The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-07-03
BLOOMSBURY. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA, WEDNES

OIL lie or waste OF properly. among tne
most powerful iEsirumentalities relied on
for establishing the authority of the Govern
ment is that Union sentiment of the South,
sustained by liberated press. 1t is now
uodden 10 The earth under reign OF terror
ism which has no parallel but in the worst
days of The French Revolution. The pres
ence of the Government will enable il TO
rebound, and look lis oppressors in the
lace. At present we are assured that in
the seeded States no man expresses an
opinion opposed 10 the revolution but at
the hazard of his lie and properly. The
only light which is admitted in political
discussion is that which flashes from the
sword or from gil,ering bayonets few
days since one Of the United State Senator'S
from Virginia published a manifesto in
which he announces, with oracular solem-
nifty and severity: that all "citizens who
would not vote for secession, but were in
favor Of the Unon-should or ought to
MUST leave the Stale +" These words
have in them decidedly the crack OF the
overseer's whip. The Senator evidently
treats Virginia as a great negro quarter, i'll
which the lash is the appropriate emblem
Of authority, and the only argument he will
condescend 10 use. However the freemen
of other parts of the State may abase them
selves under the exercise of his insolent
and proscriptive tyranny, should the Sena-
tor, with the scourge of slaves, endeavor 10
drive The people of Western Virginia from
their homes | would only say, in the lam
guage of the narrative OF Gilpin's ride
'May be there to see"
It would certainly Prove deeply inter-
esting spectacle.
THE CONTEST MoMENTUoUs ONE.
Said NJ Fould, the great French states.
man, TO an American citizen, few weeks
since: "Your republic is dead, and it is
probably The last The world will ever see.-
You will have a reign of terrorism, and
after tha; two or three monarchies." All
this may be verified, should this revolution
succeed. Let us then twine each thread
on the glorious tissue of our country's flag
about our heart-strings, and looking upon
our homes and catching the spirit that
breathes upon US from The battle-6elds of
our fathers, let Us resolve that, come veal
or woe, we will in life and in death, now
and forever, stand by the Stars and Stripes.
be our prayer and our struggle that they
shall float over our graves. They have
been unfuTled from The SHOWS of Canada 10
the plains Of New Orleans, and 10 the Halls
Of the Mon,ezumas and amid the solitudes
OF every sea, and everywhere, as the lumi-
nous symbol resis'less and benefcient pow
er, they have led The brave and the free TO
victory and 10 glory. Ii has been my for
tune to look upon this flag in foreign lands
and amid the gloom OF an Oriental despot-
ism, and right well do know by contrast,
how bright are It's stars and how sublime
are It's inspirations! lfthe banner, the en-
bIem for use of all that is grand in human
history, and of all that is transporting in
hope, is 10 be sacrificed on the altars Of a
Satanic ambition, and thus disappear ior-
ever amid the night and tempest of revolu-
tion, then will feeI-and who shall esti-
mate the desolation of that feeling ?-that
The sun has indeed been stricken from the
sky OF our lives, and that hencefonh we
shall be but wanderers and outcasts with
noughi but the bread of sorrow and penury
for our lips, and with ha nds ever out.
stretched in feebleness and supplication,
on which, in any hour, military tyrant
may rivet the fetters OF despairing bondage.
May God in his initiate mercy save you
and me, and the land we so much love,
from the doom of such a degradation.
No contest SO momentuous as this has
arisen in human history. for, and amid all
the conflicts of men and of nations, the life
of no such Government as ours has ever
perdence by the blood and sacrifice of a
seven years war, and We have maintained
it against the assaults of the greatest power
upon the earth and the question now is,
whether we are 10 perish by our hands and
have the epitaph of suicide written upon
our tomb The ordeal through which we
are passing must involve immense suffer.
ing and losses for Us all, bot the expendl
lure of not merely hundreds of millions
but OF billions oil treasures will be vel
MADE, If tbs result shall be the preservation
of our institutions.
CLOSING Up-The close of the week
how gratefully it comes TO toiling aud wea
ry millions Even those who reject reli
gion and its institutions, acknowledge the
wise, if moi divine, ordination of the Sab
bath---a day of rest, and peace-wise, be-
cause it answers one of The greatest wants
as no other devise could. AS the shadow,
of evening fall on Saturday night, the me
chanic and artizan will lay down their ioi
arniof, and the fnger-worn needle womaI