Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-09-14
For the Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph.
GYMRY DEFFROwCHy
THE WELSH AND POLITICS.

Editor of the Islegraph: Sir, by your
permission I call the attention of my
eeuntrymen to the present contest in the
political era of the beloved land of our
adoption. We have left our native land;
driven by the cruel hand of oppression,
and found an asylum under the wings
of the angel of Liberty: who1descended
and dropped on Columbia's happy land
the wreath of victory, and stamped on
American freedom the seal of Omnipo-
tence. We rejoice to- find habitation
where Liberty has erected her standard,
and her banners are waiting triumph
antly in the heavenly zephyrs of human
equality. We rejoice to behold the god
dess of Liberty enthroned, in the zenith
OF her glory, and swaying her universal
scepter. We love Liberty; we love the
rights of man. And feel truly grateful
that our lives have fallen among those
who sympathize with the downtrodden
nations ofthe Old World; under the iron
grasp of despotism. :-...;-.. ..s..
/ Patriotism is next to religion in the
scale of moral obligation, and the Bible
| is the standard book in true politics. -
Infdelity and priest-craft are in close
alliance to degrade and ensiaye human
ity. The principles of genuine Repuh-
licanism have always been deposited in
the living oracles This language was
even during the dark ages, and through
the reign of terror: "call no man on
earth your master" And also: ''let
each esteem others,b better than himself. u
These amiable qualities which Christ en-
joined on his followers, enbody the first
principles of civil government. g7e Z
There has been a regular succession
of moral heroes, who have contended for
these principles ever sincethe commence
ment of the christian era; and thousands
have sealed the doctrine with their blood;
but it was reserved for the immortal
Roger Williams native of Wales, and
the illustrious founder Of Rhode Island,
to erect the platform, unfurl the banner,
and bestow upon the world the inesti-
mable boon of civil and religious Lib
erty. On the 4th Of July, 1776, it was
declared in glaring capitals that: Cali
men were created equal. That was the
day of the political redemption of the
world Despots view it with envy while
their thrones are tottering under them.
All Europe is now like one political vol
cano, ready to issue forth its destructive
eruptions upon the internal oppressors
of mankind. The conflict of ages has
come to crisis in the Old as we'll as the
New World. Mr05 e.' 2tL#
1 hope that my countrymen will rally
in one unbroken phalanx at the coming
elections, and make their influence be
felt in favor of free labor, free homes, an
termal protection; and especially to say
emphatically to "our peculiar lnstltu-
tion:" "Thus far thou shalt come andno
farther e5..s.. g.. 4r-.. g.
The Hon. Mr.. Sherman the other day
in his superlative speech, appealed in
thrilling manner to the Irish, and the
Germans of the operative classes; but
probably he never heard that such an
animal as Welshman had crossed the
brawny deep, while there are hun,
dreds of the voters in this Congressional
District, of the line of Cambria