The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-06-22
Can Peace and Restored ,lSfsh be Procured
By Compromise.

war, there can be no reasonable doubt. II
will be a part of history. The impartial his
torian, at future day, when the din OF bat
tie will no more be heard, and strife, envy i,
parizan prejudice, ara forgotten, will en-
large upon The causes and set The matter 10
rest forever II is now upwards OF three
years since this civil war was commenced.
The fairest portion OF our beloved land has
been made desolate, and debt created that
will reduce 10 poverty and want the present
and coming generation. Brother against
brother, father against son, son against ia
ther, relative against relative, have met on
the baule field and moisiened the earth
with their blood and where are We now 2
Are we any nearer towards restored Union
and fraternal feeling than we were when
the FIRST gun was fred Let the unpreju-
diced reader answer. But how are we TO
procure peace and restnfs the Union but by
war, say the Republicans This is the only
mode left us-li you know OF another mode
pray tell me, he will add. Well, We will
tel you OF another mode, and sure and
better one al that. BY war you can never
restore a ffaternal Union, and Union with
on; fraiernaI feeling would not De worth a
rush By split OF compromise and con-
cession, on both sides, this Union can be
restored to all it's former pristine purity, and
by no other mode under the sun. Bot sup
pose The North would hold out the oIive e
branch OF peace tc the South, would they
not spurn al it, asks the Republican again.
We think not. Al any rate, il would be
worth trial. That there was large and
in fluenlial Union element in the Soulh al
the breaking out of this rebellion is we'll
known 10 the reading community. We say
influential, becanse their greatest States
men expressed themselves as most devoted E
sone Of whom are now and have been ever
since the war began, prominent officers in
The new Conlederacy Immediately after
Inc elevation OF this sectional President
the principal efforts made TO avoid disrup-
tiou came from prominent me Of The
South. This celebrated but iEefeciual ef-
fort made by the "Peace Convention" o.
which ex President Tyler was made Chair
man. was started by southern mes. Cri,ten.
denis Resolutions, which would have se:'
lied all in few minutes in peace, bad the
Republicans not voted against them TO a
man, came from a southern slatesman.-
! Nearly every prominent southern man then
! in Congress was ready TO accept them as g
r r. III IL.
] reluctantly the leading statesmen OF ihe
/ South entered upon THE dreadful war. IL
| brder 10 bare us out in what we say, we
4 shall publish few extracts from pcblis
speeches m ade by The very leading states
men OF the soulh, some OF whom are now
al the helm of their Government, and no
6oubi would yet have the same reverence
+ for the Union could it be restored upon {
solid and safe foundation.
/ We shall commence with Jefferson Da
Wis, now at the head of the Southern Con
/ fedsract. Tie Republican or war man, M
matter what he may call himssIi, will agree
+ that his influence is great and would have
much weight with The people. In the Uni
ted States Senate then Seoator from iht
Sidre of Mississippi, June 27, 1880, in 4
speech on the Compromise bill, jefferson
Davis said :
'Il have a superstition, sir. which
governs my mind and holds it captive, II u
a supers,itious reverence for The Union.
one can inheri, sentiment, | may be sai'
L -. rovNlnfInn,
ary ialher. And il education can develop
\ a sentiment in the heart and mind OF man
I surely mine has heen such as would most de
/ velop feelings of attachment for the Unioa
But, sir, have an allegiance TO the Stat
which represent here. have an allie
glance 10 those who have entrusted thei
interests TO me, which every consideration
of faith and OF dnty, which every feeling o
/ honor, tells me is above all other politics
consid eraiions. trust | shall never find m
/ allegiance there and here in confict. Goo
/ forbid that the day should ever come wheI
/ 10 be true TO my constituents is 10 be hos
! tile 10 the Union"
Such were the sentiments of this leadins
southern man, nea- fourteen years ago.
What were his views upon the mater O
perpeiuatng this Union 10 the remoIes
pos,eriiy eight years after J Here j, is ex
pressed in language that al once reveals IN
mans heart, in public speech at Angus
Ia in the Slate of Maine, SePiembsf 2sth
1853.
"lt hSe always been with me principl
TO exercise public functions in the spirit Q
the Constitution and the purposes OF IN
Union. II | know myself. have heve
given a vote from feeling of hostility I
any portion of odr common country bu
have always kept in view the common we
fare, and desired BY maintaining the Con
stiiution m each and every patticolaf, !
perpeiuate the blessings II was designed
secure, and TO transmit the Inheritance re
ceived from our fathers unn.utlated an