The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-08-24
Army Of the Flshingcreek.

Part OF the -raad army OF the Potomac,
which has been sajourning in this county
week or more, started up Fishingcreek on
Sunday morning last. They struck tents
<asly starting on their march with three
days nations ; cavalry leading the advance,
artillery in the centre, and infantry bringing
up the rear. We understand they have
pitched tents in a sugar camp, along the
creek near he Forks, some TWO or three
miles this side of Sill Wafer. This is a
beautiful place Cor them TO encamp, sur
rounded with all the recessaries OF Life and
above all, inhabited by none of your Abo
liiionisls but by Democrats of the old Jack
sonian School, who are ali, to day, uncondi-
tionaI Union men. They are FOR The whole
Union "a white Union. The Union as IL
scos and the Constitution as ii is, will satisfy
them, and nothing more. When the war
was prosecuted 10 preserve these intact, the
people Sup the creek" and all over The
country, were willing to leap into the ranks
Soldiers were gathering in so fast and thick
that one of the Abolition Senators proclaim-
: ed, "for Gods sake stop volunteering, we
have more men than we need, more than
we can clolhe and feed.p Just at that time
he saw that they had, through their fraud
and deception, sufficiently deceived the
whole country, as 10 raise the army 10 the
height he thought necessary to carry out
heir object OF this ecruel and wicked rebel
iion,"-6e abolition Of Slavery. Every move
on the checker-board has been a direct
move at The instiiution of slavery. To ac-
complisa this object, the party in power
have %inaugurated a war of subjngaiion and
conf s%cafion, and are carrying it on to the
bitter end. The destruction of property has
been freely praciiced by the Federal army
and until quite recently they have beer
made TO feel the horrors of such a war by
a Just retaliation. This is the only way to
bring a totally blind and crazy set of peo-
pie 10 a just sense of their situation.
A war prosecuted as this one is, canno
prosper, nor should not. Make this war for
the restoration of the UnIcn as IL iUos, under
the Constitution in its original integrity, and
the authorities will have no trouble in pros
ecuting it. Do away with the negro guess
lion, leave that matter for the final settle
ment, and il will be no hard job to conquer
the rebellion. When Mr.. Lincoln said that
the Southern States conld come back into
the Union, If they would come in with the
abandonment of Slacery," he drove away
many of his heretofore hearty supporters
then is when he said TO us we must fight
10 free the negroes,-to elevate and place
the blacks on a level and equality with the
white man.
The country is for Peace,-nearly every
body wants peace The people see plain
ly that this war, if continued, must bring
rs all to bankruptcy and ruin. A terrible
financial crash is inevitable, lit must and
will come sooner or later. In view OF all
this negro and crash, the peoples voice is
for PsAcE, and Peace they will have ; aud
the day is not far distant, when it will be
accomplished, should Lincoln continue to
Prosec ute this war for the freedom Of the
blacks (; thus sacrificing thousands Of lives
lion would not be benefited by their free-
dom, but TO the contrary. They are a race
OF people the North would not receive, or
any nation, and would be subject 10 the i'll
treatment of mobs. Yet our white people
are drafsd and dragged aaoay from their
homes to free this miserable aud inferior
race |! How long will this stale Of things |
continue The people will decide at the
ballot box on November next or fight.