The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-04-10
The lssue-Gompromise or DIsunIen.

OF retaining Inc bOTueI SldIes Winln the
Union, though temporarily obscured by the
pressing anxiety to determine the policy
which the Lincoln Administration intends
10 pursue towards the seeded States, will
in case war is avered, return with redoub- |
led force upon The Northern people, and |
peremptorly demand solution at their
hands. If the Administration means war !
il force is TO be used against the seeded
States-if Fort Sumpier and Pickens are 10
be held as The basis ofaggressive operations,
and if there is to be trial of strength be-
tween the Government and those States
that no longer acknowledge its supremacy,
the breach will be widened beyond repair.
instead of seven inferior States 10 deal with,
the government would be compslled to con-
front fifteen. The Border States would re-
gard war as the death of compromise, and
the influence of the noble band of Union
men who now prevent those States from
Joining the Southern Confederacy hopelessly
destroyed. If it requires unceasing activity
to prevent the secession of the Border States
while the intentions of the Administration
oped. il is easy 10 see that the moment war
is decided upon, that moment will the re-
straining power of conservatism cease, and
the borders of the Southern Confederacy
be extended northward as far as the south
ern line OF Pennsylvania. In this event,
which is more immediate than speculative
| in case the Administration determines to
en- poy force against the seeded States,
compromise will be out of the question, at
least for many years, perhaps generations
TO come. The separation will have been
finally accomplished The dream OF Abo-
Ii,ionism will have been realized. The cir
repressible conflict" will have produced It's
bitter fruits in the first year of the Admins
tration of The party that proclaimed it.
Bu in case the vacillsting and irresolute
councils at Washington conclude to avoid
the evils of war, and TO confine concession,
| Tor the present, to the States composing the
Southern Confederacy, by severely letting
them alone. then the great, the absorbing
issue, must be met al the North, whether
the progress of disintegration shall be stay
ed by agreeing 10 compromise satisfactory
10 the Border States, or whether they shall
be driven into the embrace of the Southern
ConfederacY by the continued, obstinate
and persevering hostility OF the North
This issue is rapidly being made up. 1t
must be met. There is no way OF avoiding
ii for we regard il as fixed iact that the
Border States will consent TO remain In The
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their rights shall be recognized in such a
manner as TO guarantee their future safety
security Of heir property Hence The issue
will be one OF Union or disunion- one be-
tween saving the Border States or cutting
them adrifl-one between a separate North
ern Confederacy, dominated by Abolition
lists, or a continued Union, in the spirit OF
that framed by the Fathers Those who
resist concessions for the sake OF Union
must adopt the opposite, of separation raih
er than compromise. The "no concession
lists" will wear the badge OF disunion.-
They cannot he permitted TO escape ih'
consequences of their obstiracy; for th'
. alternative will be presented 10 their fre'
e choice-and in choosing against compro
mise they will choose against the Union
We already see irresistible evidences tha
! the border States will present this issue Il
the North. Virginia has a strong attachmen
. Tor the Union, but her Convention is abou
4 10 agree upon an uhimatum which is simi
] lar in It's provisions TO the resolutions adopt
ed by the Peace Conference, and the com
promise proposed by Mr. Crittenden-th
l main feature being an offer 10 divide tn
, Territories BY the line of $50 90, ard thu
settle forever the Status OF present and futur
territories, until they acquire sufficient pop
ula,ion 10 be admitted into the Union a
{. States Another part OF her plan is TO sum
e mon a Convention of all the border States
J, and This term includes all slave States nc
connected with the Southern Confederacy-
TO unite upon a plan OF compromise an
: present it for the determination OF the Norif
This action is regarded by the secessionisi
s in Virginia, who from all accounts are grow
n ing in numbers and influence, as odiousl
!. conservative and indicative of unpardona
e BILE timidiiy. If they had their way, IN
s State would be rushed out OF the UnIo
e without a moments delay. We see n
:, good reason TO doubt that Virginia speak
C for the majority of the Border States, an
l. that North Carolina and Maryland, an
: even Kentucky aud Missouri will be cor
3 strained 10 follow her lead in case she d.
I. termines to secede Instead of a reactio
r in favor of the Union, the secession feelin
has grown, and isigrowing. APPrehensio
of this Administration has been displace
d by contempt for its ,imidiiy and vacillatioI
q and the hereditary affection for the Union
% a measure destroyed by the determined o