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

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cure the control of the Government t.
carry out their Interpretation ofthe plat
form, and the Northern leaders knew
that without the vote of the entire South
and yours to aid them, they could no
secure the honors and emolulnents O
the Federal offices. But, to secure the
votes of the South, it had to be distinetl,
understood that their interpretation Of
the platform should control the Admin.
istration, while to secure your votes, you
must be made to believe that your senti
mcnts, and feelings, and interests would
be respected. The scheme succeeded
The Southern States voted for Buchanan
on their Interpretation of the platform
and you voted for him on the directly
opposite construction which the North
ern leaders gave to you as its true mean
ing, In this way just enough of the
votes of Northern men were secured,
which, added to the unanimous Southern
vote, placed Buchanan and Breckenridge
in Office. .... ..-...
But when once in Office, this double
game could be played no longer, The
Administration must necessarily take
one side or the other. Which would it
take? You thought, because you had
been so assured for the sake of your
Eotes, that he would carry out your views.
But had you any rational grounds for
such hope? We think you had not.
We thought so then, and so stated
You trusted to the opposite statements
of others, and were deceived. But, one
party or the other had to be deceired-
The whole campaign was necessarily a
game of deception. Both views could
not be carried out. And from the very
nature of the case, and from his position,
Buchanan could not take any other course
than he did He knew that he could
not get the vote of a single Southern
State if he did not adopt the Southern
policy. And he knew that without the
votes of all of these he could not be
elected. He knew, too, that you had
voted for him mainly because of the
misrepresentation and abuse which his
partizans poured out upon the Republicans.
CoHld he, under these circumstances, be
expected to betray the interests and
blast the schemes of the Southern dis
unionists. He knew that if he faltered
for moment he would be left without a
party in Congress, and he did precisely
what he was elected to do. The slave
holding faction secured the power of
the Government in aid of their schemes,
and the Northern leaders secured the
Federal Offices and Government patron
age, while you, between them, as between
the upper and neither mill-stones, have
been ground to powder.
Now, will you look at the future, in
the light of this history? None of you,
if honest, will deny what we have stated
above. Do you desire to be again de-
ceived? Look at the past! You had the
most unbounded confidence in Pierce.
What do you now think of his Kansas
policy? You spurned him, at the end
of his first term, as one who had wholly
betrayed your trust and forfeited your
confidence. But he simply inaugurated
the policy which Buchanan has steadily
pursued. You then bestowed your most
unreserved confidence on Buchanan
How has he repaid that trust? Would
one of you vote for him now for the
meanest Office in your gift? You answer
at once that you would not. But Bu-
chanan has not changed, nor has he
swerved in the slightest degree from the
policy of the Democratic Administration
of Pierce which preceded him. Lock
at Breckinridge! You supported him,
and'gloried in his success. Not one of
you but felt proud of the part you took
in his election. What do you think of
him now? Every one Of your papers
now denounce him as rank disunionist
But he has not changed. He is the same
man and holds the same sentiments which
he did when you elected him. How is
it that you are SO deceived in all your
men? Ought not this history to teach
you, at least, to reconsider-to reexamine
your position? To our mind, the future
is just as plain as the past. Ifyou sue
ceed in eleeting Douglas, you mast, Of
necessity, be deceived again. We know
you won't believe this at first thought;
but we do know that, in the very nature
of things, it will be so.
We have extended this article so far
already as to preclude an examination
Of this matter further, at this time
Please reflect upon the above, and we
will demonstrate, in future article, the
truth of our position.
DOUGLAS IN Kentucky.
The Democracy of Kentucky made