The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-06-26
No Party.

cry raised by certain Journals. says the
Patr:of and Union. l. means the Demo.
cratic party-no party but the Republican
party. Lei Democrats propose to present a
candidate for Congress and they are SOL
smnly admonished that this is no time for
political controversies-that the friends of
The Union should not be divided and dis
lracled-lhai it is reasonable to draw party
lines in this hour of peril Blu, let Republ
cans present their candidate and it is per-
fectly proper and eminently patriotic. Ii is
the old game of ''heads | win, tails you
lose" o, er again.
On the I'd of July the people of Philadel-
phia will elect member of Congress to
supply the vacancy created by the resigna.
ton of E. Joy Morris. The Republicans
inted TO nominate a man of their own, and
elect him # they can. They have no idea
of overlooking party in the choice Off can
didate, but they seem 10 be under the i'm.
preston that the man they put up ought to
be swallowed by Democrats without ques-
ton, and that il would even indicate trea-
sonable spirit for the Democratic party
10 run a candidate in oppostion--in fact
dividing the friends OF the Government and
affording aid aud comfort 10 the nemy.
The cool effronlry with which this idea is
insisted upon can be best illustrated by an
extract from one OF the recent "Occasional'
letters of John WForney, of the hall and
lacky department at Washington. That
eminent Republican and remarkable palri-
OF, who serves his country without hope of
reward or fear of punishment, warns the
people OF Philadelphia against the machi-
nations OF certain traitors in their midst in
the following style:
"Anoiher of their expedients is to divide
the friends of The county in the special
elections that are about 10 be held for Rep
resentatives in Congress. They are, of
course, active and vigilent in your Second
Congressional district Such men as Henry
NJ Philips, VIM. B. Reed George NJ. Whar-
ton, William II. Welsh, and j. B. Baker
fatter themselves that they will have an
easy triumph over the friends of the Gov
ernment. | understand that they have
made the necessary arrangements 10 put
Hon. George NJ. Dallas in the field as their
candidate. MIR. Dallas is sreal man aud
a good man, and his last speech, delivered
al his own residence, was emneIly patrI
otic but Mr. Dallas has lived away fro m
the exciting issues which now disturb and
divide our country, aud cannot, therefore,
fully appreciate what the people will eX-
pect from the man who will aspire 10 rep
resent them in the National Councils"
Now is nj This enough to convince every
reasonable man that treason is at work in
Philadelphia Certain citizens of that
place are actually engaged in plot, deep
conspiracy, 10 ruin the Government, by
electing to Congress George Nj. Dallas, who
is admitted 10 be "a great man and good
man," and man whose last speech was
'eminenlly patriotic" Taking Dir. Dallas
al The estimate his enemies put upon him,
he is the very man who should be chosen
10 represent The people of Philadelphia in
this crisis-and yet il is reasonable Tor
Democrats 10 propose him as their candi-
date . We suppose that i, would evince
great patriotism on their part if they would
quietly submit 10 the election of any inle-
rior ward politician that the Republicans
propose, and Forney, Sanderson and that
set o. men at Washington can use for their
own selfish purposes. They dare not vem-
ture within hailing distance of George N.
Dallas, and hence their dread of his cleo
ton, and their attempt to frighten his friends
from the field by raising the cry of treason.
The FOURTH OF JULY.-The "Glorious
FOURTH ~ with all the accompanying noise
and confusion, which usually attend it, will
soon be here Il has hitherto been the hab-
il 10 celebrate it by fireworks of all sorts
and descrip:ions-from the penny Catha-
rine wheel and squib TO The aspiring rocket
and the unmanageable chaser. Already,
during the past few evenings, we have
heard the noise of firecrackers, prophetic oil
the perpetual firing and smoke, which al
ways indicate the ushering in Of the natal
day Of our country s independence. The
minor dis plays are contributed chiefly BY
the juveniles, but the "greal blaze" digni'
fed by the high sounding title Of ''pyfO.
technic display" is most generally made al
The expense of well dressed children of a
higher sphere. "Boys win be boys" and
you might as well try TO run railroad
across the Atlantic, as to prevent "Young
America" from keeping their 'Fourth ot
July" but in these reubleous times, when
nothing but "waTs and rumors of wars' are
to be read in The papers, and heard in the
streets, we think that these children of a
larger growth should keep tight hold o.
heir purse strings, and economically lay
away tse loose dollars which love OF coun'
try, al other times, would tempt them tc
burn on the allars of patriotism, until thi:
unhappy civil war is over, and cur arms
have triumphed, and then have a rousipg
Fourth" in which all may participate