Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-02-21
Western virginia

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Should those who. are Iengiaesriag
q. the scheme for disision If Virginia,
succeed. The esm total Of the gain
3; to tbs country. would be AN addi-
tim af'<two votes in The Senate, to
..spstsip ,sha, .doniaasion Eofe Slavery,
~hiie Il xonla haks places for few
: saaose F. N.'s.c This IS manifest,y
= thetdreampfa few ambitious men, who
cannot hope TO get into the Senate any
other Way '-'r =
We had strong hopes that the .,eoras
Of Western. yirginia would rid them :.
solves 9fathe intoierable incubus that
has eRisessedthem hc.etofore3 but they
u ssilfhase mo opportunity to1 do 3D.
i'A Slavery will be fastened upon the new
= State, and the people will not be allowed
TO vote upon the subject. At least such
!. h the present indication, and we put the
presietionsup9n record
- There arc but about 5000 slaves in
ir. the proposed .neg State. Allowing
each stakeholder to; have ten on an av-
y erages will .p,ake the number of slave,
holders, SEQ. .1sut whether 800 or only
y go, in the nature pfithings, if the in-
stitution. sis. fastened on the State, its
whole policy will be shaped by those
connected with it. This, may seem
ssfan.e. But the, nhistery of world,
which is a"philosophy teaching by ex,
amples," proves the truth of the propo-
sition. -. &C..
:, = Never, in the palmist days Of slave
!, doninatiou. was the pretensions of the
negre iords more haughtiiy insoient
than arc the newly .ulade Senators and
Representatives from the eincipient State
Of, Kapawha But the suhlimity Of i'm :
i pudence has Just sttranspired in the ''Leg.
.aistature'' of this new slave Empire,
(which boasts Of its s, ,eoo "niggers.. -
That exalted body Of profound states
lnep. has inst passed long preamble
i. and string of resolutions, instructing
,s:Congress how to vote and how not to
vote on the question of slavery. These
avery ''consefsatiye'. Legislators Of The
Estate, OF KanaBha in their preamble
.raforssaid, haze the good taste, in a SOL
;senhi, act of instructions addressed to
Congress, TO call the great majority Of
that body IT He BOLTON
PARTY i And assuming that this
i.a',ABoLlrfes party is about to do some.
thing in some way that will interfere
Win ,hei niger privileges, the
Legislature Of KanaEha,"' aforesaid,
! proceeds to resolve as follows: Il z
o5I a2d. That our Senators in Congress
be instructed, and our Representatives
AiTequasted to voteagainst, and if possi
4blc prevent the passage ofanyab bill now.
before Congress, or which may hereaf-.
ter. be introduced, interfering, directly
or indirectly, with the dignity, equality
for rights, oritending directly or indi-
recfly. to overthrow wthe,established in
,stitutiens, Of anyr uf the States of the
blIiHienuTii bsiQ27z4siat s.,sF 'ass y se - z
3D. That our Senators in Congress
beipstructed, and soar REPRESENTATIVES
slbel requested to advocate and voice aor
.bthe psssage Eef any bili prdvidins for
sthe security TO. the loyal citizens of the
sSohthsrn States of their property Of ev-
qserg Kind, and for the restoration to
]e9al citizens of the Southern States Of
such property sas may be lost or taken
from them during the continuance of
the rebellion; and that upon the pas
sage OF any, such. bill, information of
a the, same shall be transmitted to the
people Of the Southern States, as. far as
praetieable.a .giruI isai'oa ,7ss=-s-'.-
hs$I in this st.rssolution above, it will
be seen That the sublime Senators of the
".Stats of Kanswha'' are to '.rote
.against, and prevent" the passage of
gsay bill tending to overthrow, &C.,
while the next requires them to advo-
eaae and vote for any bill providing
for the security 70 the loyal citizens of
the Southern States of their property of
aeseryakind, and for the restorasion to
loyal citizens Of the Southern States Of
-sdch ptapefty that may be lost Or taken
JroRs Meal during the continuance of the
ewarss &c,UaThis; lays out right nice
programme. 1T must be remembered
that when these profound statesmen
speak Of properly they mean "negroes,"
and whenithey speak of ffrestoring "lost
property" they mean tt'aegroes," and
whom they speak of property taken from,
ethsa.n they stiH mean .s4nsyroes," and
nothing eise-including blesched ne
stoes, sfeourse,o Ne shall not under
take to define who they mean by ssloyal
veiti1snsf' Bat we viii bet the price of
apiece Of Virginia 4 roptsar.y,'' that as
soon as they are fairly whipped, every.
rebel Of them viii swear that be vas al
.ways5 tloyal toa the Censtitutier, and
that those Of them who were not forced
iafo the rebellion went into it With the
'.lloyaf,, purpose Of putting. down the
.'nbolitionP'F party, and thereby saving
the Constitution. Iushort, rag socn as
whipped, they viii elaii1h to be the only
aoyaE people in the land. But, in the
meantime. thousands Of their, "proper-
Gss" ge to Canada--thousands more to