The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-09-25
Whsrs are ilellnisa Men Of the South!

swer is wanting. No one points them .out.
No one tells ns where they lie concealed
The friends Of secession reply with .exul.
tatiun that they are nowhere-thai there are
no such men among the Oonfederates who
now strike al the Union blows that seem 10
be from the united hands of the entire South
ern nation.
We do not quite beieve'th them In the
FIRST place, there never was a people so uni
ted in any contest of this kind. If they had
for a century been uominallY of one mind
on the political questions for which they
were fighting, ihere would still be among
th4m more or less persons who would not
agree with the ruling spirits. Bm when
the fact appears that only few mouths ago
the Union men among Them were number
ed by hosts, that Tennessee, North Carolina
and Virginia were in large majority for the
Union, and that the change has been sud-
den and sweeping which carried them the
other way, il is at the least probable that
there are left among the seeding poPula-
lion many persons here and there who, if
The choice were given them, would accept
the Union in preference 10 the dissolution
of the Republic.
It is idle 70 suppose that there are at pres
en-. very strong element in the Southern
body polite. But they are rallying points
wherever they are, and around sRch men
their neishbcrs and friends who alone know
their sentiments, will occasionally gather
for confidential talk As the blackness of
the war ihickens, and the sunshine of ap-
parent success shall be shus oct, these men
will exert srong influence, and will rally
10 their sides many who will think with
them. TAis is reasonable to expect, anc
cannot but be the case as long as hsnqan
nature remains what il is.
Besides these isolated cases there are some
portions OF the Southern States where whole
communities, larger or smaller, will proba~
bly, be found of one way of thinking, and
that on the side of peace and government.
This, too. we gather from experience
Such communities have always been found
in the heart of revolutionary districts. The
influences which they exert are widespread
especially as men begin TO realize the hor-
rors OF war pressing home on them.
And again il cannot be doubted that there
men of influence, leaders who have been
respected and followed by the people, who
are loyal 10 their fathers Constitution. We
judge This from the fact that we miss their
names ont of all the movements of the
Southern Confedracy. They are neither in
the Cabinet or the Congress, or The army of
the South. They are in their own homes
waiting the hour for usefulness, and watch
ing every line of intelligence that reaches
them from the North. TO learn If there be
any hope of their future usefulness. Such
men-if the hour ever comes when they
can take the ield-wili be noble assistants
in The work OF restoration.
But all this together does not present a
very encouraging view OF the prospect, if
we were 10 rely solely on the pow er OF this
Union sentiment in the South, and expect
ii 10 grow into counter revolution there
1t is far 100 weak sor this, under any aspect
in which we may view it.
But it is nevertheless one of the most im
portani, if not absolutely the most impor-
tant subjects of consideration in the work of
restoring the Union. 1t is aeundantly mani
fest that the Government has had its eyes
fixed on such men in the whole conduct Of
the war thus far, and we cannot doubt that
the question. how 10 strengthen them, has
received earnest attention from lhe Admin.
isiraiion.
The TACT that the rebellion is cop6ned TO
section of the country, with which the
necessities OF the case have cut of all com
munication. places il in peculiar position,
Il affords the leaders full opportunity 10
misrepresent the intentions of the Northern
forces, and the designs of the Administra-
ton, while it renders impossible the inter
change of views between loyal men in diff
fereni paris of the country. OF course, :his
could mol have been Otherwise. II was i'm
possible 10 allow papers and letters 20 pass
freely across the lines, when whole popu-
lation were in arms on the other side-even
though there might be among them a lew
exceptional cases of loyal men. But in This
state of affairs we recognize one of the hard
est problems OF war. How shall the North
bring home 10 the conviction Of the South
the fact that the war is no. for enmity, mol
for abolition, not for conquest, bot for the
old Constitution which they as well as we
once loved
We believe that, to-day, il such men al
Scott and Dix, and Butler. and others tha
We could name, whom the South have nev.
er suspected of aboli;ionism, could get the
ear of some OF their old companions in
manship or in managing the affairs of the
republic, the happiesi results might be ex-