Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1861-06-27

tentative Of the triumph Of the TeToit over
the nation, and the permanent independence
of the seeded States. We DO not propose
to discuss, ut this time consequences O Sucti
a division Of the nation. but Only ~ iooh
calmly at sorae Of the most obvious dIHlclI
,ias oT if- rcccuplishment. And IN the very
'front.' Of al these Is the question OF the aDli-
ity Of the secession party, either to OBTAIN
from tie consent IF the natlon, the CONCESSION
Of ,isg udependence Of the Confederate States,
or IL ability . wrest It from the nation by
arms The qga-ti u # that consent L a
question of peace, Hat II war q question
~h.eh the secession party lis-ained even to
discuss t-G7e jh-y few u arms question
which viii, hereafter. depend essentially upon
the state ot tie country, and the wishes Of
the States Row under the dOnirion q that
party, i the war ) ended. The r. a. pIin-
eig.2 ga "A.ca tie c0ascLt u the nation
c-u.i. IN auv- circumstance, - - : pre-
c:se.7 opposite 10 the Z.c4t principle On which
this revolt Urgcaejs-namely, yeneratlon tor
popular rights and tie popular viii. What
Tie57 the people Of the South may take Of their
rights, and what may be their will touching
their erection into q separate nation, are
l4cst.ols HL;,h may be very greatly affected
81 the progress q events, aud the decision
q which, by themselves, may be very various,
according q ;L5y are Iu circumstances which
allow them = vote aai act freely or, which
uoliga them u vote and act ln1er uD!qul-
tsus military de-pgt.sm, administered by
armed revolutionary committees u vigilance.
What IS passing now il Virginia and len
Hessee-Hhat has passed IN every State that
has already secclc4-What was attempted IN
MARYLAND, Kentucky and Nissguri-wCuId
not. IN all probability be taken-by great
natiyn loyal II popular rights, and fall OF
yeneratiJn tgr free InstitutIyGs-tUT such an
expression Of the popular desire and wlll On
t4e part oi great numbers OF It's citizens, as
would challenge It's consent - It's Own dis
larmbermcn:. Il IS not 70 be disguised, how
ever, that e7en under the most favorable as
pect in which tue subject Of the peaceable
division Of the natl u could be presented,
there are obstacles in the way Of its accom-
plshmeut which nothing but the highest and
nOb,csc CONVICTIONS Of mutual obligations,
united with the Trotyun1est sense u mutual
f,Tbearance, accommodation and good will
could surmyuut. In the present state OF the
country, i. Is superfuence 10 discuss these Ub
s,acla5. And in the degree that indepen-
Ience IS whatever means, a the only alter
native - restoration 70 the Union, is enVir
yHei with difficulties Is the madness Of the
secession movement manifest, and the duty
o! the La-iyn to suppress it clear.
+. Il seems 70 remain, then, that the soil.
tary result Of the war, Is the restoration Of
the seeded States t. the Jnign, or the tri-
umph of the arms Of the secessi0nists over
the nation. The more complete this great
truth is fixed in tic mind Of all parties, the
better for ALL The more thoroughly the ma
ton understands taa: it is fighting neither for
r - 4 {
self preservation. and remotely for the main
tcnance Of its Independence in the face Of I'll
the nation, and for It's future peace, security
and advancement in the glorious career now
threatened 10 be cut short, the more it will
be disposed to prosecute the war forced upon
it, in the manner which becomes such a peo-
pie. driven into such a conflict. And the
more completely those who are in arms against
the nation realize, that what they seek i,
probably, not attainable; and the more clear
ly the States and people now seduced or ter
Efcd into a revolt So unnatural understand
that the suppression Of that revolt means,
not their degradation, but their restoration to
all that was won BY the valor and confirmed
by the wisdom Of their ancestors the more
certain will be the cure Of their present fren-
zy-the more rapid their deliverance from
the delusi0ns under which they have erred
ezccedlngl ly-aud the more thorough their
overthrow Of the faction now leading them to
destruction.
,. 10 all human appearance, the establish
ment Of the independence Of the Confederate
States by the present war is impossible. How
much blood may be she'd how much treasure
may be squandeged how much suffering may
be inflicted, how much ruin, in ten thousand
ways, may be brought upon millions Of peO-
pie, and how near to the brink Of destruction
the country may be brought-can now be
known only to the Ruler Of the Universe.
But so far as any object a7owed, or even con
celYable, which ever was, or can be- proposed
as benefit to the Southern States, was ex-
pccted to be promoted by secession, this war
renders that object unattalnable. We do not
propose to enter into discussions from a mill
tary point Of view, nor do we underrate the
difficulties Of every kind, which the General
Government has to encounter. But it seems
to US perfectly inevitable, that without the
special interpOsitIon Of God for the destruc-
ton Of this great nation, the certainty is
compIete-that the independence Of the Con
iederate States can not be established as the
result Of war. In the degree that this indg-
ment may be supposed to be Just two conclu-
slons, both Of them Of great weight follow
Ihc hrst IS the wickedness and follg not only
OF the revolt itself but Of the whole spirit and
method in which it has been prosecuted; the
second is the certainty that the fact itself in
proportion as it becomes manifest, must wea-
ken throughout the whole South, the purpose
to prosecute q conflict so ruinous and so
boot!ess. No doubt there are wars which
iaay be prosecuted 10 the last extremity; and
no doubt, many thousands Of secessionists
may have persuaded themselves that this is
such war, or may have so deeply wrecked
all other hopes that only this desperate stake
IS LETT to them. But the dictates of reason
and morality-the Judgment Of mankind
and the lrFc7erslble decree Of posteritv. is
different here. This IS a revolt, whose com
pIete success would not have justified the war
into which 1t has plunged a great country
and, Therefore, the certainty Of its failure