Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-08-29

hear his explanation of sundry votes Of
his in the United States Senate, during
the last session of Congress. I was
one of that number He commenced
by denouncing those who had raised
their voices against his course, in the
most severe terms, not sparing epithets
of the vilest kind, saying, in substance,
that che didn't care d-n whether
they approved or denounced his course;
that he had filed as high position as
he had ever expected to, and had, there
fore, no favors to ask.
He explained, in his speech, the vote
he recorded against the admission of
the new State, "for, said he, she could
never vote for that bill in the amended
form; he was free man. and would
never submit to the dictation of an Alb
olition Congress-no, never! Would
you," he asked his audience, in thunder
tones, ssubmit to being made slaves?
| know, if there is any manhood left
in you, you would have rejected it with
scorn, like did''-(Ominous silence
The logic of his argument was, that in
case West Virginia should come in as
free State, or with a gradual emancipa
ton clause, the whole population would
become slaves, and, elsa rersa.
He next paid his respects to his COL
leagues in the Senate, to whose generos
ity he owes his present position, by de-
nouncing them as only Vallandig
dooden-h ham, Worries, or kindred spir-
it could. His stock in trade con-
sisted in the old, stale, thread
bare epithets of ''Abolitionist," "Abo-
lition, bolition-ition," intermixed
with "Agitators, - Radicals" and even
TRAITORS. III fact, according to his
showing, such men as Sumner, Hale,
Wilson, Lane, Lovejoy, &c, are far
more dangerous to the liberties Of the
people than the rebels in arms and, fur
ther, that the Administration was con-
troled by extreme party men, and read,
in proof of this, rather silly letter Of
Joshua R. Giddings, which declaration
must be patent to everybody as utterly
false Of the rebels in arms he had
very little to say, but charged the Ad-
minlstration with waging war of Abo
lition and determination, and almost in
the same breath consoled the secesh
(who were present. in rather large ferce)
by declaring that the South could never
be subjugated, at which announcement
the latter cheered vehemently.
His only hope Of the salvation Of the
country was, the restoration of the true
Union men; "because," said he, "the
present Congress is not fair represen-
tation of the people, the members hav-
ing been elected before the war;
What he means by the true Union
men, can be inferred by the company he
keeps, for few days afterward he re-
peated the same clap trap at a meeting
Of the unterriied Democracy of Indi-
ana, at Indianapolis, in company with
Wickliffe, Richardson, Vorhees, and
others-only the chivalric Val. was
wanting to make the set complete.
To stoop so low as Carlile did in his
speech, as to appeal to the passions and
prejudices of the ignorant, is below the
dignity of United States Senator, in
my humble opinion. He threw out
slurs against the Yankees, &C., and told
his audience that, in case of a permanent
separation, their interest lay with the
South; that Wade's motive for wishing
to see this a free State was an interested
one, because he wanted West Virginia
as bulwark between the slave States
to save Ohio from invasion and other
dangers. Such was the import of it
Enough Of it.
At his retirement, a gentleman an
nounced that the Hon. Mr.. Willy, his
colleague in the Senate, would address
the citizens of Harrison County from the
same stand, on the 18th inst. Well, it
came, and with it crowd such as l
never expected to see in this little
'burg." There were enough horses
hitched in the streets and alleys to
mount regiment of cavalry. At one
o'clock the speaking commenced. The
Court would not hold the multi
tude, and so Mr.. Willy addressed them
from the Court steps, and for two
or three hours he held them spell bound,
half Of them being obliged to stand in
the broiling sun for want of shelter
He recounted his actions while in the
Senate, regarding the admission of West
Virginia as new State-the cause for
such a move-the reasons why he voted
for it in the amended form, predicting
that, although the adjourning of Con-
gress prevented action being taken in the
lower House. we would have new State
before another year rolled round, de-
scrihing, with much eloquence, the many
advantages that would necessarily result
from such step, how towns and villages
would spring up as by magic, how indus
try would flourish and labor find a re-