Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-06-22
President johnson, and the Re-
turning StSics.

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A - turning ststcs.
corrcspondenee of the Philadelphia Press.
A Delegation after delegation fromE the so
called seeded States call Upon the President,
asking his protection and vcntilating their
views SHereceives them kindly, and treats
them frankly. In no single instance has he
withheld his decided policy from them. IT is
interesting to note that these delegations con.
tain men with whom he sat in Congress. and
several of them were his intimates, and en-
jotcd MS muc1Tof the confidence that So silent
a mall ever bestows upon others. His Words
to ohe may be taken as a model for ALL He
asks them if they do not think his policy is
right, and they almostall reply that they CON,
cur in that which cannot be avoided, however
it may be deplored He says that if there are
any of them, either the people or the politi-
Clans who have hope that there, may DO a
gradual abolition Of slavery, or a scrvituden
the shape Of the attrentice system, that in no
contingency cah slavery ever be revived
They must dismiss tllht idea forever; slavery
is gone, never o be bhit up agaiu. He tells
them thatif tlfere,is any expectation of the
assumption of the rebel debt it is absurd; that
not dollar will ever be recognized BY the
Government To- this they reply that ttley do
not expect nor desire to pass it themselves, or
to ask others to pass it for them. On the
question Of negro suffrage he refers them to his
recently announced sentiment. | hear of no.
casein which the same deplorable story is not
told by these meh. In South Carolina, at the
beginning of the war; there were four hundred
millions in slaves and property; now, not q
dollar is left. The formerly rich men are eli
ther- poor or dependent. Hammond, Rhett,
Orr and Chestnut are. still living, but they are
in very destitute circumstances Hammond
refused to take any part in the rebellion. He
says he believed at the first twould be mere
'serenade war" and he never expected any,
thing else but that it would collapse at last
What is true of South Carolina is equally true
Of Georgia, Toombs has lost immensely,
having managed to save his land, but has lost
all his slaves and an immense amount of his
property. Joshua HillVprobably one of, the
best Of the Georgians---is now in Washington,
and has been recommended to the Presidents
for Governor 81 Hill was member lof Com
gress when Georgia seeded, ,'and resigned
with the rest, under protest He. has beena
consistent Union man ever since, and is hAne
at the request of many of the leading men,of
the State. Cobb, Gartrcll, Crawford and 9TH
crs unhesitatingly submit to unaltcrable dAsti-
ny. and are ready to come back to the Union
on our own terms John Forsyth writes ffnm
Mobile in the same ,vein:, The Alabama del
egation, headed by George S. Houston. Joe
Bradley, and Others have had several inter
views with the President, and have met with
the same kind but candid reception. In, Ken
tucky there is regular but unfriendlp poy-
ernment, and the difficulties there. are in
creased by the. persistent opposition oftthe
copperheads, headed by Powell and Senator
Davis, to the amendment of International Con-
stiution abolishing slavery Great; trouble
ensues, too from the, effort Of tile. e.slavehbld-
ers to prevent the practical operation of,the
emancipation policy Of the Government, but
all this will work right General Palmer; who
has command of this district, is now, i'm Wash
ington, and will be clothed with full power,to
enforce that which these people, contrary to
their own interests, stnbbornly, antagomze-
Gov. Hahn of Louisiana is here, and will prob
ably confer with the President today. 1t is
clear, however much it may ,berdbh6red that
Gen. Banks New Orleans programme,is a
failure, and that i'll luck has attended mpon
nearly all the civil operations under the'im-
proved Constitution Of fiat State. It,is be-
lieved that the President will rncegnize. the
government represented by Senator,4Iahhrand
his colleagues and it is to be hoped that such
an organization will lie effected in. the State
as will induce Congress to admit, Hahn and
colleagues to Seats butbefore ssiat is effected
there may have to be a, considerable change
of men and policy in the State itscli:t Since
the pompous Jack Magruder', has come down
the expedition to Texas may be countermand-
cd, and that reorganization left to the people
themselves; but, ., considerable. number of
troops will be thrown along the frontiers for
the purpose-of keeping our peace with the RI.
val factions in Mexico. Thus, one after an
other, the seeded States are coming back
'INever before in history has so formidable u
rebellion been crushed SO completely,a and new
cr have eintoleraht tandthreatenin gdt,nagogues
SO rapidly succumbed. '.lf.H ~ r'8N
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