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

The last mail from the Pacific brings the
glorious news that Oregon has stepped
out of the traces of the Democracy, and
is disenthalled. The election had just
come off, and the Republicans are tri-
umphant! Logan, the Republican can
didate, is elected to Congress by $50
majority, and the Legislature is against
the Democrats by more than two to one.
This is, indeed, most cheering news, as
it secures two U. S. Senators. in the
places now occupied by Lane and Smith,
two of the most thorough dough-faces in
that body.
Before Lincoln's term expires, that
stronghold ofpro-s o-slaveryism-the Senate
will be completely purged. Never, in
the history of this, or any other country,
has there been SO steady, and, at the same
time, rapid change in public opinion, as
in the last ten years in this country. There
was then but one or two Senators and
some half dozen members of the House,
who held the views of the Republican
party, and they were treated by the
proud and arrogant maj jority with daily
abuse and insult But with a steady
purpose, and strong faith, they appealed
to the judgments and consciences of the
people, and their appeals were not in
vain. Year after year the same abuse
has followed them, met by the same
calm reliance upon truth and the better
impulses of the people, and year by yea,
have their ranks increased, until now
they hold majority of the House, and
just SO fast as the terms of these North
ern allies Of slavery expires, their places
are filled with true men,
Pugh, who misrepresents Ohio, is al
ready superseded by the election Of
Chase. Bigler, of Pennsylvania, will be
ousted next winter, as will also Lane
and Smith of Oregon, by virtue of the
election just held in that State. This
leaves, we believe, only the two bogus
Senators from Indiana, who notoriously
hold their seats by fraud, with Douglas
of Illinois, and the two from California
from all the Free States. These, as soon
as their terms expire, will be superseded
by true men, when the Republicans will
have the control of the Legislative and
Executive departments of the Genera
Government.
From the peculiar nature of the
judicial department, it must remain un
der the control of the minority for many
years to come. It is essentially the
aristocratic feature of our otherwise
Democratic system of Government. L
lis a branch of the Government ovel
which the people have no immediate
control. The judges are appointed by
the President, for life. Once in Office
they are beyond the reach of the people
and however tyrannical, partial, sectional
or even corrupt they may become, tht
people must endure the infiction as Ions
as they live. The present members O.
the Court, having, with perhaps single
exception (Judge McLean) won theil
positions by subserviency to this class
interest, are its most servicable instru.
ments. The people must wait patiently
until these are removed by death before
they can hope to- place this branch o
the Government in harmony with thu
just and bene6cient principles of tht
other departments. This, may takt
many years, but even pro-slaveryjudge
cannot live always, and as they die of
hereafter, men who are not blinded by
devotion to, and pecuniary interest in
the profits and projects of the slave sys
tenn, will be placed upon the bench
Let every lover of his country and of ;
just government take fresh courage anc
aid, by his hearty cooperation, the in
augura tion of the "good time coming