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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 100 (search)
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23. Governor Curtin's message.
Delivered August 9, 1864.
I have called you together in advance of your adjourned session, for the purpose of taking some action for the defence of the State.
From the commencement of the present Rebellion, Pennsylvania has done her whole duty to the Government.
Lying, as her southern counties do, in the immediate vicinity of the border, and thus exposed to sudden invasion, a selfish policy would have led her to retain a sufficient part of her military force for our defense.
In so doing, she would have failed in her duty to the whole country.
Not only would her men have been withheld from the field of general operations, but the loans and taxation which would have become necessary, would have, to a large extent, diminished the ability of her people to comply with the pecuniary demands of the United States.
She would also have necessarily interfered with and hampered all the military action of the Government, and made herself to