Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-10-29
Address Of the Union state CeptrJ,l
Committee.

TO THE LOYAL MEN OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Rooms OF THE UNION STATE CENTRAL. CON-,
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 81, 1864.
To the Loyal Men Of Pennsylvania The |
smoke of the first engagement has cleared
away, and upon the vote of her citizens at
home Pennsylvania stands by the govern
mcnt Of our fathers, while her brave sons
in the field will not give less than twelve
thousand majority for the good cause. The
last hope, therefore, of the supporters of
General Mcclellan has disappeared, and the
only result OF continuing to sustain him is
to give aid and comfort to the rebellion by
increasing the appearance of disunion among
ourselves.
General Sheridan dealt terrible blow to
treason on Wednesday, and every patriots
heart thrilled with JOY upon hearing it; but
a great majority for Abraham Lincoln in
Pennsylvania would by far more fatal to the
armed conspiracy against the Union and the
Constitution. Every vote for our tried and
faithful President will paralyze some arm
raised to shoot down the flag, while every
vote for the base surrender at Chicago, and
the men who carry its white flag, will en-
courage some rebel to shoot another north
ern soldier. The Ticket nominated by Val
! landigham, Wood and Seymour is now
/ DluCh W NltH tTcHSOl, anu tltCT IL Is Nblct w Ill
be red with the blood of our brothers fight
ing for us. The war has existed for the last
| year only by reason of our divisions, and its
continuance to-day is solely owing to the
activity of the Gisunion party of the north
and the platform of its convention, While
any hope remained of the election of its cam
didates, plausible excuses might be found
by misguided men forgiving them their sut-
! frages; but after the verdicts of Maine, Yer
mont New Hampshire, Ohio, Indiana, and
Pennsylvania all sencible persons know that
the election is already decided by the peo-
pie, and that it only remains to ascertain
| the majorities. 1t follows. therefore, that
| every vote for Mcclellan and Pendlcton is an
earnest invitation to Jefferson Davis to con.
Time this fearful war TO waste more of our
treasure and to murder Others of their sons.
The sublime spectacle of a united north
will end the war. We invoke all patriots
| to lend their efforts increasingly to produce
this result. By projecting the ward and
! township organizations; bv the circulation
of documents: by public addresses, especial
ly; by local speakers; by earnes, personal
efforts with honest but mistaken mcn; hy
making arrangements to bring every loyal
voter to the polls; by sending tau receipts
to every soldier and sailor by the immcdi-
ate formation of campaign clubs in every
borough and community; by great meetings
of the people by daylight and 10y torChIight,
and by all the honest agencies of an active
ana through canvass, appealing to the pa
triotic zeal, and kindling the patriotism of
a great and loyal commonwealth, We can at
test the fcaty of our State to the flag of the
Union by majority worthy of the historic
character of the contest ard of the great
issues dependent upon it.
Forward, then, every lover Of his country
to this good work! Looking not to the
past but to the future. forgetting all person.
al considerations, and approaching the pri-
vilege of some sacrifice for Liberty and the
Union, let us relax no effort until the polls
are closed. This Committee will continue
to do its whole duty, and relies upon your
instant, earnest and constant assistance.
Grants march of valOr and the glory from
the Rapidan to the James sealed the fate
of the rebellion. Since then, Sherman has
turned its left wing. Farragut is closing
its avenues of scape. Sheridan has sent its
vanguard again whirling down tue valley.
1t only remains for us to sound the charge
along the whole line, and wrapping our bal
lots around our brothers bullets, march to
the peaceful, final, triumph which awaits
US in November.
! Proclaiming the war to be failure,
George b. Mcclellan is himself the great
failure OF the war-a genera wiehnut vic
tory-a statesman without record, and
If we are faithful, hi story will add to his
epitaph, that lie was a candidate for the
Presidency without an electoral vote. Let
us all, therefore, labor without ceasing. In
memory of our buried martyrs in regard for
the wounds of our living heroes, to guard
libert, from its deadly peril and the Union
from its reasonable foes, in the interest of
religion, and IN the hope of the republic of
the future, loyal men of Pennsylvania, for
ward to victory!
| In behalf of the Committee,
SIMON CAMERON, Chairman.
A: W. BENEDICT, ! Secretaries.