Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-01
The Great Coast Expedition.


The Great Coast Expedition.
The greatest Naval expedition ever
got up in this country is that prepared
to strike death blow on the rebel COASTS.
For the last. month it has boen reported
daily that the expedition was ready and
would sail Immediately. The delay has
caused the most intense feeling through
out the country, as the cause Of it was
wholly unknown. But the papers of
yesterday contain dispatch from Wash :
ington which, We suppose, if rightly un-
derstood, will account for the delay, and
will, probably, satisfy all who were dis
posed to cayi Here is the dispatch,
! head line and all:
Complaints Of Siavenolders---FuSi
slaves Secretcd tn the Fleet.
F.. "NAsHINGToN, Oct 29-Some of the
MARYLAND Shareholders in the vicinity of
! Annapolis complain that many Of their
slaves have secrcted themselves on board
! the vessels of the coast expedition
| Several slaves were found on board the
ships and were returned to their own
ers."
That, We suppose, will reconcile every
! body to the delay, even if it should pre-
vent the sailing of the feet altogether,
| The thorough search of half a hundred
ships Of war, and the inspection of forty
thousand men, so as to be sure that no
''tleached' or unbleached chattel is
among them, is not to be accomplish I'd
in hurry And when the search has
been once completed, and all suspected
persons caught and duly delivered over
to these complaining Maryland slave
holders who can tell but still others
may have hid themselves in the holds,
or donned uniforms, the better to elude
the vigilance of cur military Off
GERS? And as long as there is a
complaint of Maryland slaveholder, y
that his saddle -colored property is
missing, the expedition must not be per-
mitted to leave. The expense Of the
feet is not more, probably, than five
hundred thousand dollars per day. All
loyal men will, of course, cheerfuIly
bear their proportion Of this sum, if they
can only be assured that no ''Maryland,' u
or other rebel 'sslaveholder," shall be
deprived Of the Divine right to the use
of Dinah, or "any other niger!
! We think the best thing that our
Government could do, would be to send
half our Navy TO Africa for cargo OF
negroes, to be kept in suitable depots, SO
that when a Shareholder comes to any
of our Generals or Commodores in search
of slaves, on the eve of a great battle, a
number equal to those absconded may
be turned over at once, without stopping g
the sailing of an expedition, or the
march of an army for the purpose of a
slave hunt. In moral point of view,
this plan must commend itself to every
one, while in the matter of expense, it
will save the people many millions OF
dollars. 1t will, moreover, leave the
country better stocked with negroes
than the present expensive mode Of pro-
ceeding. We move, therefore, that the
':onward to Richmond shout, SHOULD be
''modifed' so as to read, COWARD TO
| AFRICA!'
If this suggestion should be adopted
VIC claim at last Brigadier Generals
commission at the hands Of President
Lincoln for originating it. Send on the
commission! But we must have it un
derstood that if our programme is mod
fled" in the slightest degree, we will re-
sign.
p. S.-Since the above was written
the telegraph announces that the grant
expedition has actually sailed! IF thi
announcement is not ''modified" by th,
next report, we may expect the news o
stirring events soon.
Thank heaven, when the feet is one,
fairly at sea, it will not be detained fo
the shareholders to hunt for fugitives!