The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-02-13
{ Fer the Star of the Mortal
The "CatneparIan." !"

once my Trend, the Doctor. has abstain.
ed from personalities, in a spirit of recip-
rocity do the same, and shall hereafter
devote my "criiicisn1sn more particularly
TO his ''isms" as promulgated in the IRE
publican"
II seems paradoxical, That believer in
the principles of Fox and Penn, should adj.
| vocate civil war and advise a'resort to arms
to-compel The South 10 do as we of the
North wan, them. The wonder increases
when i, is considered, how fill of union and
Hitdness the Doctor was on :he stump last
fall. Yet the great and manifold wrongs he
has received from the South since then,
has turned this lamb into a-Porcupine-
bristling at all points with defensive and
! offensive armor In late issue, he SAYS
with traitors we cannot make terms of
peace. We are of those who believe that
in great struggle between Right and
Wrong, neither compromises, nor conces-
sions, nor halfway measures are of any
avail. One'or the other must 'trium PHI
Thatis, the North isall right aud the South
all wtong; hence, the one must triumph
over, and drive the other 10 the wall Gree
| ley, Seward, and others have abated their
| fanaicism but here we behold sheet
| published in the heart of a conservative and
Democratic people, reiterating its demands
for an ''irrepressible conflict" Webster,
Clay, and other great statesmen, saw fit TO
compromise and concede in times past, and
the country never yet lost by it; but, alas
for our country, race of politicians have
sprung up, who use every means 10 in
fame the public mind, and rush US into a
civil war
In another part of the same article, it is
written: ''Freemen of Columbia County
what say you. Shall Justice or Injustice,
Liberty or Slavery triumph1" You gave
your verdict on the sixth of November -
Will you stand by that verdict !" The Doc
tor must have been under ;he influence of
Catnep when he wrote ths above. What
was The uerdict of The lreemen of this County
10 whom he thus appeals By giving SOC
majority against the Repuhbicancandldates
they decided tha, their principles were trea-
sonable, and they nolU stand mp TO that yer
dict, and will do SO notwithstanding the
machina, ions and jugolingof Catnep Doc>
tor! Let him come again before the peo
pie and preach conservatism, and then as
soon as his party i-iumphs call Democrats
''sneaAing traitors of :he Norlh' lurking
assassns." ia new race of Bencdici Ar
noiJs ,, 60 vraraI- bacausa fbey refuse IN
endorse their negro stealing and union de
stroying princip pies. Be careful, my dear
SIR, when you talk OF TRAITORS" and "Bene
dict Aruolds ;" becanse | might refer 10
few who were undeni1bly such when tehite
men were struggling for frsedom. 4 pretty
party, truly, TO talk Of " enforcing the
laws" when its whole policy has been TO
nuiily laws, and sap onr glorious Constitu-
tion of its principles OF Justice and Right
Our Southern brethern in ncient time, and
ded for Northern emigration, all that vast
territory north of the Ohio and east of the
Mississippi, and only asked in re'urn that fu-
gi,ive slaves should be returned when de-
and in fact inserted provision in the Con-
stituiion to that effect. But no sooner was
possession taken of The territory thus gen.
, erously given, than the North refused TO
| fulfill its part OF the contract. and passed
/ personal Liberty Bils'' TO nulliiy the Con-
sti,niion in its most important part. Where
was the enforcement of the laws hen7 But
in 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive
Slave Law" in order to carry out the Con-
/ sttuiion. This law has been assaied, and
/ its executors resisted, and in fact murdered
throughout the whole North, while most OF
/ the Northern States have practically nulli-
! fed it, and yet these law abiding Republi-
cans, hold up their hands in holy horror
/ and say, We mus. enforce The laws" Does
! DR. John forget the 11th of February 1856
! Just four years ago-when he, in company
with others, declared al an Abolition meet
/ ing. that ''ihe Constitution imposes no obi.
/ CATION uron our citizens 10 assist in the re
| capture of fugitives," and that the Fugitive
Slave Law ais most fragrant usurpation oi
Constitutional prerogative, a disgrace TO
our national character, etc % And the very
author of these sentiments has since de-
clared, that the decision of the Supreme
Court in the bred Scott case was not bind
! ing upon him &c." Gentlemen clean your
o1cn skirts before you condemn others
"pull the mote from your otcn eyes, thai
you may see clearly The beam which is in
your brothers. eye." VERpaD.
Died in the Court House.
Quite a commoiion was created in the
neiehborhood of the Court House, in thi: