The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-03-03
THE STATE.
ENLISTMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA
FOR OTHER STATES.
important Proclamation from Governor
Curtin.
A PROCLAMATION.

: Whereas, For some time past it ha
e been known that persons, protesting T
r be agents of other States, have been busi
r ly tampering with our citizens at hom,
7 and In the army, endeavoring, by falls,
: representations, to induce individuals tc
| enter or re-enter from those States, and
/ remonstrances have been in vain made
: against the continuance of this paltry
! system of reduction
And Whereas, Information has now
been received that one of the regiments
OF pennsylvania has enlisted almost bodi-
as from other States ;; and it appears to
pe necessary to take some public means
" put our citizens on their guard against
arts oy which results so disastrous to the
men ana their families may be effected
IN others of her regiments which Penn
/ sylvania has delighted to honor
N0'o, therefore, l, Andrew G. Curtin.
Governor of the Commonwealth. but es,
peclally and emphatically to her veterans
IN the army, cautioning them AGAINST
allowing themselves to be seduced from,
her service. BY enlisting in regiments
OF other States, they deprive their fami.
lies at home Of the generous and liberal
aid which our law has provided for them
as a right, and not as a charity; they will
not enjoy the right Of suffrage, which an
approaching amendment of the Constitu-
tlon will give to our absent volunteers
they cut themselves loose from the ties
which bind them to their homes, and
which bind Pennsylvania to give them
constant care and assistance in the field.
an obligation which our State has never
neglected. If wounded or sick, they will
no longer be fostered by our agents, and
received with applause and consideration
as men who have done honor to Pennsyl-
vanla; they bring the history of their
regiments to an abrupt close; their names
will no longer be entered on our rolls;
all the glorious recollections of their val
or and sufferings will be weakened by the
fact that they have abandoned their ma
tive State, deserted the great Common
wealth under whose banner they have
earned for themselves and for her the /.
highest reputation for courage and all the
martial virtues, and that they have done
this under inducements which are in fact
and at the very time when
their friends and neighbors at home we're
for them bounties probably
larger than those offered by other States,
and certainly much larger, if the support
Afforded to their families be taken into
account
therefore appeal to our noble 7olun-
eers not to abandon the Commonwealth.
She has been proud of the glory which
heir course hitherto has shed abundant
y on her. AS mother she has right
o the honors to be won in future by her
children. Stand by her and she will
tand by you, and you will have the rich
st reward in the grateful affections and ,
of your families, your friends
our neighbors, and your fellow citizens. ,
But if you leave her for the service of
ther States you throw away all these, for
heir people will regard you merely as
and, when they fulfilled
heir bargains, will leave you and your |
antilles to shift for yourselves. Recol- '
,ct your homes, and your families, and 0
our friends, and the banners which you i
ave carried so gloriously upon many a C
loody field, and which, defaced by shot f
nd she'll, but still bearing the names of u
lie battles in which you have been dis &
nguished, she has provided for receiv- l
g at the close of the war, and preserv- t
g as holy relics of your patriotism ard
eviction to the cause of our common
,untry. These things are worth more ;,
you and to your children than money. :, y
o not grieve and disappoint your friends :
7 abandoning them all.
| take this occasion to enjoin upon all y,
agistrates, district attorneys, and all 9TH :. !
officers, strict vigilance in enforcing -"
e laws of this Commonwealth against :.
persons who shall within this State at i
mpt to recruit volunteers for other ~ ~
ates.
~ Given under my hand and
L. S. the Great Seal of the State, at
~ Harrisburg, the twenty-fOurth .. ..
y of February, in the year Of our Lord M NJ
e thorsand eight hundred and sixty rs
lr, ard of the Commonwealth the eigh- da
eighth. A. G. CURTIN.
BY the Governor:
Eli SLIFER,
Secretary of the Commonwealth. u u