Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-07-19
IL. II. HUNTER.

All our readers know Hon. II. II
Hunter, at least by reputation. OF his
"conservatism" no one will doubt
With his sympathies, it must have been
a very powerful sentiment which could
have drawn from him the terribly Sc
we're letter which follows. The Ohio
Eagle, published at Lancaster, the
home Of Mr.. Hunter, is, with perhaps
half dozen exceptions, the dirtiest
tory sheet published in Ohio. 1t is to
the editor Of that sheet which Mr.. II.
administers the withering rebuke-
That such sheets are tolerated in any
loyal State is the strongest evidence
which could be given of the law abiding
habits of the people. 1t may, however,
become necessary to suppress the trait
ors at home, before their chiefs in the
disloyal States will submit. If so, the
Eagle ought to be among the first
Read the letter:
LANCASTER, O., June l, 1861.
Editors and Publishers Of the Ohio Eagle.
Please to discontinue sending your
paper to my address, and render your
account for what may be in arrear
against me as a subscriber.
am unwilling to contribute in any
form to the support of a paper devoted
as the Ohio Eagle appears to be, to the
continuance of party strife in the pres.
ent unhappy condition Of public affairs
and especially to discouraging a por-
ton of the people, on the ground OF
party prediction from rendering servi-
ces in the cause of the National Govern
ment against the rebels who are in arms
against it. [ am unable to distinguish
between such course and the direct
support Of the cause of those who are
armed to subvert the Government. 10
whatever extent you may be able. by
means Of your paper, to influence your
Democratic friends to withhold their aid
in support Of the Government, tot that
extent are you guilty of rendering "aid
and comfort to the enemies Of the gov
crnment now in arms against it and L
cannot but believe that such is your
purpose, as evidenced by the editorial
remarks published in your paper of this
week, as Introductory to a quotation
from she Dover Enquirer.
1t remains to be seen whether the pa
triotic Democrats, who seeing the Re
Duhlio in 1oooar bora ooma IN ira n =
fense, will submit to the iadignity; or
whether others who may not yet have
volunteered in its services, will be
driven from their purpose to do SO, IN
fear of being denounced as unworthy
democrats" by partisan sheet whose
principles, under pretenee of hatred
against a party adversary, seeks to
weaken the arm of the Government, and
strengthen that of It's adversary. This
was not the patriotism Of the Douglas,
whose lead in the late presidential con-
test you professed to follow. His pa
triotism did not dictate to him, in the
hour Of danger, to turn his back upon
the cause, OF the flag of his country
that flag which you affect to call OUR
flag, but the support of which you de
nounce on the part of ''those Democrats
who have rallied to its defense upon the
call Of Mr.. Lincoln"
Nor was this the patriotism which in
huenced Col. John NJ Connell, who |
understand is no longer interested in
your paper, though his name still ap-
pears at It's head as editor and publisher
lie did not, in the hour Of need fail ''tc
rally" in defense Of that flag ''upon the
call Of Mr. LincoLn." TO hin it was
the call of the country for support and
protection against armed enemies, with
and for whom, he had no sympathy
Lie did not stop to inquire whether it
was the call Of Mr.. Lincoln.
II. FL. HUNTER.