The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1859-08-24
Col. Tate and the Columbia Democrat.


editor of the Columbia Demoeraty has conde-
scend SO low as TO notice some of the dongs
of the STAR OF THE NosTH, the only acknowl.
edged Democratic paper published at the
County seat of Columbia. The old man
has become considerably alarmed at this
"channel," from the fact that it is heavily
laden with support from the public Demo-
cra,ic officers whom he Utterly opposed in
their elections. But there are some people
who have SO much of malice and bile in
their nature, that nothing has to them its nat
urai color. They arenever content they feel
90 ugly within that they must pervert and
and distort 10 some evil intent everything
they hear and read. If they cannot be hap
py themselves, as ve,y seldom they are, they
determine that no one else shall be so, if at
all in their power to prevent it. And judg.
ing others by their maligni'y, they cannot
believe that any intent of the human mind
can be good.
The STAR while under our control has, as
our numerous readers can attest, never iost-
led Democratic nominations nor neuer sup
ported men for nominations who have been
placed in Convention, TO assist in forming a
Democratic ticket, and then turned traitor 10
the party and helped defeat the ticket Of his
own making. This the STAR has never done ;
and we feel proud in editing such paper,
and rest assured that journal of this char.
acter must eventually be crowned with
abundant success.
The STAR is taken and read, and punctual-
ly paid for, by hundreds of families of re.
spectability, in and out of the county-by
families that are competant to Judge as to
its being $50 utterly beneath contempt" as
the whining Democrat styles it TO his readers,
but we trust in their better judgment. Our
paper visits the family circle of the truly
religious and moral man-such circles that
a paper teeming with immoral and illegal
advertising (say nothing about the libelous
matter) could not enter. The editor or his
paper would not be countenanced.
The Democrat says, "we decline holding
any communication with its operations
(meaning the SrAR) and with which party
we can never consent 10 hold respectable
intercourse" The words in parenthesis are
ours. Dear me! what shall we do and
what will become of our party. Only to
think, the Democrat will not have "in,er-
course" with the STAR or its party any more.
1t does appear to us that the Democrat had
intercourse" with us little over year ago,
when tgot completely knocked off the (in-
teD course. 1t is very liberal in the Democrat
to acknowledge US in existence with party.
This is something more that we would nat
nrally expect OF it; its endeavors have been
ever since we took control of this journal,
the STAR OF THE NORTH, 10 crush us out of
existence. Nothing has been too small for its
editor TO stoop to and dabble with in order
10 cripple our business. The pock-faced
and green-eyed editor, (excuse us reader for
using these epithets, they are so applicable,
can't help ip soon after we had commenced
the publication of the STAR, in his rides
over the county, we are informed, circulated
the report that the STAR would not live three
months, and that people had better not sub.
scribe to it, as it would be sinking institu-
,ion, for its editor had neither means nor
ability 10 carry on the paper. We do not say
he did this, but we have been credibly in
formed that such is the fact. A man that
would do go Is mean contemplate puppy
and we are not to modest to knock the trot-
tiers from under such scamp. The STAR is
now in its tscentieth month since our having
control of il. That's little over three
months, so send along your names, we are
out of danger.