Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-07-17
The Invasion of Pennsylvania.

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Iu his message to the Legislature, in
January last, Gov. CURTIN called the at.
teu,ion of that body to the danger Of an
iuvaaiou iu the following language:
| "The Militia Law Of this State is greatly
! defective, and earnestly recommend the
appointment Of commission 10 prepare and
/ submit an ei'iclent SYSTEM, TO be reported
: before the adjournment Of the Legislature, so
+ that action may be had on the subject at the
I pres,ai Session. In the hurry OF ordinary
! business, the Legislature might not be able
10 give the necessary attention TO the prepar.
alton OF proper measure. and events which
/ have already occurred prove The NECESSITY
Of efecfual itgishaiion on the subject, so tha!
our pecpte may be adequately protected"
10 the Republican Seuate, bill was
reported and perhaps passed, but the
House vas far more interested in hound
ing Cameron, aud passing uoucpoly bills,
than in deteure Of the State, and uothiag
! was done. The border countie. of Fulton,
Franklin, Adams, York aud Cumberland,
sent Democratic politicians, of the sympa.
tbsiug stamp, to the Legisls,ure-men
who profess to believe, aud taught others,
! that Pres. Liucolu WAS violating the Con-
, sti,u,ion in arrcsting suspected traitors or
aiders aud abettors Of treason; that the
conscription law WAS Unconstitutional aud
an outrsge-snd various other charges,
which, in other days, were construed as
toryism, but are BOW falsely converted in.
to democracy. Oae would suppose that
men thu. interested would exert their en-
ergies to place the homes of their coDstit-
! ueuts in comparative security. But, no!
Foul party was uppermos; IN their
thoughts, and the consequence is, that, iu
the miist Of promising harvest, the cit
izaus of all that region fed, their fields
were made desolate, their horses aud call
tie takeu, aad the desolstion of var visited
upon their homes.
Had these men acted on the sugges-
tions of the Governor, bill would have
been passed authorizing the formation OF
State Guard, 20. 900 strong, who ought to
have been drilled for at least three months,
aud then furl0ugbed home, to be ready ut
a moments notice; liberal pay ought to
hsve been offered while 10 service-not
less than $50 mouth-and their trans.
paEtstion TO and from their homes paid.
Such force would have saved Us from an
invasion, or at least checked the Rebels in
their career of piundsr until an adequate
force could have been raised to drive them
from the State. As it is, ordinary meas
ures, effective only after she evil has been
accomplished, had to be reserted to.-Lc-
pistO,ra Gasehe.
30rIn the face of the above facts, We
see Copperbead editors already beginning
to abuse Gov. Curtin for n0s protecting
the State. IL bis Messages and Proclama.
tious, he did clearly foresbadow the dsu-
ger, and if the Democratic leaders had not
opposed, he would have had the State pro-
tected. The following is . sample of
what ,cas offered, in the House (by Dr..
Morris, of Greene Co., leading Copper
head) by way Of protecting Pennsylvania
from Rebel raide:
"Resolved, that. UNTIL. the Administration
recedes fron lis unconditional, inflammaiory
and despotic Proclamation of Jan'y LIST, 1868.
and returns 10 policy, N The conduct Of the
wal, sanctioned by the Constitution, by justice,
BY patriotism and humanity, 1T CAN RAVE
NO FURTHER CLAIMS UPON the LOYAL ?
State of Pennsylvania for MEN OR OTHER
MEANS OF CARRYING ON THE WAR"
This is Q mere specimen of the way the !
party helped to protect Pennsylvania, and
to close the Wsr..!