The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-09-28
Why The South hopes for LlncOn'S Re-slec-
tiOl,

! The Democratic nominees in the United
States are Mcclellan Tor President and Pen
| dleton FOR Vice President What concern
have the people of these Confederate
States in the fate of these candidates at the
approaching electon2 In our opinion, the
interest and hope oil peace is not greatly
advanced by these nomnaiions From
Gene raj Mcclellan our people can have
but liule hope Of peace, other than a re-
J construction peace. \ What
! hope do his aniecedents hold out that
should encourage our people to believe
that he would yield our nationality any
sooner than Lincoln ? He is By far the
more dangerous man for US had his poll
cy been persislenlIy followed, and the war
conducted on the principles of civilized
warfare, he might have divided our people
and, perhaps, conquered our liberles.-
With consumae abilities he clearly foresaW
ihat emanci patton gh possibly free the
negroes, but could not unite the sections,
! that confscalon might enrich his soldiers,
but could no: reconcile our people. hence,
with an earnest and honest love for the Un.
! ion, he avoided those fatal acts, and con-
Quoted the war for the restoration of the
Union, rather than the destruction of the
! South. His policy vas the olive-5ranch
in one hand and the sword in the other, to
conquer by power and conciliate by kind
ness. 1t was a most dangerous policy for
! US, for if the ameioraing hand of Federal
/ kindness had softened The rigors OF war,
our people would not have been subjected
10 those terrible fires of suffering by which
| Mr. Lincoln has hardened every heart and
steeled every sentiment against our merci-
less foes AS sincere secessonist prefer
ing war and nationality 10 peace and The
! Union, we looked upon the fact of diff
ersnce between Mr. Lincoln and General
Mcclellan as to The proper policy of con.
ducting The war, as peculiarly foi,unaie for
our cause. We hailed the proclamations
| OF emancipation and confsca;ion, and the
| policy Of plunder nd devastation as sure
| pledges OF our Ultimate triumph they
were terrible ordeals, but they most effect.
ualIy eradica.ed every sentiment of Union,
and arousing the pride as we'll as the in
terest of our people, nfamed the patriot
! ism of the whole, until they would have
accepted death as prefe rable to ultimate
defeat.
Now, between Mcclellan and Lincoln
there are many points of diierepce-the
former is man of talents, OF information,
( OF firmness and great military expe rience
and abiiily-lhe later is a supple, plant,
| easy fool, good but vulgar joker. While
| Mcclellan has the interest of the Union
| only at heart, Mr.. Lincoln has the fanatical
object Of freeing negroes tor his inspiration
! Between "my plan," as Genera. Grant has
! conducted it, and one by General McCle-
Ian, there could not have been the same
success That has already attended our arms,
for we lost more men fighting the science
of Mcclellan on the Peninsula than we
have ia rsPellins the furious but iIl-con.
Quoted assaults OF General Grant.
Tins, whether we view this nomination
in The light of peace or of war. We prefer
| Lincoln to Mcclellan. We can make bet
ter terms of peace with an ami slavery
! fanatic than with an earnest Unionisl. We
can gain more military success in a war
I conducted on "my plan" than one OF a
/ real soldier like Mcclellan, ard sooner de-
siroy The resources and strength OF our en-
emy where they are managed and manp-
ulated by the light fingered gentry Of
! Messrs. Chase and Fessenden, than when
( husbanded and skilfully controlled by such
a man as Guthrie. Oar best hope is from
! the honest fanatics OF the United States,
/ men who believe in their hearts that sla-
very is the "sum OF all villanies," and
/ who really and sincerely believe il to be
( their duty TO separate their county from
! This "reIic of barbarism." Such men,
/ when they find that their people are tired
/ OF the war, will end it By peace that sac
/ riices territory 10 freedom, and will let the
South 'go,' provided she carries slavery
with her These men believe no less that
[ the just powers of government are derived
! from the consent of the governed, than ''ihat
/ all men are created free and equal" The
( two postulaies are of like importance to an
| Aboiilionist.
| Both the Abolitionist and the Democrat
| is our enemy-the oGe, because we have
| slaves, the other, because we are disunion-
lists. Nor does their enmi,y differ in de-
! gree; they both hate US most Intensely
The Chicago platform is, that "peace may
| be restored on The basis of the Federal Un-
/ ion of The states"-that is, reconstruction
Of the Union as it was, with slavery pro.
tected by The nominal laws, but warred up
on by real sentiment, aggravated and en-
bitered by the war. The reconstructed Un-
/ ion of the Chicago platform would be the
certain destruction-frst, of slavery, ani
next OF Shareholders. With Lincoln and
the Baltimore platform. we OF the Confed-
crate States know where we are-outside of
the pale of men, devoted to ruin and de-