The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-03-16
NUMBER 81.
WHY THE ADnlslSTRATIOS SHOULD BIZ
CHANGED
Facts fOr the People 10 POpdsr.

Whatever differences OF opinion may ex-
Isl upon certain questions of law, or expe.
diency, which have arisen during the pro.
gress OF this great war there is a tolerabls
certainty about some things which fayors
The idea OF change 10 the management o.
DOR public sfairs. We may safely include,
IN The catalogue of objections TO the present
administration, the following
First that he war has been perverted
from It's originally declared purpose, (namsly,
The simple suppression of certain armed or.
ganizations in The South, with view TO the
restoration of friendly and constitutional re-.
lations,) 10 a gigantic scheme for the SUD
version OF The industrial system Of The Soc,L-
ern Stales
Second that the war has been made a
pretex. and apoligy for :he usurpation, by
the President, of powers unwarranted by
the Federal Constitution and totally irrecon.
cilable with the letter and spirit OF our insti.
iutions
! Third, That the war has been conducted
TO bulld mp party at the expense of blood
/ aud treasure and lime, and al The hazard of
permanent separation of The sections, in-
asmuch eminent military officers have
been deprived OF command fo- merely par
iisan reasons, and, for the same cause, vio-
lent and inefiic,en; men put in stead troops
have been withheld at critical junclures, and
the carefully devised plans OF able generals
have been wautonly reversed, the chief OBJ
ject OF all OF which folly and crime has been
to destroy some real or ianced popularity
OF certain commanders with with The mass.
es of their counirymen.
Fourth That the conduct of the war ba.
been characterized by cerruptions unprece
cenied IN the history Of any people, for
which the President has, in many ins,an-
ces, Guide, the cases OF Cameron,) declared
himself responsible.
Fifth, That the administration has com.
miied itself to doctrines which elevate the
military above she civil power, effect the
purity of The ballot box, and endanser the
personal liberty of The citizen.
Sixth, and finally, That the policy now
} declared is falal not merely TO all ideas of a
legal re union OF The States, but oreshadows
future bankruptcy, constant agitation, the
establishment of a large standing army, and
} IN time by no means remote, military
Capitalization such as to>day exists ia
France.
II there be persons of such buoysnt and
sanguine temperament, as TO laugh at the
calami'ies which We have indicated, and to
| style them the mere phanioms Of a brain
morbidly jaundiced, we beg leave 10 remind
them OF what has beer done we ask them
10 weigh the meaning OF the claim asserted
: 5y alr Lincoln 10 be the sole Judge in all
cases OF what is lawful and proper TO be-
done as military necessity" We call
their attention TO what has been done in
Virginia in defiance OF the opinion OF MIR.
Caleb Bates, Attorney General in Mr.. Lin
coins Cabire,. We point Them 10 the mes.
sage OF Governor Bradford, showing how
elections are carried by gun and sword
We recall 10 them the act Of placing the
Free North under martial law We ask
them 10 pause before the schemes of reor-
, ganizing States according 10 Mr.. Lincoln's
idea HIS oath ponder over it. We ask
them to consider the meass used to make
the army political engine in utter scorn
OF all she warnings Of history and we Did
hem think OF the terrible increase of new
offices to swell the dispensing power" oil
the Government, while the people are
struggling under the burden of high
: prices
II these be mol reasons ampe enough to
warrant the people 10 demanding new
agents, then we shall begin 10 despair OF the
intelligence and virtue OF the people. We
shall begin to forecast the doom OF this once
peerless and happy republic. Let the men
10 at Washington, who have made carniva
t and tariffic of this awful ieud, vacate thei
e seats, and let them fresh from the people
l. take the helm, men who will not forget :ha
e they are responsible, men who will not con
Of rive new-fanged oaihs whilst they ar,
J. daily breaking the old and honored OATH
ii which they took high heaven TO witness
3, that they would faithfully keep men WHIT
e wili labor 10 get Us Union, but what is ever
better than Union-our old and tried poil
zeal system as devised by the statesmen O
: 1857 men who will keep their hards fre,
from Illicit gaia men who will restore ou
national name and fame abroad, which
have been so sadly furnished by the shut
fling and cowardly polic5 of the last ,hre,
years.
Give Us a change. II is the prayer of ihi
Ie people, even if II is not their hope. YET
Ie there are signs in the armament which glad
l. dens the souls OF men. There are sign
which hundreds of thousands watch as th
a opportunity of the nation. God grant tia
they may not iall I-Cieceland Plain Dealer.
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ef so much ofiner than a man is iha. both b