Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-10-05


attention from their diversity of opinion OF
the subjects of the day which ARE engrossin,
the public attention; and have become equal
ly attractive for their trading and accommo
dating propensities, regardless of the stock il
trade whether large or small. nv ISL
A few years since, although they controlled
a majority in the Ohio Legislature, in consid
Grafton of the premises. and of certain polit
cal positions thereafter to be disposed of, the
Democrats of the Ohio Legislature united
with the Abolition members, and elected Sal
mon p. Chase to the United Stats Senate
thus giving prominence to his future political
success.
In 1868 and 1864, and indeed from The
very Inauguration of the rebellion, (see their
platforms both National and State) they were
loud in the denunciation of the exercise of
coerciro measures by the Government for tho
suppression of the rebellion. They refused
the first man and the first dollar for the sup-
preston of rebellion: refused to volunteer or
to submit to the draft, and exercised their in
fluence over others to prevent their doing SO
they melted to desertion the most lawlcss
'bounty jumpers who made it a profession to
defraud the Government through this means
resisted their arrest, killing and manning
officials in the discharge of this duty They
were unit in their opposition to every draft
ordered by the Government and commended
the emigration Of their associates to Calada
and elsewhere, that they might escape the
public service. They were also unit in and
out of Congress, in bitter and relentless op-
position 10 all the measures of the Govern
ment, which had for their object the suppress
ion of the rebellion, ana were equally relent-
less in their opposition to tie Executive au-
thorlty, (far exceeding that to President Mad
ison in the war of 1922 in all its noble et
forts to. attain this great end, including the
whole term of service of President, lincoln
and also that of President Johnsoni in the earli-
er part ofhis administration In every north
ern and western State they zealously opposed
the extension Of the right of suffrage through
the ballot box to the noble soldier in the field.
while periling his person, and indeed his very
life, in the defence Of his country's honor and
after the enactment Of these
laws by the loyal people, they threw every pos.
sible obstacle in the way of their due cxecu.
ton, not forgetting to practice the most afro
cious frauds, ride the acts of Gov. Seymour's
agents in suppressing the votes of the soldiers
Of the State of New York, in the field, at the
late Presidential election. taa .l..
But now after all their efforts to embarrass,
divide and ruin the. country, finding through
the instrumentalty of The Union loving peo-
pie that the gallant soldier has his political
rights meted out to him, and that in their ex-
ercise he will vote to sustain the Government
at home as well as discharge his duties in the
field, and that they the Democracy by this
traitorous course are getting the worst of the
battle instead of public oliices,--a sudden and
for change has come over their
dreams, and now forsooth they suddenly be-
come loud and blatant defenders of the new
President, pledging him their cordial and
hearty support in his reconstruction of South
'rn States, responsive as usual to the senti-
nents of their southern rebellious brethren
like Paul they profess to be suddenly con-
scales to be falling from their
yes, and the enquiry is made "what shall we
10 to be savedg' to which their false deities
espond "conciliate the Government and the
older, reverse your own anteeedents and
lain to be the original friend of the latter"
'hich work the Democratic party are Just now
ngaged in with their usual pertinacity and /,
rrogance, in all the States, districts and {
ounties where they are in minority, taking I
ood care however in localities where thew
appen to control the public mind, to refrain =
'om all manifestations of, sympathy for the
older. t,s Ii
In New York Gen. Slocum has been ,desg. !
ated by this party fora distinguished civil /,
osition; in Ohio Gen G. w. Morgan, of (
rcen corn antecedents, has been constituted /
leir standard bearer for Governor, and so it y
throughout the Union wherever they are in !.
le minority and the soldier Is honored, they {
re. Engaged in supporting semi nilituyme,, o
'r office, no one of whom of the right stamp s
ansenting tosplace himseIfin so suspicious an !,
ttltude before the country. '' 5Eh
The same systemis also adapted to District fl
nd County organizations, and here, !
our own county of Meigs, il appears :
lat this Juggling is not to be unknown, 6
ne Major F. G. Russell unfortunately for him II
If having consented to serve their purpose Il
opposing the election of our distinguished =
llow citizen Thos A. Welsh, the nominee of !, =
le Union party for the Ohio Legislature y d
low far this new kink in politics will serve e
le purpose of astute trading politicions re- !,
aims to be seen,-but if we at all understand :. =
e public feeling and are not deceived in our a
timate of the intelligence and patriotism of n
g people, we predict that the old party, at
10 coming election in this and other States >
roughout the North aad the West, arc dcs-