Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-11-15
Another Modification.

There seems to be Il want of apprecis
tion of the fitness os things in the pop.
ular mind or some where else. Ere
monts proclamation fairly electrified
the na,ian; every loyal heart in it, out
sSde OF Wasl inston, saw. in the princi
pie proclaimed, aud the precedent made
thc speedy suppression of the rebellion
t'Buta the populaf. Judgment and Instincts
were all wrong, as is fully proved by the
..'modi6cation Of the proclamation and
the eonvulsive efforts since kept up to
convince the same stupid public thai
they ought to dcnounce and destroy, in
stead Of almost idolizins, its author
The stupid aud headstrong public would
mot be e.eonsineed, and the "powers tina,
else.A had 10 remove him on their own re
spopsibility. t
SO, too, Judge Fresse, the Proves,
Marshalrof Alexaadria, in Virginia, !
fswdays since, gave decision which
thrilled the hearts of all men outside d
"Secessia, and that center Of wisdom
Washington. The facts were these
Bowen. Asmen & Co, of New Y ork ,and
.fHallowcll& Co, of Philadelphia. had
aold goods to "a large amount, TO Geo
w. Whitmer Il Co., Of Alexandria, on
credit, for which they held the notes Of
their said debtors for some six or seven
thousand dollars. The Virginia firm
of course, repudiated, Two of its mem
.bers moved farther South, taking with
,themla large stock of the goods SO OBJ
.tained in the North on credit, and were
actively engaged in aiding the rebellion
One member Of the firm still remained,
retaining a portion of the goods. The
New York aud Philadelphia merchants.
when our army took possession of Alex,
andria, sued their claims in the court OF
the said Provost Marshal. The facts Of
the indebtedness, the removal of a large
part of the stock, and the actual treason
eftwo Of the partners, and the conni.
vance of the other, being proved, the
Judge. in very able, opinion, which is
published, gave Judgment for the claim
ants, and ordered the remaining goods,
which were attached, to be sold to pay
the debt. This seemed to be all right
The stupid public again applauded, and
the swindled merchants and nianufac.
turers of the North thought they saw
the dawn of a better day in which they
would obtain 3 measure Of Justice
There was not probably man in Amer
ica, out side of Washington, and not a
secessionist, who did not approve the
decision, or who discovered wherein it
sonficted with law or justice. But this
universal, approval, only adds to the
proof of the popular stupidity. For
General Mcclellan, probably under in :
structions from q higher source, has
modified the decision to death, and
prohibited the rendition of any more
such!
ll we can do is to acknowledge our
stupidity with the rest of mankind; and
by promptly repudiating hereafter,
everything which looks like common
sense, and denouncing the author of it,
hope to place ourselves right upon the
record, 50 that when our Southern
brethren" shall consent to "compro-
nfse, We may not be liable to capital
punishment for having, BY thought or
word, sanctioned anything until it was
duly smodifed.f gss .t1a
blInFthe meantime, We hope Jim Lane,
and @any ether man will not hurt
Prices or McCulloch, or even scare them
badly fer fear We should stall from
grace "4by an 1heolunsary, approval, be-
fore the'i inevitable modification" or re-
moval could be decHeed from Washing
ton. ass -