Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-06-01

iItwas resolved ithsk ;thes esarmy should march
To- Pittsburgh The design Of attacking the
garrison q triaing squad of United States
troops in Fort Pitf) was, however, abandon,
ed. : The people of the town were very hospi.
table. Whisky (uiitaxed) flowed freely, and
the army marched through and crossed the
Monongahela, where they mostly retired to
their houses, having made demonstration
ofsHength which, D was thought, would ef.
fectually prevent M future attemptto exc
cute the laws, NJ siis atSagsasAi 3sssfE
But the ihsuffe6>ian had now reached q
poinf awhere the temporizing policy of the
Government could be pursued no longer. -
The alternative, of subduing this open and
forcible resistance, orof submitting to it, was
presented to- the Admin istration. I Washing
ton chose the former. 0n the 7th of August,
1894, he issued his proclamation, warning all
insurgents to disperse within three weeks
prohibiting all persons from aiding or abet-
ting the perpetrators Of such reasonable acts
and declaring his purpose to "call forth the
militia to suppress the combinations afore-
said and to cause the laws to be duly exc
cuted, in the most solemn conviction that the
essential interests Of the Union demand it."
On the same day. a requisition was made on
the Governors Of New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia for twelve thousand
militia, (afterward increased to fifteen thou.
sand, } who were to be Immediately organized
and ready to march at amoment' warning
While steps were beirg taken to bring the
force into the field, a lsst attempt was made
to render its employment unnecessary. Three
distinguished citizens were appointed Com
missioners to bear to the insurgents gem
eral amnesty for past offenses; on the sole
condition Of future obedience. Their in
structions, drawn up by Edmund Randolph
Secretary Of State, clearly stipulated that the
excise law must be executed as a preliminary
to any arrangement; that process against the
ringleaders in the rebellion must not be OBJ
and that the duties of 1874 must be
paid, although nothing would be exacted for
the former years. s H'b I',' "''. f'
Meanwhile, the insurgents were using every
means to extend the circle of disaAection, and
succeeded in drawing the neighboring coun.
ties of Virginia (largely engaged in the dis
tillery interest), into the rebellion The i'm
preston became general that the body of the
people were readyto resist the Government
by force of arms, and many believed that the
resistance thus commenced would spread
through the Union, and bring about revo-
luton. Those who see throug gh a rose-color-
ed medium the fancied peace and security
and universal popularity of 1.-THE great and
good Washington" have little conception of
the stormy times which, on more than one
occasion, beset his administration of public
affairs. A great meeting of insurgents was
held at Parkinson's Ferry where liberty
pole was erected, and on itsired flag foated
theiasQriptioRt,sASS Libsrtg eaR No iZ'yetsssf
2Qo "A ~ b NJ dlstI U 0t6Grls FAT
this meeting twelve commissioners were apc
pointed to confer with those sent hy the Pres
ident On the 2lst day of August the COM
missioners on both sides met at Pittsburgh.
After tedious amount of palaver, and an in
terchange of communications and counter
communications, now filing hundred pages
Of print, the conference separated, being una
Bile to agree upon any basis of settlement
which came within the terms of their instruc-
tons. Meanwhile, the Federal Commission
ers were insulted and even attacked by the
populace. .Hnp1,i iHnn,s r 1IA-.
Hugh H. Breckenridge, the eccentric Pitts
burgh Judge, and the author of Modern
Chivalry," was conspicuous in his warnings
to the Federal authorities He wrote thus,
after urging delay on the part of the Govern
ment:
ut will be said, this insurrection can be
easily suppressed it is but that of a part of
four communities. Be assured it is that of
The greater part, and the three Virginia ccun-
ties, this side the mountain, will fall in The
FIRST measure, then, will be the reorganization
Of new Government, comprehending the
three Virginia counties, and those Of Pennsyl-
vania to the westward, to what extent know
not Should an attempt be made to suppress
these people, am afraid that the question
will not be whether you will march to Pitts
ourgh, but whether they ,oilln,arch to Phila
1elphid. Brackenridge's letter to Tench
Coke, August, 8, 1894 ,"'-'f .5.0
These implied threats of secession and dis
lnion, sound strangely from the pen Of man
who afterward denounced the whisky "insur-
.ection," in no measured terms. q" II is prov
ID" says Hamilton, in letter to Washing
on, that Breckenridge did not subscribe
until after the day, and, that he has been the
worst of ALL" Yet, the crafty Democratic
politician contrived to be admitted to the
!, OF tne conn commissioners, as . ana was
maze .l,. use OF as means ans .. que,hng sne m-
n!is Oh sne people tag, plachenilage, nlmse!,'
erltes :.a ai.erwafd ee was received py naml,
lave, when he sees person with regard to
whom his humanity and sense Of justice
He would have him saved, but was
.fraid he must be hanged" = ''l- -
: The final appeal having failed. the Presi. A