Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-10-10
~-To the People Of
PENNSYLVANIA.


at Harrisburg, On the 18th of July last,
deeply impressed with the important cou
sequences which are dependent on IL,
result of the general election to be held
on the | iih instant, again address you.
In the midst of military excitement, ,ant
She peril of actual invasion by the armed
forces Of the rebels who have risen against
the Just authority Of the government
peril which has been prevented by the
gallantry of our troops, aud the cnrhusiaS
tic rally of our people al the call Of ouI
Governor-ihe considerations connected
with the action uf the voters at the polls
have been largely lost sight of, and failed
10 impress the public mind with a due
conviction Of their importance While
the movements Of our armies iu the fl II
ore full Of the deepest interest, and absorb
popular attention, no less importance is
connected with the decisions of the people
at their annual elections. If they fail
there to sustain the government with a
sentence Of approval, its main support
will be withdrawn, ard the public credit,
which is Indispensable TO the supper: Of
military operations, must suffer aud be
impaired, if not entirely destroyed. The
country has presented during its pending
troubles an example unprecedented in the
history of nations. Without rcsorting to
appeals for pecuniary aid from foreign
capitalists the Government has received
from the people ample supplies Of means,
and every man in the community has an
interest ID maintaining the value Of the
public securities, either in the shape of
bonds or trcsury notes, which compose
largo portion of the circulating medium,
measuring thu value of property, consti'u;-
ing legal tender in the payment of debts
and passing from hand TO hand as the
price Of commodities, or in the payment Of
the wages of labor This currency, based
upon the faith and dependent upon the
perPetui'y of the government, deeply in
volrcs the pecuninry interest of each indi-
vidual citizen. The capitalist and the
corporation, the man of business, the farm
or and the mechanic, even the widow and
the orphan, find ihcir property invested
IN the securities issued by tie government,
and dcpcudcnt upon its ability to redeem
engagements in due time, and in the inter
i'm to pay the interest, or prevent the evil
dcnce of indebtedness from deprcciatiDg
IN the market
To withhold support, and withdraw con
flencc, from the government, now, is to
put all these interests at hazlrd.
To allow its opponents to obtain even
an apparent advantage at the election, is
to startle the always sensitive market in
which these securities are negotiated, and
TO cast suspicion upon the value of the
currency which has lately been introduced
The success of the political opponents
of those who are charged with the ad-
miustration Of public aflirs, who arc al
ready ouinously and craftliy stirring up
popular discomfort against the payment Of
the taxes necessarily imposed for the pres
ervatiou Of the public credit, and who
would not hesitate, for the accomplishment
Of their partisan aims, TO excite a feeling
III favor Of the reputation of the public
Indebtedness itself, would leopard all the
great interests to which We have referred,
and sap the foundations Of the govern
ment. In emergencies like the present,
II will not do mlnce matters, or to close
our eyes to the peri!s which surround Us
Government and property are alike invol-
we'd IN the issue. The purpose avOwed by
the Convention which constituted this
Committee was to give an earnest and IN
qualified support to the Government iu its
present. difficulties, to sustain it by the
free expression Of opinion, to encourage
cur armies in the field by the firm and
cordial cooperation Of the people at home,
and TO uphold the public credit By sane
tioning eVery means which is required to
sustain its financial operations
Such Is not the policy of those who
have ranged themselves in political oppo-
sitiOn TO the measures Of the Government.
Their course tends directly to the subver-
sion Of the power of the Administration
10 maintain the contest and overthrow the
rebellion. Should it be 50 hampered and
crippled as 10 fall in this, what have we to
expect! The leaders Of the rebellion pro.
claim, that 1t is their Intention, if they
can succeed in debating terms, not only
to divide the Cuiuu, and set up an inde.
pendent government over that portion of
its territory which they claim, but to im-
pose upon the rcmaiuing States and their
people the burden Of paying all the cx.
renses OF the war Incurred by both par.
Ties. Who can calculate the unascer
tanned Hundreds OF Millions Of Dollars
which constitute the liabilities incurred
by their mad and wicked cndrayor to