The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-03-05

"Let Us suppose that the war were ended
Slavery just where this rebellion found il,
and bring Mason and Slidell Toombs and
Wiglall. jeff Davis and Chestnut, Rust
and Breckinridge, Hunter and Benjamin,
back into the Senate, and into theirnormal re-
lations OF cordialty and fraternity with
Bayard and Pearce, Bright, Tompson, of
n. j., Rice, Wall, Bigler and the Northern
Democracy. They would have nearly half
the Senate and about third OF the Electors
from the Slave States alone does any one
imagine that they would not, aided by the
pressure OF war taxes and the partizan clam
or sure to be raised thereupon, soon re-ac-
QuiIe that ascendency which they in 1860
out of hatred to Douglas and eagerness for
a purely SIayeholding Confe9eracy-delib.
erately threw away? Aud then do you not
see thai we who have honestly and earnest
ly resisted aud baffled ;heir ambitious ma
chinations will be made 10 sup sorrow =
Unpleasant neighbors as they are at Rich
mond and Manassas, we prefer 10 have
them there rather than in power at Wash
ineton with a drilled PARTISAN majority at
their back. "-Tlbtne.
On the i2th Of Jan last, the Hon. A. S.
Diven NJ. c addressed letter TO Mr.. James
Dunn, al Elmira, N Y, in which be took
firm but conservative stand "a to the objects
Of The war-holding that when il has ended
in the restoration OF the Union, the rights
and privileges Of the several States under
the Constitution must be restored, and in all
matters pertaining to slaves and slavery, The
statue quo ante bsiium be re-estabiished This
letter naturally found its way into the pub
lie prints, and the Tribune fastening upon it
has made it the snbjeel Of an article up-
wards Of two columns IN length. From
Gfeeley's argumentwe elliptic extract which
is printed above.
During The time that the question Of com
promise, and peaceful settlement of our
difficulties with The South, anterior to the
opening of hos'iiilies, was before the coun-
try the Tribune was the most violent in op.
position 20 any compromise, and especially
The Cruendeu Amendment Il has consis
promised. in the most remote degree, TO
bring about a restoration of kindly SEMI
menls between the beigerenis who now
stand ready % cut each others throats or all
available occasions And these extreme
sentiments OF the Tribune have been re-
echoed by every republican press in The
country, with but few honorable exceptions.
This tact, of itself goes to show That the
Tribune. and its satellites do not desire a
restoration of theold Union. Bot we have
other facts before us which are still more
damnins TO The characters and patriotism of
this portion of the Northern press. and es~
pecialy OF the Tribune. The latter paper
in lis issue OF November 10, 1860, fulmina-
ted the following:
"If the cotton states consider the value |
Of the Union debalable, we may maintain |
their perfect right 10 discuss it. Nay, we I
hold with Jefferson 10 the inalienabe right |
of communities TO alter or abolish forms of !
government that have become oppressive or
injurious, and if the cotton states shall be- !
come satisfied that they can do better out
of the Union than in ii, we insist on letting
them go in peace. The right TO secede may
be revolutionary one, but it exists never
lheless, and we do not see how oae party
can have right TO prevent it. We must
ever resist the asserted right OF any Stale to
remain in the Union aud nulify or defy the
laws thereof, to withdraw from the Union
is quite another matter. And whenever a
section of our Union shall de-
liberately resolve TO so ont, we shall resist