The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-10-22
The Presidents. Proclamation in Kentucky

The Louisville Jouynol deGounces the
Presidents late emancipation Proclamation
and says il twill prove only 10 efeciually
for the purposes. OF the enemy" The Jour
nal further says:
Kentucky cannot and will not acquesce
in this measure. Never As lille will she
allow it 10 chill her devotion to the cause
thus crnelly imperlled anew. The govern
ment our fathers framed is one thing, and
thing above price; Abraham Lincoln, the
temporary occupant of the executive chair,
is another thing and a thing oil compare
lively little worth The one is an individ-
ual, the sands OF whose official existence
are raining fast, and who, when mis- official
existence shall end, will be no more or less
than any other Individual The other is
grand political structure, in which is con-
tanned the treasures and The energies If civ
ilIzation, and upon whose lofty and shining
dome, seen from the shores OF ali cimss
sentre the eager hopes Of mankind What
Abraham Lincoln as Presideni does or fails
to do may exaIl er lowsr our estimate of
himself but MOI of the great and bene6ceni
government of which he is but The tempo
rary servant. The temple is not the less
sacred and precious because the priest lays
an unlawful sacrifice upon The alter. The
loyalty of Kentucky is not TO be shaken by
any mad act of the President. II necessary
she will resist the act, and aid in holding
the ACTOR 10 a just aud lawful accountable
ty, but she will never lift her own hand
against the glorious fabric because he has
blindly or crimInalIy smtten it. She is in
capable of snch guilt and folly.
The President has fixed the first OF next
January as the time for his proclamation TO
go into effect; Before that time the North
will be called upon to elect members OF
Congress, and the new Congress will as
semble. We believe that the proclamation
will strike the loyal people OF the North in
general with amazemeIl and abhorence.-
We know it We appeal 10 them TO mani
fest their righteous detesiation by returning
10 Congress none but the avowed and zeal
Gus adversaries of this measure Let the
AC'ONNttoh VI AhO OC maui ti1O
overshadowing Issue, and let The voice of
the people al The polls, followed by the
voice of our representatives in Congress, be
heard in such tones OF remonsnance and OF
conde emnaIion that the President, aroused
TO a sence OF his tremendous error, shall
not hesitate 10 Withdraw The measure. The
vital interests of The country demand thai
the proclamation shall be revoked, the
sooner the better, and, until it is revoked,
every loyal man should unite in vigorously
working for it's revocation. fIhe President
BY any means is pressed away from The
constitution and his own pledges, he must
be pressed back again and held there by
the strong arm of the people.
The game OF pressure is one that two can
play al and il is no slight reproach 10 The
conservative men OF the country that here
tofore they have no: taken their fair share
in this game as played al the national capi-
tai The radicals have been allowed 10
have The game TO much TO themselves. We
hope this re2roach will now be wiped
away.