Nebraska advertiser., 1861-08-01
What VIII You do With them |?

What Will You do with them
The question is often asked by seces-
s@ionists and sympathizers herewith,
Suppose you do conquer the rebels by
superior force. what " Il you do with
them after they are whipPed7 Keep a
standing army on them z" Alate num-
Der of the New York Post contains as
excellent article upon that very subject,
from which we extract the following:
with regard to the notion that, if
the rebellion be now subdued, the south
-ern States viii bs malconteut fora hum
bred years, all history denies it.. ms.
Carolina, during our Revolution, the to-
ries gained the upper hand, as the insuT-
gents now have done. They were sub
daed; South Carolina was made to take
her place in the Union, and RENAME !
loyal for more than half a century. There
was an insurreetion called the Shays war
in Western Massachusetts, oon after the
first war with Great Britain. The disaf-
lection was widely spread; but it was put
down at the point of the bayonet-the
disaffected were made TO take the oath
of allegiance; the whole affair was for
gotten in a few years, and Western Mas
sachusetts is as loyal as any part of the
State.
There was a Whisky Insurrection in
Pennsylvania it was subdued by force
and nc d~isalfection was heard afterward.
If we turn to the history Of other coun-
tries, what do we learn from the example
of the various civil wars which have &C.
Cured in England? The war between
the rival Houses Of York and Lancaster,
bloody as it was, left no legacy of bit
terness to future generations. The polit.
icaI religions party whichbrought Charlie:
L. to the block, and ruled England under
Cromwell, was forced to yield to a more
powerful party, bringing into the field q
formidable force, and the kingdom accep,
ted back the heir of the old dynasty
bad as he was, in peace. Afterward
came the struggle in favor of the pre-
tender, a powerful and desperate strug'
gle in Scolland-Ept what part of the
country is now more Loyal than Scollandi
We had a few years since a revolt II
Canada, in which all the French popula.
ton took part. The insurgents were
worsted and had to submit. What trace
of the ~discontents which caused that re-
volt are now visible
In France, so often convulsed with civ
il wars, we see the population accommo.
dating themselves with perfect hexibili-
ty to the order of things last imposed
whatever it may be. The province Of
La Vendee, which, in the time of the
Revolution, made such a stand for the
Bourbons, and flowed with blood IN all its
green lanes, is now as quietly subject tc
a scion of the family of Napoleon as
any other part of the empire. In Swift
zerland rebellions against the Federal
Government are not unfreduent-lhey
are subdued, and the disaffected canton
returns TO the path of duty, pursuing II
as peacefully as if it had never attemp.
ted a revolt. There was a war a few
years since between the Canton of Bern
and the Federal aulhority the Canton
wac OOiASCO W OuOihtLf AIN 14ah Ia LAC
last we hear of the strife.
In short. it is the habit of mankind
when a rebellion is put down by an ade-
quate force, peaceably to submit, and to
accept The old order of things as perma-
nent. Iffhis be not always the case,
the exceptions are but occasional aud
rare departures from a general rule
Stih more certain is the acquiescence of
he community to be peaceful, contented
aud lasting, when, as now, those who
have risen against the Government had
no occasion to complain of it, and only
knew of its existence by the benefits il
conferred.
1t Is, therefore, but empty defamation
to talk of the deep and enduring dis
content which The defeat of the con>pira-
cy will plant in the breasts of our South
ern countrymen. There is nothing more
certain than that such a defeat is the on
ly means of restoring perfect amity and
good will between the different parts of
the Union.