Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-07-25


chosen BY conventions IN the severa
counties. to be held ON Saturday, til,
10Th Of August.
rhe Convention viii assemble at. II
o'clock a. M.;r7the place of meeting
will be hereafter designated.
GEO. M. PARSONS, Chr,
~ ID IL MARTIN Seey.
* Union Executive Committee.
Columbus, June I'd, 1862.
Watchnaan! what Of the Niglltf
II IS pleasant, in ths silence Of great
city, to hear the voice of the watchman
proelaiming, .aIl's weIl!"
But, You know that riot is hatch
ing in its secret dens, and treason peer.
ing frto the deserted streets from its
midnight lurking places ready to in
volye the homes Of the sleeping pop1-
lace in iucendiary fires, and you have
reason TO suspect a portion, at least, OF
those very watchmen ofcomplicity in the
plot you would not feel quite 50 secure
Aud especially would this feeling Of in
security be increased s. while the ,lideoas
yeilings Of tie mob we're heard in the
distance, and Is red glare Of The; ineen-
diary ! torch cleaned out in lurid flashes
upon the darkness, your own neighbors
manifested their sympathy with the des-
e = T.
peradoes by bounding them on to their
prey, and exulting in the threatened de-
yastation.
We have lad the pleasing sound of
the watchman voice, during all the
dark hours Of the past year. assuring US
that t'all's weil't-that the rebellion
would be cfusheG--that peace and secu-
irify was about to be restored, and chat a
trusting people mightfest in quIetnde,
only giving their sous and their sub
stance TO swen and support the. armies
that were to protect the loyal and sub
due the seslitrnus, -
But now, when we fondly hoped the
danger passed, The whole land is startled
ss from Aumher, BY the announcement
Of new and more appalling perils.
That the train was laid, and the con
fdent expectation i1ndulged BY the reb-
els and their sympathizers, that the
Splendid army of the. P Potomac was caught
il q trap and would be utterly crushed
before Richmond, leaving the way open
farthe capture of Washington, and the
sack of Northern cities. is now history.
That it did notisucceed is due to the un-
heard of courage and endurance Of our
brave soldiers, who for six long days
and nights withstood the shock of bat
tie under such circumstances as would
have resulted in the annih flation of any
other army in the world That army,
however was not wholly crushed, and
tbe. balance Of the progranme could not
be CARRIED out, ~ ,s4S Is
But the rising of the rebels in Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and in all
the States. that had been subdued, and
the tone of undisguised hostility to the
Geyernmept, BY their Northern parti-
sans, Shows that there was perfect un-
defstandiug among the conspirators.--
Alloyer the South, guerrilla bands are
forming and carrying devastation to the
homes of every one suspected of loyalty
to- the Government. In the North--in
OhioAin all the Free States the same
spirit is manifested, and open threats.
are made against those who earnestly
support the Union cause. 1t is. true,
this is done mostly under the cover Of
political partisanship, BY appealing to
the lowest Of human passions and pref |
udiecs, dsnouncihg all loyal citizens as
Abolitionisfss and the members of the
administration as tyrants and usurp- |
ers, who ought to. be hurled from their
places Our readers have no con-
ception Of The effort making to infame
the passions of the ignorant, through
many of the partisan papers pub
lished IN the North. We have not
ofte4refefred totllem, because it has
been our earnest desire to allay, instead
pf stirring up strife. But we are con-
Strained to say, that, in our opinion, the
real peril Of the eountryi is yet before us.
We DO pct belieVeit possible that these
desperate appeals can continue to be
made, in the name OF great party I
shichiss being used by designing men
iar treasonable purposes without pro-
lusing in the end civil war at home.
Nothipg buethe uprising Of the pat
riotic people IN their insulted majesty
% Fowns down these efforts can save us
from The horrors of internal warfare at {
home. And we are rejoiced to sec in
licatiohs everywhere of such an upris- &
ng, Il the demonstration can be made !
'ufieiently posing to cow the conspir-
tors, we may yet be saved But if not, f
,ur country IS doomedao all tlie horrors
f fanarchy
Our feadcHssare Witnesses that we are
70 alarmista: But in our heart of hearts
sesbeieye We are now. in the crisis of Z
'ur eoantFs IS destiny. If the citizens,
'etleTaliy ean be induced to rally to the !,