The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-10-21
WM. n. JdC0BY, EDITOR.
Dd00dSBTRG, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9Ist, 1868.
FOR PREsIDENT IN 1864,
GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN,
Sabieca 10 The Decision OF the Dem Con-

THE Democracy OF Philadelphia did ell
on Tuesday oi last week. They had pow
erfui element 10 work against, bui in spite
OF al the opposition brought out through
ihs Navy Yard, Mint. Custom House Sad
d!ery aud CIothing establishments, Ord
aence Departments, Iron Works at Mana
Junk. and the Loyal Leagne, they KEEP; the
Republican maturity under seven hundred.
Al these establishments are under Govern
ment employ, iasishiEg npon Green backs,
and give employ ment to thousands of men,
who were managed so as TO carry out the
viii Of their employers. They were furn-.
ished The Shoddu candidates. ticket, and no
oher, after which il was expected each
man would vote the iickel he received from
bis employer, il not, suhject himself TO a
discharge and 10 te narksdi The 6osses post.
ed themselves al the polls for the purpose
OF tratehing and intimidofing their men. so
"a not 10 allow any of them to vote for the
Democratic candidate. They did this kind
OF bnsiness az the polls in this place; more
so at this than any previous election. Both
Iran Co.'s in this twp. had 5osses and helpers
al the polls all day. For the amount of
pains taken, 10 have every man under their
employ vote the Curtin ticket, whether his
will or not, lhev have accomp plished moth
ing wonderful. They have increased their
majority some 10 be sure, and no one is at
all surprised at it, when he looks at the
means employed. The vote in the town
ship has been Increased, as wsl as through
out the county.
Philadelphia, as We said before, did well,
considering the large amount of opposition,
backed By the war authorities and profuse
sprinkling of legal tender lpromises 10 pay]
notes from Washington city. Luzerne and
Bsrks counties have, too, performed their
par, nobly. Had other Democratic counties
stood mp 10 The work as well as these two,
we could Today, announce the election of
GEoRGE W WooDwAsD, as our next Gov
eraof. But de.eai is out lot, and the only
consolation we can give is, "pick your fiinis
and al 'em again." boys, for victory is sure
TO perch upon Our banners If we only perse-
we're in ihe good cause.
The present number completes The Fifth
Volume of the Star ofths North, since under
our control Counting the nine months we
were soldering, il is ive years and nine
months since We connected ourself with
the Star The North On our return home,
we resumed The publication of the STR al
the Volume and Number where we discon-
tinued, throwing out the nine months.
Al present is a good time to subscribe,
and an excellent opportunity for those owe
ing ns Tor one or more years, to come and
pay their indebtedness Friends of the Star,
you can aid Us in no more acceptable and
substantial manner than by assisting Us TO
increase our Subscription list TO 1900. AL
of our patrons doing little towards this
object would soon bring it up 10 these e.
ures. Our paper might just as well have
Ten or twelve hundred subscribers as TO
have what il has. Democrats, friends oi
Civil Liberty. Free Speech and Free Press,
support well yorr Democratic journals, if
you would have the cause of Democracy
triumph over this Abolition party that IS
destroying ocr country. Now is the time
Democraiic newspapers need supporting
mere than ary other. Nearly every DEM
ocralic publisher is compelled at the pres
eni time 70 depend more or less upon his
subscription 10 keep the machine moving,
as the advertising and jobbing compared
with sshst it was few years ago, is moth
ing. The AboIitionisis Withdraw their pa
tronase from all Democratic papers, sup
port nothins, but journals of their stripe,
and die Tsemocratic business men under the
pressare of taxation, do not feel able 10 ad-
veriiss literally, consequently the patron
age To the democratic, press is greatly re-
dueed Tee Abolition press, though, may
latien, tot not upon meriled patronage,
which would be more honorable and of
less lsnolumenis. The Democracy should
increase the subscriptions of all Democratic
papers, aad continue battling on for the re-
construction of the Union az il was, if they
would have return 20 the former better
days.
'THs promise OF freedom TO the negroes
mus be kept" says The President. in his
Sprirlefsld letter. 4Ah but, Mr. LINCOLN.