Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-07-11
At Their Work.

tue party ne ieaos.
AT Their Work
At the great Union meeting srecently
held 1t Inaiananolis Governor Mo,ton
road a letter ;ns. received from .1rdoe
unches ona of tho ,e.a;nr r,ar,o,rs, -
of the State advisino the Governor .,
4 ~
'l' - a"'1' 0'o' - s',o'e Po.see''1s so''
ef'es throughout me 'sf0te' whose ooJec'
is to embarrass the Government and es'
+pecially to oppose the payment of the
taxes necessary to support the war
Tho ruaoo s,ys.
e.eba,,1J ,rn,' ;J..rz1, f,z,
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M,,s 80 r.. ~ atls IL.
:, - - s .sas'. ~ .sess,
a - .sa..s ;, '''e "'o''
~. 80, 80 rT., ~ ',''s 's'0,e'. ,,
r 0unSSe iluSeiies mas always peeh, ana
| still is Democrat. But he has become
fully satisfied that those who now con-
troll the organization of the party are
in sympathy with the rebels, and are
using the name and organization OF the
party through the instrulnentality Of
these secret ,,o1;t;eo1 c;,;76s to strike IT
- - Z sg.ss s s - -. : ~
'nSs 'a's u 'le e-0ne'lluli . lio,' ne mas
therefore rePudiated these ieaaers, ana
sacts with the friends of the Union
Faeainst them. He closes his letter in
| these words.
s.aIy opinion is, that they are spread
inc rapidIy throunhout. the State En-
tertaining this belief | deem it proper
to call the attention Of your. .ExceIlency,
officially, to the subject, in. the hope
| that YOU may, upon proper evidence, of
its extent and true character, in some
public manner, warn the good citizens
of the State against them; and, should it
become necessary, to take the proper
steps to bring the subject before the
Courts of Justice. Very Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES HUGHES"
I To. oil ,,,e-m bs on tbe;r Guard
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The War in Tennessee---Its Results.
The Columbus, (Georgia1 Sun, of the
20th, says:
The invasion of East Tennessee has
Hong been cherished scheme of the
Lincoln Government. twill there find
friends and sympathizers, such as it has
found in no section South. A bad ele-
ment of society exists in many parts of
that country. In the early history of
the State, abolitionism did not fail to
make its appearance among many of its
prominent political. leaders.
It is the Oldest portion of the State,
and. whilst it contains more talent, in
in pronortion to numbers. than Middle
or West tennessee It likewise contains
mare ;onorance The masses are rreedv.
,av s;nf;,zz, ;onorant andabaye been
lone accustomed to follow their leaders
in evervthinp. inst as the masses of New
ENGLAND follow theirs. Nor is it wholly
unlike New England in other respects.
80 ~ A's. o.
state after It's ADMISSION i's'l Into IL the Union
containing clause guaranteeing to tree
asegroes the rights OF suffrage, PROVIDED
they had proper qualification This
however, was prohibited IN the amend
ment, and abelitlonism seemed on the
Wane until the Iresidentlai ny g. election o1
1896, IN which Fremont received seve-
raj votes IN many OF the mountain ceun-
ties, although there was no hepaoilcan
hckes IN tennessee. .
| Any one conversant with the geogra-
ply OF our country cannot fail to see
the vast Importance OF TINS now threat
ened seG.lon T. 70 tne oou1hern o9nieoe-
Iacy. hast tennessee once IN the un-
disPuteu possession OF the enemy oeor-