The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-16
THE ANNUAL SCARE ON rHE noRDEn.

The Pcrnsylvanians and Marylanders have
now had their annual "scare" All the bells in
the &Wo States have been duly ruug; all the clti-
gems have duly assembled in the market places,
and duly volunteered to serve for as many days
as the Rebels might choose to stay on Northern
soil; the annual "war meeting" has been held in
Y Independence Square in Philadelphia and the
male members of the audience have made their
yearly offer "to lily to arms" the clergy have, as
their annual custom is, duly "worked on the for
tfcations under a broiling sun"
= The Governor has issued his annual. call to
Y arms, containing his annual reminder OF the ne
cessty of driving "the insOlent invader from the
sacred soil, and letting the world see what 25,O 900
undiscipined and CuTaged PeunsylYanians arc
capable of achieving. The "reliable gentleman"
and "well-knOwn citizens" have come in from
the front, as their wont is, and made US all ac-
quainted with the doings OF the Rebel cavalry
tho cattle lifting, horse stealing, house burning,
TO which these gentlemen are in the habit Of
treating themselves every summer during the
hot weather, in the neighborhood of Philadelphia
and Baltimore.
In short, the annual tribute from Pennsylva-
mia and Mary land to the Rebel commiss Iriat has
been duly paid, and by this time Early and his
raiders AZ Q across the Potomac with at least the
greater part of their booty. OF course the new
leves are hard on their track and are 'surround-
tDg, and "Cuting them off, and "getting in
their rear" and slaughterng them, as their an
nual custom is. II is well known that after each
Pennsylvania levy nlasSe, the butchery of the
Rebels is frightful.
If there be any men in the world who are Justly
chargeable with all their own misiOrtunes, who
may be fairly said TO deserve the worst that can
befall them, and for whom we have neither SYM
pathy nor pity, 1t is undoubtedly the Southern
traitors. But bad as they are, they are still our
, countrymen; they and we have common ances-
tors, common lingo, common history, etc. etc.
ETC., so that IL is impossible for Us to witness their
exposure to the annual rising of the PennSylya-
mia Militia without horror and compassion. True,
they are invaders, but they are still men and were
> they the hordes Of Tamerlane or Genghis Khan,
we could not avoid a shudder of Pity on hearing
that "the war meeting" had assembled in Indc.
pendence Square, and that t"the clergy had vOlun-
teered 10 work on the fOrtifcations," and that
"the citizens were being mustered in by COM
panies.' Fortunately, the unhappy Rebels by
this time saw what was coming, and when they
read Governor Cuuin's PROCLAMATION, generally
try to save themselves from the infuriated yOlun-
teers by flying to the mountains. The fate Of
those that are not so prudent is of course, awful
What we want to see now, is what will happen
after the Rebels are fairly gone. Will these
furious and rcmOrseless leves, these men Of
bid cd who have been digging bitches and throw
ing up barricades round their houses, hang up
Their dripping swords and return to the plough
and the counter till this time next year, or will
they still stand to their arms, and bre lthe out
thTeatCnings and slaughter against all who
menace their peace during the remainder Of the
year
X This is question we are all of us interested
Z in having answered, because, in spite of the
! sublimity of the spectacle which the PennsylYA-
mans pres Mt when the enemy are fairly at their
doors, there is something rather painful in the
state of unreadiness in which he invariably finds
them. Their wrath is fearful, once they are
fairly reused, but it must be confessed that the
difficulty of rOusng them is very great, and thl.
agood many sheep, cattle, hogs, and green1aclls
disappear while they are rubbing their eyes aud
buckhng their .TmOr on.
Somebody, It is evident, must stay under arms
(. ready 10 rcpel these raids into Maryland and
PenuSy lyania. There is no means OF mixing
positively sure that they hail never again occur.
Ii Grant may he dgtcAtcd-Jullus Caesar and NipO-
! leon were both defeated on more than one occa-
sion. All the men we cnn possibly ra Sc for the
United States army will be only 100 few for the
, work Of subdniHg toe Il belliUn. Somebody must
protect Northern homes from being outraged by
bands Of maraudcrs, and this is especially and
, peculiarly the duty OF thg militia.
II the militia cannot do this, Il Is good for
nothing, and The militia OF each State is uu-
dOubtCdly bouEd 10 protect its own frontier, aud
, hold the enemy II check until It's neighblrs can
come TO its aid But this is a duty which the
, Pennsy lraniaus seem very unwilling 10 perform.
! The tr,t organized bodies OF militia which show
| themselves in lhat State, during the anna 4
scare, are genera ly from New YurE or New Jer-
! sey. We should re .liy like o. know whether
= this is going 10 occur again, and whether, now
that the danger is past for the present. Governor
4 CuTtn's twenty-five thousand men are going 10
60 home quietly, return theit muskets t0 the
: JNsenals and wal. for the ac.ual appearance OF
ftle enemy before taxing arms again