Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-04
JOSEPH PATTEN,
MARTIN DYE,
JOHN WOODS,
II. B. SMITH,
D. R. JACOBS,
Union Cent. Com.
TO the Union Voters Of Meigs County:
long remember.
FELLoW-CITIZENS:-

The appearance of "address,' signed by
FIVE DEMOCRATS purporting to be UNION County Cen
ra Committee and charging the Union Convention of the 18th
of Sept with violating oth the letter and spirit resolution
passed by Convention of Aug 1s is the only apology
for the present document
The resolution which reference is made contained simple
declaration OF sentiment by the mass Convention OF Aug 3l to
the effect that LAS FAR AS PRACTICABLE" that body
willing for equal division of Offices between the parties during
present deporabe troubles It in obligatory
upon any subsequent Convention of the people, in the
things could not be; but merely decaratory of feeling
the assembly that passed it. We say this to show that the
Union Convention of the 18th under obligations to
previous assembage responsible only the people,
We do not wish understood that admit violation
the part the Convention either of the letter spirit this
ouon the contrary fully lived up to both If has been
violated at ALL it by those gentlemen Who failing in
the nominations for which they candidates. refused to
take ANY, and have been engaged in getting up meet
ing to distract and divide the Union sentiment of the
, by putting third ticket in the field Upon shoul
ders rests the responsibility if division is thus created
But what did the Convention actually do2 In the nominated
Republican for Representative and for Sheriff 1t then nominated In
Mr Cartwgh for Prosecuting Attorney After this Mr. H B.
Smith nominated by aaman for Commissioner but
Mr. Golden rendered like
Or but AccEPr Mr. j. Woods J another
nominated Infrm Hence, if Mr. Smith had
declined Golden
the ticket would have been composed THREE DEMOCRATS
Rpubcons The Republicans going
noy ticket county where the last election they had
majority of thousand And this the face of the
that the Democrats this county, ~ had pudiated the Union
calling strictly partisan Convention, which subsequently assembled
in force and nominated party ticket.
And these Fellow Citizens which Intelligent
will dispute In addition this has had audacy
that the Convention
wholly entirely Neither
Union And if there Democrats the ticket Re
putcans, who responsible for u offices
the people assigned Aen9 We ask the honest of Union this
county they willing very
men to whom their avor had been rendered?
In this all merely personal partisan
should he laid aside and UNITED shown goops Unon as
we'll at the balltox men must
MASS divide
be "Tru
aided H Let this importance of united
front toward the polluted Traitors striving
Temple of American Ibety hope
And until this edf wohpng
shall he safe from Infinitely than Vanda
p of such Naue and contemplate considerations
this or that individual nominated
Let your mans
OF the l that "Od Meiss be behind
h'ested devotion the
allow individuals divide factions destroy you stepping
emusic of the Unon glorious
old Constitutions and nseperable and forever
the 18th September.
C. +. DONNAILY,
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