Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-09-05
UNION STATE TICKET.
The Latest News.


The Latest News.
We give up most Of our space to tel
egraphic reports from our armies. The
: picture presented is gloomy enough
Kentucky is in the hands Of the rebels,
and Ohio and India ma threatened.
Missoari is swarming with guerrilla
hands, who are numbering ahd burning
in all directions. Tennessee presents
like view, but worse The Indians of
all our Western frontiers have been
tampered with, and have risen in all
the horror of savage feroeity and are
makinga general massacre ofthe settlers.
Western Virginia is gain the scene
of bloody raids by jenkins and other
bands of marauders. We have had
second edition of Bull Run in Eastern
Virginia, and Washington, Baltimore.
Philadelphia and New York, panic
stricken, tremble in the presence Of the
advancing columns Of the conspirators.
Our immense supply trains furnish the
rebels with provisions, arms and ammu-
milton, and the ravished safes Of our
} ,aymasters swell their exchequer. Our
volunteers are moved down by the bat
tallion, and surrender in squads, com
panies and regiments. The heart would
become sick, but for the consolation to
be derived from the assurance that
what seems like series of defeats
and disasters, are, in fact, masterly
"stratesies' on the part of our Napo-
Icons. We have no heart for comments.
five could only induce God to sus-
pend the operation Of His laws, and re-
verse the course of His Providence, we
could get along very we'll. 1t does
seem strange that He will persist in re-
quirins conformity to these old decrees,
when He must know that to do SO will
''irritate" the Border States. and PIE
vent the ssrestoration of the Union as it
was.''1 Besides, they are Of doubtful
'consfitutionality,' at best, and are Ger
taihly repuSnant TO the settled policy
of our 'sconservatiye" statesmen, and
the sordcrs' Of some Of our command
ing Generals. They ought, therefore,
to be repealed.
Iti difficult to see why these old
laYs .ssabout s.justice," suppression"
righteousness, &C., should be adhered
10 so rigidly. Why should He insist
on having them applied to "niggers?''
What is few millions of "niggers,"
more or less, to Him? Why did He
luake the ''niggcrs' if He could not let
us enslave them without getting up
fuss about it?
He cant expect US to give up
slavery when it is clear that we can
raise cotton cheaper by making them
work fer nothing, than if we paid them
for their labor. And what need He
care whether Ee "pay the laborer for
lis hire or not? They are property
Our fathers took negroes from Africa
aud made them slaves. That gives US
the right to take all their children and
make them slaves. This right we don't
intend to give up. No brave people
ever did. Egypt, Babylon, Tyre, sidon,
the Meads, the Persians, the Greeks,
!, the Romans-in short, all the nations
which have preceded us refused to do
any such thing. 1t is true, they have
all perished. BUTT was simply because
4 God would not suspend these old laws of
His. And hence the absolute necessity
of securing their suspension in our case,
rive will reach the same fate if we
travel the same road.
4 We think, therefore, a committee of
pious Shareholders, loyal rebels, honest
Z thieves, brave towards, merciful Bush
\ whackers, patriotic conservatives and
liberty loving slave-catchers, should be
4 appointed to draft form of prayer to
s be used in all churches not infested
with higher law notions, for repeal
n or suspension of these old laws. In
consideration oc a little nigger or two
q given OF promised to the chief minis
ters, and few to aid the cause of
missions, great JUNCTION could be infused
e into these prayers, and who can tell the
happy result? The experiment is surely
worth trying, as last resort. If it
fails, we. will be ia no worse condition
than we are. Let repeall repeaA RE-
, PEAL!!l be the prayer of every soul
fwho desires 10 see such change in the
course of Providence, as will permit
PEOPLE to have, to hold, and enjoy their
slaves without suffering the consequences
which have heretofore followed from
the practicel
q Exemptions from Draft.
81 Examinations will be continued on
the 9Th, 9th, 10th and 11th. Those
having claims for exemption will pre-