Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-07-26
THE SF1RIT OF OUR SOUTHERN
BREYHIS

THE srzRIT OF OUR SOUTHERN
BRETHREN.
We have thought it worth while to
clip a few items from such of the South
ern journals as reach the North in the
absence Of the mails, that our readers
may see something of their spirit. The
Charleston .lisrcury of the 10th is rather
rich. 1t has correspondent with the
Confederate armies in Virginia, who
gives tone to the sentiments of the chiv-
airy Writing from Camp Pickcns on
the ith he could not we'll avoid giving 6
vent to the feelings which the day nat
urally called up. And here is the way
it is viewed by our Southern brethren.
/ The correspondent says:
, "As might have been anticipated, the
/ Glorious Fourth, as it is called, in
spires, among assembled thousands here,
no very elevated feeling of enthusiasm
/ The principles If the Declaration Of In
dependence, that all men are born free and
equnl, haze az inalienable right to liberty.
are not rcsponded to By the men 'cho fight
for the iinstitut,on Of domestic slavery, and
! in falling almost Immediately under the
dominion of the North, they scarcely re-
alize that they achieved much to rejoice
at in emancipation from Great Britain.
That is Democracy in its South Caro-
linia purity. The principles Of the
Declaration Of Independence, that all
men are born free and have an inalien-
able right to liberty, are not responded
to by the men who fight for the institu-
ton of domestic slavery" OF course
not! But to the infinite disgust of the
"chivalry,"r these principles fell ':almost
Immediately under the dominion Of the
North.' That was most unfortunate
circumstance, no doubt. And it would
seem, therefore, that these patriarchs
would "scareely realize that they
achieved much to rejoice at in emanci-
patton from Great Britain" And hence,
the yearning of the Southern leaders to
get back again under the protecting
wings of some European Prince, as stated
by the correspondent Of the London
Times.
The first and great misfortune Of our
Southern brethren" was their separa-
ton from England. And the second
was like unto it, being the infdel heresy
embodied in the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. And as the fourth Of July is
inseperably connected with these, and as
the free laborers of the country ,cW con
tinue to celebrate the day and read the
Declaration, the chivalry have blotted
out the one by special enactment, and
prohibited the reading of the other un-
der the decrees of Judge Lynch.
Perhaps they would compromise
with us on the terms indicated by the
spirit of the extract! Will the people
be so wicked as to refuse these very rea-
sonablt concessions? All they want is
to reverse the principles of the Declara-
ration of Indepcndence-make it fell
ony to read the Document-change the
Constitution Of the United States so that
a very small minority shall always con-
troll the Government-stopth the intolera-
bic impertinence of free speech-abate
the nuisance of a free press-vote slavery
the only interest to be protected, and
slave drivers the only nobility-lct the
capitalist own the laborer-pay for the
toll of the "mud- -sills" with the clash
instead of 'cash, and make greasy me-
chanics and hard isted farmers know
and keep their places!
On these terms the traitors will con-
sent to a compromise" and if the ed
itors ola good many papers in Ohio tell
the truth, every man is "disunionist'
who will not consent to the terms!