The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-03-12
The Aceusers and the Accused.

iiUnhed StateS Is denounced as furnlShlng
levidence of disloyalty TO the Government
There is something so astounding in the
mere statement of this fact, that we might
deem il incredible were il not that the proof
is furnished us daily by a perusal OF The
newspapers devoted 10 the cause of univer,
sal and indscriminate emancipation. And
yet, when we consider the aniecedents of
the Abolitionists, it is scarcely subject for
surprise that they now desire TO be unielter.
ed from constitutional obligations for the
Constitution has always presented the great.
est barrier 10 the consummalion OF their
ideas, add has therefore encountered their
I.covertor open hostility. From the league
with Death and covenant with HELP of
Garrison and his small band OF furious bul
frank disciples, 10 the plausible and insinu>
sting, and consequently more dangerous,
attacks of Greeley upon the principles of
the Constitution of The Upited States, the
distance has not been SO great as some
have imagined. The events, or rather the
favorable opportunity of war, have consoli-
da.ed the different classes of enemies of the
Constitution into that compact body which
| is now claEering for The overthrow of the
Constitution by The destruction of lis funda.
mental ideas, and with rare bul character
islic insolence accusing all who do not fol-
low their lead with want of sympathy with
the Government in this struggle against re-
bellion
The man whose memory will carry him
back over the past three or four years, can
not fail 10 Teecollect the habitual levily with
| which the intensely 'loyal' men of the
present day treated the apprehensions ex-
pressed by good and true statesmen OF dan
ger 10 the Union. They laughed 10 scorn
all such fears as the offspring of dough
faced timidhy OF uuckling subseryiency.-
They cried "No danger! No danger ~
from one end of the Northern States to the
oiher-and we do not question that they
sincerely meant what they said, because the
dissolution OF the Union and the division of
this na:ion into two rival confederacies,
presented 10 their minds a conclusion pre-
ferabe 10 the preservation OF the Union
upon It's Constitutional basis. "PerIsh a
hundred Unions rather than abate one iola
of our principles" )" was the rallying cry of
this revolutionary faction. The men WHO
at that time tIembled al the thought of
division of this country and put forth al
their exertions to procure an amicabe adj
! justment of The questions lha; threatened TO
cause separation, were derisively styled
"Union savers" Their very affection Tor
| 4, #
ing remarks by those who shared neither
their apprehension or their love.
No4 have the events of the past year, the
mighty exertions put forth by the ma
tinu to preserve lis exstehcy and its unity,
worked this Ieaven of dsloysliy out OF the
faction TO which we refer Their hatred of
The Constitution has rather beea intensified
They are Jealous, moi for its preservation,
but for It's overthrow. They regard The war
as fiery furnace of publication which is 10
consume and destroy the old, and bring
forth a new government, wherein dwellelh
AboliIionism. The Union as it was with
the rights and institutions of the several
States unimpaired" is their abominatio n :
aud if the rebels would lay down their arms
10 morrow, and the Government re-assume
the exercise OF It's Constitutional functions,
they would excIaim against this lame aud
impolent conclusion.
Now lei the reader mark these pregnant
facis-.he enemies OF the Constitution aud
the Union, one. Two or three years ago,
those who thought ,hs! il might "slide' ia
certain contingencies, who refused 10 lifl a
finger !or its preservation, and who malig
nan:ly sneered al every statesman who be-
trayed any degree OF anxiety on this account
compose al this day the emancipation party,
which insists that the Constitution of the
United States shall be disregarded, that the
institutions of the Southern States shall be
destroy ed-ihe party which opposes the
Eolicy of the Administration, endeasors TO
impair p1blic confidence in our rulers and
in The Commander in-Chief of our armies,
clamors for pTecipilate movements. and
seeks every opportunity 10 suspect and in
suit the fearless patriots of Virginia and
Kentucky, through whose exertions the ad-
vanciDg tide of revolution was checked III
tnOe6 STATES, anu 10 WnOin "o are iuoSo'Su
to great extent for the signal victories thai
have crowned our arms in The southwest.
Now turn to the other side, and we find
that the men who estimated The Constitu-
ton and the Union, as beyond all price
and who illustrated this affection By making
every reasonable effort to preserve tie Uni
on by peaceful adjustment, are now the
most earnest supporters of constitutional
Government. Their very faults arose from
love for The Unioo. They. were Union men
: before The war commenced. and they have
supported it with all their strength, because
!: is war for the Union. is perpetuiiy
has been the handspring of all their actions
: 1.-The key TO their policy. They stand upon
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