Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-02

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close al hand, and We are soon destined "
know whether ornot there is to be repeti
ton Of tho, Poland tragedy on this continent
in tue downfaiief,t II neighbor;ng sister Re
pubic. 10
hay- The civilized nations Of the world fol
more than half n century, have deplorcd, dht
fall of Poland, and been amazed that EGrop
can powers could silently witness the absorb
ton OF that Republic, by Russia, Austria and
Prussia EnttIe condition bf Poland us she
was and the Republic Of Mexico as she nov
is. situated, there i; striking similtHpde, snf
from all the indications envirpning the latter
We have great cause toofear-4tlioughI JslieTbt
our .neighbor and situate on the Ameffear
Continent aud has institutions similar to. ,our
own--that she too and at this latedayisabou'
to become absorbed through foreign intererl
ton, and to pass from her own control into
that of foreigners, aid from Republic to thai
ofia Monafcls1A@hile 'hihsa ihs tho U-hited
States though appealed TO TO BY sppplieatin2
Mexico and our own, mate estimation of Re
publieaninstitutions, we stand idly bymithifold.
cd hands as though we are nadeof stone and
have no sympathy Or love, for tile institutions
under which welve, and have but just beenirt
deemed at the cost offalf aImillion Of lives and
three thousand million of dollars. ','' pn' n ~
When this robberytof Polanis liberty tool;
place, ,icivilization Ind not made half the pro
gress it' Has. since attained, and we here, in
the United States protesting to be IN adyasee
Of the civilized world, are if such be the case,
moro responsible to God and the world for the
great wrong about to pc perpetratcd on MeSx-
leo, than was England, France or Germany,
wlienthis foul iniquiiyrwas perpetruted on
Poland. 5ell ,.ai94 a'i t'9 t9e9s Bo,l,.tN3r'
9dl Batfria huB 4,- II y31f'E I4u,f4it lf ui AioJ
III Under the ,ciyup,stanee theproprietynnd
indeed the policy which should induce this
country to afford succor TO our sister Repab-
|lic, We believe, requires nc, arguments onIorr
part, Itis true that .he ordeal throughwl,ich
our. own country has just passed may Justly
be nscribed to nm omission BY our fatherst to
engrah in theorganic law, provisions forbid,
ding slavery, Salt is With Mexico, o,-hertath-
ers madela National Church coegual in pow
ers With their civil constitutions, which in
time, became q power ,greatcr than the civil
authority, entailing on the country. perpetual
revolutions; in overcoming bwhicl our sis
ter Republic was in the last struggle, whch
willy Priests through an embassy invite foreign
interposition in the person of Maximilian,-the
overthrow of the Republic and the establish
ment ofa Monarchy, being more consistent
with their teachings and interests! -, ~. II
The propriety of interposing in the affairs
of Mexico has doubtless been tile subject
for grave thought by our own Government
but to this time she has done nothing, though
our neighbors are daily sinking to the earth
in their helpless struggle; and now that the
noble veteran, soldiers are being daily dis
charged and will soon cease to exist as an
organizations we apprehend the Government
has already decided against intervention
But should she hereafter otherwise determine
we fear she will be minus the poweriran
essentials necessary to, give efficiency to t
measure already we fear too long delayed
Our own history teaches, US, the immense sac
rifces entailcd on this generation, by an omis
sion by our fathers, of one great feature, which
should have been dngraited on ouEinstitution
at the beginning, whichmay also be said o
Mexico; and we are not neutrality-suspicious.
that should this generation talter. in the dis
charge of this high duty and leave the issu'
for posterity tc adjudica,e, the usuiping Gov
eminent in Mexico in the meantime growth.
in strength and power 1.-THE cost in blood an,
treasure to remedy the great evil, will be al
hundred fold greater than what it now woult
be were our Government to settle this ques
tion at the, present time Should France alb
sorb the Republic of Mexico and our armie
be dissolved, and we in the meantime lose al
significance in the estimation Of the world
what we ask wlleforcign powers say Of u.s.
Will it not be lyon Americans are more rhet
orical than PRACTICAL and that ''you suffer
repetition Of Polands history on this cdntiIl
ent'' at the very door of our own beasted re
public! Was Gen. JarksonI new alive an,
President of these United States he woul,
exercise all tile power which the constitution
and the laws confer on the Executive author
ity, to arrest this foul wrong, and to right AM
uphold a sister republic! a e%'.'' 1t.'''ei lsa