Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-07-12

rage upon State rights But being
called precisely the same act, instead Of
the seeding driving them out, should
be called the seeding Of the others
from that one, it would be exactly what
the seccders claim to do, unless. indeed,
that they make the point that the
one, because it is a minority, may
righti'ully do what the others, because
I they arc majority may trightfutly do. .
These politicians are subtle and pro-
+ found on the rights of minorities.-
They are not partial to the power
which the Constitution gives, and which
speaks from its preamble in the words,
ave, the people, 1t may we'll be
questioned whether there is to be ma
jority Of the legally qualified voters of
any State, except, perhaps, South Caro-
lima, in favor of disuuion. There is
much reason to believe that the Union
men are in the majority in many if not
in every one Of the so-called seeded
States. The contrary has not been DEM
onstrated in any one of them. 1t is
ventured to affirm this even of Virginia
aud Tennessee: for the result Of an elec-
tion held in military camps where the
bayonets are all on the side Of the q1es-
ton voted upon, can scarcely be consid-
cred demonstrating of popular senti-
ment. At such an election all that
large class who are at once for the
Union, and against coercion, would be
coereel to vote against the Union
1t may be affirmed, without extrava-
gance, that the free institutions we en-
JOY, have developed the powers and i'm
proved the candition of our whole pco-
| pie, beyond any example in the world.
| Of this we now have striking and
an impre ssive Illustration. So large an
array as the Government has now on
foot, was never before known-without
soldier in it but who had taken his
place there Of his own free choice. But
more than this, there are many single
regiments, one and another, possess full
practical knowledge of all the arts, ser
vices and professions, and whatever else
useful or elegant is known in the world,
and there is scarcely one from which
there could not be selected a President,
Cabinet, Congress, and perhaps,
court, abundantly competent to admin
lister the Government itself Nor do [
say this is not true in the army of our late
| friends, now adversares, in this contest.
But if it is, so much the better reason
why the Government, which has con-
ferred such benefits on both them and
us, should not be broken up. Whoever
in any section proposes to abandon such
Government, would do we'll to consider
in defense to what principle it is that he
does, what better he is likely to get in
its stead-whether the substitute will
give or be intended to give so much of
good to the people. There are some
foreshadowings on this subject. Our
| adversaries have adopted some declara-
tions of independence in which, unlike
the good old one penned by Jefferson,
they omit the words ''all mca are created
equal, while they have adopted tenn
porary national Constitution in the pre-
amble Of which, unlike our good old
one signed by Washington. they omit
1--WE, the people" and substitute eve,
the deputies Of the sovereign and indie
pendent States" Why this pressing
| out Of view the rights OF men and the
authority of the people? This is essen
| TALLY people contest or the o1c side
Of the world that the form and substance
Of Government whose leading object is
to elevate the condition Of men, to lift
artificial weights from our shoulders, to
cleave to the paths of laulible pursuit
for all, to afford all an unfettcrc1 start
aud Il fair chance in the race of life,
yielding to the partial and temporary
dcspotism from necessity. This is the
leading object Of the Government for
whose success We contend. am most
happy to believe that the plain people
understand and appreciate this 1t is
worthy Of note that while in this, the
Government hour of trial, large nam
bers Of those in the army and navy who
have been favored with the Off ;es, have
resigned, proved false to the hand which
had pampered them, not one common
soldier or common sailor is known to
have deserted his flag. Great honor is
due to those officers Who rcmline1 true,
despite the example of their treacherous
associates, but the greatest honor and
most important fact Of all, is the unan-
diers and common sailors. To the last
man, SO far as known, they successfully
resisted the traitorou5 efforts Of those
whose commands but an hour before
they oboyel as absolute law This is
the patriotic instinct of plain people,
They understood without an argument
that the destroying Of the Government
which was made by Washington means
no good to them. Our popular Govern
ment has often been called an expert
ment. Two points in it our people have
already settled-the succussful estab
fishing and the successful administra-
tion Of it, One still remains-its sue
cessful maintenance against formi da
bic internal attempt to overthrow it
1t is noH for them to demonstrate to
the world that those who can fairly
carry an election can also suppress a re-
bellion; that ballots are the rightful and
peaceful successors of bullets, and that
when ballots have fairly and coRsti5u-
tionalIy decided, there can be no sue
cessful appeal back to bullets; that there
can be no successful appeal, except to
ballots themselves, at succeeding elec-
tions. Such will be the great lesson of
peace, teaching men what they cannot
take by an election; neither can they
take it by war-teaching all their folly
Of being the beginners Of war.
Lest there may be some uneasiness in
the minds Of candid men as to what is to
be the course Of the Government towards
the Southern States after the rebellion
shall have been suppressed, the Execu
tive deems it proper to say it will be
guided by the Constitution and the laws,
and that he probably will have no DIFF