The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-05-14

ri rather than harrow them up, and drive
them TO deeds of madness by acts OF lesis
flalion which have tendency to create dis 2
trust for, il not The destruction oil, ,ihefr So
cial customs and local laws Their sons
are fighting side by side with ours OF the
north on the same battle field, and many
OF them occupy the same grave Amidsl
these terrible scenes. honor and justice. nay
the common decencies of life forbid that
| they receive insult from that government
which they are pouring out their blood 10
{ defend Il was indeed out of time and
place to lug in the negro question at such a
moment. Half the people of the west
were in mourning over the slain at.the bat
lies oil Fort'DoneIson and Springfield Pea
Ridge and Piusbnrg Landing, al the very
time negro emancipation. occupied the de-
I bate in Congress. Was the issue upon
! the bloody fields the safety ofnhe nation or
| the freedom of the negro if the former
then the subject should have been secuted
| from the halls of Congress. AT all events,
expedIency and due regard for the public
interests demanded cessation of hostility
against the institutions of the border states
as they were marshalled under the nation
al banner. But suppose the nation in Ie-
pose-lhe great battle of freedom won-the
states reunited and the leaders hung or in
exile, were not the people of the District OF
Columbia entitled 10 a voice in a matter
which affected them SO much ? Are the
seveniy-five thousand people of the Dis
trict to be treated as of no account? Ara
they dumb mutes, mere stupid things, 10
reflect the whms and csprces of aholilio ]
fanatics 81 proposed an amendment OF he
bill submitting the measure 10 them, TO be
decided by their voles. Illell as matte
OF course.
| would have gone so far as TO have
waived lhe grave constitutional question, !,
whether under the terms OF the deeds If
cession of the Districr, By The States OF Viz
einia and Maryland, for Inc purposes of a
/ National Capitol slavery 10 ii could be abo
ished without their consent? if the peop e
OF the Dislrie had determined to rid them
selves OF the unnatural and repulsive instl-
tuition.
Again an opposed 10 the cppropriaiien n
| of money out OF The national treasury 10 pay
/ for the freedom OF the slaves, ther in the
District or ans OF the States where il exists.
assume that every loyal man is in favor
O maintaining The national credit If so, TO
meet The ia,eres-on The immense debt al
ready incurred, and that which must be or a.
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to our hearts content, without putting on
the additional burtheh OF the emancipation
OF slaves. Secession and abolition together
have already made half the business men OF
the north bankrupt and put endless exAc
lions upoathe people in the way OF exclies
and taxes; and assuming that the war wa:
10 eud in six months las it may unless ia
naiicism should make it iIteThinable, j.
twenty generations of peace and prosperity
will not cancel it. II is enough in eithe
event without Ihe addition OF millions for
emancipation.
The foregoing reasons, particularly, in
duced me TO cast my vote against the bill
Under the same state OF facts | would dC
The same thing again. It is among the pos
sibllities that ! was wrong. but | have al
abiding conviction that very large MAORI
~ of the people whom | represent will ratI
" and approve the vote. /; may and will
probably create a gulf between me aud verl
many who cast THEIR voies for me, but v hil'
they may thus differ with me, they calno
impugn my motives, or aIlege hat hav'
by word action or i'm pIIcaiion dece vec
them
AT one time entertained the opinion tha
the coservative Union men of all psule
could have moved on in harmony, at leas
until the fact became manifest that we still
had national exisie nee. And entertain
ed this up % the Time that Congress decides
upon the abolition measure 1t is verg ap
parent now that union and harmony can
not exist. A very considerable number Q
conservative Republicans in Congress vote
for The abolition bill with extreme reluctance
: Ttsey yielded 10 what they supposed wer
the imperative demands OF party. and nov
: an entering wedge is made by the passag
OF the District Bill, which viii! lead 10 NOR
and more sectional, fanatcal Legislation
until all hope is ended, and parties mus
Necessarily assume theeir old posiiions.-
This indeed is fixed fact,
: 1t seems to me that while cannon ar
booming upon fields OF sanguinary war a
7 mos, under eae caves oil the Capitol, an
: while the bodies oi.muplated, bleeding ay
; ing soldiers are borne along the avennei
i thai the wounds Of the lying shon b
e dressed: and the bodies OF ihe dead Re in
o TERED, in he absence of abolition hari.ugue
and songs of emancipation The solem
D cor!ege should be spared The irsas,nabl
: outoursis OF snch demenied and crazy lana
! les as Wendell Phillips aud his kindred 70
! lowers.
0 The Dis,fict bill is already succeed b