Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-07-17

position and full chest, his flushed
checks and red eyes, and thought that
nature had been considerably i'm
proved by art, or, rather, through the ef-
fects of lager. He stepped on board and
was cordially hailed by his acquaint-
anees. The hat was quickly removed,
and the shoes were being rapidly blacked
by one Of the same color, of course
Everything indicated that he was one of
the +. F. V. Very soon spirited con-
versation sprang up; the leaders in which
were our new conner and a. certain mer-
chant from Gallipolis, man of noble
heart and of the true Republican blood.
The subject, as is natural, was politics.
Our new conner, on being informed that
/ the Convention at Baltimore had nomi-
mated two candidates for the Presidency,
Messrs. Douglas and Breckinridge, be-
gan to denounce the former and speak
in rather favorable terms of the latter.
Now, fierce contest began in regard
to the subject of Slavery, and the many
spectators were standing around, intent on
the result. The Republican soon showed
himself complete master of his subject,
standing, as he did, on the rock of eternal
truth, and possessing thefnest colloquial
powers Of any man with whom it has been
my good fortune to become acquainted,
while the Breckinridge man had no
foundation to stand upon but false asser-
tions and base misrepresentation, and no
show to make, but that cf bloated face
and an empty head, which, indeed, pro-
duced much sound, but little effect
Thus the contest was soon discovered to
be quite unequal. Our feshy man, be-
ing thus completely undone, and con-
scious of his own weakness, and, espeei-
ally: of the rottennes of his principles,
would furiously rise from his seat, froth-
ing at the mouth, and with fire flashing
from his red peppers, denouncing the
Northern Abolitionists, and boldly boast
ing of this noble system of .tarring and
feathering in the aOld Dominion" +" and
even heartily approving of the doctrine
of hanging and destroying innocent men,
merely because they entertain Abolition
sentiments; and, to cap the climax, he
said that there was man, who was a
minister of the Gospel, in bis neighbor-
hood then, who had been driven from
place to place ON account of his Aboli-
tion sentiments, and that he ought to be
hung on the first tree, when Mr.. White,
of Pomeroy, to his honor be it spoken,
said: "Sir, there has been too much of
that done, already" Now we felt the
blood rushing through our veins, and
the leaping heart within aching for the
bleeding cause of down -trodden human
ity; and, perhaps, more impulsive than
prudent, said: Eyes, and it sciU be
stopped. ;" At this, the Hon. gent be-
came very wrath, and asked if I wished
to come over there to fight for them; to
which I replied that I would prefer to
volunteer in that than any cause of which
I had knowledge. Then he expressed
a wish to obtain my likeness. In that
he was not serious, Of course, but we'll
he might be; for how desirable it would
be for one who is compelled to hear
about, continually, the nauseating rem
nant Of skin and flesh, made putrid about
his dry and feverish bones, through the
decaying influence of lager beer and rot
gut whisky, to behold, now and then, the
bare likeness of healthful flesh.
He continued, and said that they had
hemp enough growing, and plenty trees
standing, to hang all the Abolitionists,
and, if I would go over, that they would
accommodate me to the same treatment.
Then he offered me two dollars and fifty
cents to stop and stay with him that
night, at certain town in Virginia, to
see if they did not apply some hemp to
my poor neck. Why man worth only
a few millions, as he is said to be, should
make the liberal offer Of all of teco dol.
lars and fifty cents, l cannot tell, unless
he thought: that I would, before my de-
parture, will this immense sum to his
glorious State, to be for a source of per
pctual revenue, to educate the thousands
upon thousands of her Intelligent citi
zens. who are unable to read or write
their own names, and who are made
thus through the refining influences O
the humane institution of Slavery.
But, perhaps, I would better state, be
fore l close, that [ am not yet hung, no.
} dead, as far as I know, and have bu
very slight fears of being much injured
by any such walking beer tubs.
Have we come to this, that we mus
| be insulted by men of the basest charac
ter, and wholly destitute of principle
because, forsooth, the possessors of few
more acres of land in Virginia or Ken
lucky, than we have in our proud Ohio
Will we ever be subservient to these?-
To this let every true American hear
respond, in laundering tones, NO! NO
E fTNEVERl And with this resolution, lie
us, the coming fall, walk manly to th'
L ballot box-the place where free mel
rule and tyrants fall-and there maintain
our noble principles.
Yours, truly, A. DAVIES.