Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-09-28


if the press were less Mandatory Of the acts Of
our officials which are exceptionable, and
more frank to condemn their official tergisirl
sations, there wouIdbsAore hopes Of reclaim
ing them from the error Of their ways, and IN
stimulating them to rigid prosecution of
duties incumbent upon them at this particu-
lar juncture Of the affairs of the country .Ssz
The policy of the President at the
present time appears obe, to shut his eyes on
all which has past as we'll as to the views
which he himself entertained at the early
stages of his administration, lin his haste at
ter reconstruction Of rebel states, and in the
conciliationtof stapendous traitors: to pardon
Instead of Furnishing them, and restore their
large estates again TO be staked against the
country, in the delpsiye hope Of their future
instrumentality in restoring order and good
government in the States il, which they still
exercise much power. II will not be long we
predict before this suicidal policywil become
transparent to the world, and that instead of
the results sought to be attained the very re-
verse will cnsue: State thus reconstructed,
though from necessity she may recognize the
freedom of the freedman, nevertheless when
she shall regain her foothold in the counsels
|of the nation, through men thus gnlyanizedin in
to life by executive clemency, will she prove
less relentless than she was in a state of re-
belon? and will she not strive to win by po-
Hical rerolution what she failed to accom-
plish through riolences Hand in hand with
those from the north who may find access
to the national counscls, who are
responsive to every touch Of southern nerve,
we npprehcnd the approach Of a state of things
of agitation and confusion if not worse, which
will prove equally as embarrassing as were
the late efforts at open and violent rebellion.
Good men and true, we are pleased to see
are rousipg themselves from the state of re-
pose in which the country has lately fallen
and many editors of leading journals are
awakening to discharge Of the duties which
the present state Of things devolve upon them,
and are protesting against the suicidal policy
pursued by President johnson in this behalf;
foremost among whom in Ibis necessary work
are the able publishers of the Cincinnati
Gazette" which we republsh on the 4th page
of our paper, and which we heartily endorse.
But this course of President Johnson, does
not meet the reprchension of southern, men,
or northern democratic politicians. On the
contrary we find the views and policy of the
President in this connection are endorsed Eay-
'approved," by every Democratic State Con-
vention which has been held in the north and
the west, and by all its leading Journals: as
to southern sentiment and assurances in this
connection, we republish the following ex-
tracts from the press of the Southwest, show
| ing how this document (the Presidents letter
to Governor Sharky Of Tennessee on the sub
jcct of reconstruction,) was received by the
Mississippians and Alabamians 'aa..
(From the Mississippi Daily News-E. N. Yer
| ,4 ger Editor--September 6, 1861
."Thank Heaven, all is not lost We have a
President who, guided BY his oath and the
teachings of the Constitution, frowns down
the pretensions Of military commanders, and
has displayed enough of his policy to stife
forever the hopes of the radicals of the North.
"LoNG LIVE THE PRESIDENT! We COM
mend him, as he has been true to his country
and the principles of the Constitution. Be-
lieving that he will stand firm to the position
that he has taken, we do not hesitate to say
that If he shall continue to pursue this course
Of policy, he willbe our first choice for Pres
ident at the next election, in 1868.
/ tFrom the Mobile Daily News, September 8.
Thank God, President johnson has long
\ DAYS Of usefulness before him. and the peo-
pc of the South ever grateful for his having
saved them from the dire necessity of a serv-
lille war, will, in November, 1868 rally around
4 the standard Of that true friend Of the Consti-
tuition and the Union. '4-
4 -@' GLORIOUS NEWS
P. $3.50 P. Mas we are going to
} press, special telegram from jackson comes
to cheer us with the realization of our bright
est hopes in President johnson.
'The South may justly be proud; and oul
II mDttO, IUe CiToHj WCs hoVUtH, VIC " "ees
Man." is now q reality" ,.,.c A ,,. i
Agreeably to the old saying that when the
enemy praises it is time to be on the alert
it is just what we think in this connection
particularly when we contrast the present do
!, |ings of the President with his profession
when entering on discharge Of his executive
duties, greater diversity Of opinion thai
which is rarely to be found; and just now i
may be difficult to determine whether he j
most Influenced in the discharge Of this deli
cate duty by his southern education, or th'
promises Of reelection to the Presidency b.
!, southern and northern synipathisers lately il
! rebellion! n ~ .d i. .....,s,.. T.: 3.,,
Z One consolation however is, that Congress
will soon be insession, to whom the regulation
Of all this matter belongs, and whom we hav'
no doubt will thoroughly change the presen
aspect of affairs, and save the country from
!. political revolution at present so menacing
. and assign a proper position and punishment
to leading and eminent rebels, which is al
which now troubles the country. $3.50.