Year: 1863




The Rebsa Invasien-Te tho Rescue All
To Armsl


= We see that the Governor of the patriotic
little State of New Jersey has called out its
militia on nscsse TO aid In expelling tho rebel
hordes which have invaded Pennsylvania
This example should be Immediately followed
by the Governors of all the loyal States, but
more especially by those of New England,
which have had such large share in bringing
about the calamities by which the Pennsyiva-
mans are now visited. And not merely on
executive action must we rely for the means of
protecting Northern soil against piiisge and
devastation. Every loyal community and as
sooiation, the corporations Of the different
cities, the merchants. the various trades and the
members of the learned professions, should
come forward to aid in this work Of SELF
defence. If ever, in fact, duere was time
when the calculations of prudence should be
cast aside it is at the present moment The
men who are able to shoulder musket should,
if they have any regard for those who are
dependent upon them, hasten to enroll them
selves whilst those who have wealth and arc
chary Of their personal safety should mako



duce others to take their places in the ranks Of
our gallant defenders. aesrm


In this connection we cannot help expressing
our dissatisfaction ct the terms Of the order
that has just been issued by the War Depart
ment, providing bounties for the recruiting Of
veteran volunteers The republic is perhapa
in its last agony, and if we would save Il from
dissolution there must be no further faitering
or dealing in half measures. Upon the men
whom it is the object Of this order to persuade
to take the field much depends. Had McCiel-
Ian been again called to the head of the army
there would have been no necessity for offering
them inducements Of this kind. SO unbounded
is their confidence in their favorite general
that they would have re-enlisted to q man.
But, as the jealousies and enmities of the lead
ing members of the Cabinet have interfered to
prevent consummation 80 devoutly wished
for by the country they should at least have
endeavored to give the new commander of the
Army Of the Potomac all the advantages Of tho
efficient support that Mcclellan would have had
The bounty offered will not effect this
These returned veterans have no faith in tho
promises of the government They remember
with bitterness that to this hour tho widows
and orphans of comrades slain more than
twelve months ago are still left to clamor for
the arrears of pay due them. What tempts-
ton, therefore, does the new bounty hold out
to them In the aggregate it is undoubtedly
large enough; but its payment is spread over
the three years fservice, and is subject to many
contingencies. To be an adequate inducement
to toil-worn veteran to again quit his family.
at least half the sum should be at once paid
down to him, and the remainder made payable
ct the end Of his first six months of renewed
service. In this way be could provide for the
wants Of those who are dependent upoo him.
and whose interests be no longer feels disposed
to entrust to government promises. The order
is in short, ill-conceived fer the emergency,
and peddling, illiberal and unjust in its pro-
| visions. We can trace in it the hand of the
Secretary 9! the Treasury. whoss ir!srtsrs93ce
with the business Of the War 6epsrtmcnt 6ss
already been productive of so many smbarrass-
ments and failures. Too much occupied with
electioneering projects and stock speculations,
neither himself nor his subordinates can afford
the time to provide for the adjustment Of the
claims Of the families Of dead soldiers, or for
such scale of enlistment bounties as will
bring back into the service Of the government
the veterans Of whom it stands 20 much in
need In this, its supreme hour Of trial, the
country looks in vain for something
like comprehension on the part Of its rulers
Of the exigencies and responsibilities of their
position. Why is not the conscription with
which Congress armed them pushed forward
with vigor, or why, II they shrink from exer-
cising its powers, do they not deal more lber-
| ally with the volunteers whose services they
invoke What is wanted is an inducement
which will tempt the veteran to overlook his
partiality for particular commander and his
distrust of untried generals. The War Depart
ment either cannot or will not see this, and It
is for the country 10 repair the omission. Let
the State governments and corporations Of
every kind vote such sums a. will render the
temptation to enlist irresistible. Besides this,
every man who can handle musket should at
once enroll himself in some military organizs-
ton. The enemy is upon us, and unless we
| would surrender our liberties to q military
despotism we must strike blow in our own
| defence.


The RADICAL DoSKEYs Kickno uaE DKAO
LioS.--The 7riJ,oe and Times, who knew from
the beginning. as well as we did, the incompc-
tency Of General Hooker to head an army Of
one hundred thousand men, now assail him,
when he 10 down. They assisted materially 10
have him appointed, because they believed he
would carry out thelr abolition programme,
and they sustained him after he had signally
failed, and CLOSED over his defeats, instead Of
calling on the President 10 remove him and
appoint another general Now that he Is re-
moved at his own request thus confessing his