Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-07-19
"ruE BANNER OF REUNION

Ihe above is the title OF a new paper
just started in Cincinnati It's motto is,
"On earth peace, to men good aoiU, and
is edited and published by the ReU'd
Sabin Hough
! The editor is intensely opposed to the
present war, and is quite as intensely in
favor of settling our difficulties by a
compromise" He Processes to be pro-
foundly convinced of the Divine charac-
ter of slavery, and appears to be thor
oughly in earnest, Judging from the
whole spirit of the paper, he seems to US
to have permitted such an inflow Of ia
naticism into his mind as to blind him
utterly to the perception of truth in his
tory CIR the ultimation Of effects from
their Legitimate causes. On this theory
We can acquit him of conscious dishon-
esty. And the evidence seems to be
strong that, behind the influences, what
ever they may have been, which have
impelled him to his present position,
there is an impulse Of honest strai ght-
toiwardness.
The cry of compromise" like the
wailings Of lost spirits, is heard from the
lurking places Of all those who sympa-
thize with the rebels of the South. But
most of them preach their insidious trea-
son from batteries masked with false
pretenses, framed with the premeditated
purpose of gaining their bad ends by
deceiving, and thereby dividing, the hon
est and loyal friends of the Constitution
and the Union. Such is the nature of
the dirty work now being done by many
papers and party leaders in Ohio.
But, while the ReU'd Sabin sleeps in
the same bunk with these wholesome
politicians, and works with them for the
accomplishment Of common end, he
has the open frankness to let the world
know what he wants lie wants :'com-
promise" And he has the honesty to
declare that there is but one compromise
possible. He accepts as philosophical
truth the proposition that "a house di-
vided against itself cannot stand" He
says, sit is useless to hope that these
States can ever constitute permanent
Union while one part of them claim the
ownership of labor: valued at two bill
lions of dollars, and the other deny the
Justice aud right Of that ownership .
He therefore says the conflict cannot be
avoided and that an adjustment is impos-
sible without "great change in some
form" But the conflict mast be settled
by compromise. And slavery being
Dirtne Institution, cannot give up any
of its prerogatives. The compromise, !"
then, must be full and complete sub
mission of the people to the claims Of
this Divine Institution. To this the
country must come at last. And to this
end the Rev'd sabin Hough brings the
mighty forces Of the Banner Of Re Union
to the aid of God, jeff. Davis, and Sam.
Meelary, in this holy crusade. That
there may be no possible mistake Of the
osition of this messenger Of "good will
to men,, we quote sentence or two of
the average gospel Of his promised
''peace on earth.'' Read:
"Slayery is generally, and we think
Justly, regarded as the turning point Of
the trouble in which this nation is in
volved. Other things have aided, but
that has been the heart Of the difficulty;
and we believe this question may even
yet be settled on simple and just princi
pies; and this being done, other obsta
cles to pcaceable reconstruction Of the
Union will be easily removed.
s'The plan we propose and advocate Is,
thu: the FcderoJ ConstHaii6a be SO
aacadcd, Mat no StGte shall haze porcr
or right 10 prerent The eristence and prac-
Hcc Of negro shue'y, 50 far as re1o'es to
It's essential principle. That principle is
the right Of property in the labor of the
slave, with free use, control, direction,
or removal of that property, &c
1t is useless to quote more, although
the paper is full of the same sort Of doc
trine. And he is hopelessly stupid, or
willfully blind who does not see that
whoever breaches .t'Compromise' with
the rebels, under whatever pretense,
means just that and nothing else
What else is there to 'icompromise?
If peace is wanted, all the rebels have to
dois to lay down theirar and quit their
insurrectio1 against the Government.
But that is not the object Of the conspi-
rators in the South, nor of their allies
in the North. Nothing but the subver-
tion of the Constitution as it is, so as to
establish forever the curse Of slavery in
all the States, with its consequent sup
preston of free speech and freedom Of
the press so as to make it safe, will sat
isfy them. With this end accomp plished,
the rule of the desperadoes may be rein
stated and continued by fraud and in
.timidation. Without it the political
reign Of the Buchanans, Wises, JEFF.
Davises, and their confederates is ended
forever.
1t is simply to reinstate these dis
carded conspirators that war has been
waged, and it is for the accomplishment
of the same end that "compromise' is
preached by their dough faced accom-
plices.
70 the friends of slavery and its con-
eomitants-the allies of, and sympa-
thizers with, JEFF. Davis and his rebel