Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-09-26

For' Commits 'er--J. w. CARPENTER.
Coroner. BRANCH.
Inf. Dit, . y'rs-TilOs. RADFoRD.
3 .-WM. DAVIS.
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Ths Presidents Proclamation.
In another column will be found a,
procla nation from the President of the
United States, which is, in our opinion,
by far the most important document
ever emiaating from the Executive of
this nation. 1t will thrill to the souls
center every loyal man in the Union,
and every friend of Free Government
and human progress throughout the
world, as it will cause all rebeidom and.
their sympathizers to gnash their teeth
in the impntvncy of rage and dispair.-
Thank God, and A!,ra ham Lincoln, the
long, dreary gloom ef the seemingly
endless night which lowered over our
= destinies, breaks at last, and the glim-
mering of approaching day appears!-
We may look, doubtless, for something
like realization of The Apocatptic
vision which portrays the wrath of the
Devil when he knew that his time was
short All the elements Of rebellion,
sedition, passion, prejudice, party mad
ness, pro-slavery ianaticism, and ICON
servative' hypocrisy will stew and seethe
into one compound mass Of nncontrola
HE hate aud indignant fury, which will
.Gud vent in enc long, dismal, wolfsh
howl Of "A bolitionism." This motley
combination, knowing that its time is
short, wiIlspcw out of its myriad mouths
II food Of unwholesome and siekening
blasphemy, with asyiew Of destroying
the effect of the righteous policy which
the President has announced. 1t may
20 even beyond this, and attempt, by in
tin.idation, and even By force, to frighten
him from his purpose. But tic attempt
viii fail! Sir Lincoln las gone to the
very verge Of loyal endurance in his
4.oliey Of conciiiation. lie knew, as
every loyal man knew, that the policy
shc now announces, if it had been adopt
Cd in tie start, would have closed the
war long ago. But he has been willing,
for the sake of allaying party animosity,
to risk all but the Union itself, in his ef-
forts to conciliatc. The loyal people,
while they saw that the policy of con
eiiiation could only end in ruin, were
willing, nevertheless, to give their sons,
and their substance to the cause, until it
should be dcmonstratc ted to all the world
that such policy led only to destruc-
ton. That demonstration has been
fully made. The hour and the occasion
have come in which to strike the decisive
blow, OF be blotted out as u nation.
Contrary to the gathering fears Of his
friends, Mr. Lincoln has proved himself
equal to the crisis. His honesty of pur
pose was never doubted. His nerve was
beginning to be. Now, that he has
proved himself ''master of the situa-
tion," let every loyal heart draw closer
to him in sympathy. Let every voice
of murmuring at the past be hushed.
Let every legal arm be barred to sus-
tain. him with the Irresistible might
that confidence inspires. Let thanks
giving to God so up in swelling
anthems from the churches, and
PRAYERS from the closets Of all christian
people. If he calls for another million
Of soldiers, let there be no thought OF a
draft, but from the farm and shop, and
counting house-fi ON the cities, a nd han
let's, and waysides, let the youth and the
manhood of the land rally to the stan
dard now inscribed with a Divine mis-
sion which God, Angels, and all good
men can unite to sustain. If another
thousand millions Of dollars is needed,
let US give the last dollar we possess, and
mortgage the inheritance Of twenty gen
erations, if necessary, to raise it. Let
! confidence take the place of desponden
cy. Let faith displAce distrust; and
with, Liberty and Union, now and for
ever, one and inseperable, as the inspi-
ration of the hour, and relying upon God
and the sure triumph of justice, We will
yet have country redeemed, which will
be the JOY of all lands, and the glory of
all the earth.
We have neither time nor space to
partirularize, having received the proc
lamation only in time to put it in type
before gong to press. We shall have
; more 10 say Of it hereafter. Read the
Proclamation.