Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-14
Beauties of Secessia.


papers and other documents. The pa
pers are not very fresh, the latest teinS
more than month old. But they are
exceedingly interesting, showing, as
they do, the spirit Of the rebels. We
rhsll, probably, present our readers,
hereafter, with somc of the curiositics
of secession literature, At present We
have not room to do so. Among the
documents is pamphlet, the sitle page
rf which reads: "Declarafion of hide
,.~adeace aa,f C5nstitution Of the Proris-
ianai Gorernn,ent of the State Of kentucky,
foscfher uith tie Message Of tie Governor.
Bo,ciias Green. Ky, ". II. Holaerman,
STATE printer, 1861.
The Declaration of Independence and
Constitution was adopted, and Governor
and council appointed BY Cen.eation
held at Russelyille, on the Goth day Of
November, 1861. The Declaration j.
truly a curiosity. 1t eonsists of an.im,
mense, string Of ,eh>rmss, the single
idea which pervadcs them is, that whom
ever tho mcjority of the people, either
I. in the [ nion or in any State, refuse to
permit the mincriiy 10 rule, that major
w, no matter how large, is to be deemed,
taken, and held to be '!Abolitionists,'
and it, becomes the instant right and
duty Of the minority, n matter how small,
to constitute new Govcrnmept'in which
the majority are to be disfranchised. and
subjected to the absolute will Of the
minority. by force Of arms. 1t, there
fore. in view of the fact. tina. the people
ofthe United States had elected Pres
ident, asains. the will Of the minority,
and the further fact, that the people of
Kentucky, by an ovegw helming major
i,y, had, in direct opposition to the will
of the minority Of the people of that
state, elected 4 Legislature, which stub
bornly and fsctiously refused to aid in the
overthrow ef the Uuiou, resolved. &C.,
that Kentucky is an Indep dent State,
and as such it be. transferred and az
taehed 10 the Southern Confsderacy, &c.
We hare not sirsn the precise language;
Of this celebrated document, but the
| sbove 10 It's exact spirit.
Then follows the "Constitution," !"
which eonsirts of sixteen sections, in
I perfect accordance with the spirit of
the "Declaration.' 1t provides that
the supreme power, both Executive and
Legislative, Of the State shall be vested
in Governor and Council of ten, all
to be appointed by the convention, and
to have power to make all laws, raise
armies and navics. and do every other
thing, except permitting the Union to
he restored. With this Democratic
form Of Government established, the
convention proceeded to elect the Gov
eraor and Council as above provided for.
That true and patriotic Democrat,
GEoHcE W. JonNsoN, was duly elected
and inducted into said Office of Gov.
ernor, and ':rih implicit reliance upon
DIVINE protection and suilance," this
christian patriot and Democratic states
man, the Immortal George w. johnson,
aforesaid, proceeded to deliver bis
Message to the Immortal 'Cosacil Of
ten"
The Message is a long one. It gives
truly: .sece.h" history of the rise and
progress Of the rebellion. 1t immortal
ICES the already immortal "Peace Con-
gress, and claims that if the people Of
the Cnifed statss had submitted to IL
wisdom. and had disbanded the Govern
ment elected by themselves, and
changed the Constitution so that the
majority should never be able again to
elect President, there would have
been no. occasion for the minority to tax q
up arms, to overthrow the Government
and Constitution by force. But, as the
factions and fanaticsl majority would
not do this, there was no alternative left
but for the minority to give up the COZ.
troll Of the Government, or to seize it by
force. Fidelity to Democratic princi.
y pies impeiled them to the latter course
I He next glorifes the position oi
Neutrality" so long assumed by Ky.
and lets us into the sscect, that seutral.
d ity was invented by the concentrated
J wisdom Of the Cotton States, and he
spends several columns in demonstra.
: ting that that policy ,ifit had been adhered
to, would have co npelled the acknowl
edsment Of the Southern Confederacy
and . dissol ation Of the Union long ago
But here came into Play:again5 the dia
bolisai principle Of a majority ruling
An election was held in KY, and thu
fanatical "Abelition" hordes of ths
Black Republican State, elected a Leg
islature alhiost unanimously in favor o
the Cuionl The neutrality policy wa
reversed, and the hordes Of 'Lincon'
shell hounds" were invited to take pos
session Of the sacred soil. Bat We hav
not time to yentillatc this preciou
Message" further. We cannot close
K however, without giving at least on
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