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

Peace and Cancellation offer 10 The North
again and again We affirm 1.-THE only
means of attaining those ends, whether OF
humanity or OF country, which aslChristians,
as patriots, and as men, We may jusiifiabIy
seek We would affirm this with no less OF
conviction and earuesiness after the most
decisive military success, with The spec-
Iacle beFore rs of Charleston laid in ashes,
Richmond sacked. of the Confederate ar
mics routed and in fight, than now. with
those cities still siandins, and those armies
still defiant, with the Southern heart as nn-
quailing and lis confidence as strong in this
third year o! the war as when the frs; gun
was fred from Sumter.
Strange indeed aud incom preheusibie is
The delnsion unde- the influence Of which
this wst upon the South is now waeed Not
IN a, the AboIiiionisi !anaiIcsm should pur-
sue It's end with characteristic bull dog
fieIceness, persistence, and cruelty. We
uud-r.land that. Nol that selfish capital
lists, avaricions contractors, Ambitious gen.
erals, ard unscrupulous subordinate officers,
with high pay aud the aIlurng prospect of
unlimited plumber, putting aside all moral
restraint and considerations of right, should
pursue their ends. We understand that 100.
But that the great body of the intelligent
and rejecting Nofth-that The Christian
men and women of the land who are not di-
recily interested in The war, ror personally
engaged in it's prosecution, who are almost
OUT OF hearing Of thai detesiable drum and
file, whose minds are not liable tobe thrown
from habiIuaI just equilibrium by joslling
contact with the raging lhrong that press
about The chariot wheels olihe horrible war
god--rhat the portion OF our population
whose power OF discernment between right
and wrong is no, bIunted by the unholy
scent OF plunder on The plantations OF the
South. and OF infamous riot among their
household gods, approve, and support, or
even iolerate for day this unrighleous war,
no, waged for our own liberty and indePen-
dence, nor for citizens' or national rights,
aut for the spoliation and subjugation of
Christian men and brethren, and Tor the
overthrow of civil and political institutions
vine, 10 nlermedds, ani that these inqni-
ious ends should be blindly and recklessly
pursued al the sacrifice inevitably OF our
own material prosperity, and OF our own
liberties too, is indeed past comprehension.
Three short years ago had some prophetic
Elisha announced thes Genes that are :ran-
spring to-day, weeping at the sight, as we'll
ne nigh, have wept, haw many fair Ha-
zsel wouIdnhave shrunk with horror from
the recital of atrocities, at the perpelration
Of which today she claps her bands with
ioy and many man, whose soul is now
laden with thousand crimes, and whose
hands are red 10 the elbows with brothers
blood, would have exclaimed with indignant
incredibly ''Bui what; is'thy servant a
dog that he should do this great thing :"
and we ourselves, as we contemplate the
disheartening SPECTACLE, feel driven to the
conclusion, that God wiz has deierm ined
10 destroy as has made us mad
Beside the loss of that overflowing ma
ieFiaI prosperity which has blessed our land /,
who may contemplate without gdismay the
food Of moral evil which is to oveFspread
these States, cursing aud blighifng our
Northern communities for many genera
tions, as the consequence OF this deplorable
war into which We have bssn deluded II
wers in possible 10 fully depict these evils,
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