The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-10-12
NUMBER 81.

northern states aere most painful Ofoef-
ed hy public authority they were sustained
by ihc parry o The admInisiraiion ihsongn-
J out the country, aud mos: bsurd, frivo-
Inns aud impudeni reasons were held
! sufficient tor their vindication. That ID esq
arrests should lake place in known viola
lion of tie laws aud be sustained aud sven
! appIauded bv m"ny, was Iea'fuli evidence
. of our unfi ness for sell governm ent. IL
was also proof of a danger, quite new to
ns aud so incredible that IL ha- no, even yet
been rcceived as real by many sincere
men among The friends OF power-'he dam
ger of permanent loss of liberty by onr
people and change, ultimately, in their
form OF government
Yes | was forced 20 adm il The unwei-
come fact that |, in common with my
frlow -cilizens, held all my polite al rights
and particularly lh> right OF personal lib
eny, noi under the established laws OF
the land, bu'-sject 10 feiegTaphis dis
On feh from Stnion Cameronl
This was The CONDITION 10 which Amer
ican frremen were degraded at iba: time,
hen lourd Abraham Lncoln Pre- sidsnt,
Villa m n. Seward Secretary oi Stats
(wiih his convenient bell al handy and
Simon Cameron Secretary al War-found
these men filing pIars. that had been
filled BY Washington, BY Madison. ~
Monroe and by mary wnrihies of whose
names an honorable record will be hrid BY
history forever.
Nor conld | avoid rejecting tlaf little
way north, beyond the limits ci the free
Unied States and under The sovereignty of
The British Queen, there obtained there
has long obtained Throughout the British
empire, the absolute aud unqnr-io',-d do
minioa OF law. ~ 'iact Lord PAiArsrToS,
then, as now, first Minister OF The Clown,
could not have issued an order for the ar
rest OF the hunble>l snhject in the British
dominoLs, or directed resistance to a writ
OF h,beds corpus issuing from any Court, cole
onial or imperial without being forthwith
hurled from power anG having his proud
name slamped.wrth encuriug inia ny and
disgrace.
the administration Of governmen, m this
country and lis adm insiraiion under mon.
archial power. In the one case rule OF
law, aud in The other case a rule of men.
In the one, security Of private rights and
prompt punishment Tor their inva-ion; in
;he other, insecurity of those right. and to
their invader, impuniiy. The contrast was
one Of humiliation 10 an American, but
that contrast yet exists. IL has not dIsap-
peared. On the contrary its line. an shsd-
ows have steadily grown deeper aud moro
strongly marked to this day.
Gentlemen; made up my mind. al The
time referred 10, upon this whole hn siness
and my conclusion was, that wonld snb-
nit TO a system OF arbitrary sovernmen, in
this country ] would submit 10 hold my
rights as citizen OF the United aies sut.-
Jet 10 the mere pleasure oil power only so
long as could not prevent il; aud that at
The earliest possible moment I would unite
with those OF my fellow counirymen who
should be like minded with mysei TO res
cue our government iIom the control Of
arbitrary principles aud restore i! 10 lis ior-
mer courss of just administration.
Tha' time has COW come,, aad for this
among otner reasons, stand before YOU to-
night an earnest advocate oi the election OF
General MCCLELLAN as President of the
United States. But i: will be mo-i couve-
nient 10 present this great question of the
IA Of oil
o'her questions involved in the. election
lhus obtaining completeness OF view AMI
certainty of conviction, upon The whole issus
be fore u.s.
Now what 10 we desire What are the
capital or chiei objects upon which our
attention may be fixed Al this time L-
Us gel little outside the circle of passion
about us, away from The petty debatrs
which fil our ears as we pass 70 and fro in
our daily walks and in our daily associa-
lions Conceive Gentlemen, a man cros.,
ing dangerous stream upon narrow
fooIway which oscillaies beneath him. He
is troubled Of heart, for dangers encompass
him destruction yawns at his ieei. He
hesiiates i'll bewildeIment, unable Il pro.
ceed aud scarcely able 20 stand. He sw.ys
10 either hand and is almost lost Bot in
that moment of extreme peril lst him lif,
his eyes from The dangers which surround
him and place Them upon some conspicn-
Gus, permanent, fixed object little way of
upon The shore, and what is The RESULT
Why there come firmness to his footsteps
aud courage TO his' heart, his nerves are
hracec again TO manly exenion, and he
passes on ia safety over the tossed and iur-
buent waters. Firm land is soon reachsd
aud danger lell behind him.
The terror OF an earhquake--,he erea,-
est OF physical connections known 10 Us.
reaches lis highest point when we come TO
observe Tie instability of oil nhie ,ts a, LII.