The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-02-19
Let rs be Consistent.

DER the banner OF liberty tyranny has
achieved many q triumph. The warrior
with glory as his guide has led his follow
ers into battles as dsgraceful in their exc
cution, as ingIorous in their results. The
patriot under The plea OF loyalty has COM
miited treason against his country OF The
blackest dye. The politician while pro
Tossing TO serve his country has robbed It's
treasury OF lis last dollar. The name under
which crime is nowadays committed is
everything. These are some OF the ineon-
sis;encies we meet with on every hand, but
SO perverted has the moral sense of our peo
pie become, that they 'spass over Us like
summer cloud without exciting our special
wonder.n
lis homely but true saying-"put
beggar on horse back and be will ride TO
| the devil" This need not excite surprise :;
! bat that an American citizen who has rea-
son TO glory 10 the recorded annals of his
country is bleeding al every pore, gnobly
lower his mind to schemes of profigacy
and plumber, is solecism we would hardly
expect in civilized man. The first ball
ever given in the White House came off on
Thursday evening last. This is an incon-
! sistency and an Improperly we would
hardly have expected in "Horest Old Abe,
the rail-spliuer." It must, indeed, have
been depraved taste that could have pro-
jected such a revel al such a time. Every
virtuous citizen must feel that the dar is
not far remote when he will be compelled
10 rally around the altar of his liberties and
drive away the reckless crew who have so
| shamefuIly defaced and disgraced il.
The ate administration was overihrown
by the cry of"extravagance and corruption
1t was accused of spending some eighty
| millions of dollars a year and the people
were horrified The present Administra-
lion is squandering al :he rate of len han
dred millions year and the pocket patri
OTIS are in high glee. The Hon. THAD SrE-
VEINS, in his great speech delivered al The
Cooper Institute, New York, previous to
the election of Mr. LINCOLN said tT think
we are able, from the character of the next
President, to tell some things that will hap
pen
''isr. He tciR drivs the plahdsrers from their
prey"
We need only take from the running de.
bates in Congress few extracts TO show
how consistent these honest Republicans are
in the extensive promises of reform they
throw out so profusely previous 10 an cleo
tion. This parry has been liz power little
los han nd oil 10
and corruptions, that have taken place in
the Government since lis establishment,
were combined they would not amount to
as much as have been crowded into this
one short year.
We make couple OF extracts from the
proceedings in the Senate, hut a few days
ago. 10 show we are right in what we say;
and we have been careful to take the re.
marks oil Republicans lest we be accused
OF hostility 10 the Administration which now
is rery freely construed TO mean treason TO
the Government -
Mr.. WILSON said the people might have
resources, but the Government had none -
The Government was in debt $40 eco 900
10 day, and without dollar TO pay il. We
are here to-day 10 complain OF the want of
progress in the army; but If we made any
more progress than the army, he would
like somebody TO point il out. The Gov
eminent was reduced 10 the condition of
issuing paper money and making il legal
tender Why, the view the world has or
Us, is that we are nation of-he almost
said-thieves but be would say plunder
ers iI the midst of war for The life OF the
country.
Mr. HALE believed the liberties OF the
country were in greater danger 10 day from
frauds and prohigacy than from The Rebels
He would say, oh, Christi who, with
small cords drove ont the money changers
from the Temple of Jerusalem, is there no
scourge OF laceraiion for these who turn the
temple of our liberties into den OF thieves.
History will not trace upon its record
partisan bigotTy will not ever dare TO lay
The guilty responsibility for all this disgrace
and disasters, brought upon the country, 10
the Democracy. When the Republican
party came into power The country was
prosperous and al peace. Now one half is
in the full blaze OF rebellion, while the 9th
er half is in a fair way to become bank
rupied in putting il down, and the party
that has The management of the affairs OF
the country in lis hands is stigmatized by
It's own friends gang of thieves. For con-
sisiency sake the Republicans had better,
hereafter, extract tie beam from their own
eyes before they profess 10 see the m ote in
The eyes of the Democracy.
We have sill another sample of the in
consistency of :he party in power at the
head of the Government. 1t shows a per
fecily willing disposition 10 make every
concession, no m after how hnmiliating,
that England may demand, 10 prevent war
with that country, bnt it will not allow one
word of compromise TO stop The horried
war that is delugihg our own land with fra
ternal blood. If the Republicans had been
half as willing to s'compromise" with he