Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-04-11
r. A. PLANTS. EDITOR.
Not So.

y Not So. 81
II Is not true,.as tLe pro slavery press
charge, that the Republicans. have
changed their views as to the inherent
esl Of the system Of slavery, because
they propose to give of their means to
w.aeifect itse xtinc,iou They do not pro
pose to do his by way of .Pure1.dsiiag he
staccs as properly, but as ranx3nrtny them
5 .,tspmsifar cspbo,s.
Our Government once appropriated
-"asiasss swin Of money 10 ransom our citi-s
teas who Ind been captured, ana we're
heid a.s'qrss in Alsisrf. ret, VIC did
-aosnoid by shstacss sanction the, idea that
tho Algerines 1had athe right to seize
@ anssslips, sand snake e;elaves Of our cit-
zess 1foa nd on board as passengers or.
crews! Yet, this is what the slayeho olders
pfA}siqsi iiapder she sanction of their
Govern msnt-d did for many years. The
dusk y 'schiralty af6rn,eds with all the
a assurance of nc of fourowu spatriarehs,
s64 hat black men could not work in the
tls hot climate of Atrica--that the white
80 race WIS made exprcsslya for their slaves
{eA--thatthere could be no e7ualig between
2 theoraues, and Gmttio od had, by express
command, ordained tho enslavcment of
- While smen, and they quoted the X oran,
bs toursD. D.sgluote the Bible in proof
aaa That thez zslaseryzof American white
aritizens was as perfectly Iu saceordance
- with tho as-Co ,stitution and laws OF
ce-Algiers, as that of the saddieecolorcd
sous aud,daughtersof f,he '.ehivalry," is
siain Virginia, is fact that nobody will
% pretend to deny. Itiis a natter of bis,
.,orysi that whoever, in that country, de-
si1nicd this right, was denounced as ia
y = natic and q AJolitioaia, and was hunted
81 down M,dY mobbed by the Algerine
81 shareholders and their abettors just as
sa they have been in this country i-e
$50 Our country declared waragainst the
mi,Soyernmentsof Alsiers for the purpose
collaborating their slasesaand to prevent
their continuance Of tie systam.i And,
after several victories oYcrn.the's spatri-
/ arohs, Congress appropriated aalargc
suIn. aud paid it, too, to the Aigefinc
Government, to redeem the sla 3es! We
could, undoubtedly, haxeseenq quered the
masters, and liberated a the aslares by
orce of arms--thosc, 3tlleastawho were
not, musaered inIthe contest But it
was deemed cxpedient, as we'll as eco
uomical, to ransom them with money
And, We think, the Gosernment was
.ss Acting upon this precedent, Lin
colps is of the opiEion that it would be
better, uponthe whole, and would eott
!. less, to buy off the Shareholders of fir.
sinia, as was done in the case. of the
4.ssme classin Algiers. As there is no
question Of principle iuyolsedy the prop
osition presents itself to the country
as oneofexpediency alone.g Aaid, view
Ing it in this light. We favor the scheme.
Thatthc eystem of slavery cndansers
the safety Of the Government--in fact,
renders the existence of a free country
an impossiblity, is now clear to every
.eane mind. 1T s,sust, .alNr.fosc, he PEI
aeoy, ty some neaas. If il can be done
cheaper, all things considered, by paying
the Shareholders rahsom fee, than in
7any other =wuy,s then that is the best
thing to ao.1uIf our -neighbor should
set up nuisance near our dwelling, and
insist upon keeping it there, annoying
us and endangering the health and lives
Of our ianiily, it wsuld be our duty, CT
course, to have the nuisance abated.--
But, il, ,on fullsconsideration. We should
find that it would cost $1,000 to nbate the
nuisance, while We could sJay cF the
keeper Of it for $500, it seems to us
that the better way would be to give the
$500, and be. rid of it, And this would
in no manner, be an acknowlcd gnient
Of his right, any more than it would be
an acknow led mcnt of the right of q
robber, who would agree to spare your
life on the payment to him of a like
sum. = asa te f
We, thercfore, acknowledge no right
in the STAKEHOLDER any more than in a
robher. But, as in these cases, we
would give a portion Of our goods te
save the balance, or all of them to save
our lives, so We would, 10 sare oar cosa
try, consent to buy its life by ransom
to its enemies, when it is demonstrated
that that is the cheapest, and, consider
ing all the circumstances, the best way
fesdo it. This is the principle involved
Jpsihe Presidents policy, and on this
principle alone do We support it.
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Soldiers Relief Meeting.
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