The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-07-27

they will receive the suffrages OF those
whom they are at first attempted 10 impov-
erish, and finally determined to degrade
The party which al first refused 10 pay the
miserable p~ittance OF the white soldier in
gold, or raise il 10 an equivalent, and then
only increased his salary on condition OF
placing him on an equality With the negro,
can hardly expect to find much favor in Ills
eyes. il is not likely that.,he foot soretand
and ill-clad private can forget the contractor
who has put shodGy on bis back and straw
paper on his feet, and vote for that party
which sustains and encourages this race OF
harpies. II il only reasonable to believe
that the soldie. would. prefer all OF the
w~asteiui expenditure for his commissariat
TO GO into his W stomach and moi into the
pockets Of the purveyor that he should
moi. starve .ou hard tack..and beans, whilst
his provider is enjoying the food which
ought TO be his, in Champagne aud terra
pins Besides This, soldering, under the
best of circumstances, is not the life that
the American citizen ~lprefers Gle would
rather be tending his p~aiernal acres, driving
his pIowIin his own soil, and enjoying the
comforts of his own iireside. And he can
not therefore, but feel indignation at a party
which has so conducted the war as TO max G
his presence necessary in the field now,
after three years of inefficient bIoodshed
He c%annoabut see that had j, no, been for
them he would haye,ssbesn enjoying ell
those home delights which are so dear to
The American heart, and would have beer
by his labor adding TO the wealth and glory
OF the nation. All OF these things have put
the soldier out of humor with the Repub-
lican party. And this that party knows,
and we know. II is therefore their business
TO cover up this ugly scar in their chances
tor success, and TO endeavor to make The
world believe that they feel confident OF the
army vote. The way this is managed is
ingenious. They do not dare affirm this or
deny outright the soldiers dislike TO them.
Such a course might excite disagreeable
replies. So they insinuate that the Demo-
cratic party fear thath will not receive the
vote. And this insinuation is cheated by
asserting that the Democracy are enGeayor-
ing TO prevent the soldiers from voting.
They thus indirectly argue that the Democ-
racv, s~uspeciirg the sentiment OF the SOL
diers 10 be against them, fear such a vote.
To this end the Abolition Central Com
millee Of this State has delivered itself of a
long pronunciamento, the object of which
is 10 show to the soldiers how sincerely the
AboIiiionisls are their friends-how they
alone desire that the soldier shall vote, and
how everybody else is striving tooth and
nail, with might and main, to deny to him
that inestimabIe privilege. By pretending
that The Democracy breads the soldiers
vote they hope TO inculcate the opinion
that The Abolitionisis do not To most
people il would have seemed proper to
nave restrained all this virtuous indigna-
ton at the denial OF these rights 10 the SOL
dier until somebody had proposed 10 deny
them. Butso long as no single voice,
Democratic or otherwise, in aRy official
manner has, so far as we know, made the
slightest objection to the military vote, (fhe
only refusal 80 give the soldier his right
being the objection Of the Republicans 10
raise his wages, these outbursrs in his be-
half are premature. They betray the real
intention OF these blatant "soIdIer's
friends" which is not TO assist the soldier
but themselves. These eloquent flights
show the real aud just fear they entertain
of the deserved hostility of the army, and
are brilliant efforts at The neat little dodgd
OF putting on Democratic shoulders the
mantle in which they find themselves en-
wrapped.
The Democratic party has no fear of the
vote TO ne cast by the army. Why should
they? What they do fear IS that the ex.
preston o. the soldiers voice will not be
allowed TO be heard that an attempt will
be made by the knaves in power 10 convert
the election 10 camp into E. farce, a juggle,
a cheat that, no matter now decidedly the
soldiers by their votes condemn this Ad-
inistration, which has wronged them, the
returns willonly show unqualified approval.
This and the consequences of this, are what
PoAy oPPiOhOhu' AuCJ
have not forgotten the manner in which
last years elections were conducted. The
STRENGTHENING fraud and The Ohio
are not calculated TO induce a very
strong belief in the purity and the honesty
OF Abolition Captains and Lieutenants, The
returning officers. They believe that Lieu
tenan Edgerly was dismissed the service
for circulating "Copperhead tickets" in
New Hampshire, many a poor private
would dread the guard house and "buck-
ing" and "gagging" for voting the same.
Ii is a wellsknown fact that while the Ad-
minisiration has relied on the hard-6sted
Democracy 10 fill up the "6Ie.D nearly all
the "rank" of the army has been thoroughly
abolitionized. The most capable and meri-
torious officers lave been dismissed and
dap radof nm acc0unf of their noiiffo,i oo.,