Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-07
Communicated.
Columbus Correspondence.
CoLuMBUs, Feb. q, '62.

Ed. 1etegruph:--I congratulate you
and your many readers, and all thatate
willing to "glory in well doing, !" upon
the cheering events of the past week
the triumphant successes of our arms,
both East and West, and wherever an
engagement with traitors upon the soil
of rebeldom has beoa had.
Great honor is due our gallant officers
and brave soldiers who achieved the fall
Of Forts Henry and Donelson, and COM
PEELED the surrender of other important
places. But, while we justly tender our
thanks to the soldiers in the feld, we
should not be unmiudtul of the man
who is the author of the plan that is now
being successfully carried cut.
1t is notorious, that as early as last
May, the President of the United States
proposed to General Fremont to take
command of the Western Division of
the army, which, on his return from
Europe, he conditionally accepted
The conditions were, that sufici Mt
number of men should be furnished
him, and territorial basis sufficiently
broad to carry out his plan Of operations.
An army of two hundred thousand men
was to be raised in the West-a feet of
gun boats was to be created on the up.
per waters of the Mississippi-one di-
vision of the army was to march from
St. Louis southward, driving or conquer
ing the enemy before them, while the
other division was to march down
through Kentucky and Tennessee, and
by the aid of the gun-boats, reduce
whatever strong military points the en-
eny might have established, and con-
tinue simultaneous march to the Gulf.
Most all the leading journals of tie
country proclaimed this to be the settled
plan of Fremont, and every act Of his
in Missouri, up to the time of his un-
fortunate (though, perhaps, wise) re-
moval, was indicative of its speedy exc
cution.
After an inglorious retreat, and a
pause of some four months, the skill of
all the Generals of the army can devise
no better plan to conquer the rebellion
than that projected by Fremont. Ac-
cordingly, after SO long delay, the ar
my is ordered to retrace its steps back
to Springfield. The divisions east Of
the river, with the aid of the gun boats,
are reducing the rebel strong holds in
Kentucky and Tennessee, preparatory
to simultaneous movement to the
Gulf. IF the banks of the Mississippi
are cleared of all distractions, and our
fleets tie cables at the wharf in New Or
leans during the ensuing spring, history
will accord to General Fremont the
honor of being one of the instrumen-
talities through which it was accom-
plished. These facts are no disparage.
ment to the officers now in the field.
/ Although the armies have appeared
tardy in their movements, (and perhaps
too much red tape has been used, the
people have no just cause to distrust the
ability Of our military leaders to con.
duct this war to a peaceful and honora.
BILE close.
i When this time arrives, as it is Ger
tain to at no very distant day, we viii
have better country than ever before
more tranquil-the hearts and feelings
of the people better united-the two
sections will be better acquainted witt
each other, want of which has beer
one of the principal causes of the pres
ent difficulties.
When the illiterate masses Of th'
South have learned the Northern feel
ing, sentiment, character and courage
they can never again be moved t.
rebellion by set of aspiring dema
gogues and traitors Even South Caro-
lima will have learned the difference be
tween anarchy and order, ruin and pros
perity; and when her leading traitor
are hung, or fed to parts unknown, sh
will seek the latter and shun the former
1t is professedly foregone conclu
. sion with some, that this rebellion cal
never be conquered; that the Confeder
ates will never yield short of extermina
ton, but will always remain half con
f quered province. This sentiment, how
ever, is not entertained by Union men
, North or Southland it is not in accord
, ance with the verdict, that the Soutl
will renew in the case before the expi
ration of six months.
Many who engaged in this rebellion
, expected an early recognition of thei
!, nationality ty the nations of Europe
r They anticipated the acquisition of Gu
ba, and large part, if not all Of Mex
leo. They fancied to themselves grea
Southern Slave Confederacy. They SAY
in their imaglnations Charleston th
equal of New York. They saw vas
! cane and rice fields waving over tn
plains of Mexico, and the Gulf mad
white with their sails. When they Sc
! these things fail them, as fail they mus
they will cleave to the old Union wit
3 a patriotic tenacity unknown before.
L.