The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-02

patent to every man. OtiWhat avail wall the
capture of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, the
repulse at Gettysburg, and the seige of
Charleston prove, if Meade, driven into WASH
ington, is unable to rescue the capitol from
the insults of beleaguering army2 In vain
will Halleck point to Grant, Banks and Gill
more, If the Army Of the Potomac Is fofcedto
crouch under the notifications Of Washington,
and cJwer before the advance Of Lee. The
friends of Mcclellan will assail the Admins
tration for more shameful failures than those
for which he was dismissed they will point
to the besieging army, and ask for the proofs
of the victory at Gettysburg; they, will in
quire into the escape" Of Lee; and, para
ding the Administration papers accounts of
the battle of Gettysburg, ask why Lee was
not bsggcd? Meade besiegcd in Washington
will incontrovertible evidence of the false
hoods perpetrated upon the public. 8s&.
Should General Lee cross into Maryland,
the embarrassments of Lincoln would in
crease; his victorious army, unable to take
the Geld and attempt the repetition of Sharps-
burg and Gettysburg, W uld be compelled to
remain in Washington, while Gen. Lee
marched whithersoeyer he wished in Mary
land or Pennsylvania.
The success Of the Democratic party aoould
be no longer doubtful should General Lee once
more adpance on Meade. Parties IN The United
States are so nearly balanced that the least adj
vantage thrown in The .fapor Of one ,oiH insure
its success. Should the Confederate army re-
main quiescent on the banks of the Kappa
hammock, the boastful braggadocia Of Yankee
reports will be confirmed, and Lincoln and
Halleck will point in trump to the crippled
condition of the Confederate army as confr-
nation of the great victory won in Pennsyl-
vania. The Democrates, unable to gaiasay
such epidence, aoU be constrained to enter the
contest for Speakership shorn ofthe principal
part Of their strength-the disgracetM mis-
management and conduct Of The par.
General Lee must turn politician as well as
warrior, and we believe that he will prove the
most successful politician the Confederacy
ever produced He may SO move and direct
his army as toproduce political results, which,
in their bearing upon this war, will prove
more effectual than the bloodiest victories
Let him drive Meade into Washington, and
he will again raise the spirit of the Demo-
crates, confirm their timid, and give conf
dence to their wavering He will embolden
the Peace party should he again cross the
Potomac, for he will show the people of Penn
sylvania how little security they have from
Lincoln for the protection of their homes.
It matters not whether the advance be made
for purposes of permanent occupation, or sim
ply for grand raid it will demonstrate that,
In the third year of the war, they are so far
from the subjugation of the Confederate States
that the defence Of Maryland and Pennsyl-
yania has not been secured.
A fall campaign into Pennsylvania, with
the hands of our soldiers united, not for indis-
eriminate plunder-demoralizing and undis-
ciplining the army-but campaign for a
systematic and organized retaliation and pun
ishment would arouse the popular mind to
the uncertainty and insecurity of Pennsyl-
yania. This would react upon the represen-
tatives in Congress, strengthening the Demo-
Gratis, and modifying even to the hard shell
of fanaticism itself.
The damages which the last campaign in
fiicted, if augmented by another this fall,
when presented to the Lincoln Government,
would, unless paid, greatly exasperate the
people against the Administration which
neither defends the State, nor reimburses its
citizens for losses which its own imbecility
has produced And if these damages are paid
the debt is increased, the taxes raised, and the
burdens imposed will accomplish the same
end. M ~ M M "a
Let the great and important fact be con
stantly kept in a tangible and threatening
aspect before the people of Pennsylvania that,
notwithstanding they have opened the Missis.
sippi, and are besciging Charleston, and
threatening East Tennessee, and Geogia, and
Alabama, that, notwithstanding all this,
Pennsylvania is not safe from invasion and
Washington city is again beleagured in this
third year of the war. The road to peace lies
through Pennsylvania via. Washington.
LEE URGED TO ADVANCE.
The Richmond Wing, says: 1t will not be
surprising if Gen. Lee should avail himself Of
the present fine condition of his army, and
the weakened state of his adversary, to ad.
vance on Meade, or, perhaps. to again try his
fortune on the other side of the Potomac
But prudence suggests that but little be said
on this subject. The people confde fully in
the wisdom and devotion of Gen. Lee, and are
fully assured that he will do whatever, under
the circumstances, seems best for the cause.
HALF THR ARMY ABSENT FROM DUTY"
The Richmond Examiner, says: Unless the
Confederacy now resorts to the death penalty
for desertion, it must fight the enemy with
unequal weapons. Moral suasion, public con-
tempt, the influence of woman--all that spe-
cies OF nonsense is the stuff of demagogues.
The salvation of the country and the safety
of the army itself depends upon the nerve and
determination of the authorities. They have
the power to put an absolute term to the
great mischief of desertion, which has, under
the great name Of absenteeism, /" been the