Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-06-28
THE cINc1NxAr1 ENQUIRER.

hereafter.
THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.
Ii is matter Of regret that tho pa
per above named should neutralize til,
many good things it says about tho
present troubles of the country, by it,
constant efforts to keep up and embittel
party feoli"g. We would gladly have
all partisanship sunk in a common ef
fort to save the Government from over
throw. We have refrained from discus
sing the relative positions Of the parties
and have, as a general thing, studiously
sought to find and commend whateve,
We could of patriotism among our Dem.
ocratic fellow citizens While we coult
| fill the Telegraph weekly with the IA
wings of few Secession Democratic pa.
pcrs in Ohio, We have scarcely noticed
them, believing that the great mass O.
the party were, at heart, true to the
Constitution and the Union. But the
evident purpose of many Of the leader:
is to stir up strife, and seek to re-
gain power, even at the sacrifice of tina
unity Of sentiment and action which
alone can secure success in the pending
struggle. The correspondent of the En-
quiyer, writing from Washington, on tht
24th, uses this language:
"The financial aspect of affairs is be
coming alarming. Direct taxation must
he resorted to. l hea, it proposed thai
a stamp tax on all notes and newspapers
| be levied; also an income tax. These
will try the patriotism of the Republi,
cans. The ultra men of that party arc
now fearful that peace party is grow
| ing at the North, and are denouncin2
all that favor it, because they know
that if the movement gains strength il
will soon apnihilate the party which
has plunged us into ali this natioua,
misery
This is a fair sample, but by 1t
means the worst. 1t is here asserted
with a cool audacity, that the Republi
can party "has plunged us into all this Ma
tional misery" Az above stated, We
have RETAINED from all attempts to make
party capital out Of the terrible crisis
through which we are passing. in the
| hope that the Democrats Of the Nortl
generally, after seeing the real charac
ter of their late Southern associates
would quietly fall into the support O
the Government, and cut loose their al
legiance to those In open rebellion
We still believe that most of them will
do so, in spite of the effolts of these
would-be leaders.
| 1t would seem impossible for the En-,
qvi,er to make even prejudiced parti-
sans believe that the ''Republican party
has plunged US into all this nationa
! misery Did buchanan and his Cab
met. in which was concocted the con
spiracy, belong to the Republican party:
Are JEFF. Davis, and Stephens, and
Beauregard, and Hunter, and Mason
and Wise, and the rest Of the conspira
tors, Republicans? Were the Republi-
cans triumphant in South Carolina:
Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas
Mississippi, Alabama, Virginia, and
other Secession States? Are the leaders
Of the rebel forces, and the armies they
command Republicans? Are the sym
pathizers, the aiders and abetters OF
treason in the North, Republicans
And yet we are told that the ''Republi.
can party has plunged us into all this
national misery?" What good purpose
can be accomplished by such perversion<
of truth at such a time as this? Sup.
pose scheming demagogue OR two
could get into Office by playing upon
the party prejudices Of the people, how
could it benefit those who elected them:
/ We speak to the honest readers of al
parties in this matter. And especially
would we ask our Democratic readers
to consider we'll before they permit their
patriotism to be smothered in the partl-
san contest, which is evidently intended
to be waged this fall,
! We know we'll what must be the re-
suit of a partisan campaign in Ohio
The Republicans, as a party, have moth
ing to fear in such a contest. They
would sweep the State by such major
| ity as was never before recorded. But
it would be a party triumph, and 'ce de-
sire to sec united people instead Of q
partisan rictory For this end, we would
give to true men Of the Democratic
party, many, or for ought we care, all
the offices. But if mere demagogues at
tempt to use the party for the purpose
of riding into power, with brazen false
hood for spurs, then, however much We
may regret the necessity, we will NEE
them. and the discussion will show tt
the people which party "has plunged u;
into all this national misery"
True Angels OF Mercy.
The National Mtelligencer says tha
two hundred Sisters of Charity are read,