Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-06-01
A SAD AND TRUTHFUL PICTURE

We take the following extract from an ed
itorial article in its issue Of the ODD ult.,
under the head Of "THe Pennsylvania Re
Serve9," which, for truth and sound sense,
is hard to be surpassed. As subseryient
ana cringing as the proprietor Of that
sheet has always been to Lincoln and his
parasites holding, as he does, the impor-
tant office Of Postmaster of Harrisburg
and abandoned as he is to the great
Moloch of Abolitiorsm, yet he can
not quite sanction the treatment dealt
out to the Reserves who SO emphatically
| represented the "yalor and the visor" of
Pennsylvania. 1t was almost too much
for The writer's forbearance- quite sufi-
cient to shake his loyalty" which a fer
vent appeal to God alone could protect.
But does this writer ever reflect that on
him and his party, lies the responsibility
Of all this loss of precious blood-all these
"widows' walls and orphans tears ?" How
fares their conscienoes when they reflect
that it was they who invited war and
bloodshed by refusing to occept the peace
propositions in The Congress Of l86O-Gl {?
Or, are their slumbers never disturbed by
rightluI visions Of an ayengng future,
when they reflect, that having the power,
they have never taken a single step in the
"'''' "'''o' u '"e war 'AaV "'a not IN
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vie sun !uEthcr eiiuslon OF blood and
all without single rational hope of ac-
compI,shiro fine prs,s,,l,y ,,,,r.,1ses r,.
.,.,
"'''0' VIC al n'' "es"" II '"ey are
human, such visions must haunt their
memories and if they do, with all their
, world " gain, and show cr 0petipp mower.
we envy them not.
" Three years ago. what VAS called The
PcaaayUutu Rcasrys Cgrys. constituted y
body of men of whom the keystone State
vas justly proud Al an hour of grea t
peril-at a time when the fate OF the Re-
public quivered in the uncertain balance
5 Of war the Rescryes went forth. Etecp
8 thousand strong, and in that reriod OF soli-
citute and uncertainty, they reauimaLed
the failing hopes and almost panicized va
, lor Of the country. For three wears thew
! participated in every battle f,u1ht by the
Army Of the Potomac. In tho front con.
! ,tantly, they were where dancer and
d death were ever present. As their ranks
. were decmatod, the very Hover Of the
young manhood Of the State volunteered
to preserve their maximum strength, so
that instead ofEHeen we may safely write
arGLy Hyaamd men were absorbed, as f.c
Hywua, from time 10 time, were added
to The regiments forming the Ressrves.-
The State of Pennsylvania cent cred her
PRIDE in the organization, not that she
loved tue soldiers composing its regiments
t any more than she did the bravo men
mustered in her other military orraniza.
tions, but because the Reserves to great.
er degree represented tho yalor and the
military yigor Of the State. But alas for
all this valor and yicor Where are they
s now. Where are the brows for whom our
{ virgins were so lately twining the laurel
wreath Where are the stalwart men who
stood in serried lines on so many well
fought battle fields? We looked at least
for remnant Of them, weeks ago. to re-
turn to their homes on the clear expira-
ton OF their term of enlistment. But
amid ,So hnnn,ina w. 81 oomuo o'",.u '1% Nv -
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