Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-01-19
Voice Of Pennsylvania!
PRES. LINCOLN RE NOMINATED.

In 1881, when the Nullifcation treqson
of John G. Calhoun was ripening for exc
cu'ion, the Republican Cor Democratic)
members of the Legislature of Pennsylva-
MIA formally expressed their confidence in
ANDREW JACKSON, and invited him to
become a candidate for reelection. In
this, they only reflected the wishes of their
constituents: they did not seek to lead
them, or to dictate to them. He Was tri-
umphantly re elected. One generation
has passed away, and Treason is again at
open war with the Government. The
President, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, has sought
to do his duty, and to suppress insurrec-
ton, as did his predecessor, Jackson
Again the majority of each branch of the
Legislature ofTHE KEYSTONE STATE comes
forward to give voice to the popular will
They do thereby express their confidence
in the President, and ask him to be re.
elected to his high station, as an earnest
to Rebels and Rebel sympathizers every
where, tha, the Free States are iuexorably
determined to restore the Union on the
basis of Freedom, Furnishing the guilty
and pardoning the innocent Read the
ad lress.
To bis Excellency, ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
President Of die United States /:
DEAR SIR: The undersigned, Mem bers
Of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, thus
early in the session Of that body, hasten
to congratulate you on the success Of the
policy of the National Administration,
aud the suspicious circumstances under
which the secoud Congress Of your term
has been organized. When it is fairly
considered that the policy of your admin
e!ections-when il is known that in the
contest for the most important State as
well as the most insignificant municipal
Office, the issue involved all the essential
principles ofths policy of your Administra-
tlon-the resul, must be more highly ap.
preciated by the friends of freedom abroad,
and cheering to the defenders of Freedom,
the Union, aud the Constitution, at home
We would be unminGful of the duty We
owe our country, if We hesitated to ac-
knowledge the force Of that policy in the
elections which placed US in our present
legislative position. When fearlessly ad-
vocated aud set before the people, it Won
US victory in the face of the most persist.
ent and bitter opposition from the foes Of
free Government. You need not be re.
minded of the effect which the late election
in Pennsylvania bad on the destiny of the
nation. The triumph at the ballo,-box
aroused the ardcr, and seemed to breathe
fresh valor into the hearts of our soldiers,
for the achievement of victory on the bat.
tie field. And if the voice of Penusylva-
MIA became thus potential ir endorsing the
policy Of your Administration, We consider
that, as the representatives of those who
have so completely endorsed your official
course, We are only responding to their
demands when we thus publicly announce
our unshakeu preference for your re-elec-
tion to the Presidency in 1864.
The hope and life of the American peo.
pie are now centsred in the purpose and
the effort of the Government to crush
Rebellion. 10 more than two years of
struggle, we have discovered that the
is continued for an object more
important than that of redressing a real
wrong. 1t is wsged for the establishment
If dogma, and the recognition of bar.
'arism. 1t is carried on against the Gov.
.rnment for its absolute destruction. In
uch . struggle, there can be no compro.
Mise devised to offer or considered for
acceptance. One or the other of the con-
ending parties must triumph. Justice
must be vindicated by the full recognition
nd operation of the Government in all
be States, or the claims of the traitors
Fill bo maintained, this magnificent struc-
ure Of our Government destroy ed, and the
Ights Of men for ever ignored. To make
change in the Administration, until its
uthori,y bas been fully re.es.sblished iu
be revoited States, would be to give the
aemies Of the Government abroad the