The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-11-20
Liberty and Union.

Whatever results the present unfortunate
civil war may work out, il viii doubtless
deeply impress upon the American people,
from one extremity of onr country 10 the
other, the wellknown sentiment of Daniel
Webster, '.Liberiy and Union one and in.
seperable" Letn picture 10 ourselves, for
moment, this couuiry divided into two
confederacies, The line of division stretch
ing across ii IN the mosi natural boundary
that the typography affords From Mary
land, on the east We foil ow the Ohio river
10 its junction with the Mississippi, thence
up TO The meuth OF the Missouri, dividing
that state nearly through its centre. This
line has been suggested in some of the
southern papers. Now, rivers are the worst
possible boundaries of nation, the only
natural divisions being mountain ranges or
high table lands which divide the waters oil
a country and usually mark important diff
ferences in natural produc tiors, soil and
climate. Yet If We look al our country, we
find there is absolutely no such dividing
line The result OF a division, therefore
and civil slrifes and contentions. Should a
separation take place, one of two things
would inevitably occur. II the south should
in spirit OF patriotism, offer 10 ubiIe again
wiIhthe Norih upon fair and honorable terms
a speedy restoration of :he Union might be
worked out, but should they refuse to do
this The bitterness engendered by the refusal
together with the questions OF boundary tar
if, exaclions, navigation OF tbs Mississippi
&c, would doubtless provoke another war
douoly more sanguinaey than this one
And in ihe event oi TWO permanent powers
side by side or This continent, what of The
future
II needs no prophet 10 ses that neither Of
these powers could be Republic. They
might be called by that name. butt spir
lof Republican liberty would have fed =
Military necessities would he the measure
of the peoples liberty Under the plea OF
"miIiiary necessity" freedom would tall, for
if the good OF the nation, its preservation,
actually demanded the sacrifice of individu
al liberty, no good reason could be offered
against striking it down Then, too, both
sections must have large standing armies
10 watch one another. One must have as
great a navy as The oIher, and the people
mus, be taxed TO keep up these immense
establishments, and The United States and
the Confederate states would pl ay on this
continent tie role oi England aud France in
Europe. The simplicity. cheapness and
economy Of republican system would be
gone forever, and the people-ihe great
masses, would lave before them a dismal
spectacle OF taxation, degradation and pow
erly. The few woald become the oppress-
ors oi.the many, and no matter what name
our institutions were called by, they would
in every essential respect be moaarchial, if
mol despolic.
No rue patriot. therefore, North or South
can look forward 10 the build Bg up OF NO
separate powers on This coctinent unless he
fails to comprehend the inevitable consequen-
ces of such ar esen. The large majority Of
the people OF The South doubtless prefer
disunion rather III all be deprived of what
they believe To be their constitutional ri ghts
tights, TOO, which they hold are essential
10 their very social safety aud existance, but
we do not see for moment how any sane
man, in any section OF the country, can be
a disnnionist per see A dlsunionist is al
heart a monarchist, for disunion would in
evitahIy lead to monarchy. Two things aP
pear pc rfeciIy clear to us, The Amerienn
Union must be Pre>erued, ond SO eoIied stare'y
must be preserved tor both are essential TO the
future of American civilization and the per
mauence Of Democratic inslitu,io IS. and we
have an abing confidence that these Two re
suits will be eventually worked out. How
or in what Way,it is, under existing circum-
stances, vey difficult 10 conjecture, but
worked out in some way they must-be. or
The brightest hopes of patriots will perish,
for Liberty aud Union are one and insep-
arableD