The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-03-06
Mr.. Buchanan.

To day will complete the Presidential
term of Mr.. BUCHANAN, and that of Mr.. LIN
COLIN will commence. Amid the high par
tizan excitement now existing, with the
hopes os the victorious, with the anxiety of
the wary, il is not the time TO criticise the
career of either. One has passed into his
tory, the other can only be described in
prophecy, and such prophecy as would
have 10 be made had better be avoided, and
God grant that its realization may be avert
ed.
few words may, however, be truthful
ly and fairly spoken about Mr.. BUCHANAN
| he has been abused maligred and revied
with coarseness ana licentiousness, not
! altogether unequalled, but paraeled only
! by the abuse revilings and malignity which
were poured upon JEFFERsoN and JACKSON.
| Polk and PIERCE came in for a moderate
share, but the prominence of the others
made them the targets for bolder, strong
er and coarser attack. With all this reck-
| less abuse, no one had dared to breathe
syllable against the private character OF Mr..
| BUCHANAN; il is spotless, and his public
career will find it's proper appreciation
when the curtain OF treachery and ialsehood
is lifted. His foreign policy has been such
as to defy ceusure or criticism. No other
| Administration, in our day, has gone
! through without some foreign complication.
while important questions, such as the right
Of search forever given up to US through
( his agency, the San Juan question, the
Paraguay and New Grenada difficulties,
and the troubles in Mexico, have all occur
red during the last four years.
On entering the office, he found rebel
lion existing in Utah, thou-ands of miles
distant, and promptly ended that; he has
provided for his native State Tariff such
as It's people wanted, which could not have
been obtained from the next Adminsira-
lioh and with secession in the South and
a concentrated opposition at the North, he
has maintained the domestic peace of the
country-not blow has been struck, not a
gun has been fired, and no drop of blood
has been shed-the Government, It's prop
erty and lis surroundings handed over tc his
successor amid the peaceful plaudits which
always congratulate an incoming President
in perfect tranquility and this, too, despite
dark threats and gloomy fears. Had the
territorial policy recommended by him been
followed, and Kansas admitted 10 self-gov-
ernment three years ago, our country's hae
would still have been waving in every
State of the Union, a sectional strife woulC
, have beer avoided, and a sectional triumph
prevented. But time will do him Justice
full jus,ice-and all we can add is the ex
T pre- ssion OF an earnest hope that the term:
, nation OF Mr. LINcoLN's official career vii
leave as lule room for just condemnation
as that of his predecessor. Mr. BUCHANA
is sage, patriot and statesman. and il
r his retirement from public life we wish hin
: all comfort and happiness Pennsylvania.
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March, and as usual, is well filed wit
!, matter Of interest as well as Instructive
Each department OF this work present
something new and well calculated to a
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ally after we consider that its reading ma
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other publication OF like character. II shol
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