The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-02-19
Our Zero FiddIing.

We are informed by correspondents from
Washington, that grand dance came off a
the White House on the night ofthe Ell
inst. 1t is said to have been grand a9ail
and was participated in by very larg,i
number The dance began at precisely
eleven o'clock, the President leading oil
with Miss Browning and Mrs. Lincoln with
Senator Browning. There seems TO be i.
strange contrast between the fjdling an
dancing in the Nations White House an
the sanguinary scenes of war. But n D
doubt Mr. Lincoln has read in history al
Rome was in flames, and why should NIT
the Neros of this country be equally merry
and unconcerned now that our Union $
devastated with intestine war, and the pe,'-
pie are in mourning from one end OF the lar d
TO the other? Aye, why should not SO
ABE" be merry? Beand his partizans ha' e
been working for a dissolution of the Fe /.
eral Union for The last quarter of centur =,
AMI why should they not, we repeat ''dan, e
and be merry" now that the object fr
which they have worked so long is upt n
us with all its fearful realities? True il s,
his subjects-the people OF the United Stat ss
ARE bowed down with sorrow; true il is
that hundreds of volunteer troops are swe I
into their graves daily, and rivers of tea RS
are being shed for the lost ones; true it is,
that destituiion, if not starvation, threaien ns
thousands of our citizens; true it is, that n
ormons taxes are TO be imposed upon cur
people; true it is, that our insolent assaii-
ants-the rebels OF the South-are within
sight of the Capitol, fiaunting their irai Tor
flags in our very faces true il is, the Rae l.
els of The North weep for their children "a nd
will not be comforted, because they ire
not" But what difference to the Presid IN,
and the horde of faboi;ionists who compo ed
his dancing party The war is their trium ph
lit is what they prayed for and worried
for-and now they dance within hearing
distance of the dying groans of their coin
uymenl As well might the Imperial City
have celebrated, with triumphal processi ons
the entrance of The hordes of Goths md
Vandals that ravaged her fields and sac; led
her temples, as the President Of the Tn ted
States TO ''dance and be merry" at this L me
of anguish and distress.
But, so it is: old ABE" and his frie nds
Will dance, and the people will weep: the
same reople who lifted this barty into
power, whose ravages upon the princi oles
Of our institutions have desola;ed our and
and can he compared 10 The blightiag mi rrch
of the Tanars of Tamerlane and the Hurs Of
Atila The peopls-deceived, betrayed aud
lied io-have warmed the Abolition serpent
into life. Ii will sting them 10 death Let
those who have brought our troubles q pom
US shou, and sing. dance and fiddle /, is
well that the check Of the progress of lem
ocraiic principles should becelebrated with
pomp and show 1t is best that The pc ople
should not see how the Genius OF he Con-
stituton shudders and shrinks from the rude
arms OF her violator, reeling and stagee ring.
and Insoent with ill gotten power. II is
best that the shouts o. laughter and lie cIat-
Ter Of feet, sould be lond and long, TO drown
if possible, the dying words of the SO oIdier
and the stiAed sobs of the people. II is
best Let, then, the enemies OF our laws
and our Constitution dance and fiddle, and
thus hush the voice of distress now Heard
throughout the land Let them danct-le
them fiddle Carlisle Voluntcer.