Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-09-12

means OF accomplishing good results.-
And these results may be arrived at in
a variety of ways. A reverse like the
Manassas disasterof uly, 1861, aroused
the nation to proper sense of its dan
ger, and awakened, by its echoing thun-
ders and fearful calamities, the latent
patriotism in thousands of hearts, which
had been reposing in apparent security,
believing that, seventy-fve thousand
troops were sufficient to conquer, what
has since proven to be the greatest re-
bellion Of the werld. The result here
plished Was,.fye hundred thou.
sand sprang 70 arms, as one man, 70
rescue and to save. ~
Our successes, since that period, have
been many and of Importance, yet we
must admit an occasional reyerse3 and,
we all hope and pray for as
few as possible, yet we must not give
up to gloomy forebodings, on account
of reverse, although it may be fraught
with danger and dire calamity. "Neyer
give up the ship and always look on
the bright side of the picture, remem-
bering that revolutions never go back
ward. We may not always anticipate
correctly the changing scene. Let US
have full confidence in the success of
the fual issue; believing that there is a
power greater than human hands, which
governs US for our good, and which
controls the destinies of nations. Let
US, amid the darkness of the present
hour, look into the dim future, and see
if we can detect the rays of an approach
ing morn. A morn of brightness, dis
pelling gloom, and bearing upon its
wings tidings of great joy, peace on
earth and good will to man.
Remember that the darkest hour is
just before the break of day. If this
be true, then may we hope, for the dark
clouds Of gloom which have hung like
pail over our country's destiny, for
the past few weeks, will soon be dis
PEELED before the steady march of one
million of freemen whose nrotto and
rallying cry is, "On to victory!" "To
conquer or to die!' Already the vivid
flashes of light and life, leap from cloud
to cloud, and we hear the distant, but
distinct mutterings of deadly thunder
from the plains of Manassas, and the
valleys of the east, bidding the nation
to tears, for the sacrifices which are SO
essential for its final restoration. How
many thousand hearts, are, to-day
beating anxiously, aye, nerTously, fol
the fate of some loved one, who has en-.
tered the deadly conflict. What pain.
full personal sacrifices must be made
for the public good. And it is right
No voice should utter word of com.
plaint-no breath whisper silent mur.
mur at these necessary sacrifices. On
the contrary, let every heart bound with
patriotic enthusiasm, and every voice
proclaim the great truth, that We have
a country to rescue from the hands Of
tyranny md oppression; a government
to save from the grasp Of the enemie:
of human freedom, aud a constitution
which has teen handed down to us
through blood, to maintain at any and
every sacrifice. Let no party prejudice
no selfish motive, no avarice, nothing
so completely blind US, as to cause us
to forget our great duty. A duty
which we owe ourselves, our posterity, our
country the whole world, and our God
Let US fulfill this duty in the spirit oi
the brave Corcoran, who says, II care
not where man comes from, Of what
his politics are-I know no man but al
he discharges his duty to the flag"
When our country shall have been
saved, and its banner of beauty anc
glory shall have been rescued from ths
sacrilege Of traitorous hands, and it.
bright folds shall wave triumphantlJ
over united and peaceful country
never again to be dishonored and dis
owned oy an American citizen, ther
will we have the proud satisfaction o.
having made sacrifices upon ths altar o
universal liberty and nations inde
pendence. Then will we have demon
strated to the despots of the world
and made an axiom of the experiment
of our fathers, "1hat man as capable o
scf-goucrmnaent" Then, il future years
when our children shall have grown tt
manhood, and their sires to an honora
BILE old age, can we boast to them tina
we never dishonored their names by re
belling against the best government o
the world, but that we did our aohol
duty IN sustaining it. Then will W.
get a glimpse of that promised da,
when
| ''No more sEsall nation against nation rise,
No ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes,
Nor fields with cleaning steel be covered OF er
The brazen trumpet kindlc rage no more;
But useless lances into scythes should bend
And the broad falehion in a plowshare end:
Then palaces should rise: the joyful son,
i The vines shadow to their race should yield
And the same hand that soWed should real
the field ARCANA.