Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-09-15
Plans of the Rebels,

Congress, will be one of no ordinary
interest. During its deliberations the
Presidential campaign for 1864 will be
marked out. Political parties will, in
the next session of Congress, arrange
the platform Of principles that each
will advocate before the people, as well
n- unmask the gross corruptions that
the war has produced The contest for
the Speakership of the House of Rep
resentatives will be one of great excite
ment; if the Democrats are success full.
their Speaker will have the arrange
mcnt and appointment of the various
committees which prepare business for,
the House, as well as of all investigating
committees.
The reports Of these committees will
form the groundwork of the next Pres
idential campaign. Should Meade be
driven into Washington, and the capi-,
tai of the United States be belcagured
by the Confederate army, the conduct
of the war will receive blow from
which neither Vicksburg nor Port
Hudson eau relieve it.
The success Of the Democratic party /:
rouM DC no Longer Doubtful, should Gen.
lire once more adcance on Meade.
Parties IN the United States are so near. ..
ty balanced, the least a1uantaye Mroun
in The taror Of one rW insure US sue.
cess. Should the Confederate army
remain qu esccnt on the banks of the
Rappahannock, the boastful brageadocia
Of Yankee reports will be confirmed, !
and Lincoln and Hallcck will point in
triumph to the crippled condition of
the Confederate army as confirmation :
of the great victory won in Pennsylva- :
mia. The Democrats, unable to gaiasny :
such eu,dence, ,wiN be constroine,lt to enter
the contest for Speokersi;ip dorn Of the
principal part Of their s,rength-Me.s
disyrdeefm mismana3ement and con. :
duot of Me u1r. s
Gen. Lee must turn politician as we'll 8
as warrior, and we believe he will
prove the most successful politician 3
the Confederacy has ever produced. 3
lie may so nsouc and direct his army :
as 10 produce political results, raich, IN .
heir bearing upon This ,cor. ~iN prore :
more efectuai than the Loo,'icst yicfories. 5
Let him drive Meade into Washington, g
and he will again raise the spirits Of the (
Democrats, confirm the Gmid, and gire
confidence to their ,oacering. He riH :
emLolaen the Peace party should he -
again cross the Potomac, for he will s
show the people of Pennsylvania how =
little security they have from Lincoln :
for the protection of their homes 1t 5
matters not whether the advance be s
made for the purposes of permanently
occupation, or merely 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 5
and Pennsylvania has not been secured. $.
A fall campaign into Pennsylvania,
NTH The hands Of our soldiers united, not
FIR indiscriminate plundcr-demoraliz- 3
ing and undisciplining the army-but :,
campaign for a systematic and organ =
lied retaliation and punishment, would e
would arouse the popular mind to the (
uncertainty and insecurity of Pennsyl- :.
vania. This would react upon the :
Representatives in Congress, strengthen. -
ing the Democrats, and notifying even
to the hard shell of fanaticism itself
Let the great and important fact be g
constantly kept in tangible and threat
eniug aspect before the people of Penn
sylvania, that, notwithstanding they Z
have opened the Mississippi, and are &
hcsieging Charleston, and threatening
East Tennessee, and Georgia, and Ala
hama, that, notwithstanding all this, ,
Pennsylvania is not safe from invasion,
aud Washington city is again beleagured
in this third year of the war. Theroad
70 peaoe lies through Rennsylranta ria !
Washington. :
Reader. the above is genuine extract
from the best informed and most infuen-
tial Rebel paper. You see that while
Lee is damaging the Government in the
South, they expect those claiming to be
democrats" to be doing the same thing
in the North. They aid each other.
Such is the opinion of that organ of jeff.
Davis. viii You aid them, or will you
aid our Army and our Government, at
the ballot box?
GEN GILMoRE's father is still living
in Lorraine county. Ohio, where the Gen
eral was born. The old gentleman,
recently, was present and made speech
nj Sunday School picnic. He said,
among other things, 81 can say of my son
Quincy that he never disobcycd me; he
was very studious, and when he wanted
to 90 to West Point, as he had no money,
| told him if he would 60 and try to
come out at the head of his class l would
furnish him money. He went and came
out at the head of his class, and is now
before Charleston, where l hope no will
come out at the head of his class again"
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