Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-06-27
Gen. Rousseau on the Slavery
Question.

- 80 Ss~~ SsSAossSAS
0uesIlon.
ten: kousseau attended banquet
given g. IN ms honor at Louisville Mon
oay nigat; Hts speech vas very inter
esting. we nave romm to-day only for
tne folioTing extract, which will deeply
interest the country as the. utterance of
loyal kentuckian and brave General
serving his country, on the slavery
question:
wish to say word Of the "situa-
t,on as II IS called by che reporters Of
.he = ga propose .e ADVISE nobody
prelena g no exefaoIaanary foresight.
ns aesl1s g s.ls1s saa snis Ieoeiil0a
= Z aiS lt''1a slle ps lsFe NlIs
ht'seE ~ "a Use ~ g - 6 enc
seep nR = systems o. y leiesale 'sg
was aaepleds ana - pursued fndustri
ousty 70 Ihls gay II Is the only stock
IN trade tney nave. They could teach
the devil himself much he never knew
before about lying. wherever the
army mas gone It mas met this felf spirit
OF Iaiseheoa; we nave taken none OF
enelr properly; We nave excluded their
siases rom our lines, #nen needed We
nave piacea guards OF our soldiers
afouho thef houses 10 protect them
an ana ye. tney persist In calling US Abo-
llt.onis.s ana negro-tnleyes. And IN
splte OF cur disclaimers and our soldiers,
assefVatiohs 70 the contrary-of our
words ana our acts, they have insisted
tnae our onJect is to iieerate and steal
their slaves.
+ tfnt
the everlasting niger will be the
cause OF the failure. They know what
they say is false, yet they never cease
repeating it. Behind and before "a
this has been the cry of the enemies Of
the Government. Now, the army OF
ten. Halleek Is eminently conservative.
believe there is neither an Abolition
lists nor seeessionist in it. IF there
Is one OF eitner faction, ! do not know
y. ~ ofueriy, l, so pa1rioIle' ana 90 con, con-,
selsa.iVe ooay q men I eel1eye @ neyee.
s.oao ~; a.semDsu sosIsnel Ina. arm y
- i'' ,nVeiooofse villa .ne seeesssonlsts
mas pieaaeo anu IS s''h@ Pieaaing fer.
peace ehael re, ene oia oose1nment, oner-
IS. s i - ~ ss - e.n.n ait .ney
:. - - n, aA e;.L .L nm.ns e1eeps
.a,"e.a.L;.a ena "ans 10
tba, 49, .ha;r ssn,har, @ h.s.s. oa III; ,, uesife
an ' .sa;. 49,, - . nan,AaaI 49, ls. suaa ehjey
81 . & -. ai p....e pus me
nssfp - ~ .ne way, sh spase % a., that
eaa tIu pe uose ~. ~, ~ salu seana'ng pesore
sis ~ =, =. .us say se.essio'isSe' 'ne negro
-'aes ~ ~ .Ae o'ssts =, " out 'oserh'
Me, :,,a1is ~ 1s susuoW On s'ie
- - ,.aaa,s, .t,a..a aly &. oeno1
.bs ravoka., 81 ssss,1 = ss'o -. n..y
would u;Ij;nf,,n baya 81, IL
strnct;an En- tba nsvra tha1 - ~ IA -, ~
w;sb ~ ;nterfsre w;tb ;o s,a ~ ",
,,;tI ali t1e conseynat;sa, and na,r;o,;;s,. ~
tse arnu has aro,o, ,eearp ~, - t5;s ,s,ss~, nsa,
c,v afas aboj;t;on, - -, cs,sa - 80
- T. -, ~. G',..a".ess ee0'' fe'
'''o 800 ''n'e,'s, ,
L nave warned our eeatnern trends
o. tae ua1ger 9f continuing IL much
longer ana ! 1ees goa 1ozalsget s,'asy teas
a'ar cols1slaes g year rom ms day, sheee
aetH a'oe oe a ss@oe o., uees co7fsnept. Ine
great reVolutlon VIII take care OF itself
the deaa vail bury It's dead-and
those VINO are causing al the nioodshed
and desoiation around US under the
faise pretense tnat we desire to tree
their negroes, sostt, y they Persist, oa@
day jlad state1y sna.Jeo ous as you sn1T
o,tf 1 q eaaass' ;otaeery IS asos aoeraa oar
GoeefHnseiss. 70 % Hos 'oofte car tsoeaty.
~ as not 1oortn ets sfse 'feeaeas eeooa s. neso
oeang poured o0e Jor Jreeesom. ~ Is '.of
aoorts me Jfee : nectgatson cf ,ae 4Ntssis- !
stppa feeef. N o; we must stlH nave our
1osernmsne---ti ne no' as isssne# is, Wish
slavery 10 ~ SUI We muss nave GUT
Gexefnment we cannot pc ssases 9,
Jen. DAVIS q company. we must and
VIII De tree we must nave the tree
aaslgatlon oI Tue piississ'pFi river; dns
y seepfry geo W .fte aoag g .Asss 'sgefs,
eeny stdee'y mass ger ont Of the soGy.--
mat YOU'D De tue iass resort, and 1
should oe De sorry 20 nave recourse 10 II
ou. am !er tne uo7efnmens of our
fathers aeathsta All Things and every body
Whist the ilnertles OF the people are
secure under IL, as tney ever have DeeH,
IA Wo lid allow nothing but death t'.
prevent my up1eiaing Il. Ana, 10TH IS
you may De 10 aee,ae, you VIII soon, ~
beiiege, De cahec upon 70 DO ses tG
spite OF your ehtreatlea, the issue wii1 .t
be cruelty thrust upon you, and yoa sotis
be forced TO dectde bef,cee'e stavery and
your aeaues and children AS for me, I
lam ready for the responsibility A
Southern man as am, born and brought
iup in the South, ( could not hesitate ons
faonteat, sei1en me ass1e ts l1'eselated dsfaeeA