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

the question. 1t is simply life or death
testhe Constitution, the Union aud the
Institutions under which we have SO long
lived and prospeted, This. rebellion
must be pat down and the Traitors
punished or anarchy audvciyi1 war will
drench our beautiful land in baptism
of blood, Buchanan yet has it in his
power to quench the fires which he has
helped to kindle. If he does so, we'll
If he does not, he Ought to be peached
! immediately. =.Andwe-beiie-re he will
be, unless Congress is disr ersed by the
armed mobs which now control the
South. .----z-------s4-.- ,s.-.
We believe if T4incoln was at the helm
of State the rebellion could be yet sup
pressed, But it will be two months be-
fore the expiration of Buchanan's term,
and It's now evidentthat the disunionists
T,tend to break up the Government be
! fore he retires. The Democratic party
has had the control Of, the ,Goyernmetnt
for years, and haye dts yet. Those who
arc now aiming their death blows at the
Union have always; controlled the party.
They made buchanan President He
owes his seat to the favor of this faction.
Heshass been supple tool 4ini their
hands, He'has ssbrought financial ruin
upon the country By his policy, and the
prospect is that he viii bring upon It all
the horrors of civil war. as,sr ar4 l,ss6
diiBut we ait f1tiaher dispatches, and
hope to write our next letter on board
the Fanny McBaiflniic tomorrow. Till
when, go9d- night. :. -, 81. 80. -
New York LegisIature--Gov. Morsan's
Message. .
ALBANY, Jan. 2.-The Legislature
met at Il o'clock this morning, The
Governor, in his message in relation to
national affairs, says, in his opinion, Sc
ccssion is disunion, and disunion, so
soon as it shall take form and proper
ton, is treason, which it will be the duty
of the General Government to arrest
and punish TO permit or acquiesce in
reasonable conspiracy against the ma,
tional authorities is to- confess that our
Government is an absolute failure.
The people Of New York are not pre-
pared for such an admission, and, in the
enforcement of the laws, will give their
earnest, faithful and constant support.
New York does not ask, nor. does she
desire, the restoration of the Missouri
Compromise line. After. full. and free
discussion, her people have decided
against the, ,ex tension of slavery into any
Of the Territories, and this they regard
as a disposition Of that question till re-
voted by the same authority: . l7 s..'3
Ever ready; nevertheless, as she has
proved herself to be heretofore, New
York awAl, in all yboRerable ags,,yen-
deayor to ree9neelle the eessttrangements
now existing IN tie country. The action
Of magnanimous and loyal State should
be patient calm, conciiratory>and frater-
nal, without the surrender of important
rights, nor the sacrifice of vital princi-
pies sau@ e.Is IL =szL
Governor Morgan recommends the re-
peal of the so-called Personal Liberty
Law, although it is entirely imperative:
end. without any dispasitianzta ta interfere.
he respectfully invites all States that
have laws of this character. conflicting
with the Federal Constitution, to repeal
them
He thinks it would be we'll for the
Legislature of New York to give solemn
assurances to the Southern States that
all their rights, under the Constitution
and laws, are recognized, and will, on
the part of the people of.this State, be
respected and maintained inviolate.