Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-04-03
JosEPH RIGG, AGAIN.

of the treatment received by Mr.. Joseph
Rigg, at the hands Of the chiv9ry of
Ringgold, in Georgia, to which place Mr..
Rigg had emigrated from Pomeroy.-
With Mr., Rigg, many of our readers are
acquainted, and all who know him, know
that it is not in the nature of the man to
create disturbances, or violate the law,
wherever he may be. g..
We have before us the Ringgold E'r-
press, of the 23d ult., in which is a long
article on the subject, and which, while
abusing Mr.. Rigg, in true Southern
style, substantially admits the facts as
stated by us. The Erpress admits that
Mr.. Rigg purchased the farm for some
$4,000, as stated, and was quietly at work
upon it. The Enpress proceeds:
1"About this time the outbreak at Har-
per's Ferry occurred, and as the news of
the terrible conspiracy sped over the
country, an excitement sprang up at the
South, the like Of which never has been
equaled since the days of the Revolution.
Lvach's Ia,o ,oas administered to vdrions
Abolitioa1sts u, the South. This came to
the knowledge of our hero, Rigg, and
he, (,ohether from ExcEssIvEoo ooWARsDIoE
FROM CONSCIOUS GUILT--or from an
inability to make the payments on his
land, zoe are amable to say though never
suspected, resolved to return to his
northern home.
The Express then denies that "a dele
CATION. of citizens soaited upon Mr.. Rsgg
to ascertain has viieaos on Slavery, De-
Well, nobody ever said he was waited
upon, by "a delegation of citizens
But the Eapress goes on:
ssWhen the man who sold him the
land ,ascertained that he was about to re-
more from the State, he spore out al, at
tachmeat against has property, sohieh he
he'd right to do, to secure has debt
Rigg applied to one of the most emil
nent lawyers in the place for advice; ad
mitting that he was about to renaove. He
was told, and truly, that he had no
grounds of defense to the attachment =
b. Well, here was Mr., Rigg, in the midst
of this admitted "excitement. 1t is ad-
mitted, too, "that various Abolitionists' -
were being "lynched" in the South, and
that Mr. Rigg knew it. It is admitted
further. that after the farm which was
partly pail for, and Mr.. Riggs wagon,
and two horses, and all his other property
had been attached to secure the balance
of the purchase money for the farm, and
which was not due, warrant was taken
out to arrest and imprison him. All this
is admitted by the Erpress, which con-
times: xa.ssa7
"His fears growing upon him, Mr..
Rigg slid, leaving nearly all his property
behind in the hands ofan officer, to settle
his debts" aia4
So it seems that Mr.. Rigg slid, and
+, was not at all injured or driven away by
the chivalry. True, the ,chivalry were
very much ssexcited' had 'slynched
various Abolitionists-had dogged his
steps, and thrown out their threats had,
under the forms of law, attached three
. OF four thousand dollars worth ofproperty
to secure the payment of few hundred,
which was not due-had sworn out a
Warrantfor his arrest and imprisonment,
and his attorney advised him that he
could do nothing to save him. Yet this
organ Of the chiavlry proceeds to say,
that
IF he has lost has property, he. did Il
By has oaon folly and bad management :
It is not true that the citizens of this
place or surrounding county have robbed
him or taken his money from him. The
people, of this community have never
harmed the man, and never would If he
had stayed here and behaved himself like
a sohste man. But we have no hesitancy
in saying that if he had been found tam
pering with our slaves, and melting them
to insurrection, he soould houe been
sohipped like blazes, and perhaps gsvep a
free ride and q neoo coat"
The Erpress then goes on to say that
it.isincredible to suppose thatthe amount
of money and property which Mr., Rigg
had, ,''should set the aohole country after
him, laying plots and devising schemes
by which he could be robbed of it, -
And. winds up with this statement
which, whether incredible or not, we will
not presume to say. But the Enpress
in solemn earnestness declares that
Men hace passed through here IN per-
feet safety 10Th taoice that amount sas thei,
possession. ;"
Now, if it be true, as here declared,
that men, with twice as much money in
their possession as Mr., Rigg had, 'shave
passed through Ringgod snith perfect SAT-
ty," itcertainly speaks volumes in favor Of
that highly civilized and enlightened
community; Provided it be shown that
the said community kaeao that the per-
sons aforesaid had the money in thei
possession. But on this point, we are
left painfully in the dark. Will the
Ecpress please enlighten us. Did you
know, or suspect, until the persons afore
said had "passed through" that they
really had the cash with them? Answer
this question. and yoM may "s4de!"