The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-11-02
The Result Of Linsuln,s EIselIsn.


are in no way ,iIsconcer ed or disa appointed.
or We have never, tor one moment, enter
.ained a tioubtihai The result wout'i be pre-
.iseiy such as u is now evident 10 all that
il must be. Nor, 10 speak The ruth. are va
iispleased with the issue. We have al
" avs regarded Mcclellan the tnost danger
Gus man for the Ioniederacy tnat could
possibly have been put in nomination Tor
The Norhern Presidency !; nor do We sea
any reason now 10 d,ubi hat our OPINION
was well founded. He has proclaimed
i,iuSel. war candidate, although placed
upon a peace platform. He avows, at the
risK Of losing many votes, bis DETERMINE
ton to prosecute the war TO the re-ioratioH
of the Unlon. He avows hi. deterDina'iol
IL elected 20 place the prosecution of hor-
llirses upon footing CONSISTENT with tho
usagesat civilized nations.
Had he Seen elected, there is every prob
aeiliiy that th. policies of armisiices and
peace conventioss-ihe MOST dangerous
policy that could possibly have been inau-
guraie1 Tor our cause-- wonld have been
pushed 10 coasummation. Resides all .lhi-,
be i man OF large military experiences,
anG knows much better than Lincoln how
10 handle the immense forces placed a, tls
command OF Preside nj OF the Uuiad
States. We are sfatiti 81 then, at ine es
cape we think We have maGe., IL might
have been infinitely worse. We are, in
deed confident thai II woulI have bsen.
We now ara pretty sure OF what we have,
to expect. MOI OILY is Abraham LincoiIg1
President of The UAilsI States tor the neH
tour years alter The Alb OF March, 1865. Of
he goes III with majority large enoughf
sustain him IN any airocry he may nst<
tale. The majority OF ths Nohh have pfe'
tv clearly declared themseiye well peased1
nh n aud vl "a Of
ducliug IT. They iadorss all the atrocities
OF Sherman, all lne crUei.Ies OF HrHier, all
the crimes oil Sheridan, ali lhe ouichery
and barbarism OF Grant The confiagrs-
tions OF oar towns and villages, the deport-
alton OF our women aud children, the siar-.
yauon ot whole populations, the Insiiga-
lions OF onT slaves 10 murder. and robbefy.
an aagrdvalIon OF all lhe horrors oil war iif
iis 10 osl norrioie aspect, where the passions
ars iefI enlirey wItnoIl coulroi, and every
appliance is 1sed 10 sii:nniale them, until,
uy Their Iudui gence, men become devils
all these thIn2s lhe yinuous, inieiigent,
civilized, CHRISTIAN, religious Norh-ihe
heirs of TIE oesI Governmem The sun ever
SHINE upon-have dslioera civ ap proved. of
as applied 10 us. And We acce pi the ap.
pIlcalon Indeed there is no way at es-
cape, did We even desire to avoid the issue.
There can be no shofiins IN ihe ranks
now. Every man must know hss siaes
aud must keep il. fhe issue is not peace
or war, tur freedom or slavery, exlslencs
exteTniaauOn. r
Itis pes, for The people 0, The Confedsf-
acy to understand. once fsr ali, tina. their
hopes consist in their arms alone. Ii VIC
torious, they can conmiHd the issue II
defeated. the issue wiilvery certainly COM
mand them. They are coniencIng with an
enemy who will iIsisn 20 no terms short OF
absolute submissions Let Us hear no mors
cries for peace, oai let every man make up
his mind 10 war We have hitherto bsen
extremely ayerss 10 regard the war as any
thIns more lnan sorl OF episode IN our
existence. We must ia future look upon II
as The main business o our lives. Alt our
Ihoughls masi lurn IN that directioh, -az<
they have nuherIo been turned upon iiio
meaua o! procuring livelihood and e.
Iapiishiug ourselves IN lite. Everything
we DO must, from this day iorih, have some
relauou 10 the conduct OF the war. Our
army must be made regular army; hith-
erto II mas been uolhIng more llIau body
Oi ynlual eers. Oar cavalry system must
De reformed. We must give up money
making aud devote ourselves 10 pursuits
that will assist III carrying on The war.-
Better 10 make lew dollars less ior tho
OF The Yankees
We have become accustomed 10 hard
ships and i-deulal. They viii becoms
even easier 10 us than they are at presens.
Above all, let not our people be deluded by
the cry oi peace II has done -hem an i'm
mouse deal OF harm already, aud IL will do
them a great deal more II they listen 10 n :.
There -, at present, no psospecl ot peacr.
nur will there ee as ioug the Yankees
continue 10 believe themselves gainiuy
victories every day. There will be none,
uuul they shalt become convinced that
their efforts 10 subdue are unayailing. Tnis
conviction we shall be compsllsd to beat
IuIo iherr heads and 10 orier thai we may
do 80, It Is necessary that every man should
De al his post, Ramoant as the Yankees
now are ior war, their tone w0u.sSss -e..fangs
INN mediaely should one ot their armies be
destroyed Tor they would find II d,tficuls
10 replace a.. In the meantime, we ara
convhced that ii We eau. hold our ow,.
through this Winier-as most certainly ws
can-ths worst vail have been 2as,. Our
enemy can never msks such aa efforI -
be has made aGd Is now making
SToRY OF THREE LiScoLS Man -Oae
OF he city papers, WINCH is not very loud
uf Tue al ulIulSiratou, has lately been pub-
lIshing The Declaration of independence
~ InsIaime1ts II IS a-pecusrliy of that
immortal document that some OF its sent,
tnenls are not wholly inapplcabIa to m en-
and time- since the American Revolution.
The editor probably thought II was too
strong 10 be read ail al once, aud gave IL
out BY bits.
Three men who intend 10 vote for Mr..
Lincoln next November happened to bs
looking oa cnpy ot the paper 10 which
we reier IN leTry-boat the olherday.--
The regular diily ao msnt OF The dsclarA-
tiou met their gaze II hal no caption or
other marks lo asnote where il came from,
Being "ioyaf' men, the, read passages
ike The follnwing With indi ,natioa aud as-
foaisntu-nt.