Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-26
THE PEOPLE,

ciiO ibiNid. AiC litSI.iE StVH Ssti-
journe;l 10 the Court iiot,S,:,. an,: for
about :hJee hours au exhibition q pat
riotic feeling was had such rs We never
before had the Pleasure OF witness ng -
Sl eeches were made by Hon. Y, Z. Hor-
tnn, Judges Simpson, Uerkard, and H
s. Smith, EsI. Men who two weeks ago
we're ready to hurl it into each other :
teeth that At,y had caused the present
trouble, now stood shoulder to shoulder,
as brethren i'll one common cause.-the
MAINTAIsANcE OF THE CONSTITUTION
AND Union. Partisan feeling, thank
God, doss not exist at this tino in
! Pomeroy-iss place is filed by the
spirit which animates the heart Of every
! loyal American citiZcn---that, sink or
swim, survive or perish, tho Union OF
these States m,nst and shall he p@eserred.
! TIE meeting adjourned about four
o'clock P. NJ, until candle citing
Just at dusk the ",liddleport Band
arrived in town, discoursing our most
stirring and thrilling National airs
They Immediately repaired to the Court
room, and in a very few minutes it was
filed almost to sufocation; and from
dark until ten o'clock, there was one un-
Interrupted outburst of the most devoted
loyalty and patriotism. Speeches,
songs, national airs by the Band, and
volunteering for the defense uf our com
mon country were the various forms III
which the Feelings of the large Assem- =
blage were manifested. (For the songs
we are indebted to Prof. Munson and
his daughter, Miss Julia, with some as
sistance from his class in town, who,
though called in without a moments
warning, performed their part most ad
mirably, and We believe to the entire
satisfaction of the audieace)
At ten o'clock an adjournment WAS
effected, and the excited multitude re-
tired to their respective homes, little
dreaming, we presume, Of the exciting
scenes of the morrow.
Sabbath opened upon US beautiful.
bright and tranquil. About noon, how
ever, the most intense excitement was
caused by the report that two compa
MES Of we'll drilled secession troops,
with artillery, were at Point Pleasant,
Va, and would soon be on the line of
march for Mason City, to haul down
the glorious Stars and Stripes, then
floating in the breeze, and run up the
Palmetto flag in their stead The
scene which followed this report teg-
gars description. Had a bomb-shell
suddenly dropped in our midst, it
would not have produced more ex-
cited state of feeling. The Indignation
knew no bounds; hundreds would have
been ready and willing, as we are con-
vinccd, to defend our national ensign,
tacn and there, with their lives, had ii
been deemed necessary. Men of all
parties and classes were gathered to-
gether, like our fathers after the attack
at Lexington, with whatever weapon
could be seized in moments warming
German, English, Welsh, Irish, and na-
tive American citizens, all rallied TO de-
lend the flag Of our country" On
the common ground Of dev oted loyalty
to the Constitution and Union, all were
united, aud determined to stand, through
evil as we'll as good report. All honor
to them, patriots one and all!
An hour passed, and all were pleas
antly relieved to find the rumor entirely
unfounded. Indeed, We believe our
brethren of Point Pleasant, and gene
rally on the Kanawha are true to the
Union, and would not tolerate an at
tempt made to subiugate them by Sc
eession traitors. The memory Of Wash
ington, Jefferson and Madison, is yet
dear to the people of Western Vir,
gin;a.
The report Of war flew as on the
wings of the morning" to all parts of
the country; and although here it was
soon contradicted, this was not SO easily
done, back from the river As in other
days, the people were at once aroused;
and from dusk Sunday untHnoo Monday,
were arriving from all parts of the
county, armed and ready to defend the
Stars and Stripes-the glorious emblem
of American nationality. On horse and
on foot, with drums beating and ban
ners flying, the '' hardy sons of toll"
marched all night, and as far as from
Columbia Township, to defend their
brethren and friends, and vindicate the
honor of our Government. Democrats,
Republicans-men of all parties, forget
ting past divisions in the hour of their
country's danger and trouble. We
must mention pur friend Adam Bratton,
who, though Democrat "dyed in the
wool" was here at seven o'clock Mon
day morning, after night march of
eighteen miles, his trusty rife on his
shoulder, ready, if necessary, to die in
yindicatiou of the National flag.
In the name, and in behalf of the
people Of Pomeroy, we return thanks to
our brethren Of the country for their
promptness in ra!lying in our defense,