The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-05-11
NUMBER 90
'Haw 10 Organize.

commonwealth are 10 be overturned
whether Ihe ideas, modes of life, habits Of
thought and idiosyncrsciss of our peapls
are 10 be changed, 10 q matter which dis
rectly affects the life and properly of every
one of our citizens. Seli-preservation is,as
undoubtedly the first Law Of com muniiiss,
ss il is of individuals. And there can be no
reason why Pennsyivsnians should sacrs-
fee any Of our rights or interests, either
materisI or moral, for the pleasure or
profit Of sny o:her one OF The once United
States. That The coming election, II j, be
reaIIy al eIeeiion, .(thti we will have the
forms Of one, wh have nc doubt } will settle
,he status OF Pennsylvania, and will deter.
mine, for ever her position And The degree
OF her power among the other States on this
continent, can hardly be donbied. She hss
10 chooso, then, whether shs will inflict on
herself ar alien and s..hostie yoke wheth.
er she will submit herself to The bitter,
contemptuous, arrogant dominion OF those
who fancy tina, they aTs her superiors, or
whether she will maintain tha, proud po-
siton Of respectful dignity, OF se;f assurance
and power, which asserts Itself .i,hout die
! iation, and makes itself withou, dictaiion.
! aud makes itself without imperioususss,
which she bore OF old. To Pennsylvania,
then, ;hs next Presidential election is no,
enl5 imporlani-ii is critical-ii 10 decis.
| :Vs
/ Believing lhis. We have more than sncs
imPlored the Democracy OF the Stale 10
/ m IL
ditisn for the fray. We have preached
mill, perhaps, The lesson hs. los, il. force
By epe,ition-orgsnize! organized organized
And having done. so we propose to sey a
lew words az 10 the N amer 10 which oreani-
zasion may be made effeciual. Ia the 6.ss
! place, then, The different kind OF election
eeTing Tools which are ia the hands of t.s
opposing poliiica! parties is specially to %
noticed and acted on. It would seem evi.
/ dent that that kind Of otdinary peacefpi
1 political association which would be sfIi-
cieni aeainst an opponent having similar
organization, would be utterly powerless
agains, party having its osganizaiion diff.
fefea!ly constituted. II, therefore. the po-
litical association which the Democr,ts
have 10 oppose in the next elsclion shonld
be, for instance. societies or companies Of
armed men, the moot enthusiastic OF auietists
viii see ,hai, in order 10 give them .ny
hope OF success. the character of heir own
organizations must De vastly changed from
he Kind OF mblsgss which wers won't
10 conduct political cam psisn, when 10 cir
adversaries were in the same guise "a them
selves. If each one OF the Wide-Awakss.
elec,iOnsring in 1850, had carried iAu:ket.
politics then would nave assumed differ
enI hue. II organizations for force are TO
be used in 1864, politics must now assums
| different hue. 1t is quite percep,ible tha,
II The Allegheny or Lancaster County Abo-
lition Delegations attended political meet.
ings with muskets in their hands aud carr
ridges IN ihsir pockets or boxes, that the
Berks County, or ihs Northampton County
Democratic Delegations would consider The
pFoPfieiy OF being taught by iheir easmiss
And thus The conclusion ssems 10 be lnevi.
table, that ;ne character CT The sssociaiions
which are TO be organized by The Demos
racy for The maintenance Of their rishis,
ter OF those organizations 10 which they eI-
pect 10 be opposed. NO parry can success
; fully meet armed opponents with empty
rescldlions. Force must Be opposed to
foEce-arms rrust be me-, icifh arms In tho
next place, organization 10 Do e1sciual
} must be through must be Uniform. l,s
strength is measured By the powes OF re-
sistance cf lie weakest. Pafi. II nuH per-
wade The State in ore series of connecting
} links from The waters of Lake Eriz 10 those
Of The Delaware, so that every where Demo
: ct2ts viii know their friend, car count
lheir numbers, and can calcola,o tho
strength or. weakness of theiE adversaries
So minute sho'd oe the blocking and ward
ing and division of townships, that, making
, all allowances, the chairman OF .ae Demo-
cratic State Executive Committee should be
able before the Let OF Novembet TO tell of
mis- fingers his forces, with approximate 40
curacy. Democrats should be made kno ~
: TO Democrats, SO that the tirnid may be
, strengthened and the besiiaiing confirmed!
! IN this way all the forces opposed TO lne
: present nsurpa,ion viii be welded tose,hei
, in one cohesive, impeueirable body, and
!. with undivided 'front.' be made available.
!, In this compact form, snless p,ssios hss
, embruted oar people or palsied The nobls
instincts which once were ;aeirs, they mast
/ prevail bat il, ihrough fraud OF force, they
!, should meet with defeat, siil they cannos
!. / De entirely vanqrishsd, and sneugh brave
4 souls will still cling together to guard the
d pure flame OF libefy, and 10 hand il down
" updinu,ed when generation more wothy
o of its pcIsession shall have arisen.
i Burlington boy Of seventeen married {