Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-09-30
OLD SERIES, VOL. 25, NO. 50.

followed them even into the midst of the
Red Sea. Our nation has suffered more
than all the plaques of Egypt. AS the law
of primogeniturc has been abolished among
us, the deaths were not all of our first. born,
but nearly one of every household yet
these deluded hosts, led on by hard harted
aud wicked Pharaohs, as leaders, are still
pu, suing even into the midst of the Red
Sea. Will not the "waters, standing as
walls Of safety to the slaves, return again
and cover Pharaoh and his hosts, and all
( that come into the sea after them, until
there shall remain not so much as one of
| them?
OUR CANDIDATES.
! For Auditor General we have presented
the name Of Major General John f. Hart
ranrt, of Montgomery county; and for Sur
veyor General that of Jacob VI. Campbell,
of Cambria AS biographies of these two
Gentlemen have recently been published
and circulated among their fellow citizens.
| it is only remarked here that they are both
brave and gallant soldiers, and especially
qualified for a satisfactory discharge of the
duties of the respective officers for which
their fellowctizens have nominated them.
IMPORTANT OF THE ISSUE.
1t is not to be disguised that there is a
| large number of persons, both at the North
| and at the South, who have not finally
abandoned the hope of the ultimate tri-
umph of the principles of the late rebellion
| They hope to secure by the success of their
vewsat the ballot box that which they fail
ed to accomplish by armed force. 1t may
| depend upon the decision of PENNSYLVANIA
on the 10th of October whether the war
shall prove at last, failure-whciher its
fruits are toonly "debt, disgrace and slaugh
ter" or whether it is to have substantial re-
suits in the death and burial of slavery,
State sovereignty anG the right of secession.
1t is a well es, s,aished fact that the contest
was long protractcd by reason of the hope
and belief entertained by the South, that
they would receive aid aud sympathy from
the North. 1t is now all-important .to the
South that they should be assured that this
hope is fallacious, and that the North will
| adhere unfaltcringly to the doctrines, prin-
ciples and views which carried them tri-
umphantly through the four years or bloody
war. 1t is best to let them know, at once
and forever, that their is no hope for the
| final triumph of the doctrines and measures
for which they contended in the field.
We have seen that the men among us who
were first to urge upon the government to
hold the rebels in the light of beligerents
are now the first to strive to relieve them
from the consequences and penalties of theiT
lpelligereney. Those who were constant in
their predictions that the "war would never
end" and "that the south could never be
conquered" are now most ready to insist
that the war is over, and that its objects
and results shall not be secured, but tha,
rebels shall be instantly restored to all their
former rights undor thn constitution and
laws of the country. These same men who
are now appealing to the soldiers Tor thcll
votes officially denouncc rs 'murdercrs" al
those engaged in trying and puniShing, by
military commission, the authors of the
wholesale slaughter of their companions II
arms All this and more they do, with TN
full knowledge of the law OF nations ana III
laws of war, which declare that these mer
have forfeited all their rights under tn
Constitution, and that they now lie prostrat
at the feet of the victor as conquered over
thrown and suhdued beligcrents, WIN JUS
such rights, and no more, as kind an
mcrcilul Government may choose to voucl
safe to them. Let the people rally to til
polls and sustain by their votes the grea
: cause so nobly and bravcly defended an
sustained by the soldier in the field. Til
: future will then declare that the "Gres
War of Freedom was not a failure, Dl
our children, to the latest generation, wi
Y learn to read with the warmcst glow
! patriotism those pages of our nation 5 hi
| tory which describe the skill and hcroism (
> tho officers and soldiers of this great stru:
r gle, and never cease to vcnerate their men
olies. The greatness, power, resources IN
energy of free people displayed in o,
: great struggle for the preservation OF Il
= nations life, will only be cqualed by Il
future greatness, prosperity and success
: the nation, purified, regenerated and T
: claimed by the fiery ordeal through Whit
O we have just passed.
/ By order of the Committee.
i JOHN CESSNA, Chairman.