Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1867-01-23
ormssious and other charitable asso-
.els.iqnss More than six hundred san

ieie.ials. More than SIX hundred san
" battles and skirmishes were fough
IL which nearly three hundred thousand
OF car heroic defenders laid down thci-
livesi in thoic devotion to the nat;on-''fo
God ar! Liberty"
In eve~y phase of this terrible conflict,
Pennsylvania bore an honorable and con-
spiouous part. She contributed three
hundred and +ixty-siz thousand three
bundled end twonty,six volunteer soldiers
to the rescue Of the nation and nearly
every battlefield has been moistened with
the hood, aud wh;.aned with the bones
of her heroes. To them we owe our vic
tories, unsurpassed in byilliaucy and III
the importance OF their Consequences
10 tie deac--the thrice honorcd dead
&c are deeply indebted, for without their
services t is possible or cause might not
have oee1 euccessful
i, is natural and e.aincntly proper that
we, as a people, should feel deep and
lasting interest in the present and futcre
welfare cf tie soldiers who have borne so
G:s:in guisaad past in the great contest
which has resulted IN the mainteasrcc ci
Che lie, homer and prosperity CT TIE IA
lioa. The high o!-i.l5 Of the private
solslers sPoa the country arc universally
I acfaoSlodged, and the generous sen;i-
ment prevails that the an mplesi care should
be .-Len y ;ae 90, o?n2ient to com2aa-
sai3 them, equally AID generously, With
bOan.ic3 aEd peraiccs, for their services
ar1 -acriices.
desire that it may be distinctly un-
ders.col tAat ! DO moi speak Of mycslf,
in ooaaect.on with this subject; bat
An happy to avaiI myself O. t1;a cP?or,
turity to speak kid ;.ortJ Ct rc1asyi-
Tauias private soldiers, a2i tA9 noble
! officers who commanded them.
I ihe generosity Of the people Of Penn
sy,gaa.a 10 tie Union soldiers has been
minated, but no. equally, by ether States
There is something peculiar in tho loyalty
Of Pennsylvania. She seemed to feel,
ron the nrs,, as If upCa her dovolved
tao setting Of superior example. The
fast that she carried ufol her s'anderd
the brightest iawel Of tie Rap2blic, that
/ in her bosori vas conceived ccd from aer
commercial capital was Issued the Decla-
ration Of independence, gave to har con
tri9ution5, il nen and money, and her
unparalleled charitable organizations, ell
i,:o ai6aiiy lcl .oloo OF model for
Others 20 copy. III, rebe, foe seemed 70
feel tla. if he could strike a fatal blow
at PENS, ivania, he roul1 recover all his
losses, aad establish rasistless prestige
in til old word But thanks to Divine
Providence, a4d to the enduring bravery
Of OF. citizen soldiers, the Invasion of
our beloved State sealed her more closely
20 the cause OF freedom.
The result Of the battle c. Gettysburg
broke the power o. the rebellion, and al
though tie fral issue vas delayed. it was
inevitable from the date Of that great
event. Yhe battle rescued cil the other
f.ee States and when the arch OF victory
was completed By Sherman successful ad
vance from the sea, SO that the two con,
Jue:eTs could shake hands over the two
fields that closed the war, the soldiers Of
Pennsylvania were equal sAarers IL the
glorious contamination.
No people in the worlds history have
ever been saved from SO incaiculable q
calamity, and no peopIa have ever had
such cause for gratitude towards their
defenders.
Ard here | cannot refrain from an
81 fho- ~, ;No,o-,l
Government has not taken any steps to
lnfict the proper penalties CT the Gonsti-
tuition and laws upon the leaders CT those
who rudely and ferociously invaded the
ever sacred soil OF our Stqte. 1t il GER
tainly a morbid ciemeney, and Z cansur-
able forbearance, which fail to punish the
greatest crimes "known to TIE laws of
civilized natiors;' and may not the hope
be reasonablyindulgod, that the Fedora!
authorities viii cease 10 extend unmerited
mercy to those who inaugurgtad the re-
bellion aud controlled the movements OF
It's armies? If this be done treason will
be ''rardered odious," and it will be Dis
tinctly proclaimed, Ca the pages OF our
/ lutui = b'Stoiy, 'tab HO s-tNNtIp. Sei bc
made with i,apunity to destroy CIR Re
publican f0rr, OF government.
SOLDIERS ORPHANS.
And while we would remember ''the
soldier who has borne the battle" We
must not forge. "his widow and his or
phan children" Among our most sol
emn Obligations is the maintenance of the
indissnt widows, and the support and the
education Of the orphan children, of those
noble men VINO fell in defense of the Union.
10 affirm that we owe debt Of graft
tude to those vino have been rendered
homeless and fatherless, by their parents
patriotic devotion to the country, is
truth to which all mankind will yield a
ready assent; and though we cannot call
the dead to life, it is privilege, as well
as duty, to take the orphan by the hand,
and be to him protector and a father.
Legislative appropriations have honor
ed the living soldiers, and entombed the