Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-11-21


the army and navy, their. were for their
party" They worked while We slept
They made greater efforts, to gain the
State, than they have since the fraud Of
"Polk, Dallas and the Tariff Of ~" was
carried Meetings, music, money, and
men were everywhere at work. Every
low, sordid prejudice, every vile false
hood, that could be made to operate, was
unscrupulously used Their organization
was perfect, and their hopes were buoyani.
Wherever any effort was made to counter
act their labors, We wer, successful. But,
in perhaps two thirds Of the counties, We
had no formal organization whateyer-iu
some, not even local candidates-and in
very few, a full, fair canvass. The chances
were all against US, and yet the justice
Of our cause was such, that the opposition
were rarely as successful as they expected
to be. With proper effort, (as all now
DO sce,) Pennsylvania could have been
carried for the Administrator by 10000
to 10000 majority. This teaches US,
hereafter, to WORK, in the spirit of the
maxim that eternal vigilance is the
price of Liberty"
When We see also that the foolish lies
about abolition war;" "overrun US with
niggers," "two hundred thousand millions
debit" "a Democratic victory will stop the
draft" &c, were believed By thousands Of
well-meaning but DO. well-intormed men,
'ce see the necessity Of spreading among the
people sound tceek!y or Ollcr ne,rspopes.
THE EFFECT
OF our local defeats is somewhat to depress
our soldiers and sailors-but, We believe,
only temporarily. The Rebels rejoice
over those SIC States, as a rebuke to the
President, and hoping they may prolong
the War, to their advanta age-but they all
reject, with scorn, the Democratic opinion
that an arrangement" or compromise"
Nau VIC maui euuit VI UOsotAtc D:su"tIH,
for ecer. They are for fighting it out
The influence in Europe, is not favorable
to our cause, for it looks like Rebel tri-
unph, at the polls, in important States.
But the People have nowhere decided,
in reality, against the War. They are
somewhat impatient-many are out Of
heart with its unfortunate management.
Numbers of earnest War men thought an
infusion Of new life would be beneficial in
various respects.
WHAT TIE rENNA DENOCgiCT SAID.
The Convention that nominated Slenker !
and Barr, unanimously resolved
"2. That, to the end that the Union be !
restored, and the Constitution and Laws
enforced throughout its whole extent, ice !
plc9ge our hearty and unqualified support
10 the Federal Government in the energetic |
prosecution Of the eriSting Iar."
HOGATiO SEYMOUR, next Governor OF New York. /
This fortunate individual, in his speech
at Brooklyn, before election, put himself
squareIy and anconditional!y in support of
the Administration in its efforts to crush
out the Rebellion. He said
81 recognize and accept the fact tbs, at
this moment the des,ines, the honor and
the doom Of our country hang poised upon
the conflict IL lie battle yie5d. | recognize
the fact, that, whether We would have war
or not, i, exists in all its vas, proportions
in our land. 1t is the duty of every man
who loves his country-of every true man
who would stand By its insiitatiOns-to
see, now, that the whole measure Of his
Influence, and all the weight. of lis power,
is Mropn IN h1t JIHlsJieH on Tie SIDE Of
tie RlJ # our Lajon. (Great applause)
We tender to this Government no conai.
tjoHal support; We recognize Mr.. Lincoln
as the President of these United States
as the representative Of its honor, of i.s
dignity, of its strength /; and altho' am
opposed to him, never have |
allowed myself to utter ngaius: him one
3isreYeciiM ,rora. (ApPiause.) As for
he conservative people Of this country, aud
- lUE ~ 40 shSy i
olesse-as for a division Of this Union, and
'or breaking up that great alliance made
BY aud under Gods guidance, never will
consent to it-Do, never, as long as | have I
voice to raise or hand to fight for this i
glorious country" tremendous checTs.)
True, JOHN VAN buren, said he would
iict.te terms, in Richmond, to the Rebels,
nd if they would not come in, then, "let {
be wayward sisters depart in peace" 1t
S true that Fernando Wood raved about
forcibls change of measures and mem !
lain Indictment to riot and treason. But
be mass of the party honestly re-echoed
be sentiments of Gov Seymour.
Opposition Orators and newspapers Il
ave everywhere-While disapprOving (as
hey had q legal right to do) certain
leasures Of the Administration-declared |,
" putting down the Rebellion and sus- .
lining the Union, entire, aud omnipotent
yer every enemy. Some of them We be- .
eve to be hypocrites, but not all, nor the 5
eOpie generally, who voted FOX these, and
hO mean wha. they voted. -