Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-02-26

they have anhereu 10 tp"so 'uras' o"u ~"
sued that course Of conduct, from that da
to this. While the loyal hearts of th
country we're throbbing with anxiety an
looking forward to the speedy return
some of the Southern States to the OF
Government, and v while the effort was pre-
crossing rapidly and encourag'ngly IN IN
CITY of New Orleans, this same ed'to
published the following, 10 his issue OF 70
l2rh day of this mouth:
.sNobody now appears at the so-ea"r
HMM m. .,.tings in new Orleans, except IN
Norlhrrn drsunion ab"lilionlsts. uh" nav
been exported to that STATE by Mr.. Lincoln
These wrerches (rha, il. the Union men q
New urIean>1 assemble To the number OF
few hundred. and call themselves the State o
Louisiana, EJECT Members of Congress. an'
perform other similar frauds aud ah"mlna
lions. as they are instructed from W ashlng
tom
This is the position Of the party upor
this question of loyalty, in that section o
the country, SO far as that party 70 repre-
sen,ed by the gentleman from Nor'hum
berland. He has no word Of cheer for the
brave men who have gone cut from h':
home aud from your homes to tight the
battles of our country. In looking over
the columns of bis paper, you can not nod
one word of encouragement to the brave
men who are sacrificing their lives and
their all, nor one word ct cheer and com
fort to their families in their desolate
homes; but you will iud that the South
ern ollgsrchy, this dtspotlc government
(f it can be called a government that ex-
I-ts in the Southern States Of this Union,
has received his sole and absorbing atten-
tiou. Why, sir, when he makes any
reference at all, even at this day, TO the
Chief Magistrate of our own country-If
the name OF the President appears at
oil in his columns, or If the ac's OF the
Government under which we live are at
all referred tot is in language some
thing like this, which is also taken from
that paper:
.f.incoln has cost this country three thou.
sand millions of dollars and a million "t tlIves;
and the end Is not yet. hat sconrSe 10
humanity that he was ever born
THIS same paper TO which have REFER
red. contains an extract from some DEM
ccra,ic rarer in some northern county or
70 appruvine'y by the
gentleman f,om No'thumterlsnd-in
which the writer expresses a regret that
John C. Breckiuridge. the rebel and the
traitor. was no, elected President OF these
limited States, instead Of Abraham Lin
coin!
The gentleman charges upon the he-
publican party of this State, and says II Is
a shame that will forever blister upon our
faces, tha. we recognize mob law and vio-
ence. | say, sir, that the gentleman
rom Northumberland has himself, 10 bis
publication, counsolled violence and mob
aw of the most strocious character. tie
,unselled the taking of the life OF
member of this House, if he should see tit
to separate bim-elf from the party of JEFF.
Davis, and refuse to obey the behests Of
bis Iead,r-. refer to the geDtleman's
paper of December 10, 1862. This gen.
leman stands up here in his place and
.rraigns the Republican party ofthis State
md of this nation as the party encouraging
mob law and violence. He has told us
ba. the destruction Of his paper (and the !
riding damage which was done to bis
at that time, | am informed
" a credible authority. would have been
severed perhaps by thirty Eve or forty
says that the destruction OF
lis office was approved of and applauded
" the Republican party in that section OF
be country. say, sir, that he uisrepre-
ents the feelings and the opinions of the
Republican party in his neighborhood,
ybep he makes that assertion. Mob law
nd violence are condemned by all law.
biding citizens and l do not know Of .
in gle Instance in which an Individual, or
my part of the community, approved 10
be least degree of such conduct, or did
ny one act, or uttered any one word, from
shich such an inference could be drawn.
instead of it being the fact that the party
vhich is sustaining the Government 10
hese perilous times-instesd of it being
be fact, that the Union party of this
ountry encourages mob law aud violence
such proceedings are the necessary re-
ult, the Legitimate fruit Of the teachings
nd the doctrines of the Democr party.
l do not desire, at this late hour, to
rotrsct my remarks. If gentlemen will
urn to their common school reports for
bis year, they will fud by the report Of
be Superintendent of nberland
ounty that there are 10 that county seren
is,ric's which have not yet adopted the
ommon school system; and if they will
ook at the election returns Of last fall they
ill find that the voie the gentleman recsi-
ed in these seven districts was larger than
is majority in the whole county. But,
ir, l have the qualification to know many
{ the people of that county disapprove as
,uch, and regret as much, the course that
pursued and the ideas that are express.
d, and the policy that is advocated by
hese gentlemen, as any of US can do.
he people of that section are, as q gener.
thing, law-abidiug, Union loving people.
say that the grea, mass of the Demo-
ratio party in that county is as intensely
'yal as any gentleman on this floor /; and
is not the truth that the positions and
ocirines announced on the other side Of
lis House are common to the Democratic
arty Of this State. | say, sir, that these
entlemen have seized upon this opportu-
n 4. cok Jo.;.o