The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-11-02

tiOD 10 slaves, " should Hke 10 nave them
stared, but We are decidedly Of opinion
that the whole country will agree 10 the
proposition, and that at an early day the
next Congress will be called upon 10 pro-
vide Tor il by law.
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The Louisville Journal, a paper which
has, unaccouGlably, supported Lincoln's
Administrator up TO a recent dale, has
been frightened from that support by The
brutality OF Federal rule in Kentucky. The
JourIaoi gives the following account of the
way Gen. Paine administers the mild gov
ernmeut OF Abraham Lincoln in that State:
"CitZens had been arrested and thrown
into prison without a show oi iria and no
record OF single charge preferred against
them could be found among any OF The Off.
cla papers in .he othce. Prisoners were
executed without a hearing, and often with
out any definite charge being preferred
against them. Fouy-three graves, said TO
be those OF executed prisoners were count
ed al Paducah among this number were
TWO men, named Nolin and Taylor, OF well
known loyalty, who had by some act often
ded The general in POWER, aud ;ragic dealh
vas their doom.
"To show the manner in which the exc
cutions were made, we have statement
from the evidence given bY Hiram K Enoch,
Quarermaser OF the 1920 regiment OF llii-
nois volunteer Infantry. He says that he
heard OF tour ci,iZsus being executed with
out the sha0ow of a tria.-Keseriou. Tay-
Tor, Maihey and Hess Col. McChesney.
commanding at ayfeld by The appoint
menl and aclIng under the instructions OF
Geheral Paine, told him, about The Isl of
September, 1864 that he had shot seven
men al MAY field and had one more in the
2uar1-house that he intended 10 execute
the next day He said that he had gave
them no Irial, and boasSed Ihal one OF The
prisoners was shot aud covered up in his
grave in lory-hve minutes from the tire
that he was frsl reported by scout a, his
headquarters. The whole oi Gen. Paine's
otficIal career in Inc District OF Wesiern
Kentucky, was marked by The coarsesi bru-
laiuy, calculated 10 exaSperaie The people
aud send recruits TO the Rebel army. He
would order ciiizeus TO hs headquarters,
and, without provocatIon would abuse ;hem,
applying The most offensive terms 10 hem,
such as d-d Rebels, d--d scoundrels. SC
"The people of Paducah were driven
from their homes without any Just cause,
and their houses turned over To negro lam
lies tor occupation. General Prince, COM
manding al Sm,hield, sIa'es that iorty-two
OF the citizens o. Paducah passed down the
river on boats. under orders OF Punishment,
beyond the Federal lines. by order of Gen
Paine. The property OF these families
was confscaled by Paine's officials, as il
was SAID, tor ne benefit OF the Government.
Two old widow ladies', their hair silversd
by more man Sky winters. for no Just cause
were torn from their comfortable homes,
and sent 10 Canada under guard OF file of
negro soitlIer-."
here is a vast deal more of this horrible
account but we scken at the innuman de-
tails. The thing hat toriures our heau is,
that these airocIOus deeds are done 10 men,
women and children, in Kentucky, and yet
Inc people OF Pennsylvania, New Jersey
aud New York, and The other Northern
States. look coldy on, witness oil Lincoln's
horrible rule IN that sister Stale, without
lifting hand, or even so much as offering a
tiltiu2 protest. Were yellow lever 10 visit
kentucky, or fire TO lay Ils towns III ashes,
leaving The people sheiterless. what an ado
We should make of our Christian charity,
AID how we should send doctors and nnr
ses, and money 10 their relief But, good
God we see Lincoln numbering these peo-
pie, driving deienceless women and chit
dIen to banishment and death, aud, as il
possessed of the devil, we permit the fiend
to prosecute his heliish work Shame up
the bastard hearts that do not appeal both
TO God, and TO the might OF hOmaE strength,
Tor vengeance upon the assassin! The rea.
son thai Lincoln does not DO these same
buicherles 10 Pennsylvania aud New York.
IS that bis army does no, yet cover US in
sufficient force. Give him the army oil Two
millions OF negroes, talked OF, aud then the
same iale will tie ours. We shall have
what liberty we 6gh; for, and no more
What dupes, what fools, TO have allowed
him TO proceed as far as he has Ito allow
him TO 20 another iLch flour children
fail 10 curse our memory, they will simply
be the worthy desceudanls OF their aposlals