The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-10-26

son proclamation DISTINGUISHING the 2eopls
Of thar Stale. The article speaks for itself
Ii, like the Wade Davis protest, brings in
sill more OF the damnins evidence asaius
this corrupt administration. Mr.. Lincoln il
making still wider and more firm the walk
TO his own destruction. Mark his first and
only qnery alter the protest had been read
10 aim 8 May 1 inquire how long il took
sou and tie New. York politicians to con
coct that paper?' Now, ahal could he
the Presid ent Of the United States mean by
such a question Did he suppose that the
people Of Tennessee could not understand
his internal Vaccinations aud that il look
New York politicians 10 point out TO aud
help them see he ~despotic doings oil what
Doutd be The Lincoln Johnson republican gov
eInmen:? II This was his snpposniop, We.
as well as does the bearer thereof, MIR Lsll-
yeir, can assure him that such is not the
case. Our assurance would be from the
honest and sincere manner in which the
paper is written, aud The Just iniegri. y OF
the men whose names are atlached,-just
because they. would support a truly Union
AID Constitutional man, and because ,bey
belong TO the onty Union loving pariy, and
which now, as i; always has. supports the
Union, the Consultation, aud the Laws, as
The founders Of this great republic made
them.
And now his answer. What does he
mean by :" That | expec, 10 let The irie ndt
OF George B. Mcclellan manage their side
of his contest. in their own way, and will
manage my side OF il in my way Z" Has
any one The slightest idea o: what he woo.d
convey in such an answer! Has he him.
self any thought of what he is doing! Can
il be that he has so far forgotten himself as
10 have lost all sense OF du,y-of The duty
and obligation he owes 10 the citizens OF
all the States? Verify, il seems so. 1t
seems Thar Mr.. Lincoln would have US re-
stficied even more than the lowest s%utject-
10 the British Kingdom. He says he will
lei "McClellan'- friends m~anageaheir side
OF this contest in thir own way" Aud how
is their way? Ii is by a fair deposit OF The
vote OF every honest man in the baIiol-box,
and to secure The election of their candidate
BY lair aud just means only. And-agaiu he
says, "And will manage my side OF il IN
way" Now, what is his way Ii is
by supPressing law abiding and Consti-
%tutiohal newspapers, arbitrarily arrestins
Peaceable c~itizeus, guarding election polls
with armed squads, and DISTINGUISHING real
~cilizens generally and at the same time
giving those mol jpdicially entitled TO a vo,e
unbounded privilege. as the sursst mode OF
has re election. Now, " hat do ye, the PEG
pie OF The Uniied States, think OF such a
man Do ye sincerely think he ought 10
be re-elscieG to the highest Office in our
power to give! We cannot think you do
1t is impossible You cannot want This
lonce The most ireel country made a SOU
Under The rule OF snch men as
Lincoln, Andrew Johnson g. Com
paDy, IN less than a year, We predict, our
country will be a monarchy Of as much If
not more arbitrary power than Great Britain
Or any OF the sovereign coun;riss Already |
Lincoln has his comparisoned escorr
and armed guard Again, American cili-
zens, what IEink you OF such a future1 l.
not the mere idea a curse ! And could you
not abhor the men, aud brand them ss Irai-
OF The deepest dye, who would seek to
bring this country as low? Il ye could
not, you, 100, are as false TO your Iusl as
his man Lincoln himself!
Mr.. Lincoln, again, 10 siludirg to the
protest said 81 understand this. | know
Tou intend to make a point of this Now
his would seem very foolish did we not
know the man, and his utter par;ialily 10
.oolish ard vulgar things. understand
We think not If he understood ii,
md bis owl position, he would think aud
peak differently. You intend 10 make a
point OF this" This Is The way we think
DoutG understand il. He would make
himself believe il is a common electioueer-
ng document. But il is not. II is the
: solemn voice OF a once Tree and proud
protesting against heir own Jisiran-
,hisement by the agent OF Abraham Liz
:olO." His own answer 10 this protest Is
ore capital for George B. Mcclellan tn an
! cart load of the protests themselves
MIR. Lincoln, were you not so blind
o sight and numb TO pain, you could both
zee and feel the great injury you are doing
But a truce 10 this. Why shou'G
We so sloop as 10 talk about such a man l.
/ man who is more Ill TO he the m
=
'st ~subjecl he would make O., than Presi-
leni OF his great country. Why speak OF
tf II is an idle question Can The great
'oice keep silent when il sees 6 lis alp
lbout TO perish, aud that, loo, in such hands,
Sol and ii shall not be, il shall not! He
not reign for another as he has Tor The
asst four years II he is bound to make