Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-13
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COMPROMISE HoLLER, I
Sept. 10, 1861. /


Mister Edittr:-In she language of
Ancient, "my voice are not for war;" but
for peace. I am agin the war. I am.
agin the high taaes-agin the lard times
and agin sillin' so mang cf oar honest
yomans, who ought to be tilIin' the soil
of the "glorious Union beating their
pistols into ''sqs,irs-strns' and their
swords into plows, ~ as the Scriptures so
graphically says. (How rscch better
we'd be if we'd all live cordiB' to the
Bible)
But, Mr.. Editur, ] am for ecmpro-
'mise-for peace, without hurtin' any
body. 1 don't want anybody killed, or
anybody hung, or anybody executed
exceptin', of course, the laws, which
orter be executed when practicable, and
when the people is all piHn'. That's
my sentiments on "the crisis
want it understood by all, howev
er, that [ am for the Union all over by
every constitutional means" ." That is,
am for the Union, but agin its enforce
mct | believe in the Constitution with
compromise: because that are all the fell
lers want who are ftin' Us; and if they
could get that, it is sure as can be they
would lay down their arms, and be econ
stitutienal' men too. That's what ace
are for, and that's what ue call "hon-
orable settlement of our National diff
culties, in the language of your corre
suo"Ient. And lrc can't be skeered out
Of it, either, by your "asscs in lyin
skins, in the words Of the distinguish
Esop.
What arc the Constitution if we can't
be for peace anasagin the war? Are ev
cry man got to fight? We aeoa't Sight
agin our "brethren in the South. "
Didn't some of our forefathers refuse to
fight? Our cry are "peace! peace!; in
the language Of Patrick Henry. We
feel Indignation swellin' up in us big as
a sugar -punken when we think of insin-
uatioAs which the finger of sco+:.' has
pinted at US, because we is for peace
In the language of another Ancient,
"strike me, but hear my cause" (But
they mustn't hit me, Actually, darn 'em.
Mister Editur, Il would hold the OIL
i've branch in one hand and the sword
(stickin' behind, of course, in the eth
er." But why? you say. Why, to let
them know that I am for peace, and agin
the war, and for compromise. Tire sword
stickin out before would look like war,
and might have bad influence on Union
men down South. would 60 for stick
in nothing out before that looked like
war. Let it all be peace.
But, Mr.. Editur, l don want you to
think that sympathize with Secession.
No Stree! | believe Secession are
'heresy." But [ am agin putin it
down-that are not constitutional
means" killin' our fellow citizens and
suspendin them, and stoppin' the writ Of
Aabeas corpus,
Hopin' ''our position are now clear,
We is yours, &C.,
VIM. SIMPKINS.
p. 81 most forgot to say l am agin
''corruptions and usurpations," by the
present State and Federal officers. They
is the prong men 10 make EN-. They
don't use what they git for the good of
the glorious Union. To be explicit, I
know there is lots Of patriots who has
held Office for 4, long time (bat don't
now who is much better fitted by expe
rienco than the present bad men who
holds EN-. L thought months ago that
men orter be kept in office .
but they wasn't, and I'm agin them
that turned them out. W. S.