Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-01-11
IIVIII tIIO OIIICIIIIIdII VhHVttO
COY. DENNlSON,S nIESShGE


The first half of the. Governor annal
message contains gratifying exhibit of
the progress and present condition Of
the national interests of Ohio and of
Its various public institutions and enter
prlses.s Our Public Works are treated
OF at some length, and the question Of
their sale, con such terms as will secure
to the people the full use' of them, is
submitted Ito the careful consideration
of the General Assembly"
Gov. Dennison gives succinct state
ment in regard to the condition of our
Estate militia, and reminds the Cen
eral Assembly that the Constitution it
self "enjoins upon" that body 'sthe ne
cessary legislation to render it THE mi
lltia effective" The organized force
numbers little more than 1900 men,
while the "entire disposable force of the
State, at the present time, is about 295,-
600 able bodied men" He recommends
law requiring their enrolment, and
taVors liberal provision for securing an
effective organization. There are now
but about {, 900 muskets and rifles at the
command Of the State i asg
The Kentucky and Virginia rendition
eases are made a subject of special com
ment, and the legal questions involved
are ably argued. Inhis concluding re-
marks the Governor says 9 Had been
clothed with the legal authority, WOULD
have promptly surrendered the accused
parties. But my sense of daty, fortified
by the long established practice Of this
Department, did not permit me to trea
them as mai efactors for the purpose O.
extradition." :Sie5 90 sd says ttaoT
The Governor diseoafses at grea
length upon.natiehal affairsss He is en-
phatic in, denouncing secession, and ia
vors the maintenance of the Union, ever
if it must berby, force. he denies The
existence of any cause to Justify any
State in a revolutionary movement, anc
declares that we must have no compro
mise with traitors. He expresses an en-
tire readiness, However, to redress what
ever wrongs may be found to exist, anc
claims that this spirit of justice should
prevail in both sections alike He say
the personal liberty laws ought to be re
pedled He admits the constitutions
obligation to allow the recovery of fugi
tive slaves, and favors an enforcement O
the law on that subject. He denies tina
the secession movement has its basi
either in personal liberty legislation, o.
in the non execution Of the fugitive
slave law. Nor does he think the cause
Of this rebellion is to be found in tht
terHtorial question, or simply in the
election Of; Lincoln The former ha'
been practically settled. Slavery, Ii
thinks, cannot gain permanent foot
hold in any of the territories. Its fail
ure to do SO in Kansas, under more ia.
verable circumstances than can exist
elsewhere, he regards as conclusive OF
this subject. Nor is, any aviolution o.
the Constitution by Mr.. Lincoln's Ad
ministration- really anticipated by the
South. 1t is purely an unjustifable re
bellien, based upon no new or plausible
grounds. sef{ ~. -a5s.. K" ssva ~.
The general tone and spirit of the
message, we believe all loyal citizens
will approve. Its main positions in re.
gard to the crisis are indisputably sound
and alike creditable to the Governor, anc
true to the sentiment of the State which
he represents. These views ought to bt
favorably received by men of all parties
in Ohio, and, in the present eSigancy
should be cordially and unitedly sus
tanned by the people. -.