoming dangerous
to our peace and safety, by afording
places of depot and rendezvous to law
less desperadoes who may seek to war
upon our people. With the highest re-
#spect, j am, sir, yours trniy,!Ia.
sa HENRY a, WISE.
al soLuMsus, o., Dec. /, 1859.
SIR--Your letter of the 25th ult,
postmarked 26th, together with copy
ofone of. the same date addressed by you
to the President, were received yester-
day. No intelligence, other than that
contained in these letters, has reached
me of any such preparations as are de-
scribed in them, and the letters them
selves convey no4such informationin re-
spect to place or persons as is necessary
to enable the authorities of the State, in
the absence of other intelligence, to in
terpose with any certainty or effect
Whenever it shall be made to appear,
either by evidence transmitted by you or
otherwise; that unlawful combinations are
being formed by any persons at any
place in Ohio, for the invasion of Vir-
ginia, or for the commission of crimes
against her people, it will undoubtedly
become the duty of the Executive to use
whatever power he may possess to break
up such combinations and defeat their
uhlaWiu purposes; ana tnatuuCy, IL need
not be doubted, will be promptly per-
formed.
| observe, with regret, an intimation
in your letter that necessity may compel
the authorities of Virginia to pursue in
'yaders of her jurisdiction into the terri
tories of adjoining States It is hoped
that no circumstanceswill arise, creating,
in their opinion, such necessity. Laws
of the United States, as we'll as the laws
of Ohio, indicate the mode in which per-
sons charged with crime in another State
and escaping into this may be demanded
and must be surrendered; and the people
of this State will require from her au-
thoritiesthe punctual fulfillment ofevery
obligation to the other members of the
Union. They cannot consent, however.
to the invasion of her territory by armed
bodies from other States, even for the
purpose of pursuing and arresting fugi-
tiyes from justice.
have the honor to be, very respect.
fail Essrs, s. z. CHAsR.
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