Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-10-07
Most WeightV Thoughts.

country's history. For the FIST time, a
great political party, beaten at an election,
appeals 10 .hesword. Always, heretofore,
the will Of the majority has been submit
ted TO; sometimes with some complain
ing, but still it has been submitted to.
Now, a treaty will be Of no use to the
Rebels, unless it shall grant them terms
more advantageous than unconditional
submission and, before We grant such
terms, it is we'll to ask ourselves what
guarantee VIC have that the same result
will not follow tic next or some future
election What confidence will VIC have
in going into an election, hereafter, with
a party that once refused to submit to the
result, aud extoIted terms from US by 50
appeal to the sword?
Let Us remember, that this was the
rock upon which the republic Of Mexico
split. The defeated party, at an election
for President in lS2S, appealed TO arms.
If it had been possible to ex.ermiDa,e
them, Mexico might at this day have been
second only in prosperity TO our own
country. But, 10 an evil hour, the Gov
ernment listened to counsels Of "compro-
mise" and "concilia,i0n." Terms were
conceded TO the Rebels, and the conse.
qlence followed, that scarcely any defeat.
ed party, after that time, submitted to
the result of an election. Civil wa. be.
came the normal condition Of the people.
They sank lower ard lower in the scale OF
nations, and nov European monarchy ,
dictates a system Of government to tha.
unhappy country.
Let cur own country take warning. In
a government such as ours, the will Of the
majority, ascer,ained according to pre-
scribed forms Of law, must govern, or the
result is, FIRST anarchy, then despotism.
1t Is probably the dictate of mercy: i, is
certainly that Of expedicBcy, that those
who refuse TO submit to the will Of the
majority SO ascertained, should be either
unconditiOnally subdued or wholly ex,er-
minated. lin. Jyha u BroorlaR.
COMMENTS.
Stays Rcbellion-thc Whiskey Insur-
rection-Burr's Western Confederacy-
the Notification Of 1S50-ani the Nor
mon Rebellion Of 1858, were all suppressed
BY the strong arm Of National power, thus
establishing the fact of a GOVERNMENT.
The Secessia Rebellion was "les alone"
and tampered with By buchanan, until it
bad acquired a giants strers,h, requiring
the present extraordinary measures to
preserve the Nations life.
Had Mexico promptly suppressed and
punished that first uprising, it nigh. have
been the las. Of the kind, and Mexico
would have been great and happy Pow.
er, instead Of weak, exhausted, miserable
colony Of Louis Napoleon.
Suppose Mcclellan & Co. could cook up
some kind of "eompromise," and instead
Of subduiug the Rebels, give them their
own way: what assurance have we Of ever
having another peaceful and binding cleo
ticn =? Should Lincoln be defeated, and
choose not to submit, and should he and
bis friends, having the power in their
hands, initiate the example Of Brecken-
ridge Y Go.-rebel-and defy the authori
ty of the legally chosen President what,
then, could Mcclellan & Co. do but "com-
promise" with them, as they would with
jeff Davis & Co.!
In a word, a free Government must
enforce its own just powers, or it becomes
a scof and hiss in the world, and prey
to violent aud designing men. If the
United States-in this awful trial-iail 10
assert its proper and lawful authority, it
,an never be sure Of peace, or that the
defeated party will ever submit.