Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-07-22
What Pennsylvania owes to
yIOr3tiO SEYMOUR.

When Lee invaded Pennsylvania the
widest alarm prevailed all along the border.
No one can ever forget the scene which was
presented in Harrisburg, at Lancaster and
throughout all the Southern tier of counties.
Every available means of locomotion was
called into reqnisition. The railroads were
crowded with the fleeing multitude, and bur.
thened beyond precedent with the goods
andschattlcs which were being sent north
ward and eastward to places of supposed
safety. Every turnpike and byerodc was
alive with horses and cattle, which were
being led or driven to the mountains or else
where out of reach of the enemy. In the
most earnest terms Governor Curtin called
upon the able bodied men of Pennsylvania
to enlist in the militia, and come to the res
cue of the Commonwealth. The call met
with hearty response, but days elapsed
before the unorganizcd yeomen of the State
could be marshalled for her defence In
the meantime help, efficient help came from
other quarters. The Democratic Governors
Of New York and New Jersey promptly
sent the organized militia Of those States to
the front. No one can forget with what
earnest cheers the New York militia were
greeted as they passed through Lancaster to
the defense of our State Capital. No one
in Pennsylvania would have dared to I'M
peach the loyalty of Horatio Seymour in
those trying days, when thousands of the
New York militia, fully equipped and
promptly sent forward by the man who is
now the Democratic candidate for President,
were hailed with blessings by those to whose
hearts the coming Of the foe had stricken
terror. Then even the most malignant rad
icals blessed the name of Horatio Seymour,
as in their flight they met the soldiers he
had sent to defend their persons and
property. &c..
No man in Pennsylvania has right to
speak Of Governor Seymour except in terms
of admiration and respect. Governor Cur
tin know how to appreciate the loyal and
patriotic action of Horatio Seymour of New
York and Joel Parker of New Jersey, and
in speech in Philadelphia he publicly
thanked them for their promptness in re-
spending to his call for assistance Before
any Pennsylvania dares to express single
doubt as to the perfect loyalty of Horatio
Seymour he should remember that nearly
ten thousand Of the troops sent by him to
the defence of this State were in Harrisburg
ready to meet the foe, before single com.
pany raised in our State had left their
homes. No man who has any regard for
truth will dare to call in question the perfect
loyalty and exalted patriotism of that great
statesman, who is now the Presidential can
didate Of the Democratic party. No Penn.
sylvanian could do so without standing be.
fore tho world convicted Of being at once
an migrate and o base and malignant liar
When the State was invaded, when our
homes an property wero in danger, he
promptly came to the rescue. For that
Pennsylvania owes him q debt Of gratitude
which she will delight to repay with interest
in November. r.--Ldncaster Inteliigencer.
The Radicals are shouting loudly over
the fact that the Democratic platform and
candidates arc assailed by such English
newspapers as the London Times. When
were these journals ever pleased with any
thing that promised good to the United
States? Have they not always been against
US? The fact that the Democratic party is
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