The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-07-02
our ARMY CORRESPONDENTS.
HeAD QUARrERs, SaIsLDs, DIvlsroN,

dreds OF thousands oil dollars in the pur-
chase of slaves, and while they are passing
laws, and spending the time paid for with
the peoples money, for the benefit OF their
much loved race, the negro, the troops OF
the Union are much negIected,-are COM
pelled 10 march in some instances without
shoes 10 their feet, and some of them with
no, clothing sufficient 10 cover their naked
ness. These are facts which can be Prov
en-, and any one visiting our Brigade can
satisfy themselves thai do not pevaricaie.
/ This is not only shame, but an outrage
Here are men who have left good 81 tuatons
-iott all the comforts and enjoyments OF
home, as they thought to rescue our insult
ed flag from the hands of the sacriligous
despoilef. They were promised by this
God forsaken party, clothing, healthy ra-
tions, good medical attendance, and so
much per month. Now, in not one single
instance OF the above have they lived up to
their promises; as to clothing, let the sun.
blistered backs, legs, and feet of the denu-
ded soldiers answer-as 10 rations let the
mouIdy crackers and purified meat answer,
-as TO medical attendance let the neglect
ed sick and wounded answer, and as TO pay,
we have four months pay now due us, and
! in many cases that | know of, the families
| of the soldiers are suffering the rangs OF
hunger and want, while these AboIilionists
are feeding daily thousands of negroes
This is tie way that this slack hearted de-
( plorabe Republican Abolition party is car
rying on The war, as they say for the
Union.
1t may be that once in a while an un-
! scrupnlous Breckinridge man, like Jim
! Price, the beautiful correspondent of the
| STAR, may continue the same unprincipled
advocacy for slavery, as before, but The
mass Of our soldiers are learning to hate
the institution as they would deadly vi
per
The above paragraph is taken from
communication which appeared in that Alb.
oliiou sheet, the Republican, of May 29lh,
over The nom de plume of Nescopec. We
will Try and digest the same for the bene.
fit of your readers, and show to them that
the writer of The above knows no more
about the feelings of the soldiers in regard
to slavery than he does about truth and
honesty.
| 1t shows at once that the author altho'
living in Bloom, where he might haye q
a chance Of learning good sound sense, is
an nnscrupulous AboIiionist, and as such
| he stands charged with being not only an
alder and abeuer in this rebellion, but al
open and avowed enemy TO the constitution
and the laws. II is just such characters al
! ''Nescopec,' DR.. John, and some more OF
this negro-Ioving party that will have 10 an
swer Tor the blood of our soldiers that IL
drenching every battle field. do not wish
| TO be understood TO say that am in favor
of the extension OF slavery, no, far from il.
! But would like 10 be shown that clause in
the constitution that authorizes this con
glomefaied party to- siake, and by forct.,
the properly of our brethren in the South
against .heir will. They may say that they
are not taking them b. force but we ale
buying them All, yes, with the peoples
money, and soon will the tax payers beg n
to feel and see that there has been moe
money invested in slaves, Than can be rai;-
1 ed uhesss they suck the very LIES blood
OF the aboring class, in other words, ell
| slave the white men OF the North in order
to free the blacks of the South. know not
what the feelings in regard 10 the slaves
NAV be in other divisions, / ut in this | am
satisfied that nine tenihs of the soldiers are
/ ..-f ,r-.s ~ IL,
are not willing 10 further serve a govern-
ment or undergo any more privaiions IN IN
! they have in order TO free them. To pro We
this lei the government say TO them, g all
that now want to go home can go, aud all
that still love the flag the constitution the
laws and the nsggar, will stay aud see the m
freed;n and you will see that there will De
very few remain. Blu, let them drop the
niggar alI-'ogether, lei Them show by tn cir
actions that It is the constitution and The
laws, that they are fighting for, lie, this her
eical party abjure the doctrines of Lincoln,
Loyejoy, Beecher, Wade. Wilson, Sumner,
and Greeley,-!et Them come out boldly for
the honor of the flag-lel this war be car
ried on for the perpe;ualion of the uni)n,
and not 10 free the negro, and you will lee
shat every man that is now in the field, will
be willing to lay down his life so thai it
but cemenied again the fabric OF the Union,
and brought back our nation to its former
greatness and glory. Let the secess ion
party be swept from the face of the earth
along with il the Abolition party-for lley
both stand guilty of The cause OF this war,
and then, and noA Till then will the rght
hand of friendship be extended and peace
and harmony reign once more.
Let &c Nescopec" shoulder rife and
march through lhe parts of Virginia
that we have-iet him suffer what we lave
to free the slaves, and then let him say
that he is still in lavor of the Abolition of
slavery, ad he will be an anomaly. LIE: DR..
Iohn rsnf and rave over the propresi OF