Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-07-26
A CENTER SHOT,

CENTER SHOT.
The sympathisers with Jeff. Davis
and his crew, have become furiously in
love with that portion of the Declaration
which says, "Goverr,aerts muss have
the consent of ;he governed" This is
about all of that celebrated Document
which they do not pronounce false
Amd this. by their interpretation, they
convert into lie. Oh! "sey these fcl-
lows, you must not coerce the rebels!
The GoYerHmeut must rest upon the
consent of the governedr
The Circirnasf Gazette hits this plea
in the following style. 1t is homely
but strong. 1t is particularly applica-
bic at this time, and we commend it to
the few in our town who spend their
time in carping at the DISCRIMINATION OF
the Government to punish the sraitors:
"Suppose, says the Gazr'te, 'cse Of
these editors were confined in The State
Prison of Ohio for stealing sheep, (and
every unprejudiced reader viii admit
the supposition is reasonable one.
would not such confinement be an act OF
Government? Who would be the gov
crned party? The secession editor, OF
course. Does any one suppose his con-
sent could be obtained - the act OF
Government, if it were asked; or will it
be insisted that such consent is neces-
sary? But sheep thieves and secession
editors are class of people the Govern
ment is compelled to deal with; and
either there must be some limit to the
rule, that Government must have the
consent of the governed, or secession
editors may steal with impunity, as their
allies have done in the South, and the
property of the entire omMunity must
be at their rapacious mercy. The very
existence, then, Of those who urge the
dogma as the cardinal one in their creed,
is standing admission that it must re
ceive no latudinarian construction"
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MORE OF THE FOURTH OF JULY IN
THE SOUTH.
In another article we gave the feeling
Of the S. c. chivalry for the 4th of July
as manifested in the correspondence of
the Mercury. We have the following
precious notice of the day, by the cor
respondent of the New Orleans Delta
writing from Richmond, on the 4th. He
says:
"R1cHMoND, Va, July 4th, 81.
GA languid effort was made in Rich
mond, this morning, to celebrate the 4th
of July. A few local military compa-
nies marched to Capitol square, fired a
few rounds, and then marched back
again. But the demonstration excited
no visible enthusiasm, and people seemed
relieved of-shall l say a Jore9-wher
the thing celebrated subsidized into blank
nihility. 1t was evident that the day
had lost, for the time at least, its old
order of sanctity. The Southern mind
is somewhat peplezed by confusion of
ideas when contemplating its origin and
it's associations. We revolt against ev-
erything that the Yankees have had a
partnership in, or which they cloim a:
peculiarly their own, and zoe cannot aocl
scparnte the 4th Of July from Tankc(
Doodle, the stars and stripes. and the re-
pudiated Union."
There is the difficulty. The chivalry
"cunnot aoeU separate the 18th Of July fro"
Yankee Doodle, the stars and stripes, anc
the rcpudiated Union," and therefore i
is great ''bore.' We suppose in any
''compromise" we must give up the 4tf
of July, Yankee Doodle, the stars ant
stripes, the repudiated Union, as we'll a
the Constitution! Where is Vallandig
ham and his compeers?