Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-05-24
MIFFLINBUKG, May 20.


We regret the par,izan controversy oc,
curing in these times between yourselve.
and the Argu IL has aroused snimosi-
ties, We fear, TO the detrimeus Of our COM
mon cause. We are aware that you have
been on the defensive, and that your op-
poneuts opened fire, apparently in the spir
it Of Beauregard's attack upon Sumter
and the result, too, is much the same
"nobody hurt" but the people aroused
The WiIe-Awakes, who swelle1 Lincoln
majority i'll Union county to one thousand,
mig bit we'll afford to laugh at the insult Of
the Argus, because it is coupled with a
boast that the Democratic party is doing
just what the Republican party has &c
zenlously labored to accomplish-.be de-
feat Of a tyranical Slave Oigarchy which
seeks to overthrow our much loved Gov
ernment. We are happy to see that many
life long Democrats have now thrown of
the party yoke, and come forward patriot
ically to the help Of the Govern ment, to
fight the very rebels whom they once rec
ognizcd as their party leaders aud "bresh-
ren." We have noble examples 10 our
community. The loyalty Of the Demo
cratic par,y in the North is not question
ed, but there are quite too many ia9iriia-
al exceptions, even in our own town and
county. In Mtiiuburg, we have one who
boasts of his sagacity to sec the righteous
ness of the rebel cause, aud his extraordi.
nary courage to advocate the same publicly.
| presume about q score Of fellow-DemO-
Gratis sympathize with him, yet have not
the same courage to openly oppose the
Government, and when they are pressed
upon the point they acknowledge the Ad-
minis,ra,ion is right-and thus they are
still loyal citizens!
An Industrious mechanic, who has al
ways voted the Democratic ticket, handed
me copy of the reasonable Day Book,
dated the 10th inst He said he had not
subscribed nor paid for it, aud did po.
want it, and it came to him "anybow
but, if its teachings were Democratic doc
triue, he was no longer a Democrat. The
leading editorial in said paper is headed,
"FIGHTING FOR THEIR OWN SUBJUGA.
TON aud is addressed to the very Dem
ocratic volunteers whom the Argus is
boasting Of. If the Argus Is right, the
Day Book must be wrong, aud rice Versa.
The following occurs in the same number
of the Day Book, editOrially: 'V Secs
ion be eyer 50 ,crony, tie means res0rted to
10 PIT Il dorm are Internal and infamous.
Bu. further exposure of the filthy sheet
is uuuccrssary, inasmuch as the New York
Democratic City Councils are acting to
close the poisonous fountain by withdraw
ing from it their patronage.
In conclusion, allow a word Of caution.
The Republicans in Union county have
maguanimouSly divided the hOnors aud
emoIumonts of county Offices, regardless Of
party obligations. But voc to the man
who will allow himself to be the tool Of
the Argus faction, and run upon the boasts
and issue i, has already tried to form. A
worse than a Waterloo defeat will await
all such. A word to the wise is sufficient.
WIDE AWAKE.
[Sinco our correspondent has made a
comparison with Fort Sumter, we propose
contrast Instead of allowing an enemy
to erect battery after battery to destroy our
position, we think the true policy is to de-
molish every work Of fasehood, Of any ef-
fcieucy, raised against the cause Of Truth.
To allow our foes to have their own way
about everything, is to ensure our own iu-
jury. Retaliation (not revenge) is often
necessary for self deience.-E.
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