The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-05-28
Loyalty ON the Pacific.

Mr.. Conness, the newly elected Senator
from California, aud successor to Mr.. La
than, has just made an eloquent speech
avowins his loyalty to the Administration.
Mr. Conness said
Il will draw TO close by saying that |
am anxious and eager to contribute IN
any and every way, by vote and by act,
by labor and by pains, and by life If nec-
essary, to tie sustaining of this great
Government. Let us league together
Let US league together that this work may
be surely done. Take care, fellow citizens,
that while our soldiers are in the field
they shall not be made to feel the effect
of FIRE in the rear Take care, those of
us in California, that it shall not become
necessary for the few regiments which
have gone out from our State to hold
meetings, and reprove and reprehend Us
as a people. Bot why should It be nee
essary, or why give any such warming =
California is loyal enough. So it is, but
let us organize its loyalty. Let US COM
bine its patriotism. And, am ashamed
TO have to say, let Us sink contemptible
partisanship, because every true man
understands that it should not be allowed
to stand in the way Let US combine, aud
let the influence Of that combination and
concen tration of opinion and action be
felt everywhere, as it will be, net only in
our State, but throughout the entire In
ion.
"Let US resolve, and let the resolve
have our lives as foriei., that this Union
shall be unit that there shall be no
disintegration of these States /; that s;s-
very and the whites, too, o. those States,
if necessary, shall go off these broad acres
that God has given us for an inheritance,
and for the use Of millions yet unborn, in
tended to be free American citizens.
''Let there be no partisan aim In this
movement. Let every man so into itthat
loves country more than party. Look to
your James L. Bradys, and other Demo
cratic leaders in the East, engaged in now ?
All, they had been partisans long enough !.
They carried on partisanship until the
great Empire State of New York was
threatened to be left out in the cold. 1t
was fine fun to see some Of these partisans
in New York--it was amusement, they
thought--it was giving the Republican
Administration ''fits," as they would say
SO iongas treason talked only Of leaving
New England out in the cold. But when
New IorSers began 10 feel that the
dsintegration of the American States was
intended to make another empire of the
West on the Mississippi, seeking the
mouth of that river as the outlet of its
trade, and that New York was also to be
left out in the cold, they became aware
of what would. be the terrible effects to
them of dissolution and disintegration
Aud now we hear no more Of qaasi-treason
from Gov. Seymour. We hear nothing
but patriotic words spoken by the Van
Burens and Bradys, and other leaders of
the Democracy of that State. Shall we
hear treason spoken here or shall we
have any more apologies for treason from
Democratic mouths / hope not; I
trust not. And if they attempt it, trust
that the rank and file, the virtuous body
of the people, that have no interest in
sustaining party against country, will
leave such party t0 be composed Of
leaders, an6 leaders alone
s'Let our action be such that the sol
diers of our country in the field shall be
sustained that our civil authorities shall
be sustained and maintained, and we fill
the measure of American glory to over
flowing. Let this be our action, fellow
citizens. Let US be reinspired with love
of country, and let US present a united
front to all enemies, no matter in what
garb or with what pretence they come"