The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-03-30

:he future But ofihis we may be sure
There is ersa. plan OF re,sibelive justice
established over kings and nafions, from
the operation ofiwhich none may escape.
BY virtue of il. all ni.jnsi wars, OF iawiess
ambition, of fobber conquest, OF iniqultous
aggression upon The rights or territory Of
others, are made, even when, in all human
seeming, they are most successful, to react
upon the wicked communities that wage
them, and inhicl Hearemssqt punishment
upon the arrogan, wrong-doer. This pGG-
| ishmeni, we may rest assured. awaits us
who are wagins cruel and unjust war upon
our brethren of the Southern Staies. We
are already ex perienciag il in comparative
ely small yet quite aPprecisble deefes.
| The columns of every mornings paper
show Us how alarmingly and increasingly
prevalent is crime. The moral sense of the
community has been deplorably weakened by
the effort which has been made to Justify
war wrongful in its inception, and IN the
successive measures whichha been adop
led .or its prosecution hagi,iously violative
of all law and of all rights, public and pri-
vaie, civil, social, and individual. -
Sanction ard approval of these asur-
es have only been gotten by The gradual
efacemeni OF the distinction between right
and wrong, and adoption OF the rule that
The end 10 be attained being once clearly de
fined, however nnsrupulously chosen, all
means that will enable as 10 reach ii are JUS
iihable. Respect for law aud reverence Tor
the Constitution were once the honorable
and gIorious characteristics of the American
people-the proudesI marks OF distinction
between ourselves and other nations. They
were Ihe best evidence of our capacity for
self government, and the surest guarantee
OF the permanence oi our republican insii'u
lions Bat who does not know that the
conduct of The Administration during the
last three yesrs-conduct shamelully ap-
proved by many and acquiesced in BY all
has utterly rooleG out of our American Re-
publicsand from Atnerican character, all
respect for law and reverence for the Con-
eriiuton There is moi in Christndom a
community more devoid OF these essential
requisites OF freemen life than are now the
people of these United States. Thus il is
that eternal justice AMI right avenge ihem-
selves upon their vioIaiors The auempi 10
deotive our brethren OF the Sou:h OF their
tight to seIl-government will result in The
confiscalion of our own The civil Liberty
which so exalted Us among The nations is
already. we'll nigh s,ifled 10 death
beneath lhe pail OF q gloomy derpolism.
Time after time have we acquiesced in the
assumption of illegal power by the Admin
is,rs,icn upon The insufficient ever-ready
plea of military aecessity. lmpunity EN-
boldens the Gespotic Executive 10 further
occupations Submission soon becomes
haoituai, even protest is omitted the an-
lhorily irreguIary assumed is not voluntarily
demitied and ere the war is ended, it it
continues much longer, the cIiizeus oil the
United States will find themselves as CON-
p.eleIy deprived of all The rights of freemen
as would be the cilizens Of lhe Confederate
Stales. alter military subjug alton The
large Standing army which the exigencies
OF the war require, aud which the exigen-
cies of peace, whether the South be sub
jugaied or not, will just as certainly require
will be used 10 rivei the chains OF the Fed
eral supremacy upon the sovereign States
OF the Confederation and of Federal despol.
ism upon the people. Despite the avowed
policy OF he Administration with respect 10
the South, despite the Presidential proc.
lamalons, and the numerous armies on foot
for their enforcement, we seriously believe
that The independence and sovereignty OF
the Northern S,eies, and The liberties OF the
Northern people, be il much greater dam
ger of oyer,hfcw and final loss lhao those o:
the South. Oh that we could persuade
The Northern people and States OF The re-
aliiy OF this peril in time to avert it But
we lear il is impossible.