The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-07-24

hence, will save her, if can, from being
| plunged into civil war of indefinite dura-
tion, that will require quarter of million
of men and exhorbitant taxation, levied on
one.half the American people 10 subdue
| the other half. Remember, this extraordin.
ary amount of revenue, these extraordinary
numbers OF men are TO be called for in
| eighteen States 10 fight fifteen for il is USE
less 10 disguise the fact, that wherever you
make the question one of war or peace, the
slaveholding States will be unit, and will
be eighteen against fifteen. Are we pre-
pared for civil war, with all its horrors and
calamiiies!
repeat it, il is time that the line of poll.
cy was adopted, and the country knew it.
In my opinion, we must choose. and that
promptly, between one of The three lines of
policy
l. The RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION
| OF THE UNION by such amendments TO the
Constitution as will insure the domestic
tranquility, safety and equality of all the
States, and thus restore peace, unity, and
fraternity 10 the whole country,
Or, 2. A PEACEFUL DISSOLUTION of the
Union, by recognizing the independence of
such States as refuse TO remain in the Union
without such constitutional amendments,
and the establishment of liberal system of
| commercial and social intercourse with
them by treaties of commerce and amity.
| Or 3. WAR, with view 10 the subjuga-
ton and military occupation to those States
which have seeded or may secede from
the Union.
repeat. that in my opinion, you must
adopt and pursue one OF these three lines of
| policy. The sooner you choose between
them and proclaim your choice to the coun-
try, the better for you, The better for us, the
better for every friend of liberty and consti-
( tulional government throughout The world.
In my opinion, the first proposition is the
best, and the last the worst.
! / am in favor of such amendments 10 the
| Constitution as will take that question out
! OF Congress, and restore peace TO The coun.
try. That may be done by non-iniervenIon
4 by popular sovereignty, as il is called ;
or by the Crittenden amendment, making
an equitable partition Of the territory be-
/ tween the two sections, with a self-execu-
/ ting clause prohibiting it on one side and
I protecting il on the other. 1t may be done
! III various ways. | prefer such an AMIGA
! bic settlement 10 peaceable disunon and
prefer IL thousand times 10 civil war. If
we can adopt such amendments as will be
satisfactory 10 Virginia, North Carolina, Ten
essee, and the border States, the same plan
! oil pacifcation which will satisfy them will
which will soon embrace large majority
( Of The people IN those States, and bring
them back of their own free will and ac-
cord and thus restore, strengthen, and per.
! petuate the glorious old Union. ] repeat, &,
! whatever guarantees will satisfy Maryland
and the border States (ihe States now in
| the Union) will create Union parry in the
] seeded States that will bring them back by
/ The voluntary action of their own people.
/ You can restore and preserve The Union in
that mode. You can do ii in no other.
War is disunion War is final, eternal
separation. Hence, disguise it as you may
every Union man in America must advo
cate such amendments 10 the Constitution
as will preserve peace and restore the Un.
ion; while every disunionst, whether open
ly or secretly plotting its destruc ton, is the
advocate of peaceful secession, or of war ,as
the surest means OF rendering reunion and
efrucfi0n i'm DosSihle have TOR
much respect for any man that has stand
ing enough 10 be elected Senator, TO be
lieve that he is for war, as means for pre-
serving the Union. | have too much respect
for his intellect to believe for one moment
that there is a man for war who is not dis
unionist per Sc. Hence, do not mean, if
can prevent it, that the enemies OF the Un-
ion-men plotting TO destroy it-shall drag
this country into war under The pretext o
protecting the public properly, and enfor-
cling the laws, and collecting he revenue
when their object is disunion, and war the
means OF accomplishing a cherished pur
pose.
The disunionisis, therefore, are divided
in two classes the one open, the other Sc.
cret disunionisls. The one in favor o.
peaceful secession and a recognition of in.
dependence; the other is in favor of war, as
the surest means of accomplishing the OBJ
ject, and of making the separation final
eternal. am Union man, and hence
against war. But we are told, and we hea
il repeated everywhere. that we must fnt
out j. we have got a Government. "Have
we Governments" is the question; anc
4 we are told we must test that question by
using the military power 10 put down al
disconien,ed spirits. Sir, this question
shave We Government g' has been pro
nounced by every tyrant who has tried tc