Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-01-25

and prevented from reaching the Fort.
1t is said that Maj, Anderson, to save
the shedding of blood has given the
Governor of South Carolina "a hours
Ito reflect on the matter, and that if, at
the end Of that time, he does not permit
the vessel to land, he, Mai. Anderson,
will lombard the city! 1t is clear that.
so far as South Carolina can do ii, civil
war is already inaugurated. She has
declared the Union dissolved. has seized
the forts, arsenals and arms, as we'll as
Revenue Cutter belonging to the q. 8.
She has besieged Maj Anderson in Fort
Sumpter, and has now fred upon a Coy
ernment vessel, and has proclaimed her
purpose, with the aid of other rebellious
States, and of foreign armies, to destroy
the Government of the Union forever.
What the Administration may do in
the matter we cannot tell. If some re-
bellious darkey should refuse to submit
to the tender mercies Of the "Fugitive
Slave Law" the Army and Navy would
be put in requisition quick enough, and
Iall aiders and abettors would be pun
ished to the full extent Of the law. But
this is quite another matter. Still, we
think, as we said in a former letter. that
Stanton will hold the President to
pretty decent enforcement of the laws
against these traitors, or will resign
The next news is looked for with great
interest sd a
1t is also reported that the forts, arse
nails, and arms. Of the United States, To-
Gated in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana
and Florida, have also been seized by
the insurgents There is no longer any
doubt that the Southern members of the
Cabinet have been plotting for this ever
since Buchanan took his seat Whether
he has been colleagued with them in the
conspiracy, or only supple tool in their
hands, it does not matter. The effect is
very much the same. The whole coun-
try has been amazed at the financial
management Of the Government. Bu-
chanan took the charge of affairs with
millions of, surplus in the Treasury,
and the country prosperous and happy.
By the management of his traitor Seere
tary Of the Treasury, the Government is
deeply in debt, its credit ruined, and
the industry and interests Of the people
utterly prostrated. The head of this
department, as the world now knows,
was one of the leading spirits of the dis
unionists.
So, too, with the Secretary Of War
He is one of the leading traitors to the
Government he was doubly sworn to sup
port; and in view of the final execution,
of the plot, he has so managed the War
Department as to strip the Free States Of
arms, as nearly as possible, while the
South has been supplied to repletion,
the forts of the Union left defenseless,
and millions Of dollars worth Of NUM-
tons stored in easy reach of the conspir-
ators, the moment they choose to seize
them. The Secretary having thus pre-
pared the way, resigns his post, and the
forts, and arsenals, and arms Of the ma
ton, are at once seized by the traitors,
aud used against the Government which
owns them.
So, too, with the Navy. At this par
ticular junction, the Home Squadron,
W hich should be ready at moment $
warning to act in an emergency, is scat
tered over the seas by the head of this
department, and our vessels of war are
very conveniently ont o. the way. And
yet these villains are unhung.
Still, we have faith to believe that
such wickedness will not go unpun-
ished, and that Buchanan, having quar-
relied with these conspirators, will
make them, in the end, feel the sting of
personal revenge, as we'll as the just
vindication of the violated Constitution
and laws of the country. -.... ..
The proof of widespread conspiracy
to seize the City of Washington by force
and make it the seat Of Southern con-
federacy, is conclusive. Wise, and his
fellow conspirators, have been working
to this end for years. Four years ago
he boldly declared that if the Demo-
cratic candidate for President should be
defeated, Washington City should be
seized, with the Treasury, and all the
property of the Union, and that he was
then prepared to do it. Buchanan 5
election made the execution Of the plot
at that time, unnecessary, as he has
| been convenient tool in their hands.
But they have worked the four years of
his Administration to prepare for its
execution on the occurrence of the con-
tingeney which happened in the election
of Lincoln Knowing they cannot use
ham for the pervcrtion of the Govern
ment from the intention Of it's founders,
these traitors have resolved to destroy
it before he takes his seat. But We
trust the quarrel of Buchanan and these
plotters will be overruled to their dis
comfture, and the salvation of the
country. "
General Scott has been organizing
the militia of the District of Columbia,
which, together with what troops he has