Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-09-21

they now offer for the office Of Governor, u
semi General--a General of day-in the
person Of Geo, W, Morgan, man whose mil
itaryhistory consists in an insignificant retreat
from Cumberland Gap, when the enemy were
probably within b day s march of the opposite
side Of the mountain, and in his victorious
retreat feeding his troops on roasting cars as
was his wont politically in feeding his associ-
ates on soft corn; which rations not proving
palatable, he thereafter threw up his military
commission obtained on the presumption of
being q war Democrat, and returned to his
first love the ''old wigwam" of Democracy,
where he has become celebrated hisser
among colleagues so famed in this species
of business. Democratic platforms being
composed of delicate textiles and not suscept
ible of long usage are necessarily often sub
stituted; but on the occasion of selecting the
present candidate as a standard bearer, q sub
stitution for that Of Chicago became necessary
and has been adopted, which while itdoes
not profess to endorse the Presidents procla-
nation and the proposed amendment to the
Constitution Of the United States, or that
of negro suffrage, or the proper doctrine
of ~ reconstruction of the national au-
thority in the States lately in rebell-
ion,--is nevertheless loud and boisterous in
encomums on President johnson in the ex-
ercise Of the pardoning power in behalf Of
rebels with estates over $4,000 with whom
they hope ere long to clasp hands in either
Hall of Congress, and through some civil
hocus pocas, rcvolutionize the country as
effectually as was attempted to be done not
long since vi ct armis. The platform recent
ly adopted, also sets forth the novel idea, that
the rights Of the States lately in rebellion,
take precedence not from the suppression of
the rebellion or necessary legal provision, but
from the moment of their secession from the
Union: whereby they claim retrocession Of
all the civil rights they enjoyed at that time,
in the regulation of state affairs, in the cleo
ton of officers to the National Congress, as
well as to a full participation in the Offices
and the affairs Of the general Government,
as though the rebellion was a misnomcr or
other innocent political dodge; by such mode
of Jesuitical reasoning, they hope to impose
on the public credulity, and be able once more
to sway the destinies Of this great Republc,-
not to elevate her still higher in her relations
with the ruling powers of the world, but to
sink and forever obl.tcrate all traces Of her
present existence as though Government
such IS ours had. nerer eristed! ,aI 30 .s,..
The flag of which Mr.. Morganis constituted
the standard bearer, has also undergone con
siderable transmogrifcation; instead of the
stripes the bars and the palmetto ''upas tree"
and the SIC semper tyrannis which hereto.
fore adorned their emblem of treason, they
now introduce on one side of their flag, a re,y
faint representation of the glorious stars and
stripes, which for nearly hundred years has
led our countrymen to victory, but which re-
quire optics of more than an ordinary focus
to make the alteration legable. s.t
All this fusion however VIC predict will not
bring them an accession of one single vote :
Modern Democracy so nearly allied to 49,
has become SO transparent as to be read and
understood by all intelligent classes of society,
so that its approach need but be simply
announced, when the masses make roomfor
its passage with the corpses it contains, of de-
luded ruined followers. Hp af
Under all the circumstances, we scarcely
deem it necessary to remind the loyal citizen,
of the folly of the cry raised by those who lay
in wait to deceive them, "that there is no
longer necessity to unite under the old ban
ner Of the Union party for the preservation Of
the country"-in reply to this sophistry we
have only to remark, that if union became
necessary in order to suppress rebellion
whether in the South or the North, it becomes
equally necessary for the time being at least,
to continue the present organization to pre-
serre and to secure the blessings schich our
late rictories hare bronght ,cithin tie public
reach; therefore in our estimation all who
truly love their country will not absent them.
selves from the polls on the End Tuesday Of
October next, but, be diligent in
his labor for the good cause, and sec that every
one shall record his ballot, who has the prvi-
lege to enjoy the high and honorable right Of
q fireman. such efforts cannot fail to attain
the end in VIEW and establish our institutions
on q basis which shall become impregnable
see to it then each citizens, that You not only
discharge this important duty yourselves but
that others to whom the exercise of, this priv
ilege belongs shall not be derilect in the
discharge of this high duty ~ s0 @'e' 1s@
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
Important From Columbus.
Columbus Sept 1.-THE air here at the
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