The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-06-06
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this state; .Wtten aDoDy mously a0d occa-
sionsly over the authors name, so that
we consider it no more than an act OF
Justice to add word of defense, and par
tcularly when it emanateS from respec-
table and reliable source. The German
torn Telegraph, 8 neutral and strictly in
dependent journal, INDUCES in the follow
ing. language ou the subject, which We
commend to all concerned, and which We
trust will he carefully perused and pom
dcred By the readers Of the JEFFERSON ::
SNEAKING TREAsoN.-Certain news
papers 10 this State, whose sympatbies
are all VITA the insurgents now striving
to break up the UDion, haGing been O.
bliged BY stern public sentiment to mod
ify their hitherto rabid course. DOW re.
sort to the pitiful business of attempting
to weaken the Cover nEen: and array op-
position to it, By hunting up aDd printing
every little occurrence which might seem
to exhibit negligence OF inatteptiou to the
comfort Of the troops. These are mag
niGed aud commented 90 savagely, as
showing cruelty toward the troops, Of
whose interests they assume to take ex-
elusive possession !-They will not coD-
slider how impossible it is that, say 10
ennsJlgania, where this most unnatural
war was suddenly forced upon US while in
wholly unprerared state, that should,
in the space o! three or foHr weeks, &C
complish miracles. No doubt some OF
the rations Of the troops have not been as
full and as good as they should haze been
and they are entitled to; aud we are will
ing even to admit there mag have been a
few wretched creatures who have specu-
lated AID peculated upon the wants and
co 10 forts of the brave men; nevertheless
We venture to say that in nearly every
instance of complaint on this bead, tier
oacn qfcers were the blswe-worth5 party.
Many Of the quarter masters of regiments
AID sergeaEts of COZ panies have had no
military experience, and some of thep, in
other respects incompetent for the post,
they fill, have not devoted themselves TO
the important duty of feeding tbsir men
in the manner and to the extent demaB-
ded By the regulations
As to the uniforms, only coupsra-
lively small number O; the aggregate body
Of troops supplied. have just cause to com
| plain. Some of them, we know, were
not only badly made, but of very insult.
able material. But there is even SO Ue
excuse for this. in the hurry they bad to
be got up. There vas not at all times
sufficient material Of the right quality and
upon some lots very young girls were set
to making up, who knew very little about
-ewing. 1t seems that the Fourth and
Fifth Pennsy ylvaDia Regiments we're tbua
supplied, as has been reported b. an
gent sent BY the Gosernor o: the State
to examine into the matter. But if Col.
HartraDft aud Col. McDowal, who CON-
mabd these regiments, had refused this
clothing. aud not have marched until 9th
er of a good quality had been provided,
this complaint would have had no fouu-
iation. We have DO doubt. hoEever,
that there Vill soon be Il end put to this
kind of wretched jobbery. As to ration,
We shall always hear onplaints, for which
there will occasionally ee grounds. as
there are plenty of Sbylocks, who, like
the thieves OF the south Oh larger scale,
will not hesitate to plunder wherever they
can lay their bands
All these matters are nuts for the Gsby
press. They haze eyes only for the sha
dy side of eEerJ question. They con
denn the troops for firing on toe insurg
eut rabtle at St. Louis as a cruel act;
they denounce the coup Il etc Of the Gov.
erunent for seiziug upon the te!egraphic
dispatches with a view to ferret out the
traitors in our midst; they objected to the
troops marching through Maryland; they
see nothing in ell the proceedings OF the
insurgents. however dishonoratle, treas
enable and heinous, to call forth their
conde n nation. Even the firing into
Sumter and the other aggressive acts OF
the enemies of their eOuutry, they with a
mere narrative, copied from reeel sheets
or those in the north of the same fsh like
smell as their own. All the documents
issued by JEFF. Davis and bis fellow con
spirators; all the proceedings Of their
Congress, and of the Legislatures while
deliterating upon The question of seces-
sion, their resolutions aud ordinan noes; &c.
are greeediiy seized upon and laid before
their few readers in detail
They also copy ali uufavorable articles
from the English and French press upon
the civil war. together with everything
else presented calculated to magnify the
rebellion--the grievances which tie in-
surgents charge upon us-the long period
a1d the immense expenditures Of blood
aud treasure which must ensue before the
South can be subdued, and then in.ipu
ate that then they will not remain sub.
dued.
If the loyal press, justly indignant at
this direct aid and comfort rendered to
the enemy, bear down upon their treason
they plead tho freedom of opinion, refer
to their rights under the Constitution. a..
sail your judgment and your motives, aud
aind up by claiming to DO as good pa.
triots as the rest
General Scott has been engaged in