The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-05-16
Il UMBER 80.
Plant Germ.

Treason has given birth to rebellion. and
rebellion has broke out into open war
Men have been taken by thousands from
workshops, factories and mines. Some
factories are doing nothing, because the
whole force has quit work and Joined the
army. Mining is given up in various
! quarters from the same cause, and the di
minished shipments of coal already indi.
cate the extent to which labor has been
| diverted from It's accustomed employment.
The war must operate in precisely the
same way on agriculture Thousands of
Northern farmers have already quit plow-
/ ing for drilling, and thousands more will
follow at the first call for more men. How
/ long this war may continue, no man can
say, because the outraged Nation has a
long account, running over thirty years,
which must be settled up before it is closed
! We demand guarantees for the future
quite as Imperatively as the South and we
intend to have them. But be it long or
short, 1t viii be long enough to make Sc
rlous lnroads on that great Northern sta
pie, the corn crop, unless our farmers look
| to 1t III time. 1t has broken out in good
season for them to put in more corn than
they have ever done before. All north of
Maryland are in good season for planting.
| We entreat our friends throughout this
vast region to take heed and act
| Let them double their crop-it will all
be wanted. Weeks ago the cry through
out the South was to plant less cotton and
more corn. Let us not be caught mapping
get in the crop anyhow, it will be sure
to grow and may harvest in peace. In
times Of high excitement like this, the
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the cities, and quite as likely to neglect
their farms as We are to leave our desks
and workshops. Look at the condition
Of some portions Of the South even now
Illinois has saved some parts of Mississ-
| lppl from starving, for they had raised all
cotton and no corn. The whole rebel re-
glon Is, in fact at this moment dependent on
Northern granaries for food Cut off their
supplies, and they must perish or succumb.
Most happily the north is most bounti
fully supplied with food of all kinds
But our flour, and grain, and beef and
pork, are constantly leaving us, for Eu-
rope in large quantities. We shall prob
ably this year export more food than in
any similar period in our history. Eng
land alone wants every bushel OF Grain
and every barrel of meat we can spare
This drain must empty our granaries and
warehouses, running up prices even high
er than at present. and making the com
ing crops our sole dependence for the fu-
ture. Every idle acre should therefore
be planted, now, while time and opportu-
nifty permit it to be done. Every bushel
Of corn raised viii be wanted. No one
knows but half million men may vet be
needed to finish up this rebellion in a wav
to make the peace as lasting as we intend
it shall be. The country has resolved
that it will no longer have its Industry
blasted every few yeaIs, either BY com
promise or rebellion. Remember. friends
we are fighting to preserve the Govern
ment itself Compromise is dead, but re-
bellion is alive and rampant Weintend
to crush 1t and preserve the Union. cost
what it may. But in the mean time.
while one army looks to its muskets. Iet
the army of farmers look to its corn-felds.
The South cannot plant either corn or
cotton as aforetimes. Thousands who
cultivated corn are already flying from
their plantations, Every ship that reach
es our harbors, every train that enters our
depots, is crowded with fugitives aban-
doning everything to save their lives
~ y iidNG io4i NNiASuCG lAldb lDS saves IN
many places already hesitate to work as
usual, and cannot be iashed into it with
the old inpunity. How many fields OF
grain that may be already planted will be
trampled under foot OF Northern armies.
which continuation Of this unparalleled
rebellion must compel US to march over
in crushing It out? Bear in mind that
more than forty forts, and mints, and ar
senals, and custom houses must be can
tured from the rebels, or surrendered at
discretion. There is 40 mistaking the
magnitude of the work to ke done, but
Were it thrice as heavy it would be done
nevertheless.
All this will require men--Northern
men-men from the pillow as well as from
the workshop and the mine. Never have
farmers been so imperatively called on TO
plant every possible acre within their pow
er. The home market VIII pay them
The South must be +, by the North an-
other year, and ii the political troubles
in Europe shoulu end in a general wa.,
demand must follow which viii make our
farmers rich. BE active, friends, while
the season is before YOU Double the size
OF your corn iields-someooay viii want
ali your crop.