The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-17
invasion Of the South-Ths Inauguration Of
Cival War.

by order OF the Federal Government on
Saturday ships of war and transports, with
troops. provisions, stores. ammunition and
arms, large and small; tools, sandbags,
spades and olher seige tools stalls for hor
ses, boats boat, howitzers for landing, and
"all the circumstance of war" cleared from
New York, with sealed orders, for parts un.
known. The city was like camp, and the
excitement was intense. Some of ihe off,
GERS of the army, knowing the bloody mis-
sion on which the Powhalan and Atlantic
were sent, resigned rather than mingle in
the fratricidal conflict. The ships which
have sailed are but the van !; others are pre-
pairing TO follow Them, not only from New
York, but from the navy yard of Charles
town, Mass, where there is the same war.
like activity as at Brooklyn and New York.
II is thus evident that bloody cival war
is resolved upon by Mr.. Lincoln and his
Cabinet. After long hesitation, the Presi-
dent has screwed his courage to the fight
ing point. At what precise spot he intends
10 commence hostilities or TO provoke them
whether at Charleston, Pensacola, the
mouths of the Mississippi, or in Texas,
where there is an evident design 10 excite
"domeslic insurrection," or at all of these
places together-does not yet appear; but
few days will unfold the mystery.
To Mr.. Lincoln, his Cabinet and the lead
ers of the Republican party three courses
are open-first, to yield to the Confederate
States and 10 all the slaveholding commu-
mites their just rights as coequal partners
in the Union, which would have had the
effect of healing the breach and reuniting
the sections second, 10 permit peacea-
bic and bloodless separation, either in the
hope OF reunion at future day, or at least
of friendly alliance for mutual defence
against foreign foes, and for the establish
meet of commercial relations, which, if not
specially favoring the North, would not at
least discriminate against her !; and third, to
wage war of snbjuga,ion against seven
sovereign States, which will be ultimately
extended to fifteen, TO compel them TO SUBJ
NIT 10 the authority of the government at
Washin gton, and TO pay tribute TO it, in
contravention TO the great principle for
which the colonies fought and conquered
the mother country iE the revolution of l776
1.-The principle that without representation
there can be no taxation"
The first of the three courses was the
best and would have been that of states
man The second is the next best course,
because the most successful 'var could only
lead to the same result after inaicting an
amount of suffering and calamity is appall
ed AS Tor now restoring the revolted
States TO ii 3 Union by war, that is the Wild
est chimera that ever entered the brain of
man.
TIE ,hird course has been adopted, and
that it unquestionably the worst of all. II
will be destructive TO the prestage and 10
the interests of the North, TO say nothing of
| the overwhelming expense and debt which
it will entail upon the country, the many
hearlhs it will leave desolats, and the feel
| ings of bitter eternal enmity which il will
have engendered.
The pretence OF carrying out the laws of
this Union in the Confederate States, enfor.
cling the federal authority and collecting the
| revenue, is too transparent 10 deceive any
person. Ii has been clearly demonstrated
that it is impossible TO accomplish these
objects without civil war of the most fero-
cious kind. To make the attempt, there.
fore, is to deliberately commence a wal
| whose end the present generation may BOT
live TO see, and whose disastrous effects will
be such as to annihilaie the accumulated
wealth of the country at blow, and throw
back it's progress half a century The real
object OF The war is TO collect revenue, mol
10 assert the authority of the federal gov.
eminent, nor to project it's property. 1t is
war of propagandism-a war against The
social institutions Of fifteen Statss-a war io
extripate negro slavery, if not TO extermin
ATE shareholders Ii is the irrepressble
conflict predicted by MIR. Seward and Mr.
Lincoln, and for which Garrison, Giddings
and The blood.thirsty abolitionists of theii
fanalical parry have been laboring for the
last thirty years.-N. Y Herald
Gov. Curtin.