Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
POETIC JUSTICE.

society works, Gas, in the end, to vim
dicute the beauty of truth and right by
the Inevitable infiction of retributive
juseik.e upon evil docrs! And 50 nicely
is sLis brought about, By making the
very selishuess Of men The medium OF
their owu punishment, that the intlc-
tiou has il it all the harmony Of poetry!
Let us look at an illustration or two
of this law as it is developing IN the
current history Of events. That the
aaesro' sristocracy of the South, and
the s.codfsh" aristocracy of the North,
bound together, las they supposed, by
their mutual interests, had struck hands,
and were ready to sacrifice the freedom
and progress of mankind upon the altar
OF tLcir Unsuitable cupidity, is known to
sesery one. It lis only one short year
sin &c the Cotton Lords Of the North were
ciamoring for a virtual subversion Of
the Constitution, by changing it at the
dictation of the Cotton Lords OF the
South They were not only willing to
sacrifice their own manhood for the SAX e
Of Southern trade, but the rights and
liberties; of the free laborsrs' of the
heouutry as WE'LL South Carolina would
be offended if she could not have the
absolute control of the Government
But if South Carolina took offense, she
would cease to trade with these North
( ern representatives. And so, to ap-
pease South Carolina, the surrender OF
the sights of free men was considered
iIblessed compromise. And hence, the
merchants of the North, on bended
knees, pledged whatever souls tkey had,
to the planters, that If they would only.
continue their trade, the votes of the
great Northern States, and especially of
New York, should be so cast, as, at least,
Ito defeat the election Of President by
ihe people. And, in pursuance of this
pledge, it will be remembered, that a
5 fusion of all the factions was effected
with that avowed purpose. We all re-
member the desperate means resorted to
to intinidate the people and e1tort their
votes for the benefit of the conspirators.
The history of that campaign is too re-
cent to need repetition. None can fail
20 remember the bowls Of desperation
which followed the failure Of the plot
Failing to conciliate the "lords of the
6 lssh, by failing to iutimidate the North
tern voters into self-abased slaves as
they expected, these conservative
gentry undertook to buy the continued
friendship of the planters. And with
this view they extended their credit, un
til. the seeded States carried to their
,aection three hundred millions Of dollars
tisa goods obtained on frusH Our 'con-
dservatives" thought, no doubt, that they
had, by this process, secured the trade
of the South forever, and that rolling in
the wealth derived therefrom, they
could enjoy the friendship of South
Carolina at the cheap rate of denounc-
ing the mass of tie people as "Aboli-
iionists. - Their creed for years had
been, "give the South anything and
everything she may demand, if only she
2 will continue our trade! This utter
subseryiency was transparently heart
less mercenary, sordid and unprincipled!
And now look at their reward!
1.-THE Montgomery (Alabama) Null
says:
81 .'We have received from the North
list of the failures there, and the names
af the Yankee dealers who have stopped
or suspended is legion. Failure OF
Southern ren.itances is the reason uniuer-
sdHy assigned When bankruptcy shall
become, as it has already almost, general
smong Northern merchants and manu-
tacturers, they sriU learn the caIue Of
Southern trade, AND BECOME AS cLAMoR-
ous FOR PEACE as they now are for war"
Oh! but is there not poetry in that?
Let it be remembered that the South did
) not condescend to deal with "Black
Republican" merchants. Whoever got
her custom, had first to cruelty What
ever of manhood remained within them!
For the sake of Southern trade, they
did this, and thought, poor credulous
aouls, that their masters would be
pleased with their willing service
Alas! how they were mistakenl Having
gone SO far, the naughty slave power de-
manded that they should go still farther
--eyen to the extent Of open treaDn
against the Government. And never,
, for q moment, did the Davises, and
Slidells, and Hunters of the South
doubt that the Belmonts, and Dickin-
sons, and Buffers of the North, with the
New York Herald at their head, would
carry out their pledges and raise the
standard of rebellion, or at least mold
the arm of the Government while the
Southern conspirators stabbed it to the
heart. And they would have done SO,
if there had been speculation in it.
But careful calculation showed these
shrewed operators that that stock
would produce no dividends! And
hence, when the hour came, they de-
ciined to strike! And then came the
population Of this immense Southern
debt! And, as necessary consequence.