Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-08-02
pROPHESTING!

The Cincinnati Enquirer but speaks
the truth, when it declares every day,
as it does, that it "forewarned the nation
of the ruin of the country if Lincoln
should be elected" 1t did, indeed, re-
peat the threat-which it now calls a
prophesy--in every form in which it
could be presented. it now claims
great credit for its foresight, and says,
1--WE told you so, but you would not be-
lieye! Now see the effect of the election
of Lincoln"
Yes! The Enquirer and it's compeers
told the country 50! And we'll it might!
Its whole course shows that it was not
so much the dupe, as the guilty accom-
plicc of the conspirators. Those who
were not too stuped to reason, or too
bigoted to let their reason act, knew
very we'll that the issue was ''the loss Of
liberty and the destruction of the Con-
stitution, under the rule Of the conspira-
tors, if they should succeed, or the at
ten pied dissolution of the Union if they
failed in the election" We freely ad-
nit that the country was warned of'this
fact by the Enquircr' So it WAS by Jeff.
Davis, and all his rebel crew. They
were good prophets, too! But If one
were met by ruffian who should demand
his money under the threat of being
knocked down and robbed in case of5res,
fusal, it would hardly inspire much rev.
erence for the prophetic character of the
brigaud, to be taunted by him while
under the blows of his bludgeon, with
the insulting slang of, "there l told you
SOL You had fair warning! You re-
fused to give up your purse, and you
now see the consequence! You have
brought all this trouble upon yourself.
If you had followed my advice you
would not now be the bloody and
wounded thing you are! You will be
apt to take my advice next time, as |
have shown myselfto be a true prophet!'
And such is precisely the character
of the prophcsy OF which the leaders of
the rebellion boast. They had formed
the conspiracy against the liberties of
the people, and the integrity of the
Constitution. They boldly proclaimed
that if the people would not give up
their rights under the Constitution and
the Union, they would dissolve the
Union, and trample the Constitution un-
der foot, in their assault upon those
rights! The people did not consent to be
thus robbed and now, while the bludgeon
of traitorous war is beating the life out
of the nation, the desperate villains
have the audacity to say to the suffer
ing victim, "there! We told you SOL
You see our prophesy has come true
You have brought on the war with all
its horrors, by refusing to believe our
prophesy, and heed our warming. You
will believe US next time, and submit to
our control! Perhaps they will! For
the Enquirer is beginning to prophe$y
again! The people of Ohio are now re-
ceiving the same kind of ,carning which
the people of the Uuion received before
the last election! Perhaps they will
heed the intimation! If not. and they
sh ould elect true Union ticket, and
should be met by an army raised by the
defeated faction, to reverse the popular
vote, the Enquirer and its colaborers
can very truly repeat! "therc! We told
you SO! We gave you fare warning
that the election of Union ticket in
Ohio, as We told you the election of
Lincoln would be in the Union, by the
people, would lead to war! You would
not believe our prophesy' You now see
we were right! On your heads be the
consequence! We are guiltess, for We
warned you of the result!
If the people of Ohio arc willing, not
only to be slaves, but the slaves of
slaves, they will take the warning and
purchase their worthless hives at the
price of their unprized liberties! But
if they are fit to be free, they will hold
their right by better tenure than the
tolerance of an audacious faction, which
dares to insult them with threats, to
extort their votes!