The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-04-13
three Years of Abolition RuIc.

lave, its Constitution and its people-vio
latiug the first, iramping The Constitution
under foot, and iyrannizing over The 2eo-
pe Hundreds OF thousands Of our cili-
zens have died on the field OF battle or in
the hospitals OF wounds or di sease contrac-
led. Millions Of parents have mourned
sons lost, wives bereaved of their husbands
and children o: their fathers. Everywhere
The voice Of lamenlatioE has gone up TO the
heavens, and the end is not yet.
Three years ago the South was TO be
s'cleaned oct" with a single regiment, for
all beyond Mason and Dixon's line were
towards as we'll as traitors. A month or
two later, seventy five thousand men were
not only to do the Job efiectualy, but were
10 "repossess all the forts and places" held
by those in rebellion against the "best Gov
eminent on earth. Then came call after
call for more troops, unnl for more than
thirty months we have had in the field a
larger army han was ever raised BY any
single country on earth. For near three
years these brave men have fought and
bled and died, and now, al this presen:
wrilihg, The eud sought TO be accomplished
is, 10 the eye OF man, furlher off than ever.
! Why is this? Are The Confederate troops
/ ured 10 hardship than ours? No man will
believe The, FIRST, for il is Jolly in the ex-
IRENE TO suppose that one section Of The
j same country, born OF the same blood, and
/ Iostered 5y the same institutions, can be
! bravef than another. The Federal troops
are better cared for, so far as TODD AMI cloth
ing ia concerned, than those OF The South,
and thanks to our fair coun,rywonen, that
which the Government shamesully with
holds in the shape of sanitary stores, is
more than made up by their exerrions.-
Except in TWO things, the Federal troops
/ have the advantage. The Confederate troops
! fight upon their own soil and 10 defense Of
! their own homes, and lIieiE leading officers
are better than ours. tlhe South, these
are selected for military skiii-at The North,
/ for political subservlency.
Tire want OF Federal success is atirbu-
table TO The fact that 10 united people, bat
ling for what they deemed their rights,
ever were conquered by arms.
When The war broke out, Mr. Lincoln, in
his Message, assured the people that every
Southern State, il we except South Cafoli-
ma, bad Union majority. His alter action
showed ;ha, if ne believed this he de-
lermined 10 make il Otherwise for, iE def
ance OF Eis own pledges TO the contrary,
he commenced 10 war upon the rights OF
the Southern people, which has made Them
uni, in their determined resistance.
In this unhoIy crusade against the lives
and liberty Of the people, sad of thai Con-
sliiuiion which, with its silken bonds, held
the Union in broiherIy ties, the Abolition
isis have received 'aid and comfort" with
oul which they could not have Been sue
cessful, from prolessed Democrats, who,
since the war has assomed iis preseu, Ab-
olilion shape, have clamored loudly for lis
vigorous prosecution, while seeing, or il
they were not purblind they nigh, see,
that every day the contest is wsged but
serves 10 render reconstruction the more diff
ficul,.
These War Democrats have become, by
the very :oice of their action, War Atoli-
tonisis, and with The zeal Of new converts
/ they urge on the coples,, 10 the wreck OF
all that, in The days when they were DEM
! ocrals in TACT, as well as in name, they
/ deemed wise and good in Government. IL
is TO such aid as this given that The war
| commenced; ii is TO The comfort lheif mad
| n -, I,a
( given the Confederate Government that has
| made il so popular with all classes in the
South, that they pledge all they hold sacred
to It's support Il is this feeling that has,
Tins far, enabled he Administration OF Jet
ersoa Davis 10 Withstand all assaults-Ihe
army ,na, il has Impoverished 10 meet the
larger armies of The North, aud 10 hold its
1 own in some OF the bloodiest contests upon
record.
The country overwhelmed with debt
voluntary eniisimen,s falling, resort is had
to forced conscrption. The North has
Tough. Cor nearly three years, without sin-
gle effort a; peace. Is il not time that this
state OF things should give way TO such a
fair concession of just rights as might have
saved the thirteen colonies 10 England, and
by refusing 10 do which, she lost them. A
I single pledge from Mr.. Liucoln in tie be-
ginning might have avened the war. The
| compromise measures OF he Peace Con-
ssess Nigh; have saved hundreds of lhons-
! ands of lives, and thousands OF millions o.
treasure. Bntiney were disfegarded-mad
Eess and folly and fanaiicism ruled the
hour, and amid The ihroes oi civil war, tbs
people ara lefi no rue in sackcloih ard il
ashes The evil deeds of those who in thei
weakness they inlru>Ied with power.
"Molher.' said Ike PariinstOu, did yoI
know that the Iron Horse has but on'
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