Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-06-07
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eFeAlS. ana eSpeGlally snouiu tAOSc
who live in glass houses refrain from
throwing stones at their neighbors.-
For, possibly, if forbearance be ex-
hausted, a rock flung back May do some
damage. We clip from the Cincinnati
Ei,qu{;rcr the following, in illustration of
our meaning:
''Of the seventeen Governors of the
Free States this side Of the Rocky
Mountains who were called upon for
troops, only one Of them, Gov. Sprague
of Rhode Island, put himself at the head
Of his quota for active service. That
Governnr is the only Democrat on the
list
Now, if this were strictly true, it
would simply show that the Governor of
little Rhode Island had manifested his
patriotism in different way from that
Of the Governors Of the other Free
States; and while it would be honorable
to him as Il Democrat, We still could not
see that the Democratic party, as such,
was thereby entitled to special credit be-
yond their real merits. But it happens
that the Enquirer is mistaken ir an i'm
portant fact: Gove17,or tSPrague IS not a
Democrat al all! He is Lincoln Re
publican. It is true, he was elected over
a regularly nominated Republican can
didate; but not as Democrat. In con-
sequence of split in the Republican
party the Democrats united with one wing
of the Republicans, and elected Sprague,
Us above stated.
Now, let US look at another side Of
the picture With the exception Of
Hicks Of Maryland, and Houston Of
Texas, the Governors OF all the Slave
States are Democrats. Hicks, by his re-
fusal to call together the Democratic
Legislature, saved his State from seces-
sion; while Houston, for like patriot
ism, was deposed and driven from his
Office, and his State 'precipitated' - into
open treason. All the other Southern
Governors are Democrats, and e0ery one
of them is an open and auo,ced traitor to
has country, and Is doing all IN his po,ocr
to destroy, uiM rebel arDss, the Union and
Government lie has secoTn to support!
We have no comments to make upon
this picture, and should not have drawn
it, but for the challenge Of the Enquirer.
We do not think such comparisons, on
either side, profitable at this time. We
are glad to know that Governor Sprague
is true patriot, to whatever party he
may belong. And it is but just to add
that the Enq&ircr itself is nobly sustain
ing the cause of the country, and such
a paragr; ph but mars its otherwise pat
riotic influence.
1t is useless for either party to claim
a monopoly of patriotism in this strug-
gle. We are free to confess, and do it
with the highest pleasure, that the Dem
ocrats Of the Free States are generally
true and loyal to the Constitution and
the country. And we say further, that
there is merit in the stand they have
taken, which does not belong to the Re
publicans. It is like floating down
stream for Republicans to support their
own Administration against those who,
having opposed them politically, as a
party, have at last taken up arms against
the Government. They fight against
none Of their former political friends,
and have therefore no prsjudices to con-
quer. But it is not SO with our Demo
cratic fellow-citizens. They are called
upon to aid a Republican Administra-
ton to suppress an insurrectiou headed
by the leaders Of their own party. They
have had all the prejudices of party to
overcome. Molly, grandiy, and ecith q
moral subIimity, hard to appreciate, they
have overcome it all, and, shoulder to
shoulder, they stand to-day patriots in
fact, because mere portisans could not
have taken tleir position under the cir
cumstances.
We repeat, then, that the Democrats
Of the Free States have demonstrated
their love of country in manner that
Republicans have not been called upon
to do, and if here and there one still feels
the ties of old party allegiance, and even
gives it expression, we should bear with
him charitably.