The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-05-09


It ers have not yet reached their homes
It | have the bonor to say that the officers
a aud men behaved with the utmost gallau.
D try. This body is now organized into a
/ regiment. and the officers are commits.
g stoned; they have been accepted into the
e service, and will 60 to Washington by
, any route indicated by the Federal Gov
erDment
: | have established camp at Pitts
burgb, at which the troops from Western
: Pennsylvania will be mustered into SER
vice. and organized and disciplined BY
skillful and experienced officers.
} communicate to you with great salts.
faction the fact. that the banks of the
Commonwealth have voluntarily rendered
any amount of money that may be neces-
sary for the common defence and general
welfare Of the State aud the nation In
this emergency; and the temporary loan
OF $500, 900. authorized by the Act of the
General Assembly of the l7th April,
1861. was promptly taken at par. The
money is not yet exhausted. as it has been
impossible to have the accounts properly
audited aud settled with the accounting
and paying officers Of the Government, as
required by law. An account of this ex.
penditure cannot DOW be furnished. The
Auditor 6 eneral and State Treasurer
have established system of settlement
and payment, of which i entirely approve
that provides amply for the protection
of the State, and to which all parties
having claims will be obliged to conform.
A much larger sum will be required
thar has been distinctly appropriated, but
ments for money without authority of
law, end have called you together, not
only to provide for complete reorgani.
cation of the militia of the State, but also
that you may give me authority to pledge
the faith of tho Commonwealth to bor-
row such sums of money as you may, in
your discretion, deem necessary for these
extraordinary requirements.
1t is impossible to predict the lengths
to which "the madness that rules the
hour" in the rebellious States, shall lead
US, or when the calanities which threat
en- our hitherto happy country shall ter.
inmate. We know that many of our peo-
pie have already left the State in the SER
vice of the General Government, and that
many more must follow. We have a
long liue of border on States seriously
disafected, which should be protected
To furnish ready support to those who
have gone out. and to protect our Dor.
ders, we should have q we'll regulated
military force.
therefore recommend the Immediate
organization. disciplining. and arming of
at least fifteen regiments of cavalry and
infantry, exclusive of those called into
the service of the United States. As We
have already ample warning of the ne
cessity of being prepared for any sudden
exigency that may arise, cannot too
much impress this upon you.
cannot refrain from alludipg to the
generous manner in which the people of
all parts of the State have, from their
private means provided for the families
Of those of our citizens who are now un-
der arms.
In many parts of the Commonwealth,
grand juries and courts and municipal
corporations have recommended the ap
preparation OF moneys from their public
funds for the same commendable purpose.
| would recommend the passage OF an
act legalization and authorizing such ap
propriations and expenditures.
! 1t may be expected that, in the pre-
sent arrangement of trade and com mmerce,
and the withdrawal of so much Industry
from it's ordinary and productive chan.
neIs, the selling value of property gener.
ally will be deprecated, and large por-
ton of our citizens deprived Of the ordi-
nary means of meeting engsgeUeDts.-
Although much forbearance may be ex.
pected from a generous and magnaDi-
nous people, yet feel it my duty to re-
commend the passage Of judicious law to
prevent the sacrifice ofproperty by forced
sales in the collection of debts.
You meet together at this special ses-
sion, surrounded by circumstances involv-
ing the most solemn responsibilities -
The recollections of the glories of the
past, the reflections of the gloomy pre-
sent, and the uncertainty of the future,
all alike call upon you to discharge your
duty in spirit Of patriotic courage, COM
prehensive wisdom, and firm resolution.
Never in the history of our peace.loving
Commonwealth, have the hearts of our
people been so stirred in their depths as
at the present moment; and | feel that
need hardly say to you that in the per-
formaDce Of your duties, on this occasion,
and in providing the ways and means for
the 10 aiDtenance of our countrys glory,
and our integrity as a nation, you should
be inspired by feelings Of self-sacElhee,
kindred to those which animate the
brave men who have devoted their lives
to the peril of the battle field in defence
of our nations flag.
Gentlemen, place the honor OF the
State 10 your hands; and pray that the
Almighty God who protected our fathers
in their efforts to establish this our great