Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-07-15
Very Good Counsel.

to the purpose" at the present time, be-
cause there seems to be an unwIse spirit
Of over confidence abroad among our
friends in relation to the result Of the en-
suing election. Our political experience
during 4 quarter Of century, has taught
Us that our friends are too ap, to be either
cup in the garret or down in the cellar ~
Sometimes, they can not see any siga OF
danger, aud again their " heads hang
down ike bul,rGshes," and i; is impossi-
bic to inspire them with any hope. Now,
either extreme is about equally danger
Gus. Our opponents see, as clearly as we
Do, the very great influence which the re-
suit of the election in Pennsylvania this
year vii! have upon the more comPrehen-
siye issues involved 10 the Presidential
canvass of 1860. They will not permit
this election to 20 by default They are
r4llying for the contest; and they rlust
be firmly met By au united and active op-
position, if they are to be successfully re.
sisted. "Nelyen helps those who help
themselves )" aud we give very poor en-
couraremcnt to those who may be dis
posed for any reason to assist US By ex-
hibiting apathy, lukewarmucss, or mere
boastius spirit, instead Of IN earnest, ac-
tive interest, bent upon trpging our whole
force into the field, and coutesting the is
sue with cur own power and resources
We do not wish, in thus expressing our
selves, to induce any ore to believe that
the prospect is unflvorable, or that we
stand in any peril Of defeat, from any
other cause than default among ourselves.
g There is no such word as fat, If We
make the proper eti0rt-osiablish an eff
cieut Observation-Disclosures the lagging
interest Of our friends, and, above all, poll
eur full vote, which can be only accom-
plished BY proper rr-liminary arrange
meuts. But if one man and another c)n'
clude that it is not necessary for them TO
labor or to vote, because there Is no dan
ger and there will be enough without
them, they may awake at last to realize
very disastrous defeat, only the more NOR
tifying because i: had been altogether in
their own power to prevent it by the SIM
PIE exercise of the inyalulble right Of cit
izeuship, which they would not forfeit for
any consideration, aud yet, which possess
ing, ;hey practically enjoy as though they
cared nothing about it aud estimated it at
a very low rate indeed. This is, above
all, year for consolidating our forces and
provn@ our armor in preparation for the
mighty and decisive ShocS OF Icvv-
Ea"casfor Gnio0, (THoMAs L. COCHRAN,
Editor)
"What the Opposition in Pennsyiva-
MA need this year Is MT eogiaeersaJ .tor
the Presidential cJHyGSS, but Intelligent
aud persistent labor to cousoliilte their
power. If they can not do thai, 1t will
matter little 20 them who shall be the Op-
position candidate for President, under
what particular auspices he shall be intro
duced 10 the public, or On what platform
he shall be put The experiment has
been often tried by theorists and visioua-
res to build a housc BY commencing at
the top Of the tallest chimney. 1t never
had luck Il has steadily failed, to the
morlitication of all concerned therein. So
there are always politicians scheming for
the election Of President with no better
foundation for their eudeavors than the
faiutest moousbiue. They always COM
meuce, with fatal engineering, at the apex,
expecting to pat in the bottom after
wards. No wonder the end with them is
confusion. There is a better way. Let
the Opposition demonstrate, not cnly that
Peuusy lvania is in their hands, but that
they are ac;uated by views SO large, by
purposes so noble, by aspirations SO ex
allied, that they can sink minor and com
paratiyely uncssential differences for the
sake of united effort to regenerate the
administration Of public al!alrs. W hen
tba, shall have been done, there need be
no suspicion that the Opposition in this
Commonwealth will be overlooked or dis
paraged in the arrangements for the cam
paigu of next year Let US first show be-
youd cavil that the electoral votes Of
Penusy lvauia are at our disposal, and then
there will be no disposition to turn away
from such counsel as we may hold it ex-
pedient to give to our brethren Of other
States"
sg-Tbe Constitutional Convention of
Kansas, organized by appointing Repub-
lean officers throughout, by vote of 30
Rep. to Il Dem. So that after all their
Growing aud tallo;s'ufIiDg, the Slavies
have not quite oue-'hiri Of the Couven-
ton. Certain Delegates from the South