The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-06-22
COUNTY, PA. WEDNESDAY JUNE %. 1864.

III tbO bPlIl IL "u1 Out
fathers made Union of friendly States
Now hostility has been substituted for fra
ternity. call on al; men who have hearts,
and who love the Union, 10 look the danger
in the face. Our people are prepar-
ed to do Justice. = This Union is dear
TO me as Union of fraternal STATES. 1t
would lose its value if the Union had 10 be
held together ty armed physical force
Hostility, not fraernny, wond then exist
in the hearts Of the people,"
And again. in The same place, January
11th, he said =
"Long tsve offered propositions for
equality in the Union. Not single Repu5-
lcan has voted for them. do no' regard a
garding the settlement of difficulties the
President himself says he has no power
he has thrown ii upon you-he has lolc
you The responsibility is upon you If you
decide right, the angel o! peace will spread
her wings"
After The Republicans had refused any
mpromise, after they had voted down all
the propositions that were made during that
memorable session of Congress, after The
Southern Safes had seeded from the Uni
on, and alter he had been elected as their
President, Mr.. Davis, in his first message
to the Confederate Congress, said -
"We have vainly endeavored 10 secare
tranquility and obtain respect FOR the rights
to which we were entitled. As necessi-
iy, not choice, we have resored to the
remedy OF separation. If JUS; percep-
iion of mutual interest shall permit US
2eaceably 10 pursue our separate political
career, my most earnest desire will have
been fulfilled But il this be denied Us,
and the integrity OF cur territory and jurs-
diclon be ssssiled, it will but remain for
with firm resolve to appeal TO arms and
invoke the blessing OF Providence on just
cause"
This is what The President OF The South.
ern Confederacy said on various occasions
Is this mar a secessionist from choice or
from necessity and were an opportunity
afforded 10 return 10 the Union with their
rights protected, don't you think he would
no, embrace ii
Now. We will introduce Alexander H.
Stephens, the Vice President of The Con-
federacy. His Union feelings are 80 We II
known thet much of his public acts and
speeches need not be quoted At Augusia,
Georgia, July 10, 1861, after his return from
the Senate of the United States 10 his home
he said -
awe appealed to them, (the North.) We
believed il was best for all the States, as
Washington presided over The Convention
tina; made the Confederation, that all the
States should remain in lhe Union, faithful
Iy performing each for itself The obligations
of the Constitution"
Gov. Moore, OF Ala, in his message TO
the Legislature Oh Nov. 7lh, of the same
year, said -
al am no secessionist per Sc, and would
like 20 contemplate ie our future glory as
nation, could / have the assurance that the
Union, upon the basis of The Constitution.
would be as durable as the hills and valleys
embraced within the vast Territorial limits
OF It's Jurisdiction. This cannot be the case.
however, unless each section OF the cour-
try accords 10 every other section the foil
measure Of ils Constitutions al rights"
Gov. Lelcber, of Virginia. in his letter TO
J S. Brisbin, Nov. 18th, Of The same year,
said -
''If the North will respect and uphold
the rights Of the States, toe Union wih be
perpetual
In this hour OF danger ii is the duty of pa
:riols in all sections of our country to cul-
tivate a kind, generous and conclialory
spirit one towards another"
Gov. Brown, of Tennessee, said in De
cemter, Of the same year -
i am for the Union as long as il can be
maintained consistently with The compro-
mises of The Constitute on am for re-
dressing The wrongs of The South in the
Union by peaceful remedies and until such
remedies are exhausted by fair trial Let
our war cry be-The Union and the rigkn of
all under ii. in undivided fortune and glory"
MIR SideIl, U. S Senator from Louisi-
ana on taking leave of that body, after Lou
isiana had seeded from the Union, made
the following remarks. This Is the same
man who represents the Coniederacy in
France as Minister 10 that country -
"They hope ard wish for peace, but the
decision of the question rests with The Free
States. He bad no doubt if The issue was
fairly presented 10 the people of tts States,
:hey might have peaceful separation, with
the possibility and probability OF a COM
pIete or partial reconstruction"
Howell Cobb, on leaving Congress, after
Alabama had seeded, thus addressed his
fel low me m bers:-
"When he reiurned home should he NOT
tell his people there is yet hope! He re-
peared he had permiied himself to believe
that something could be done that the States