Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-08-12

Ct course can not E-t- t.4iu N-I- SUI L-'
feIoG by the necessary Contingencies OF
var. The T, fec'!ons lha, have il too
many quarters been made upon tie people
Of her southern c0untIes are most uuioGn-
del. They acre ipvaaei n 1852, when
3 Union army auCa suPeGio! to any to!ee
OF the EebeI,, laud ca Bhigh they had Q:
course a right to Te!y,) was lying in their
immediite vicinity and north ot the Poto-
mao. They were ag4iu invaded IN 1865,
af er the defeat Of the Union forces under
Mllroy, at Winchester, aad they have
again suffered in 1864, af.e: the defeat oi
the Union fo.ces uuior Crock aud AVe5!.i.
How could an agricul,urs! people in az
open country be expected to Use suddenly
and beat tack. hostile forces which had
defeated orgsuized ve.s!an armies ot the
Governm mt!
!. Is OF course expected that the 'nhsh-
itants Of az Invaded country viii DO shit
i in their power - res.st the invaders,
aud the facts hereinafter stated viii show,
| think, that the people 0: these c0ua'ies
have not failed in tits duty. II PepusJi'
saIte. ~ iIa--t4 - LN4 1'--i
siIioD, has I, aired TO be defended ty the
national force, il has ouiy teea against
the COMMON enemy. 1t has never bse1
necessary TO weaksO the army in the fed
By sending hesVy detschments Of veterans
10 save her cities from being devastated
By small band, of rufhsps, composed of
their owa inhabitants. Nor hare her
people been disposed 10 speer a! the great
masses of lev abiding citiz u in any other
State Who have required such protection.
Yet when a brutal enemy, pursuing de-
fes,ed body Of Union forces, crosses our
bIrder and burus a GefeDceiess tow, !hIs
borrid ba[baElty, instead Q. hriag iae
hearts of all the people Of our common
country, IS actually 10 some q1aT:eFs made
toe Occ3slon Of aucks and gites at the uu-
fortunate sufI rrIs, thousands Of whom
have been rendered hOuseless. Audibese
heartless SCOTS proceed from the very men
who, when the State auth grilIes, tOresee-
ing the danger were takipg precautionary
mea7uTes, rlIIculel the idea Of there being
any dluger, suesfei ct the exeril,us to
prep pare tor meeting it, and succeeded to
some extent in thgartlug their Efforts &c
raise forces. Ihess men aGe themselves
morally respoDsia!s for the calamity orer
which they Row chuck'e aad rub their
hands.
1t might have been bopci-nay, We had
right to ezpec,-that the people Of the
loyal States engaged in a common effort
to preserve their Government, aud all that
Is Dear t3 irssusy, would have forg gotsen,
at least fer toe tIuc, tLeIJ WTetchct local
jea!ousies, AMI sympathized with all their
loyal fellow citizens, wherever resident
within the borders OF oug common
country. II should be renemt cred
that the original source of the present
Rebellion was IN such ieelousies encour-
aged for wicked purposes b unscrupulocs
politicians. The meD who for any pur-
pose noy continue to encourage them,
ought to be held as public elemiss-ene-
mics Of our union sul or pence, sud
should be treated as such. Common feel
iDgs-ccumon sympl;hies-are the nee
essa1y fOurdatious Of common free gov
ernneut.
Am proud to say that she people Of
Pennsylvania feel every blow at any Of
her sister States, s. az assault upon them
selves, aud give 10 them al that hearty
good will, the expression of which Is
sometimes more important under the in-
fiction of calamity than mere material aid.
Ii is unnecessary to refer to the approach
of the rebel army up the SAsnanioah
Valley on the tbiEi Day Of July last-to
tue defeat Of Gen. Wallace ca the Non-
ococy, their approach 10 and the threaten
ing OF the Capital, or to tteir destruction
of property and pillags Of the counties 0:
Mary land lying on the border. These
eTeDts have passed into history and the
responsibilities viii be settled BY the ej11s-
nent Of the people.
At tha: time, call was made upon
PeDnsy irania 70. volunteers, TO be
mustered into the service of the United
States ard $40 serve for one hundred days
in the States Of Penpsy y!Yania and Mary
land and at Washington and its vicinity"
Notwithstanding the embarrassrsnts
which complicated the orders for their or.
gaoiza.ion and muster, six regiments were
withdrawn from the State, the las; leaving
the 29th day Of July.
| desired that at leas, part of this force
should be confined 10 their service to the
States Of fennsy lVania aud Mary land, and
made such en- application to the War De-
Department, as the proposition did not
meet their appreciation it was rejected
and the general order changed to include
the States named and Washington and its
No part of the rebel army at tia. time
had come within the State. The people
OF the border counties were warned aud
removed their stock, and at Cham bersburg
aud York were organized and armed for /.
their own protection. was not officially
Of the movements of the Federal /
armies aud of course not of the strategy
Of their commanders, but i. was stated 10 .
The newspapers that the rebel army vas
,losely pursued after it bad crossed the .
Potomac and was retiring up the Valley
If the Shenandoah. Repeated successes
If our troops wtrs also announced and the
people OF this State had just cause to be-
ieye that quite sufficient Federal sorce
lad been thrown forward for its protec-
ee:i0n upon the line of the Potomac.