The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-02-20

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your revenue, blockade our ports. This
will be war, and We shall meet il with dit
! ferent but equally efficient weapons. We
will no; permit the consumption or intro
duction of any of your manufactures. Ev-
cry sea will swarm with our volunteer mi
liia of the ocean, with the striped bunting
floating over their heads-for we do not
mean to give up that flag without bloody
struggle. 1t is ours as much as yours, and
although for a time more stars may shine
on your banner, our children, If not we, will
rally under a constellation more numerous
and more resplendent than yours. You
may smile al this as an impotant boast, at
least for the present, il not for the future
But if we need ships and men for prVa'
teering, we shall be amply supplied from
the same sources as now almost exclusive
ly furnish the means for carrying on with
such unexampled vigor the African slave
trade-New York and New England. Your
mercatile marine must either sail under
foreign flags or rot al your wharves. But
pre-terminating this remedy, she will pass
TO another equally efficacious. Every civ.
| iized nation now is governed i'll lis foreign
relations by the rule of recognizing govern
ments de fdcto. You alone invoke the doc
,rine of dejTe, or divine right of lording
over an unwilling people strong enough TO
maintain their power within their own linn
its.
How long, think you, will the great ma
val Powers of Europe permit you 10 impede
their free intercourse with their best custo-
mers for their various fabrics, and to stop
the supplies of the great staple which is
| the most important basis of their manufac-
turing industry by mere paper blockade
| You were, with all the wealth and resour-
ces of this once great confederacy, but a
| fourth or fifth rate naval Power, with capa.
cities, it is true, for large, and in q Jus,
| quarrel, almost indefinite expansion. What
will you be when, not merely emasculated
! by the wi,hdrawel of fifteen States, but
warred upon by them with active aud in
velerale hostility. But enough, perhaps
! somewhat too much, of this. We desire
not 10 speak TO you IN terms of bravado or
menace. Let us treat each other as men
who are determined to break off unpleasant
incompatible and Improbable relation
Cease 10 handy words, and mutually leave
! each other to determine whether their dii-
| ferences shall be decided By blows or by
| the code which some of Us still recognize
! as that of honor. We shall Go with you as
| l. 4 l.
/ Fontenoy. In a preliminary skimrish the
French and English Guards met face 10
face The English guards courteously sa.
luted their advsrsaries by taking off their
hats. The French returned the salute with
equal courtesy. Lord Hay, of The English
Guard, cried out, in loud voice, "Genile-
men of the French Guard, FIRE ~ Coun
d. Acteroche replied in The same tone
'GeniIemen, we never fire first" The
English took them at their word, and die
fire first. Being at close quarters The fire
was very destructive, and the french for q
time were thrown into some disorder, bu
the fortunes OF the day were soon restored
by the skill and courage of Marshall Sare
aud the English, under the Duke of Com
berland, suffered one of the most disastroui
defeats which their military annals record
Gentlemen, we will not fire first. We have
often seen il charged that the present move
consummalion of fixed purpose, long en-
iertaned by few iniriguers, tor the selfish
object of personal aggrandiZement. Ther'
never was a greater error. II we were no
about to part we should say a grosser o
more atrocious calumny. Do not deceive
yourselves This is not the work OF poiti
ca! managers, but of the people. AS gen
eral rule the instincts of the masses, ant
and the sagac ity of those who in privat
life had larger opportunities for observatioI
and reflection had satified them OF the ne
cessity of separation long before their &C
cusiomed party leaders were prepared L
propose it. We appeal to every Soulher
Senator yet remaining here whether sue
be not the case in his own State. Of il
ruth can give no stronger illustration tha
the vote in the louisiana Convention c
1870 members, every delegate being in hi
. seat, voted for immediate secession, and {
, the seventeen who voted against it ther
were not more than four or five who did nc
admit the necessity of separation, and onl
differed as to the lime and mode of its ac
! complishment. Nor is the mere cleo
ton, by the forms of the constitution
OF a President distasteful to use the cause
+ as is SO often and SO confidently asserted
, of our action. 1t is this: we all cor
} slider the election of MIR. Lincoln, with hi
/ we'll known aniecedents and ayowed prir
i ciples and purposes, by decided maiorii
r over all other candidates combined in ever
, free State on this side of the Pacific slope
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