The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-11-27
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papers, that no man who disapproved OF
any of the acts of the Administration in
suppressing the rebellion, could be regard
ed as a sincere patriot On the contrary, II
any one expressed disapprobation OF the
suspension of the writ of 'habeae corpus, or
of the arrest of citizens on teegraphic dis
patches, or of any other act of the Admin
istration or any of its members, the disap>
proven was pronounced sympathizer with
traitors, and in fact no better than seces- 4
sionfst
II was a very comfortable doctrine so long
as the Administration precisely agreed with
these ardent gentlemen in their views OF
the war il never occurred to them as a
possible thing that the Government could !
10 anlhing for the suppression of the rebel
lion which 'all good citizens would not
heartily approve ane, in their ardor, it did
not appear possible tha, The Administration
could ever disagree with them. They in
fact imagined that they carried the Gov
ernment in their own pockets, TO be used
about as they pleased.
But times have changed. The Adntinis-
tfation has a mind of it's own, and occa-
sionaliy pursues course which those very
gentlemen do no like Here is an excel
lent opportunity for the application of their
standard Of loyalty If you don't stand by
the Administration, you are a traitor But
the Administration refuse 10 emancipate the
slaves, the Administration modify Fremonts
proclamation, the Administration occasion
ally order slave TO be returned TO his mas
ter. These very editors, who three months
ago pronounced every mana traitor who did
not back the Administration through thick
and thin cannot bring up their own patri-
otsm to the point and therefore at once re-
fuse to support, claiming their right TO dis
approve, and to abuse the administration
/ No rank secessionist has used more violent
| language, or struck more severe and cow
| ardly blows at the character OF the Presi-
! dent and his Cabinet Than the very men
/ who three months ago pronounced q disa-
/ greement with those officers rank treason.
| The same remarks apply TO private iudi-
/ viduals as 10 public newspapers The
most furious deaouncers of ihe Presidents
/ today are men who Few weeks since pro-
! posed 10 hang every one who disagreed
with them as TO the mode of prosecuting
I the war. An illustration of this occurred
/ on Change in New York day or two
since. One of those men, who damaged
| the Administration by their professions Of
adherence to it, an attache of one of the
sensational dalies which was equally noted
for his doctrine of treason, and himself
former Loisy decldimer against every one
who would have advised the Administration
/, Administration has SOLD out the North 10
the Breckinridge secessionists of Kentucky
adding with an cath, land now don't care
which whips The calm indignation ofthe
New York merchants who heard this ful.
mination, was its fitting rsbuke. But such
remark on a public exchange, indicates
the arrogance of these men
The question constantly arises, how shall
we treat them
/ We receive numerous communications
proposing that the Secretary of State should
visit certain notorious enemies OF the Presi-
dent on the slavery question, with summa-
~ incarceration But we suggest to our
correspondents, that they are wrong. We
have recently had, from Judge Nelson, a
very clear and Ineligible definition of he
crime of ileason These men are not trai-
tors under that definition. They themselves
invented the name of traitor for those who
differed, even in moderate degree, from
the administration. But because they
taught falsehood, there is 90 reason why
their doctrine should be adopted for the
sake OF conviciing and pnnishing them
Rather let them feel the loss of confidence,
and the ridicule which their TWO faced Prin-
ciples necessarily bring on them. We do
not approve OF the arrest and imprisonment
Of any man in loyal State, without dGe
process of law. Because these gentlemen
have encouraged the Secretary of Stale in
adopting that course, we do not by any
means desire 10 have Them suffer the wrong
they have approved
When any man: in State where there is
no war, commits the crime of treason, let
him be indicted by the grand jury and con-
victed and punished in the regular way
When men show their enmily 10 the Union
by insidious attacks upon it, by expressing
greater attachment 10 The interest OF class
than 10 the interests OF the whole, or in any
other way, that is not indictable as crime,
let them be punished by public contempt,
not by mobs or by any other illegal process.
But when men, Abolitionisls or others,
sincerely desiring the preservation of the
Union, express in proper terms their disap-
proyal of the course of the Administration,
and in the ordinary and decent ways OF
gentlemen and citizens, seek to inculcale