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

for conjecture.
ra-IIon. Simon Cameron, last
Monday, resigned his position as Sec
r.tary Of War, and was nominated as
Minister to Russia, in place OF Cassius
NJ. Clav. who wishes TO return home
and Grht for the Union. Hon. +. c.
Stanton. of Pittsburg, is Mr.. Came
ron's successor, and is q man eminent
" fitted for the post.
HAmong all the foul birds that
have been hatchcd in the nest of trea-
son, John Letchcr, the traitorous Gov
crnor Of Virginia, appears TO be the
foulest. lie was mean at the begin
ming of the rebellion, and has been
advancing in mcauncss, ever since.
He has delivered 4 message TO the
rebel Virginia Legislature, which is
decidedly the vilest production that,
10 our knowledge, has yet seen the
Gpht. To the rebels to whom 1t Is
addressed, this TRADE of SANDER may
have the semblancc of vcracity, tOr
the greater the talSehood respecting
the object of our Government in the
war. the more Ike truth it appears to
them y but, let a true Cnionist read
the mcs,age. and. if he has the spunk
of all oyster, his fingers viii inlu!tIvc-
IL itch to grasp the tra!torous author
by the throat. The course OF this
rascal alone is about enough TO upset
the theory Of universal salvation :
having sunk so low in treason and
fal>ehood, he can never be fitted for
a higher sphere.
He proposes to show that Presi-
dent Lincoln inauguratcd this war,
DC. Did Mr.. Lincoln lombard Fort
Sunpter and were JEFF Davis forces
the defensive party? Again The
conduct of President Lincoln has been
as oppressive and tyrannical towards
the Confederate States as the acts 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, ,unhung, the OPP
preston" will most likely continue.
President Lincoln has plundered the
uablic treasury, and has delivered at
least forty thousand dollars to Pier
pont to enable him and his traitOrous
associates in the Commonwealth Of
Virginia to overthrow the State Gov
ernment. and TO organize within the
State a new Government" Mr.. Lin
coins salary, as President OF the L.
S.. for ten months, is a tritle over
twenty thousand dollars; twenty and
forty make sixty-sixty thousand dol
lars-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 relreshingly
false. He would have his stupid Leg
islature believe that Mr.. Lincoln is
an 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-
er are swept from the earth. That
Mr.. Lincoln wields 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 fearlessly 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 Confederacy
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 ong-continned, systemat-
ic and wiifnl misrepresentation Of all
hepeople 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 a nation of Bedouins and
Thugs, ruled by monsters compared
with whom Nero, Caligula, Callahan,
and such like ancient dignitaries, were
saints. Moreover, if we can not live
as one family, it is not likely that We
shalI be very peaceful neighbors one
party Onion or Rebel shall and will
rule the whole Union-now, which
party shall it be? is the question.
Once more. Letcher tells Us, with
great solemnity, that Virginia will
under no circumstances, entertain any
proposition from any quarter which
may have for its object restoration
or reconstruction of the late Union
On any terms and conditions whatev-
er' We take leave Of this worthy
Dy intlmating that there is a quiet
little fellow in Washington by the
name Of NJ Clcllan, who, accompanied
Dy a ie" friends. may call upon him ,
ana oner terms of" restoration" which ,
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