Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-06-13
vBMBER 20
Nulliacation Run Mad.

Vacancy maae py tne expulsion OF
Breckinridgs for his open treason. He
was elected as Conservative Union
man, and the people Of the loyal States
exuited over his sicesss as great gain
to the cause Of the country. But most
Isadly we're they mistaken ID their man.
He has thrown off the mask, aud stands,
to day, a more open and avowed nnlliacr
than BreekinFidge himself
Mr. Davis did not s. Cd the Vallsn-
ssdliighA n dress fo the Democracy of
| the country. He does not claim, even,
to be Democrat. But 1t will be OBJ
served by those who keep af eye on the
movements Of the rebel syinpathisefs a.
Washington, that the Vallandigham
Democrats and the Davis conservatives
form a partnership: The Democracy
meet in caucus one night, and Yalian-
dighan, Cox, Pendleton & Co, pass
their resolutions, denouncing the Gov
ernment, and assuring the South that
the war is wsged by the Administration
for the sole purpose of conquest, and to
overthrow the Constitution, and that
the only hope is in the restoration to
power of the good old Democratic party.
The next night, the conservative
Union men, hold a eauens, with
Davis or Crittenden in the chair, ana
che Same. YaIlandig hsiia, Cox, Pendleton
& Co., as speakers and chief managers.
They adopt the Democratic resolutions,
not as Democrats, to be sure, but as
."eensefFative' Union men, and then go
into the Senate and the House, and Vie
with each other which can stab nearess
to the heart Of The country.
We here copy from the Nashville
Uatoa, Of the Goth inst, scathing srtf-
Gle, which, coming as il does frcih d
loyal Tenneaseean, aud published IN tho
Capital Of the State of Tennessee, will
be read with more consideration than
anything We could write. Such re-
buke, coming from such source, ousht
to have weight with all rejecting per-
sons, whatever their party feelings may
be. Here is the article:
"We have been exceedingly mortified
at some late remarks made III debate by {
Senator Davis Of Kentucky. His orig
;na ra,,,, o xrayta 90 tsaasnn,,htx. +h.,t -
member seut c0PJ,f as .hara-= TO- tie
Clerks desk to go on onreeord, whereupon
Senator Davis made the following expla,
nation:
"I said that in my judgm ment, Congress
had passed unconstitutional measures,
aud SO far as these measures IRE nncon-
stitutional, twill advise my constituents
to resist them, and here repeat it The
position have adhered to all the time,
is that SO far as the legislation Of this
Congress in the judgmept OF my people
should be unconstitutional, | will ladyise
them to resist it by all the means they
can command. U,ta he Seprenle Cours
of the Jaftea States has Decided a hte IL
be coz stitutioaol, ceery citizen has q right
to Judge for himsett, upon has oue,saespoa-
si6ility Of the consfitnfioaahty ef the iaH,
and he has a right tc resist it.eeerdiRgt,
has olen jadgnte,it. and TO submit himself
to the proper courts when his cpnduct
shall become subject to their Judgment,
IF by his course he commits the crime
of treason, he is justly amenable to the
punishment of a traitor.
We repudiate such doctrines as EN-
.bodyins the very soul of notification;
1t was Just such keresy that precipita@
ted the cotton States into a revolution.
1t was such heresy. as Calhoun instiiied
into South Carolina in 1888. It is rask
higher -lawism, AID II acted on, will iE'
yolve this nation IN bleodshed forever.
Every citizen has a right says Mr..
Davis, Ito judge for himself whether
the law passed by Congress and siguets
by the President be constitutional or
not, and ifhe ce,ne to the conclusion
that it is uneonstitutional, this Ken
tucky Senator advises him TO sresfst IL
bv all means at has eoB,Hdna - Sho OF
the Sheriff or United States Marshal,
break open and delnolish the jafls, FIRE
On the Federal police, do anything TO
obstr uet the enforcement Of the odious
faWsi Do we dream? Can we trust our
|sensesa Is this .Garret Davis or jeff:
Davis who utters doctrines en- the floor
of the Senate so monstrots and abhor-
trent to every law abiding, Conservative
MANI Why this frotay raatis the very
/ language of radiealism and jaeobinism.
It is the wild jargon OF the mob It Is
repetition of the ant OF Eoolnbs, Mas-
son, W1gfall, ISerson aud JEFF. Davis,
who will heartily indscse the views OF
this Senator. We have no faith in Ser
tator Powell, Mr.. Davis colleague, and
vet we do not believe that even he would
have dared to preaeh such ineendiarishl
| in the Senate, before NJ. DAVIS speech.
What he viii do now IS bard 20 predict,
but ofone thirg we feel certain, that he
cannot say anything more abhosrent to
the feelings of hw-ahiaing nen- We
feel certain that the Union nseg OF kepy
lucky will repadiate Indignantly the
| Ehie her-lawism OF Mr.. Davis. It surely
eau fud no response save with the reh-
els. We thought it was the duty Of all
citizens to obey the laws until repealed,
or set aside by the decision Of the su-
prelne c ourt No. sfys Mr.. Davis, you
have rislzt to ro&ist the Law sbJ al
rreans at your eonlHsatsl until the
coart decides such law to be eonstltu-
tional, Was there ever wilder.or mora
dangerous radicalisn,? Imagine for n
moment what would be our eeadisio1f2 =
the laws were to be thpss ss:sssi stei. Tho
whole natioa Eouh be perpetually on
the star,,l1r ysr.,yf,s, faf anarchy and mob