The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-06-22
Can Peace and Restored lhfsh be Procured
by Compromise.

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will be part of history. The impartial his
torian, a, future day, when :tha din Of bat
4 lie will no more be heard, aud strife, envy
4 partizan prejudice, are forgotten, will en-
large upon The causes and set the matter 10
rest forever. IL is now upwards of three
years since this civil war was commenced.
The fairest portion OF our beloved land has
been made deso1ste, and deb, created that
will reduce 10 poverty and want the present
1 ard coming generation. Brother against
brother, father against son. son against ia
ther, reIaive against relative, have met on
the baule field and moislened the earth
with their blood ; and where are we now
Are we any nearer towards restored Union
and fraternal feeling than we were when
The first gun was fred Let the unpreju-
diced reader answer. But how are we TO
procure peace and restore the Union but by
war, say the Republicans This is the only
mode left us-ityou know OF another mode
pray tell me, he will add. Well, we will
tell you OF another mode, and sure and
| better one al that. BY war you can never
! restore frsterual Union and a Union with
ou; fraernal feeling would not be worth
rush. By split Of compromise and con-
cession, on both sides, this Union can be
restored 10 all it's former pristine purity, and
| by no oiher mode under the sun. Bot sup
| pose The North would hold out the olive
branch OF peace TO the South, would they
| not spurn at it, asks the Republican again.
We think not. AT any rate, ii would be
worth trial. That there was large and
in nf1uenrial Union element in the South al
the breaking out of this rebellion is we'll
known 10 the reading community. We say
| inf fuentiaI, because their greatest States
! men expressed themselves most devoted
Iy attached to the Union of these S,ates-
some Of vi hom are now and have been ever
since the war began, prominent officers IN
The new Confederacy Immediately after
Inc elevation of this sectional President
| the principa efforts made 10 avoid disrup-
tion came from prominent me OF the
South The celebrated but iEeffsctual ef-
fort made by the "Peace Convention" of
which ex-President Tyler was made Chair
man, was started by southern mes. Crit,en-
denis Resolutions, which would have se:>
lied all in few minutes in peace, bad the
Republicans not voted against them 10
man, came from a southern slalesman.-
Nearly every prominent southern man then
in Congress was ready TO accept them
final settlement of all our difficulties. Most
reluctantly the leading statesmen of the
South entered upon THE dreadful war. In
order TO hare us out in what we say, We
shall publish few extracts from public
speeches m ade by The very leading stales-
men OF the south, some of whom are now
a, the helm of their Government, and no
doubt would yet have the same reverence
for the Union could it be restored upon q
solid and safe foundation.
We shall commence with Jefferson Da-
Wis, now at the head of the Southern Con-
fedsracs. Tie Republican or war man, no
matter what he may call himself, will agree
that his influence is great and would have
much weight with The people. In the Uni
ted States Senate then a Ssuator from the
Stdre of Mississippi, June 27, 1850. in a
speech on the Com promise bill, jefferson
Davis said
I'll have a superstition, sir, which
governs my mind and holds it captive, tits
a supers,itous reverence fel The Union. II
one can inherit a sentiment, may be said
to have inherited this from my revolutions
ary father And if education can develop
a sentiment in the heart and mind OF man,
surely mine has heen such would most de-
velop feelings of attachment for the Unioa.
But, sir, have an allegiance TO the State
which represent here. | have an allie
glance 10 those who have entrusted their
interests 10 me, which every consideration
of faith and of duty, which every feeling OF
honor, tells me is above all other political
considerations. l trust shall never find nv |
allegiance there and here in confict. God
forbid that the day should ever come when
to be true 10 my constituents is TO be hos
tile 10 the Union"
Such were the sentiments of this leading
southern man, near fourteen years ago
What were his views upon the mauer OF
perpeiualing this Union TO the remoIesl
posreriiy eight years after! Here ii is ex-
pressed in language that at once reveals the |
mans heart in public speech at Angus |
Ia in the State of Maine, September 2elb,
1853
"lt has always been with me principle |
to exercise public functions in the spirit of
the Constitution and the purposes OF The
Toin | |
given a vote from feeling of hostility to
any portion of odr common country but
have always kept in view the common well |
fare, and desired by maintaining the Con |
stiIution IN each and every particular, TO
perpeiua,e the blessings II was designed to
secure, and TO transmit The inheritance re-
ceived from our fathers unu.utilated and |