Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-08-23
NohlV Spoken.

1t is encouraging to find some Of the
Democratic papers of Ohio rising above
the petty devices Of mere partisanship.
There are many papers published in
the North by men who make no secret
of their completely with the Southern
traitors. If this were done under hon
est colors, or if they would join the ar
mics of the conspirators, their influence
would not be of much Importance
But sailing under the flag of the ''Demo-
cratic party by appealing con-
stantly to party prejudices, they are
welding an influence over the ignorant
and bigoted portion of that party which
is fraught with mischief
If these men, who have got the con-
troll Of so many of the Democratic pa
pers, can make their readers believe
that the ''party'' is ready to go with
them in the overthrow of the Govern
ment, they may, by these incendiary
appeals, rouse the baser passions of the
ignorant into uncomfortable animosity,
even to the instigation Of civil war in
our midst. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
one Of the ablest and most widely cir
culated Democratic papers in Ohio,
speaks in the following independent
language npon this subject. 1t says:
TRAITORS AT HOME.
Give rebel papers have been sup
pressed for their open advocacy of re-
bellion-one in Maine, one in New
Hampshire, and three in St. Louis If
Liberty is used for the destruction of
Liberty, there can be no doubt about
our duty. The abuse of freedom is the
most dangerous enemy to freedom it
meets. We unhesitatingly say, down
with traitors everywhere, in whatever
guise they may appear. We can better
afford to be lenient during profound
peace than when in the midst of most
gigantic rebellion. We deeply regret
the necessity for martial law, habeas
corpus suspension, and vigils over the
press. The New York Journal Of CON-
naerce, Day Book and Neacs, live by in
diligence only, and that of doubtful
propriety."
That is the utterance of true pa
triot. Since it was published, the New
York Journal Of Commerce, the Day
Booh, and the Nc,es named by the Plain
Dealer, have been presented by the
grand jury of the United State Court in
New York, as promulgators of treason,
and dangerous to the peace Of the
country. What will be the result We
do not know. Unfortunately, nearly
all the judges Of the United States
courts were selected in consequence of
their subserviency to the Southern con-
spirators, and are therefore in sympathy
with these traitorous sheets 1t is very
clear, however, that one of two things
must occur. Either the publication of
these ineendiary papers must be stopped,
or they Will involve the Free States in
civil war. 1t is not possible that they
can continue to inAame the passions Of
the unthinking without melting the m
to deeds Of outrage, which must end in
anarchy and ruin.
We arc glad to see that the Plain
Dealer has risen above the partisan,
and that traitors find no sympathy in
its columns, although they cover them
selves with the stolen mantle of the in
suited "Democracy.' Before the fall
election occurs, we look to see many
more of the Democratic papers Of this
State, nobly taking their stand along
with the Plsin Dealer. All such shall
be duly chronicled,