The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1860-12-26


and looking for our Union abiding Is lher
down-trodden man on earth who look
not Tor the day when the light OF the Amer
can republic shall fall on his benighte
path How then is this calamity 10 b
prevented answer.
First By rigid and universal adher
ance to the letter aud spirit of the Conslitu
ton OF the United States Let the princi
J pies thereof be carried out TO the death, i
necessary. Not only on the part of tn,
civil authoities, but equally on The part o
! each citizen; for one citizen is as eouall,
bound 10 obey the laws as another. and le
this fact be impressed or the public mind
Who can deny this fact? Why have we
this compact, why this agreement, why
those fathers 5owing, at the advice of Ben
1atfin Franklin, before the divine presence
for guidauce Was it not that each man
was TO obey the compact? The Constitu.
ton is 10 you and 10 me, in political light
what the Bible is in a religious light, and
you and | have no more the right 10 infringe
on the Constitution and laws, than 10 array
ourselves against the principles of this re-
hgion.
| remark, secondly, let all those States
which have in any way, or to any extent,
passed laws nulifying the Constitution,
repeal them, and at once. They owe it TO
the nation and TO God. If one State may
legislate against the General Government,
another may do so likewise, and we are in
the midst OF anarchy and bloodshed speedily
The question arises, have the States a right
to legislate against the General Government
from whence do they derive his right;
and if they have it not, and the repeal of
those laws will tend to calm the political
heart and be the pouring out of oil from
.he great horn of brotherhood on the troub-
you wrong your brother, is II not charac-
eristic of the very soul of the Christian and
Datriot te come forward, confess the error
md shake hands in love?
Tbrdly-Let all the States unite in the
spirit of iraternal love, that each State as
we'll as each citizen of each State, may nave
he full enjoyment of their Constitutional
xpect, and rightfully expect, that the rights
guaranteed you by the Constitution and
avs, shall be respected by the citizens of
Ill the other States of this Union. What
hen you demand from others, you are
bound 10 render TO others. If by the Con-
siitution and laws certain things are declar-
ed 10 be property, are you not bound 10 rec
ognize it as such. For illustration, let US
suppose you 10 go TO one of the Virginia
springs, taking with you a carriage and
horses, and law had been passed in that
State which would justify your horses and
carriage in being seized as soon as you en-
cred their borders-things which, by the
constitution and law, have been declared TO
De properly. Would you not feel that yoCr
eeal rights had been violated ! Whatever,
therefore, may be said 10 the contrary, SO
long as the right of the Southern Slales 10
hold slaves, and consider their time and
service as property, is recognize by the
Constitution and laws, just so long are the
Free States bound 10 consider it such. If
hey are bound 10 rendition of what we le-
galy claim as property, are we not bound
10 like rendition Of what they, with equal
Justice, claim as theirs Now am address
sing my counlrymen and fellow w-freemen.-
go for equal rights, and will stand by my
though am hewn down by
% yield to the sister States what we de.
mand OF them. | am not lawyer, but
common sense teaches me that which is
my property | can claim as such at any
lime or in any place. If | am mistaken in
this, the mistake is of the head and Tot the
heart Hence, taking it for granted that
what the Constitution recognizes as my
rightful property is such, no State has the
right 10 nullify or change that decision
Have they, my sbre,hren ?-and what is it
but rebellion on the part of those who do
such things?
Fourh-As Christians, it is our duty to
follow the advice of Jesus, as given in the
2Ist verse of the XXIId chapter OF Matthew
No man can follow the injunctions OF Christ
aud his Apostles without obeying the pow
ers that be, as ordained by God. They
were endeavoring 10 eusnare the Son ofGod
who, from the time he entered upon the
duties OF life until he left the world, walked
upon the straight lines of right and justice.
They brought him a penny. Whose is
his image and superscription W They say
unto him, ''Cesar's" Then said be "Ren-
der unto Ce sar the the things that are Ce-
sar's, and unto God the things that are Gods
Mark the wisdom of the Son of God. If we
but follow his example and teachings, nine
teen-twentieths of our troubles would be
blolted ont. deplore TO say, also, had the
pulpit but done its duty, the country would
not have been in this state. If the Chris
tian community would but comply with the
very spirit of this command, reader-that is