Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-05-02
Be Patient.


ger, to he perfectly patient with those VIII
r,H not see, but without whoss aid th
danger eannotbe sserted. Yetpatienct
IN such circumstances, becomes the no
blest heroism.
Those who have exercised their iudg
ments instead of partisan feelings il
their observation of the current histor,
of our country, hnow that the presen
: war with all its horrors, grows out O
slavery, as fruit from the bud. They
knnr, too, that tho restoration of the
Union, with freedom for ffths Of
the people, aud slavery for the balance
is . simple absurdity. They see, intui
lively, that to suppress the rebellion
and by the same power which does sup
press it, re-establish and perpetuate its
cause, are repugnaDt ideas, which can
never be realized in connection with
each other.
But thousands upon whose aid de-
pendence mus: be had for the suupres :
sion of the rebellion, do not see the ut
ter iinpossibility of eFecting that object
while guarding, protecting and main
tanning slavery, which is the sole cause
-ofthat rebellion. They say, and hon
estiy mean what they say, "that the re-
beiiion can be put down and slavery
maintained, at the same time. That
we can and will whip the rebel masters,
and, while we are doing it, will keep the
loyal negroes in slavery, and, as soon as
the rebels are subdued, we will hand
over to them the slaves We have held
Tor them during the war
~ Men talk thus who are not secession.
lists at heart, but who, having been con-
nected in party associations with the rebel
shareholders all their lives, have formed
habits Of thought which it is difficult to
correct, even in the presence of the i'm
miueut peril of their country. For
many years the shareholders have held
the absolute control of the Government,
and through its patronage have been
able to buy up Northern politicians who
were ready, at all times, to further the
ends of the eonspirators, for the sake of
the Off ccs and emolumeuts which thew
had to dispense. But, in order to Sc
cure the spoils, these Northerp dough |
faces had to earn them by the most alb !
Ject servility to their masters. And. !
Ia oraer to succeed at all, it was neces-
sary to build up party strong enough
to keep the Government in the hands Of
theconspiracy. And to do this their only
hope OF success was in appealing to the
uureasohing passions and party prsju
dices Of the people.
Hence, the insensate clamor of these
willing tools of jeff. Davis and his
crew, who have been able to reach to
plasas- -as-ts.sst-aaI-, .s..lst-;,---.I..--.--
act ratio of their success in making
dupes of their followers And to this
end the truth of history had to be per- .
verted, and the ba!test. of faisehoo
in its stead The common
instincts Of mankind which teach ,
that natural justice ia binding upon all
men, had to be obliteratcd, and the
mind corrupted by the selfish theory ,
that the strong may of right oppress the
weak. And, by shillful play of the
srts of the demagogue-the slang of the
bar-rnom, and the defamation Of the
Inscriptions falsifer-prejudices were :.
ldded to the natural repugnance which
Exists between the white and black
aces, until the man whose lungs enabled
lin to shrek 'sAbolitionist" and "nig- =
ser' the loudest and longest, obtained 1
he best and most important Offices. +
Of course, this system of fasehood
nd humbug was carried on in the names >,
4 great parties. While the Democratic, q
nd Wing, and American parties existed,
be contest of their leaders-with few
onorable exceptions was, which
hould cut under the other in winning b
ae favor of the Shareholders, and ruin
heir opponents by fastening upon them p
le dreadful stigma Of "Abolitionism. !" lo
In the midst of all this race of infamy. Q
ld carnival of corruption, the great st
ody of the people, of all parties, were W
onest at heart, and meant to do right
I'D subserve the best interests ef their th
'untry, and they mean SO now ti
at it is difficult to bring together B
lose who have been arrayed in oppos- al
ng parties so long. 1t is true that tn
ajority in all the Free States were SO re
r disenthralled at the last Presiden lis
al election, as to displace the leaders tn
the long plotted conspiracy against an
ee Government. But a very large dc
ortion of the people in the Free States til
-day, while wishing well to their er
'untry, still, through party feeling, per- tn
il these same desperate and dishonest
aders to keep up their old party or ST
lnization, through which they hope fu
,ain to worm themselves into power, 60
d which hope, alone, now sustains the pl
hiking cause of the open traitors. OF
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