Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-04-18
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Democrats OF Nelgs County, have nC
newspaper Of our own, and that we Ia
Dor under great disadvantages in this
respect. True, the party have the Gin
cinnati Enquirer and the Ohio SALESMAN
and a few papers of that stamp, that are
doing all they can, with safety, to op.
pose this tyrannical Lincoln Admins
tration; but, being issued from central
points, they are closely watched by the
Abolitonists, and dare not give forth
their utterances in the good old plain
Democratic way, but sometimes seem to
be almost half way sustaining the Ad-
ministration. | suppose they still sus-
tain our principles, but do it in such a
covert manner that some Of our Democ-
racy do not understand their teachings.
They, undoubtedly, speak as plainly as
this tyrannical Government will permit;
and, therefore | cannot find fault with
them. Only few read those papers,
and there are not many in circulation
except the Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph
Is it not fair, then, that you should
give US little space in your paper, even
if we should tell you and your own par
ties misgivings2 [ have heard you
called pretty clever man, and should
think it might be true, if you did not
SO frequently abuse and misrepresent
the sacred principles Of Democracy.
1t is shameful that those who sus-
tained us while Pierce, and Buchanan,
and Wise, and Wigfall, and jeff Da-
Wis, aud Floyd, and Vallandigham, and
Cox, and host Of our other leaders
were maturing their plans, who were
protesting to march with US in solid
phalanx to victory, should forsake it
when their services were needed to Sc
cure the final result. Not so in the
glorious South; and it must be ow ing
to the fact that in the South the true
purposes of our party were disclosed to
to the masses, while in the North the
ultimate purposes were buried, OF, at
least, concealed Our leaders did not
fully and frankly throw themselves and
their purposes upon the generosity and
patriotism Of the party. Hence, many
who battle with us upon the question
Of slavery and freedom ia Kansas, when
hoy saw a.ileir brstlsfeii
the Government, wavered, and when
they saw the blow struck, at the fall Of
Sumter, SO rapidly forsook our ranks
that we could not render that aid which
our leaders had in good faith pledged.
| at first looked with astonishment and
dismay to see so many whom we trusted
as sound in the Democratic faith, turn
their backs upon us and join in the
false cry Of Union. | know some OF
them have done so for the sake Of being,
for the present, on the supposed popu
lar side With some it is mere pre-
tense. They are, apparently, acting
with their old opponents, but will come
back into the Democratic fold at time
and under circumstances that will be
favorable, to our cause. Even nov
while they seem to be acting with you,
they are producing vacillation, and will
weaken, rather than strengthen your
party. | said this that you u-ay see the
hand writing upon the wall. You need
not fatter yourself that you are always
to be the great party Of the country.
After all, it is to be feared that many
have left us who will never cooperate
with US again. Such have left US under
preteuse OF principle, and when u mau
gets such notions into his head, he be-
comes impractlcable. 1t is this defec-
tion that has grleved me. 1t made oul
cause. seem, for the time, to be hopeless
1t paralyzed our efforts. We were,
confess, greatly dispirited. | did moi
like to be foiled in my ul-cherisheC
aspirations. l have become maddeneo
under this state Of things. Some Of
our party advise caution, and that We
commence a reorganization under the
auspices of the society heretofore callec
The lone STAR but more recently
The Golden Circle That plan may
work we'll, as many will co operate witt
us secretly, who would not openly, be
sides it may give unity, safety and eff
cheney to our proceedings. 1t sue
ceeded well in our Texas operations. =
We thought it would in Kansas, ut i
failed | never could decide whethe
Douglas foresaw that it would prove
| failure, and on that account abandone'
US, or whether it was because he say
the desperate means that must be EN-
ployed against the inhabitants of tn
territory in order to carry out the Dem
ocratic programme, he became squeamisl
as the result of his New England train
ing. 1 have always suspected the lat
ter. For when in health, SO chat h
could take his regular supply of liquor
he was always giant in our cause, bu
when his health failed so that he coul
not take his usual potations, he falteret
and, at last, $50 said his enemies
pledged himself publicly to die in put
ting down what the Abolitionists ca
tho ,aha1l;nn