Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-01-11
NUMBER 2

the Union, than. to the President, or
your own high standing as statesman:
1t seems to me that troops should be
sent to Charleston to man the forts III
that harbor. You have eight companies
at Fort Monroe, Va. Three Or four of
these companies should be sent without
noneht's delay to Fort Moultrie It
will save the Union, and the President
much trouble It is said that to send
at this time troops to that hagbor would
produce great excitement among the
people. That is nonsense, when the
people are as Eueh excited as they can
be, and the leaders are determined to
execute their long tneditated purpose cs
separating the State from the Union.
So long as you command the entrance to
the city of Charleston, South Carolins
cannot separate herself from the Unioiii:
Do not leave the forts in the harbor in
a condition to induce an attempt to take
possession of them. It might easily be
done at this time. If South Carolina
should take them it might, as she antic-
ipates, induce other States to join her
Permit me to entreat you to urge the
President to send at once three or 5fSuf
companies Of artillery to Fort Moultrie:
The Union can be preserved, but it re-
quires firm, decided, prompt and ene.-
getic measures on the part Of the Presi:
dent. He has only to exert the power
conferred upon him by the Constitution
and laws cf Congress, and all will be
safe, and he will prevent civil war,
which never fails to call forth all the.
baser passions Of the human heart. II
a separation should take place, you may
rest assured blood would flow in torrents,
followed by pestilenee, famine and desc
lation, and Senator Seward's irrepressi.
ble couf1ict be brought to conclusion
much sooner thanlhe could possibly have
anticipated. Let me conjure you to save
the Union, and thereby avoid the bloody
and desolating example Of the States Of
Mexico. A separation of the States will
bring with it the desolation Of the
Cotton States, which are nnprepared. for
war. Their weakness will be found in
the number Of their slaves, with but few
Of the essentials to carry on war, whilst
the Free States have all the elements and
materials for war, aud to greater ex-
tent than any other people on the, face
of the globe. .t
Think Of these things, my dear usa.
eral, and save the country, and save the
prosperous South from pestilence, fam!
inc and desolation Peaceable secessi6n
is not to be thought of. Even if il
Should take place, in three months We
would have bloody war on our hands:
Very truly your friend,
t JOHN E. Wool.
Hon. LEWIS CAss, Secretary Of State.
" NashIngton, D. c.
GOV. BANKS vALEDIcToKY AD-
DRESS.
BOSTON, Jan. 3.-Tge two branches
of the Legislature. and a very large
audience of citizens, assembled at the
State House between l2 and 1 O'clock
to-day to hear Gov. Banks valedictorY
address.
It is ali important document, giving
a detailed review of the material, edu-
cational and military progress Of the
State during the three years he filed
the executive chair. The assessed
value of the property. Of tls State is
1897, 100000. The enrolled militia
numbers l55, ,399 men. A considerable.
space is devoted to the Personal Liberty
law and its removal from the statute
books. Gov. Banks concludes as fol.
lows;
There can be no pcaceabie secession
Of States. Whether the Government is
a compact between States or Union Of
the people, it is nevertheless Govern
ment, and cannot be dissolved at the
bidding of any dissatisfied State. Il
has pledged its faith to the people Of
every land, and that pledge of faith can
not be broken It has been sanctifed
by the best blood of the people, and,
that sacrifice has made it indispensable
and eternal Neither can that portion
Of the continent now occupied by the
States be portioned out to
hostile nations. BY war and by pur-
chase every foot Of the country has ac-
quired indefensible and perpetual rights
in every other part. The interior will
never allow the keys of the continent on
the ocean and the Gulf shores to pass
into the hands of an enemy, nor can the
maritime cities or States exist indeper-
dent of the good will and support of ths
plantation and farming communities 6f
the interior, and though We should az
sent to an unnatural and treasonakle
the generations that succeed
US would contend for centuries to re
cover their rights till conquest or aI:
utilization ends the struggle, but no
such result can follow as the destruc-1
Of the American Government. Tho;
1estsst would be too terrible, the sacri-
ice too momentous.
The difficulties in our path are too
capacity of our people too
manifest, and the future too brilliant to
Justify forebodings, or to excite perms.
nent fears, The life of every man is
enlightened by trial, and the strength Of
every Government must be tested by re-.
volt and revolution | doubt not that
,he providence of God, that has hitherto
protected US, will preserve us raw and