Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-04-11
Correspondents Of the Philadelphia Press.
A Letter for the Times,
Rough Truths by J. w. Fernsy.

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| Rough Truths by }. w. Fornay,
WASHINGTON, March 30.
A genuine Democrat is always the
friend of his country. His creed is the
|Constitution and the Union He has
that reverence for his flag which en-
shrines it among the divinities OF his
conscience. He worships it as the en-.
bodiment of toleratiop, liberty, and law
To tell such man that the heretofore
recent leading oracles of the Democracy
are now in arms against this flag, is7not
to insult, but to crafty him, because he
knows it to be true The fact is, the
rebellion deprived the old Democrac
of its most gifted, most reckless, mos,
powerful leaders. One reason for thei,
forcing on the war, was, because they
believed that, having so long dictated
terms to "the party" they could carry
the Democratic masses with them wher
they resolved upon secession. They
had taken ample and systematic precau.
tions to this end. I have it from the
best thority that Mr.. Jefferson Davis
had manipulated certain of the Breck-
ipridge chiefs in the Free States so eff
fectually as to lead him and his follow
ers to believe that when the Cotton
States passed into the outer gloom 0.
treason, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, ana
at least the city of New York, would
follow them Now. is it for a moment
to be supposed that the Breckenridge
so ready to enter into this transfer of
their own States and cities to men whom
they knew to be as ready TO attack this
Union, have ever forgotten, or can ever
forget, the compact thus entered into1
Are these Breckiaridgers not willing. al
the first moment, to attempt the fulfill
ment of their contract? Are not their
private letters to the secession leador:
in possession of the latter, and will no,
these letters be forthcoming, if, in the
event of the triumph of your so-called
Dem ocracy, tae Breckinridge leaders
should refuse to carry out the bargaini
or to make such terms as will bring
back the traitors to power, or save then,
| from the suspending halter?
AS pertinent to these questions, let
me ask if you have. ever gone back to
the time when most Of the Breckenridge
papers in the free States were in danger
of being mo5bed and torn out after the
fall of Fort Sumter2 A nnmber of them
were torn out Not one of them but
did not trembIe before the awakened
wrath of the community around them.
Some were indicted by Grand Juriea;
others lad to be protected by the police;
and others were peremptorily stopped
by the Federal authorities. l will not
ask why these demonstrations occurred;
but will ask if you can point to any
one of these journals that is not uo'D
filled with strong denunciations of the
administration and its friends, and
timid reproaches of the rebels in armsi
Are they not all clamorous for the re-
organization Of the Dem ocratie party!
Are they not all against any combina,
tion of patriotic men under the name OF
UNION PARTY? Their objecti is as plain
as thsir earl treason was notorious, and
the end of their victory will be the re-
cognitiop of the armed rebels, or their
full forgiveness The armed rebels are
watching their movements with eager
ness and Joy,
The reorganization of the Breckin.
rodgers, and their determination to op-
pose all efforts at union between loyal
men will, of course, force otkep patty
organizations. The question arises, how
much is to be gained by allowing the
Breckiuridgers to triumph under the
name of Democracy? Would they not
labor for such compEomise as would
disgrace the army and the people2 Are
they not bound to this?
That decided majority Of the people
of Philadelphia are against these men,
firmly believe. The failure to unite
these people gave your last city election
to the Breckinridssrs. The leadera o.
parties are nov again forearmed and i'll
good season. My belief is, after d
somewhat careful consultation with loya
men, that no matter what name the com
bination against these influences may
assume. whether Republican or Union
there is every disposition to do all that
can be done with honor to unite for the
purpose of defeating the Brec kinridge
organization.
Poetry.
Poetry has its origin IN that faculty
of mind by which man is enabled to ere
ate resemblances. Sometimes the sub
jects are taken from the external ant
visible world; in sculpture, there is ar
exact copy, aud tke imitation is iEsme
diately discernible; in painting, the rep
resenta ton is an illusion, which, in 4
skillful production, cannot be detected
in poetry, proper descriptions are cou
Yeyed By beautiful and harmoniou
language. In all these different art'
the object is the sams-naruely. to pro
duce resemblances; and the means b.
which this design is carried out consti
tute the distinctive feature Of each
This, then, is the higher function o
these arts; in which they assume NOR
digni6ed character, and hold highe
rank among the works Of man. SucI
productions Of poetry are most nool
: efforts Of genius source OF exqulsit
delight to rational creatures.
BE- Difficulties and strong men, lik
, strpp and raznr, are made for each Other