Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-09-13

! land it is better that her decision shoul
t be made now than later. The Govern
l ment has been conducting war in th
7 spirit of peace out of Difference to th
professed loyalists Of the Border Slav
States; and if those professed loyalist
have not sufficient regard for the Unio
to submit without chafng to the punish
ment of men found in arms against th
Government, the sooner they ar
) Weighed and found wanting the bette,
Nothing but an utterly false and mis-
guided sensibility could lead anybod
to consider the slaves of Rebel NOR
sacred than his life. Nobody In Mis-
souri, will lose either slaves or life un
der Fremont's proclamation, unless b
voluntarily risks them with his eye
open; and no mans loyalty, deserves
consideration if it is Of so tehder'a de
scription that it cannot survive thi.
wholesome measure of severity.
The Cleveland Plaindealer says:
We hope Gen. Rosecrans will see the
card Fremont has played and follow suit
in Kanawha. Let the sword scruple
not at any means necessary for our sue,
cess in putting down treason. There is
little danger Of any permanency in the
abridgment of freedom, so jealous are
we of our rights, and so strongly anti
despotic are all our feelings. For the
good Of all we are willing to see all the
power used that can be made available
for the complete subjugatien of this brut
tal uncalled for and unnatural rebellion
The St. Louis Republican, Douglas
Democratic paper, says:
It has not taken US by surprise that
martial law should be proclaimed in
Missouri. The course of the Secession
lists, headed by Jackson, and the inva-
sion of the State by armed troops Of the
Confederate States, with the aid and
comfort given to them by thousands of
misguided, and in other cases reckless
citizens, made it an inevitable necessity.
IL has not come too soon, and as Gen.
Fremont has 1t mo,U IN his pos0er To enforce
his commands, zoe hope to see Its beneficial
effects nude manifest all over the State IN
Il .tsW days. We know that martial law
is new thing to our people, and an un-
palatable thing to many who do not
stop to consider the actual condition of
the country.
Until now, there has never been an
occasion for resort to so extreme
measure for the safety of the State
But it is the onl y one left to US. Let
US examine the matter moment. By
no act of the people of the State of Mis-
souri, have they, at any time, betrayed
any anxiety to dissevcr their connection
with the United States. When the
question has been distinctly put them,
they have, at the polls, and by their
representatives IN Convention, declared
their fidelity to the Union-and this is
the position which they hold at this
hour. But Missouri has been invaded
by troops from a power engaged in
making war upon the United States, of
which she is member.
4 large portion of her territory has
been overrun and laid waste. Many
lives have been sacrificed by them. The
appeals of man who had absented
himself from the State. and who had
been deposed from position as Cover
nor, by competent authority, have been
heard by portion of eur people-they
have taken the alternative of arming
themselves, and of putting themselves
in hostile array against the Government
of the United States and the State
they have committed countless offenses
against law and order, and in the ab-
sence of sufficient power in the State to
drive out these invaders, and to quell
these disturbances, the military power
of the United States steps in to punish
these outrages and to restore peace to
the State. No good citizen will deny
that this interference was inevitable,
and even compulsory on the part of the
Military Chief of this Department.
In ae ether way than that suggested
by him can peace be restored. Martial
law ought to have no terrors for good,
law abiding citizens; it is only those
who, in their hearts, and by their con
duet, show manifest disloyaIty to the
State and to the Union, who have any |
thing to dread from its operations. We
appeal to all good citizens Of the State,
whatever may have been their incllna=
tions, at once to submit to the new or
der of things. 1t will save world of
trouble and disaster and bloodshed, all
round. The measure Of injury to the
State, in all her great interests, is now
within the control of her own citizens.
We implore them, as ttey value their
own lives, and the security OF their own
property, to assent to the terms Of his
Proclamation, and peace will again be
restored to US. Gen. Fremont tells us
that the outra ges hitherto committed
on innocent citizens. by an undiscip
lined soldiery, will hereafter be re-
pressed, and as he will hold the officers
responsible for the acts of their men,
this may readily be done, and one great
cause of alarm be removed.
Reference has been made to one part !
of the proclamation OF General Fremont, !
in which it is said
"The property real and personal, Of
all persons in the State Of Missouri, |
who shall take up arms against the
United States, or who shall be directly
proven to have taken active part with
their enemies in the field, is declared to
be confscated to the public use, and !
their slaves if any they have, are hereby
declared free men. |
We are asked whether this would in
clude persons who, having been iadis |
Greet enough to take up arms under /
Jacksons call afterward availed them !
selves of the amnesty granted by Gov I;
ernor CANDLES proclamation, and have
since been quiet, loyal citizens. Coz.
GamJle's declaration lcas ample to cover
all such cases, and the understanding be- !
t,ree.. bt,,, und GEN Fremont IL ton COR !