The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-08-10
Why the North has Failed.

The absence of precautionary measures
10 repe tho re-adyance OF Early's invading
army hao caused even the Black Repubii.
can press 10 assail the administration for
imbecility and improvidence. II is certain.
ly bumiiating for the advocates OF this Abb
clifton war to be compelled, in The fourth
year OF hosllilies, to recognize the inca
pacitr of the ruler OF their own choice and
creation TO provide for the safety of the Fed.
eral Capital, and 10 protect the soil of one
OF the most powerful and populous OF the
Northern States
In view OF the of boasted superiority of
the North in wealth, numbers and material
resources, the actual condition of military
affairs is the moro suggestive of incompe-
ency because the struggle has been arro-
ganily proclaimed By Mr.. Lincoln to be one
OF conquest, admitting no termination ex.
cept in the total annihilalion OF q social
institution. How far removed the present
position is from the realization of ths de.
testaole scheme, is demonstrated By the fact
that al every point the Federal arms are
now baffied, dscolfned and mperille6 by
the exhaustion consequent upon repeated
decim alton, while the foe, all the while
economizing their numerical strength, are
able 10 sweep with impnhity over the fields
OF the North, gathering our harvests to their
own rses, driving off our cattle TO the cor
rails o. the South, emulaling our. deeds of
incendiarism, and placing Washington in
greater danger of capture, than Richmond
is OF ever has been.
For nearly four years OF such desperate
warfare as the world has never before wit
messed, the powerful and affluent North has
assailed the South, with armies more nu-
merous than those which Napoleon overran
Europe, overthrew Kingdoms and Empires,
destroyed and created dynasties, and revo-
lutionized the political systems of one half
of Christendom. That all the resources
within the control OF the Federal authority
have been employed without stint 10 evil
den: from the enormous and unprecedented
expenditures for naval and military purpo>
sss. The financial fabric Of the North tot-
:ers beneath the load imposed upon il, to
supply the machinery uf war and 10 suosist
the millions that have been enrolled under
Abolition banners
Science and invention have been taxed
TO the utmost TO provide engines of de-
struction. The strength and intellect
man, given to him by boun,eous God that
be might develop upon-earih the attributes
OF His divinity, have been exened to the
last degree as instruments TO deface and de-
stroy these created in His image, and TO
transform earth into counterpart OF He'll.
What has resulted Years OF mutual slaugh-
ter, of accommodating hate and bitterness, OF
the fruits of the earth destroyed and tho
habitaIions of man desolated years of in
di'idval agony and SORROW and of general
suffering, with a future all darkness or
lighted only with the signal glare o. ruin.
And as the fourth year nears its close, the
South utters and strikes defiance wherever
assailed, and tramples the soil of the inva-
der with the desolating tread of counter
invasion.
Does this denote impoiency or ihferiority
on the part of the North ! Not So Listen
10 the murmur that goes forth from the
masses, and il will attest tha, The heart of
the North is not..in this struggle. II is not
the North taat assails The South il is ia
naiicism that wars sgsinst reason, humanity
and the popular opinion. In war sane
toned by the people. not Pennsylvania, nor
Maryland, nor any Northern Stale would
ever be reduced 10 the humiIiatng condi-
tion of dependence upon an imbecile Fed
eraI Administration 10 project their homes
from a hand iul OF bold invaders.
The farmers would quit their pIows, the
mechanics their tools, the merchants their
Iedgers, The lawyers their briefs, the cler-
gymen their pupils, all manner of men
their various avocations, 10 grasp the sword
and the gun, and hurl invasion back. From
every other Stale the people would hasten to
the rescue. There would be no necessity
10 enforce an odions conscription, Gfor the
willing hearts OF freemen would respond
without ether dictation than a natural inn
pulse, and he invaded territory would re-
sound with the tread OF volunteers
As IL is, the people repudiaie the purpose
OF the strife, and look on without veniuring
blow, while their villages are burning
and their grannaries pillaged by few hum
dred reckass horsemen. The ADMINISTERS
lion fight this war with cannon and bayon-
otis, but the heart OF the people is not with
them TO insure victory. They must depend
upon The mere machinery OF physical force
moved into action by military discipline,
bu. uninspired by the conviction OF The
right aud devotion TO the principle At stake.
The soldiers of the North could mol be cow
ards in any cause 1t is due 10 their natural
courage aud endurance that they have cuf-'
led lsursls in cause that has not the pop
ular sympathy .-Neu York Daily NeDs.