The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-08-26

| lO0, democrats anu CONSERVATIVES ciiONO
TO avert the conflict. They saw that Union
was the paramount interest OF their country,
and they stood by the great bond of Union,
the Constitution of the United States. They
were content TO leave debatable questions
under il to The high tribuna framed to de-
eide them; they preferred it to the sword
as an arbiIer between the States they
strove hard to merit the title which their
opponents gave them in scorn-ihe tt1 Of
''Union savers We will not at length re-
hearse their efforts. In the Thirty sixth
Congress the Republican leaders refused
! their assent to the Cfi.tenden Compromise
On this point the testimony of Mr. Douglas
will suffice. He said
ssI believe this to be fair basis of ami
cable adjustment If you Of the Republi-
can side are not willirg to accept this, nor
the proposition of the Senator from Ken.
tucky (Mr Criltendsn), pray tell us what
you are willing 10 Go? | address the lnqul-
ry TO the Republicans alone, for the reason
that, in the Committee of Thirteen, lew
| days ago, every member from the South IN
| cluding those from the COTTON States lMessrs
Davis and Toombs). expressed their reads
ness TO accept the proposition OF my vener-
able friend from Kentucky, Mr. Crlnenden,
as final settlement OF the controversy, if
rendered and sustained by the Republican
members. Hence the sole responsibility OF
cur disagreement, and the only difficulty in
the way of an amicabIe adjustment, is with
the Republican party."-Jan. 3, 1861.
The Peace Congress was another means
by which the border States strove 10 avert
the i'm pending strife. How the Republican
leaders then conspred against the peace OF
their country may be seen in letter from
Senator Char dler, OF Michigan, 10 the Gov
ernor OF that State :
$40 HIS ErceHency, Justin Blair
Governor Bingham and myself iele-
raphed you on Saturday at The reques, OF
Massachusetts and New York, to send dele
gates 10 The Peace or Compromise Congress
They admit that we were right and that
they were wrong; that no Republican State
| should have sent delegates but they are
| here aud cannot get away. OHIO, lndiana
and Rhode Island are caving iu,and there IS
| danger of Illinois and now they beg Us Tor
Gods sake 10 come 10 their rescue, and
save the Republican party from rapture. |
hope you will send stiff backed men or none.
The whole thing was gotten up against my
| Judgment and advice, aud will end IN thin
smoke. Still | hope matter OF courtesy
10 some of our erring brethren that you will
send the delegates,
"Truly, your friend,
~. CHANDLER
"P S.-Some OF the manufacturing States
| think that fight would be awful With
| out little blood letting this Uuon will not,
in my estimation, BE- worth rush.
tWashiupton, Feb IL. 1861"
In Pennsylvania, too, the same spirit pre-
vailed. 1t was not seen how necessarily
her position united her in interest with the
border States. She learned it since, from
coniendng armies tranping out her har>
vests and deluging her fields with blood
| Gov. Curtin sent TO The Peace Congress MIR.
Wilmot and MIR. Meredith.
Mr. Wimot was chilly known from the
connection OF his name with the attempt 10
embroil The country by the "Wilmct Pro-
viso," bafied by patriotic statesmanship, in
which Clay and Webster joined with the
Democratic leaders Just as Clay and Jack
son had joined in the Tariff Compromise OF
| 1863 MIR Meredith had published his be-
| lief that the multerings of the rising storm
were what he called "siridulous cries." un-
| worthy of the slightest attention.
| By Mr.. LincoIn's election, in November
1860, the power 10 save or destroy the I'm
ion was in the hands of his party, and no
adjustment was possible with men who re-
iecled the judgment of the Supreme Court,
who scorned Cancellation and compromise,
and who looked 10 "liitle blood-letiing'
TO cement the American Union. Till this
time, the U1ion men OF the South had con-
trolled, with little difficulty, the small but
restless class among them who desired a
separate nationality. TIE substantial inter
ersls of the South, especially the slavehold-
ing interest, were drawn reluctantly into
secession. Gen F. P Blair. of Missouri,
an eminent Republican, said very truly, in
the last Congress:
every man acquainted with the facts
knows that il is iallacious 10 call this "a
shareholders" rebellion. A
closer scrutiny demonstrates the contrary 10
be true such scrutiny demonstrates that
The rebellion originated chiefly with ihe
non-slav ehoIders resident in the stTongholds
OF the institution, not springing, however,
from any love of slavery, but from an an
tagonism of race and hostility 10 the idea OF
equality with the blacks involved IN sim
pie emancipation"
1t was the triumph of the Aboltionists over
the Democrats and Conservatives of the
North, lha; secured like triumph 10 the
secessionists over the Union men OF South.
The John Brown raid was taken asa prac-
tical exposition OF the doctrine OF "irrepres.
sible conflict" The exu,alion over it's
momentary success, the lameniation over
It's failure, had been eweled by The Aboli-
tionisis, so as to seem general expression
of Northern feeling. Riots and rescues had
nullified the constitutional provision for the
return OF fugitives. The false prelenee that
slavery would mono2olize the territories,
when we had no territories in which it