Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-11-23
Gen. Buffers Terms.


Gen. Buffers Terms
General Buffers speech in New York
contains an admirable passage, which
his enemies should read. Instead of
regarding the Bluebeard image which
tiey have set up for themselves in anx-
iety to give this malinged general all the
form and aspect of what Southerners
call "a BRUTE" Gen. Buffers Richmond
admirers will find in this speech real
test of his character In the moment
of highest victory he presents the
largest olive branch, but while he offers
a generous friendship he is not less
determined enemy:
ain view of the unaminity of the Amer
lean people-in view of the strength, the
majesty, the might Of the nation-might
it not be suggested that now is good time
once again to hold out to the deluded peo
pie of the South the olive branch of peace,
and say to them Come back, come back
now; this is the last time Of asking; come
back, aud leave off the feeding on husks
and come with US to feed upon the fat OF
the land, and bygones shall be bygones-
If bygones are bygones our country shall
live in peace hereafter
"There might have been some complaint
think, among a proud and chivalrous
people, that they would not desert their
leaders In answer to the amnesty proclama-
tion of President Lincoln; but now, as We
come to say, 'Come back, and you shall
O.. find the laws the same, save and except as
they are altered by the legislative wisdom
OF the land; are we not in condition, not
taking counsel of our fears or weakness,
but from our strength and magnamity,
again to make the offer, and the last time
to call on them, and then shall we not have
exhausted all the resources of statesman
ship in the effort to restore peace to the
country2 And who shall hinder this?
And if they do not come back, who shall
complain?
81 ask not for the rebel to come back
after he has fought as long as he can and
then chooses to come back, but state some
time-perhaps the 9Th of January, 1865,
for the association will be as good as any
and when that time shall have come, every
man who shall scout the profered amnesty
OF great and powerful nation, speaking
In love, In kindness, in charity, in hope of
peace and quiet forever, then | say to him
who then scouts the proffered love and
kindness, 'let us meet him with sbarn.
quick, decisive war, which shall bring the
matter to an end and to the extinguish.
ment OF such men wherever they may be-"
STATE DUTY.-The following let
ter, addressed to the Commissioners
of Mifiin county, gives a decision On
two important points as to who is liza
bic to State service:
HEADQUARTERS Pa. MILITIA, !
INSPECTOR GEN'L's DEPT,
II HARRISBURG, Nov. II, 1864.
GENTLEMEN This Department is in
receipt of letter from Geo. Frysincer.
Esq Clerk to your Board, desiring de.
clsion of the Department on the following
interrogatcries therein contained:
1. Are those who hold exemption certi.
fcates from U. S. boards exempt under the
State law?
The certificate of exemption for mental
or physical disability, given by the physi
cian OF the enrolling board of the u. S.,
should not be received as evidence of disa.
bility or disqualification for State service
Each board must make its oaCn ereUnptions
determining from all the circumstances Of
each particular case whether the party is a
proper subject for exemption.
2. Are those who paid Communication 70
the U. 5. or furnished substitutes exemnt
The citizen owes allegiance and, as a
consequence, service to both State and Ma.
tional Governments, ard exemption from
service under the provisions of the Acts of
Congress for enrolling and calling ont the
National forces, does not relieve a partv
from the service he owes the State under
the militia laws of the Commonwealth. II
is superadded obligation.
have the honor to be, gentlemen,
s@ Your obi. Servant,
LEMUEL TODD,
Inspector Geal P. NJ.
..r u. J. Jones, of Harrisburg, was