Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-02-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
LOYALTY OF TIIE WEST.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS-PATRIOT-
ISM OF TIE PEOPLE.


tian Examiner (Bostou) there is an admira-
bic article on Loyalty of the West by one
who is familiar with his topic. We take
from its glowing pages some interesting and
and loyalty:
LOYAL TOWNS.
"Thc little town of Provso feels that she
must be up and doing at once, and with all
her might. Proviso has ninety voters she
gives instantly seventy-iiyc men to the SER
vice OF her country. Freeport, with no par
ticular story TO tell, except that She is doing
her duty, telegraphs in general way to one
of the Western papers. we have no desire
to ouilivc our government; if it fall, we and
our children will fs! with it. Aledo, like
every other town in the West, for year past
has been sorely afflicted by the political war
whoops continually raised about her Rcpub-
Lean and Democratic poles. In these trst
days of her pentcc0st, Alcdo determines
that there shall be no more Democrat and
Republican, but only patriot aud American.
So, full Of her good purpose, she musters all
her sons oi every name, marches to her
poles; lowers them carefully, skiliully saws
them into slices, spices each carefully 10
each until they are one pole, and then with
mighty shOuiipgs raise that, with the flag
of the Union tiaug out over aIi.'
CURIOUS INCIDENTS,
'Thc impulse to DO something for the
country was not confined to age-tOr here
is Mr. Bates of Pcndieton, Indiana, beiev-
ing that he eau fight yet if they will let him,
cnistlng accordingly, but rejected to his
intense disgust, because lie has owned TO
being ninety years of age; or to sex--for
here is Mary W. Dennis, standing six feet
two in slippers, who, being unknown in
those parts, and disguised rs man, cnlists
in the Suiil Water company of the First
Minnesota regiment and Mary, being han
dy, as well as Il handsome fellow, is promo
ted to he lieutenant before she IS found out:
or to the average of ordinary patriotism
for here is a family of sixteen Young Mtn
residing in Dayton, Ohio, cnlist!ag Gl at
once, and IN ono company; and another
Iowa editor telling how hard j. is to get his
paper ont, bccaUsc bis two sons that he
counted on 10 help him, the younger only
fifteen years of age, have enlisted, and walk
cd two hundred miles to JOIN their company,
and how he has third cudntiGs how long
before he can 90, too, with four more grow
ing finely, and he hopes he may yet have
seven more 10 go; or to commercial usage
for here is an eminent Detroit firm Offering
to furnish government with fifty tons Of
shot and shell, 10 DC paid Tor whenever it is
convenient.
Aud one morning gust of laughter pas
ses over Chicago, as the story goes, thai,
the day before Il great iOuse in New or!cans
had telesraphed to one III Chicago Tor large
quantities ot corn. The securities Were safe
the margin" splendid. but the reply was
instantly flashed back, Eat yopf cotton 4"
Another laugh ,herc was, when the Illinois
boys had slipped dawn quietly to Cairo TO
watch for whatever might come owe. from
Kentucky. and had stopped steamer bound
down the river laden with lead. The lead
was unloadcd on the leyce, and presently Il
gentleman from. the South inquired Why
that lead wasn't sent down 10 which the
captain replied, he believed those Illinois
fellows were iatcndipg to send it in smaller
packages.
THE MESSAGES OF THE GOVERNORS.
Such was the response of the western
man on the instant, to the cry OF the coun-
try for aid against her enemies. The mes
sagcs Of the Governors rs they we're pub.
liShed one by one, full of earnest patriotism
as they were, did bat cch0 the CRY that had
already gone out OF the heart OF the people
themselves. Morton, of Indiana, said The
voice of party should now lie hushed aud
forgotten let us make one party, and that
for the country. Blair, Of Michigan: Il bold
that the State which refuses to aid toe
government now is as much guilty of trca-
son as the State which makes actual war
Ramsey, Of Minnesota This war began
where Charleston Is; it ought to end where
Charleston was. kirkwuod, Of Iowa; The
people OF Iowa are ready to pledge every
lighting man in she State and every collar
OF money or credit, for the country and the
peopio heartily shouted Amen
wEsTRRN VOLUNTEERS.
'ln nine months from the irs; call Of the
President for seventy thousand men, Illinois
alone had in actual service sixty thousand,
or over fifteen thousand above her quota for
the army o! five hundred thousand after
wards summoned. sixty thousand were
sent by Indiana in the same period: Iowa
sent over twenty thousand; Wisconsin twen.
ty.four thousand and Minnesota. in 1861.
sent more nen for the defence of the cOun-
try than her whole populat IN numbered in
1850, Michigan raised twenty fur thuus-
and, or four thousand more thHn her quota,
aud ohio more than one hundred thousand
troops of AZ arms, II is at course needless
20 explain 10 the American reader that In a
country 81 new, the proportion of men not
yei past their prime, as well rs the general
ratio of the male ~ the female population
must he greatly In excess of Ihat OF an Older
community. ihis lac, must he taken into
account in One hnnl ward On this estimate
of Western loyalty, 80 far rs IL ean be drawn
from this first prof of all loyalty, the gin
OF the man himself 90 the country, Illinois
has given one hundred aud thirty thirty hye
thousand nen to the service, being about
twea,y-oae thousand over her iull quota Cor
the eniire force called into the fel,l. indl,
ana, independent of the numbers that spring
foFNand ~ ga hours notice VIXEN there r
danger on her boricF, has over one haahrcl
and lwo lhOnaand men enlisted. M,ehlgaa
hiss given foTly 'eigai lhonsan,, Wisconsin
forty ii'ee lhousansl, Iowa lia one lhous
and, and Ohla one hundnsl and seyvniJ ,flse
thousand iar service 10 lhe war
Toe 0ne drop mofc ~ wilslness Ia the
h.0ud tina, seat the father Ia esrss bis laT'
lune cat ~ the wilderness, sent the son
into jhs eanp - ihs asui saand u tbs usm'
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