The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-08-31

II may be said, by him or sor him, that
this increased price has been caused by the
| dearness of all other things. We deny il
ior when we were al Lewisburg, in Union
| county. in this State, few weeks ago, as
| fine butter as ever was made in Chester,
Lancaster, Montgomery, or Bucks counties
was selling there for twenty five cents
pound, the Philadelphia price then being
fifty cents. The present price in Union
county is twenty-five cents, against the
Philadelphia exiorion OF seventy-ive.
Surely, butter can be made as cheaPly in
one county as in the other
Against This extorton there is remedy.
The price has become! more reasonable.
Send the farmers home on four or FIVE sue
cessive market days without effecting sales
and they will be sharply brought TO reason.
We do not erpeet any thing so miraculous as
that they mil repent Of their barsfdced audac-
ify that they ,0M mourn because greed has
made them dishonest and ertorf,ondtc, but we
know that if they ere unable TO dispose OF
th cir butter in three successive markets,
they would very gladly take reasonable
and still mpIy remunerative prices, after
sharp lesson. The New. Yorkers when
like extorlion was tried on them, formed an
anti ti-buuer-buSing league, and brought the
farmers back TO reasonable prices, in
very short time. LIE, this example not be
lost on us"
No doubt, the thousands of "loyaI" far m
ers in Chester, Delaware, Montgomery,
and other counties in the State, who have
hitherto yielded hearty support to the
present Administration, will be highly de-
lighted with the Government organs dis
seftation on the price of butter. The un-
called for aud unjustiabls abuse contained
in the above extrsct-the fiippan:, charges
o. "barefaced sudacity," 'dish onecty," and
"extorlion will fall pleasantly upon
their "loyaP' ears. But this is no: all.
They are coolly told that.they have no righ,
to expect increased prices for their pro-
ducis--tnat they are "singpl arly exempt
fro m iaxaiion"-and that in The framing of
the Internal Revenue laws they, as cl ass,
have been "singuIarly favored" Indeed,
one would suppose, from reading the Press,
that Congress had been as tender and So
Iicitous of their interests as it showed itself
TO be of the negro But what say the far
mers of Pennsylvania! Have they Felt no
i'll effects from tais wicked and dreary Abo-
lition war? Has not the hired tax gatherer
salked in their midst, and iaker their sub
stance to be spent by shoddy contractors
or squandered in fruitless campaigns !!
Has not a relentless and merciless conscrip-
tion torn from them their unwilling kins-
men ,and hurried them off to the bloody
shambles of Virginia? These things, the
editor of the Press once told them, would
Justify the most extreme measure OF oppo-
sition for said he, resistance TO tyrants is
obedience TO God m Yet now, when taxa
tion is burlhening Them TO the ground
when the draft has taken away their help,
and increased the demand tor labor IN al
the wages paid 10 secure their crops have
irebe5 when ruin, desola,ion, bankruptcy
and all the horrors OF civil war are crowd
ing thick and fast upon ,hem-when they
are compelled 10 pay increased rates ;or
all the necessaries and comforts OF life con-
sumed by their famiies-lhey sre insolent-
ly told that they are '.ungratefuI and grasp.
ing" because they recognize the dePreci-
alton OF the Lincoln currency in the same
light as other men, and refuse, like others,
to sell The products of their industry al the
same rates they did when gold and silver
were "lhe current coin OF the realm" The
advance IN the price Of labor and commod-
tiles follows the depreciation of the cur
renoy, and is not dependent alone on in
creased taxation. This the farmer feels as
much as any other class in the community .
But the farmer Is taxed-laxed frightfullY
and it is sheer nonsense 10 attempt TO
make him believe that he is a favored
member of the community, and therefore
has no right TO join his voice in the gener-
al and universal curse that is now pursuing
TO destruction The corrupt and wicked Ad-
minisiralion OF Abraham Lincoln.
We trust that The farmers or Pennsylvania
will remember this assault upon them, an
avenge it in a proper manner. Perhaps,
Mr.. Rawle may be employed 10 prosecute
them for conspiracy ; but if they escape
punishment and remain freemen until the
day OF election, they will then have ample
opportunity 10 strike blow not only at the
wicked Administration that has brought
ruiz and distress upon them, but also at the
paid li5eIIers of the press, who are adding
insult 10 injury by deiamins and vilhiyine
Ihen.-Age.