Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-02-08

believe that those with whom we have
long acted, can harber purposes which
we utterly condemn. But "history," as
wise man has said, sis philosophy
teaching by examples" Will our Dem
ocratic readers look at the "philosophy"
which underlies the present movement,
in the light of the recent "history' of
their party.
There are now FIVE States in open re-
bellion against the Constitution and the
Union. The leading men of those
States have declared, in all the forms in
| which the declaration can be made, that
they will not submit to the Constitution
and Government of the Union any longer
than they can control it for the accom-
plishmcnt Of their purposes. They have
defed the power of the Nation-have
trampled its flag under their feet-have
seized upon the forts, arsenals and arms
of the Union, to the value of nearly ten
millions Of dollars, and threaten civil
war and social anarchy, with the pros
tration of the material interests of the
country, rather than to permit the regu.
lar administration of the Governm emf
by those elected by the free and unbi-
ased choice Of the people. All this, er-
cry Democratic reader of this letter
knows, and must admit to be ture They
now know and admit that it has been tn 9
purpose of the prominent men of those
States, for many years, to effect disso-
luton of the Union, if they could not,
by the annexation Of Cuba, and other
slave territory, obtain the permanent
control Of the Government. This, we
say, every Democrat in Meigs county
will now admit ss
But, it is fact, which we beg them
to consider, that up to within the last
year, these very men were the leading 6
men, and held controlling influence in
the Democratic party. You did not
sympathize with their purposes, because
you did not believe that they contem-
plated such treason to their county
You are now undeceivsd. You now see
and admit that you were deceived and
made the unintentional instrument, OF
these bad men. But you cannot, by the
utmost appliance of party prejudice as a
bandage to the eyes, shut out the light
so far as to prevent you from seeing
that many of your Northern leaders do
sympathize with these traitors, and do
not intend to submit to the will of the
people as expressed through the ballot
box; but are aiding and abetting the Sc
cessionists, by making false charges
against the majority of the people of the
Free States, and protesting against the
enforcement of the laws against those
who are openly trampling upon them.
But we intended to give some account
Of the Convention held here yesterday,
and have inadvertently been led to this
digressicn, and will not have room for
details.
The management of the Convention
was in the hands Of those who intend to
force dissolution Of the Union. This
may seem like hard charge. But it is
true A plan has been agreed upon by
the leaders in Virginia, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, and perhaps some other Southern
States, together with such men as Doug
las, Pugh, Fallandigham, Pendleton,
and others in the North, by which they
hope, and the only means by which they
hope, to again reach power. We know
whereof we affirm. And although it
may not be credited by the honest por-
tion of our Democratic readers, they will
remember, and believe it in less than
one short year hence. And we ask
them to remember what we now write.
1t is not the intention of these con-
spirators to effect a permanent dissolu-
ton of the Union. But it is their de-
iberate intention to SO infame the pop
ular mind in the South as to make
continuance of the Union upder the pres
ent Consultation an impossibility. For
this purpose the extreme Slave States
are to declare the Union dissolved, by
ordinances of immediate Secession, while.
the Border States are to hold off for the
present, threatening to join the Seces-
sion States if the General Government at
tempts to enforce the laws; and in the
meantime, demanding such changes in
the Constitution as they know will not
be acceded to- In these demands the
leading Democrats in the North are to
Join.
To effect change in the Constitution
of the United States requires the con-
current VOle OF Iurec-lourtnS VI all inc
States Twenty-four States must there
fore concur in the amendments. But,
six of the Slave States have already Sc
ceded, and will take no part in the
On the supposition that the
changes Of the Constitution are to be
made to satisfy these States, it will be
seen that six more Republican States
must vote for them than would be nee
essary if these Cotton States should act.
Now take into view the demands made
that the Constitution be so altered as
to make slavery National institution
to make the people of the Free States
adopt it as such by solemn vote-to
make all the territory ever hereafter ac-
4uired, slave territory beyound the power
Of Congress or the people to prohibit or
abolish ito overrule all the Constitu-