The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-05-04
ANTI-sLAYERY GAINS.
Free Soil and slave Soil.

have collected few facts and figures,
may oe enabled to understand the question
of s'Southern 4eeTessiOns,'' SO much talked
OF. bsfoys the war. hope il they NEE, the
eye OF homes. Republicans, they will give
them their attention. Truth and justice
will ever prevail against falsehood and in-
justice,
The war of i776 which resulted in The
in,le pendence of America, was begun not
with The purpose OF separating The colonies
from the mother country, that did mol eE,er
intoA the design of Tho patriots o! Iha, day.
They peIe net al the outset ,tvoiutionists nor
sscessionisls, bu, fought 10 maintain the
rights of British troemen, they resisted op-
preston, and in doing SO against oosIinacy,
conquered their Independence and their
freedom.
Besides the thirteen colonies which re-
volled there were other British possessions
in America ihere were Nova Scotia, New
Brsnswlck, and Upper and Lower Canada
But these refused TO join with the thirteen
colonies, and 10 Ibis day they are under
British dominion.
The war was carried on, and indePen-
dence finally acquired by New York, New
Jersey, Pennsy vania, Delaware. Mary land,
Virginia. Norh and South Carolina. Georgia,
and The New England States, then but iour
in number, viz New Hampshire, Massa-
chuselis, Conneclicut and Rhode Island
These constituted tlis original thirteen
States, and al, the other States now in the
Union are indebted to them for their posi-
ton as States in the Union.
The Territory acquired with lndepen-
deuce from Great Britain, extended from
New Brunswick aud the Canadas on the
North, 10 the northern boundary o: Florida
on The South, and from The atlantic Ocean
on The East, 10 The Mississippi River and
Louisiana Territory on the West
The area of This domain is upwards of
Bo4, 900 square miIes-all East OF The Mis-
sis.ippi River
The territory lying 10 The west of the Mis-
sissippi River, was at the time G! the Amer
lean Revolution under lks dominion OF
France aud Spain j, exieads from the Brit
ish possessions on the Norlh, 10 The Rio
Grande on lhe Soulh, and to the Pacific
Ocean on the West, and including Oregon
aud California, contains al area OF over
600 900 Of square miles. The. United
States a, this moment claim dominion OF all
this vast tract OF country from the Atlantic
10 the Pacific, embracing an area tinclud-
ing Florida purchased in l8ls) o: about
2, 800 900 spare miles.
AT The dale OF the Declaiion Of lndePen-
dence, al this immense territory was slave
territory, and every sisner of tlie Declara-
lion of lndependencs-,h signer from Mas
sachusslis equally with the signer from
South Carolina-was either himself a slave
holder, or was the representative Of slave
holders.
During the period from the close OF the
Revolution .io.the year 1899, slavery was
abolished in Pennsylvania, aud the States
TO lie East and Moth OF H. So at tha, lat
ter date, seven OF the original States had
become Tree States, and elk remained slave
Slsiss. e
Previous e the year 1908, the United
States held no territory ives. Of the Missis-
rippi River, and the territory east Of that
R.vsf, moi oieanized into States. was the do
main Of several OF the thirteen Siates-as
follows: The territories Of Vernon: and
Maine, which weIe the domain Of New
vi ..d za.sa.cg.ss .ksssa <asr,.cff,,,lv were