The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-02-10
What's to Be Done .

The accouIts that reach us from the
South, although they vary as TO the details
of the plan of operations for the coming
spring, all agree that the most formidable
preparations are being made for The most
desperate campaign Of the war. The re-
cent statements Of The Radical press, that
the Confederacy was humb!ed AMI inclined
10 submission. were the very antipodes of
truth. The Administration ave provided
abundant food 10 strengthen ine spirit of
rebellion. II Mr. Lincoln had made gift
to Jefferson Davis of millions from The ex-
chequer, to be used as bounty money for
Soathern recruits, be would moi have done
better service 10 their cause than he has
done by bis insulting Amnesty propositions.
and bis absurd ailempt to create State Gov
efnments By diciaIorial power. He has
said TO the Southern people: "You shall
not retsrn 10 the Union except under such
local Governments as dictate ~ and The
snbseryient Abolition Congress, that do his
bidding, have added: ain the event of your
submission, your estates shall be con6sca-
tale, shall be taken from you; your chill
dren shall be disinherited, and left home-
less and peLniless 10 starve, under The scorn
and haired OF Northern fanatics your lands
and manor houses shall be parceled out
among our retainers; The negro and the
aiventurer ahaII 81, and rule at your hearth
stones; and you-bsggars, pariahs and out
casts-shall be forbidden representation in
our national legislatures, and be shut out
forever from Offices of trust and hohor."-
We ask the intelligent, honest citizen, if
such is not the substance OF what Mr.. Lin.
coin and this Congress- have said, are say
ing, to the South And with thai prospect
before them as the sequel OF submission
ontlawry, disfranchisement, social aud 20
hlical degradation, penury for themselves
and their issue, decreed as their portion
should they throw down their arms-who
shall believe shat The fres, proud American
blood that ewells their veins will not be
spilled TO the last drop in resistance
The Inauguration of This Administration
plunged the land in civil strife three years
OF their rule have sufficed to render j; ire
mediabiy war OF determination or OF con-
frmed separation, unless the people have
courage and firmness enough 10 create, al
the next Presidential election, such thor
ough revolution il: our political condition
as viii ensure The termination Of the war
upon equitable principles. We are on The
verge of campaign that threatens to be
more bloody and desperate than any that
have gone before-and those that have
gone before have hurried hundreds OF thou
sands 10 premature graves-have draPed
the land in mourning. and have brought Us
10 The threshold Of financial ruin. Conscrip-
tion now expands lis inexorsbls net so as
10 immesh almost all the manhood and
vigor OF the land. The virile strength Of
the States being Tins impressed into the
Federal service, The State sovereignies will
be powerlsss TO oppose the ageressions of
central authority aud the military power
will rule supreme Then, throughout all
the Noub, the elective franchise as ia Dell
aware. and Maryland. and oihsrssiates will
be controlled by Federal baJonets. andpros-
tinted to The uses of despo.isu- The State
judiciary, the State legislatures, the State
executives, must either with subservience
or perforce bend before the central scepter
The same power that dictates civil govern
msnt according TO its caprice 10 Louisiana
and Arkansas will enforce new laws and a
new Constitution upon any State, and
neither justice nor popular opinion viii
have an equal power to say II nay. The
South in arms can resist-,he North disar :
med cannot resist You mon of the North,
that Lavs 50 long boasled yorr seif-govem-
msDt and freedom. you have bound your
selves 10 The Wheels Of the Abolition iri-
umph chaTiois--what will you do TO read
the bonds assundsrl
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