Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-11-19
s:Eg" The PRESIDENTIAL ELKoTIoy @

E:35" THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF
lSG4---To many Of our readers il has pro
baby never occurred tha. the recent election
was the most momento0s, and we think the
most important In the history Of ihc world.
The fact tha. this great nation, in the midst
Of civil war, and engaged ia suppressing
the most gigantic rebellion ever known, has
elected its Chief Magistrate and rales, with
out riot, bloodahed or disorder, Is an event
that will amaze the despots of Europe and
the scoflcrs of RcpublicQnism throughout
the world This very day the government
of the United States of America, is stronger,
vastly stronger, not only III the eyes oi
foreign powers, but in the estimation of our
own people, than it ever was before or ever
could be without the intervention of this
fiery ordeal. We have learned our own
power and strength, and our enemies both
foreign and domestic, have learned to ap.
preciate the same fact.
Next to the defeat of Gen. Mcclellan,
whose great misfortune it was to be surround.
ed and influenced by reckless and designing
men, was the defeat of Gov. Seymour of
New York. The Governor was, perhaps,
one of the most dangerous men, acting with
the peace party. Personally gentleman OF
character, able, shrewd and intelligent, he
welded q powerful influence, such as Val
landigham, Wood and their associates,
could never attain. Mr.. Pendleton, the de.
feated candidate for Vice President, is .
man of similar character, able, gentlemanly
and talented, but welded to the pernicious
doctrines which are the root of this rebel
lion.
That the rebels are greatly disappointed at
the result, is not surprising They are deter
mined upon separation, and had hopes that
Gen. Mcclellan would eventually favor tha,
measure. Whether they had any founda
tion for such hopes, or not, is not necessary
to determine. These hopes are dIssi pat *
forever Hence we find in the rebel Jour
mails, extracts like the following, COPIED
from the Richmond Examiner of the It'll
inst:
'We believe that Abraham Lincoln il
Chief Magistrate of the enemy's country fo
four years longer. How he accomplished
this object--whether the transaction is pro
perly called an election, or an usurpation
or a coup d'etat--is the affair of his own sub
iects, and no concern of ours. There he is
and along with him the whole War Admin
istratiou, moro bent on slaughter and con
fscation than ever, anu backed by the grea
War interest hungry for new and more enol
nous contracts. 1t would be idle speculG
ton for us to occupy ourselves with tn
possible revolt Of the defeated and disaI
pointed party amongst our enemies, or til
probable break down of their financial r,
sources, with the chance of riots, or resi-
tance to drafts, or conspiracies to separai
the Western States-all those things al
contingent and precarious; may happe
and may not"
Their hopes, they acknowledge are no
based on the revolt of the defeated part
and conspiracies among ourselves, wh;c
they think may or may not happen. Ho
little they understood the masses of the d
pocracy. and how l;tt,u j'iI hat democrat
understand them, or the designs of some
their own leaders!