The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-10-12
ECH
ROBERT r. LITTLE, Esq,
OF W5dAfsS county, al OrangevilIe, TO-
lumbia county, sept 30, 1864.


fHEPORTED BY ID. r. mUkPH1J
For come years past, fellow-citizens. the
people, or at least q considerable portion
of them, have been following after strange
gods. aud announcing strange doctrines
doctrines that not many years ago would
have been secuted by every statesman in
the land, aud perhaps may say are still
secuted by every sfatesnaan In the land.
These doctrines have become for some few
wears past the sas4s0n, to such an extent
that those of u who still adhere to the
doctrines of The Fathers are stigmatized a.
:. opperheads." What peculiar sigui6
cauce our friends on the other side who
arroyate 10 themselves all the loyalty
aud patriotism that it has pleased God
ever to vourhsafe to ma attach to this
term. do not know; butt think do know
that not many years hence we shall find
them undertaking to steal it from US, and
ssimips to have been the original Cop
perhraas of the land, TO have been Cop
prrheads from the beginning
w hen the organs of this 'sloyal party
shall come to publish the usual notice OF
sh.. proceedings OF this meeting they viii
undoubtedly tell their "loyal readers chat
your speakers upon this occasion had a
grea, deal to say against Abraham Lin
coln. bus not word against Jefferson Da
via. Lest might bring reproach upon
this meetlng, beg Of you, fellow w-citizens,
10 assuase that l have devo'ed far por-
sion of my allotment of thine To denuncia-
'tion and abuse of Jrfferson Davis 1t will
save your time it will save me some la
boz; aud it will be all the same to Jeffer-
son Da,is. Laughter.).
need not rsmiDd you, fellow citizens,
that Washington and Jackson on the oc-
-casion of their retirement from public life,
nj time when no uotiyes other than mo-
lives of the p.rest and loftiest pasriotism N
could have Influenced them, warned the
people of America 10 beware Of sectional
ism to beware of sectional parlies,-par-
'.irs based upon geographical divisions or
lines, or based upon issues which might
array the people of one section OF the
country in. hostility to the people of anofh
'er section Of the country. You allreeol-
Iect the waraings of those Venerated
statesmen in refer ence 20 that subject. /
need not remind you of the history Of our
country for the lant four years; il is too
fresh 10 your recollection. Until 1860 no
sectional party ever triumphed in the Uni
ted States. In 1860 purely sectional
rarity triumphed in the election Of that
wear. know il is denied that that party
was sectional but let Us see.
That party was based upon the idea of
hostility TO the so called ''peeuliar inst
tussoa'' uf the South. That institution
was confined 10 the southern section of The
Union. It was, therefore. sectional In
stuutiou. The party formed upon the idea
oil hostility to that institution had its loca-
tion ir the northern sertion OF the Union.
The o. ject Of its hostility was sectional
institution belonging alone to the States of
the South. Therefore, party based on
this idea smust he sectional party. The
creation of such a sectional party 10 the
North based upon the idea of hostility to
an institution which belonged only to the
South, naturally originated the iuaugura-
lion OF party in the South based upon
she idea Of the support OF that institution.
We had these two parties, one in The North
and the other in the South, aud we have
before as the consequences which were so
accurately anticipated and foretold by the
5llustrinus statesmen whose names | men
toned q moment since
Why shouH the Democratic party sym-
psthlze with tho South Why should it
sympalhize with secession Let us look
nj this question moment, for you know
that we are charged with such sympathy.
hooking to the past, what has the Demo
cra,ic party gained by secession Nothing.
Has il lost anything By secession As a
barty. as . political organization, il lost
everything by secession. We were in pow
ar n Congress. This Administration
would have been barren Of all seriously
evil results to the country had is not been
for secession. We should have still re-
NAMED in majority in Congress, and no
sectional policy could have been carried
out By the present Administration. How
is it With the other party What have
they lost By secession Nothing. As
political organizarion. what have they
gained by secession Dominion in this
land --absolate, arbitrary. despofic do
ninioD.
Then AK you again, fellow-citizens.
Shv shcz<ld the Democratic party sympa-
ihiss uish, feel kindly towards the south
ern secession movemenrt Looking to the
future. bow is Il 7 Our hopes are based
upon the restoration Of the Union all our
interests ~ ! political ofganizafion are
fdentffed with The Union. Restore the
Un;o0, and vs are sgain IN power, pefflia-
nonfly n power as political organization.
Hoy will it be With the Republican par
- AZ. f>I1ow cifiz they see the