Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1862-09-10
ADD DRESS OF
The Unoin State Central Committee,
To the Loyal Men Of PennsylVania.

To the Loyal Men of Pennsylvania.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNION STArE CENrRA AL
COMMITTEE. Commonwealth Buildings, No
| 6l3 Chestnut street.
| PHILADELPHIA, August &c, 1862.
FELLOW CITIZENS In times of war the DO
litical organizations of peace are surrende red
or postponded TO the public emergencies
During the Revolutionary war there was no
party against Washington but the Tories or
the traitors. During the war of 1872. the en-
emies of the Administration OF MIR. Madison
| soon became infamous as the foreign inya.
ders themselves. The war with Mexico was
waged, as results have proved, by slavehod-
ing statesmen, in order that one State more
might be added 20 the number they have late
y forced into treason; yet the public man
who opposed it soon became unpopular, and
its victorious general nominated for the
Presidency by the very party that disscnted
| from the policy which resulted in the war
! These are the eloquent teachings of the past.
We are now in death struggle with the most
powerful foe to human liberty on earth. This
enemy is strengthened by slavery in America
and sustained by the moDarchies of the Old
| World. The issue is clearly mide-the CON
tending parties openly arrayed against each
other. There is not a nation an individual.
or an idea opposed to human freedom that is
not enlisted against the Governm ent and in
favor of he rebellion. We are ourselves our
only friends. Within ourselves is our only
nope. We can have no sympathy from any
other Power in the world-no sympathy that
is sincere and effectual The State Central
Committee. appointed by the Union State
Convention, composed of the loyal men of
Pennsylvania, who met to consider what was
proper to be done in this crisis have a simple
duty to perform in this their first address.
They have only to ask whether the examples
of the two wars with Great Britain, and the
admonltlons of the war with Mexico. shall be
recollected or rejected in this gloomy hour,
and whether the American people will cord j.
ally support the Government in putting down
the rebellion
The State Central Committee would impress
upon the people of Pennsy lvania that the one
great subject for them to consider is the dam
ger 10 the Republic. There is no prejudice or
opinion that should not be postponed, and, if
necessary, sacrificed, to avert this common
peril The Convention from which the com
mittee derived its authority acted in this spir-
it, and it is now your duty to come forward
and sustain the candidates that Convention
placed in nomination. We make this appeal
to all loyal men. They only are loyal who
recognize this war as one waged for our ma
tional existence-who give an ardent AMI un
questioning support to the Administration
who sustain all the measures of Congress fof
who see in the Southern Confederacy, and
those who are in alliance with it, the enemies
OF Civilization and Llberty--and who do moth
ing 20 weaken the hands of the Executive.
They are not merely disloyal who take arms
in their hands, and combine themselves into
an army. He is rebel wto abJures his allie
glance and becomes an enemy to his flag but
he is traitor, who, while enjoying the pro-
lection of the Government, and ostensiby
observing his pledge of allegiance, contrives
to bring dishon0r and defeat upon his coun
try. These rebels and these traitors we are
called upon to meet. We must encounter
them on the battle field and at the ballot box.
The ballot box is the great source of popular
power. II beaten there, our victories will be
fruitless, our sufferings unrewarded, our sac
rfces barren, and the glory and vaior of our
soldiers will end in the triumph of the South
ern rebellion and dishonerable peace.
1t is unnecessary to restate the causes of
the war; Our opponents have made them the
of calumny and Misrepresentation
For answer, We appeal to the living history
familiar to all men. We need not remind the
people that at the basis of the Southern re-
bellion there exists a hatred of Northern men
and Northern institutions-of our social, po-
litical and revenue systems. This has in
spired their leaders during two generations.
W Wedded to an institution which has demoral-
lied them in demoralizing their labor, and
cultvating the earth by enslaved race of
men, they have made their slaves the source
their political power, and have ruled the ma
tion with the products of slave labor. The
happy hours of our national progress have for
years been embittered by their insolence. All
legislation that looked to the prosperity of
the Northern States and protection to their
industry has been opposed and defeated by
them. With the growth of Northern strength,
as the result of free institutions and free toll,
came the possession of political power and
the gradual resistance to the encroachments
of slavery. Nor need We remind the people
of the outrages that followed the efforts OF
the shareholders. to recover their unhoiy ana
despotic dominion. The outrages upon Kan
sas the studied insults to Northern Senators
and Representatives. the ceaseless abuse OF