Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-01-17

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ra-IIon. Simon Cameron. las
Monday. resigned his position a. Sec
r.tary Of War, aud was nominated a,
Minister to Russia, in place OF Cas>iu'
NJ. CLAW. who wishes TO return home
and fight for the Union. Hon. /. {.
Stanton. of Pitt,bur-. Is Mr.. Came
ron's successor, and Is ! man eminent
" fitted for the post.
HAmonr all tie foul birds tina;
have been hatchyd in the hes; Of trea-
son. John Letchcr, the tra.;orou, Gov
crnor Of Virginia, appears 10 be- the
foulest. lie was mean at the begin
hing of the rebellion, and has been
advancing in meauucss, ever since.
lie has delivered message To the
rebel Virginia Legislature, which j.
decidedly the vile,t production that,
10 our knowledge, has Yet seen the
light. To the rebels to whom il j.
addressed. this TRADE of SANDER may
have the semblaucc Of ycraci,y. for
the greater the .a.-euOgl respecting
the object of our Government 90 t.e
war. the more i.Ac truth % appear, o.
them , but. let o true jL.H.is; reaI
the message. aud. d as aa- l-- -r .ra
OF all oyster L.- L.-.lr -... .a... t.s.
l. itch 10 grasp g.. tl..t...-. a.....
bv the throat. i.s r.r--. .. '.
rascal alone is -.... ,...- .1 u..-r.
the theory o. ua.E..-a. --.t....a .
having sunk 50 i1N treason aa.
falsehood. be can never be atlI .u.
a higher sphere.
He proposes 10 shov that Prc-i-
dent Lincoln inaugura;Cd tbs VIZ.
dc. Did Mr.. Lincoln lombard For;
Sunpter ? and were JrE Davis force,
the defensive party? Again The
conduct of President Lincoln has been
as oppressive and tyraunical towards
the Confederate States as the act, Of
the King of Great Britain, which
caused our first revolution. were to-
wards the colonies We may add
that while such traitors as I.etcher
are running at large. .UnhUHg, the " op-
preston" viii most likely continue.
:! President Lincoln has plundered the
public treasury, and has delivered at
least forty thousand dollars to Pier
pont TO enable him and his traiiorous
associates in the Commonwealth Of
Virginia TO overthrow the State Coy
ernment, and 10 organize within the
State new Government Mr.. Lin
coins salary, as President OF the l.
S. for ten months, Is q trife over
twenty thousand dollars; twenty and
forty make sixty-sixty thousand dol
Iars-why, that would buy nice
farm. Perhaps the empty treasury
is what prevented the rebels from ta-
king Washington. If Pierpont is a
traitor, pray what is Letcher? Ac-
cording to this doctrine. all Unionists
are traitors. This. model Governor
then goes to work and twists the
Declaration Of Independence TO suit
his own fancy. applying it to Mr.. Lin
coin instead Of George the Third, and
in a manner which is refreshingly
false. He would have his stupid Leg
islature believe that Mr.. Lincoln is
IN absolute, tyrannical monarch. in
stead Of what he is-a quiet. gentle
manly leader Of a mighty. intelligent
people, who have risen and will never
stop until such traitors as John Letch-
CT are swept from the earth. That
Mr.. Lincoln wields a power which is
almost irresistible, none deny: but
this power he holds by reason Of his
close alliance with his people. Who love
him, and because he is feariessly SER
wing the purpose for which he was
elected-much to the chagrin of such
truculant villains as John Letcher.
He says, Mutual respect between the
citizens of the Southern Confederacv
and those of the North has ceased to
exist" As regards the common and
honest portions of the citizens. this
assertion is as false as-Letcher. But
through the long ngcontinued, systemat-
ic and wilful misrepresentation Of all |
the people Of the North, by the blatant
political leaders Of the South. many
honest and nO5le-hearted Southerners
Are led to believe that we of the
North are nation of Bedouins and !
Thugs, ruled by monsters compared |
With whom Nero, Caligula, Callahan, t
and such like ancient dignitaries, were
saints. Moreover, if we can not live V
as one family, it is not likely that we y
shalI De very peaceful neighbors one .
parry Union or Rebel shall and viii
rule the whole Union-now, which q
party shall it be? is the question. Il
once more. Letcher tells US. with O
great soiemnity, that Virginia will, st
under no circumstances, entertain any or
proposition from any quarter which ri
may have for its object restoration .,
or reconstruction Of the late Union r
On any terms and conditions whatev-
er. We take leave Of this worthy 10
ry innmatng that there is quiet g
il''le fellow in Washington by the st
name OF NJ Clellan, who. accompanied NJ
py a lew friends NAV call upon him on
lhd offer terms of" restoration" which an
may not easily be refused. =,