Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-12-28

ENCOURAGING.
The correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Emqstrer, writing from Washington,
gives quits an encouraging prospect of
saving the Union. Hesays:
s.Priya,s letters received in this city
from distinguished Southern politieia Us,
Aotd out,au hop .tos the reuniting cf the
Casipn otter secessien: hos tahen place, and
maklng it stronger and irmer than ever.
that is, the reconstruction Of the Gov
ernment upon such principles as will
ms ke all the States coegual, al the LottoDs
Of ,ohich lies the right OF the master to
his property, wherever he may take it,
and an equality in the tariff laws, or,
more plainly speaking, free trade"
Now why cant the free laborers Of
ttfEfs country acceps:shese terms at once,
and so save the Union? All that is
asked is the annulling of the constitu-
tions and daas Of the Free Statesso as to
make slavery uniYcrsal, and the repeal
of thu Tariff, SO as to have universal
| free traSlef. Iff6ese. slight yopoessions
are- anadss the Enquirer correspondent
thinks w ma saaePe FOR Union! Won't
the people submit?
Let US see ho9i twoui.l work. There
are thirty millions Of people in the Uni'
ted States OF these one.4uarter of a
milliens are slaves holders, and twenty.
nine and eshres.iuarter millions are
slaves, land mere. common folks, most of
whom are so vulgar az to work in some
NAY for a living Now to suppose that
they have any rights which the slave
sholae7s are bound to respect" is simply
absurd.
T These slave holders, of course, want
L more " slaves szanditIisfan. open insult to
their dignity to have men ''free''' who
hsayse toilabor,I And especially if their
labor is so rewarded as to enable them
to acquire property and educate their
children. : sBat the history of the count
try shows that, proper .tariff laws en-
Pcourages the. labor of the. country and
makes business -of@aafl softs prosperous,
j insuring good wages to the laborers.
Battd pay wages sfoFf labor is an insult
Josthe slave hoider.. Therefore he, de-
1nands that the tariff shall be repealed,
and free trade ihstituted. This will
tehaed y the, trouble a part, as it will re-
duee the wages Of labor to the merest
living pointpand many will not be able
to get.work at aH.s This, of course will
bring them onra pretty fair equality
with the slaves, and the slave holders
will no longer be insulted with the spec
tacle Of the children Of working men
going to school and learning to read
aabolition' papers. When this 're-
form is brought about, Republicanism
can be put down, and the way will be
open for the next step, which, as will be
seen, is, that ''the stakeholder shall
take his slaves wherever he pleases."
Under this fast coming millennium,
Ohio will be Slave State With all
Republican papers suppressed, agitation
would cease, and Lynch Committees
would be on hand to hang all who were
suspected of harboring rebellious
thoughts against this most Just and
Democratic reign. L
With these concessions we are assured
there is hope entertained that the
Union may be saved! Cannot some
good, "conservative" gentlemen get up
meeting in Pomeroy to lnaugurate the
new movement here? Men are found
elsewhere who are willing, or at least
pretend tobe,t eHnake these concessions
to the vSos1hsY Fthey haye.anyy syippa-s
thiserss here aNe will give them 4beu7s
eft of ''free ealt = Wholeads!