The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-02-01


have TO trust again. / ct US pledge our
selves, if need be, afresh 10 this resolve
Let US swear by the memory OF our immor-
tai dead by the sufferings of the past, and
hopes ofthe future by ravaged fields
and desolated homes by The tears and
sorrows of widowhood, and cries of belp-
less orphauage; by the blood of the slaiE
I that calls 10 us from the ground, that we
will never, never have part or lot in any
government which, in its every department
i executive, legislative, and judicial, is under
| the sole and exclusive control of those who
I can offer US n guarantee for the future, but
| the brok en- faith of the past This is what
manhood and liberty require. This was
the spirit that fired the hearts of those who
fell so nobly at Thermoplae, and of those
who conquered so gloriously at Marathon
and such, too, the spirit which dictated the
ever-memorable reply OF heroic William of
Orange, when, poisiug himself upon the
center OF bis own great sonl, he solemnly
declared before God that be would nsver
abandon his country, however desperate
her cause, bui would defend her TO the last
extremity, and die in the last ditch. We
have but to catch this spirit to consecraie
ourselves 10 our liberty, and TO pass from
heart 10 heart the sacred fire OF devotion TO
our country's cause, and We will-we must
be free. Let il be remembered tha; the
boon OF liberty is never denied TO those
who are worthy of ii; and they alone are
II
determined TO do or die 1t is written in
the book of late; it so revealed in the provi-
dences of God, and proclaimed ir moral
agencies, which sway the deslinies of the
world.
DIR Lincoln JUiH nerer negotia'e iUith the
South fiH he IS ready IN acknowledge heir
independence.
From the Richmond Wing. Jan 2l.l
II would be absurd to suppose that i'm
mediateiy after those successes which Yam
keedom processes 10 believe are Growing
vislories of the war and finishing stroke TO
The rebellion, Lincoln would offer or accept
any other terms than such as would involve
our unconditional return 10 Yankee Union
And as Ihi- would uot require negotiation,
but, on the contrary, would be an utter ab-
dictiun on our part of even the right TO ne
goliate, it is jnst as absurd TO suppose that
be intends 10 enter into any diplomac dis
cussions with our government We ven-
iure TO state, and 10 place the statement on
record a prediction on which we are
wiling TO hazard our sagacity that Lincoln
will never negotiate with he government of
the Confederate States till he is ready TO sc>
knowledge their independence. Neither
can We aUach much importance 10 The re-
iterated expression Of an intense desire on
the part of our Yankee brothers 10 find out
what we mean and what we want. The
pursuit OF this kind OF knowledge is not at
tended'by so many difficulties as to make
its attainment at all probematical. We
know that the moral sense of the Yankees
is pretty effectuaIly blunted, and that they
have lost the little capacity they ever pos
sessed TO discriminate between right and
wrong, bui even Yankee wonld know
what man meant who should try 10 expel
a thief from his kitchen, or a burgIer from
his bed chamber. Then why does Liucolu
send his emissarles here ! Simply because
he knows that II The Conisderacy held out
for another crmpaign, her triumph is assur-
ed and our independence won because be
knows that his available physical re sources
are absolutely exhausted that neither the
cheap enthusiasm OF the populace over
magnifed victories, and inconsquentiaI |
successes nor The frantic appeals OF all
the newspapers in The land nor the subtle /
persusions OF Seward and other priests and
and prophets Of Black Rspuolicanisms; nor
his own supernumerous calls and procla
can aid him in anything in getti /
together another army even half as great as
that which he launched upon the South in /
the first days OF May last. He must, there /
fore, either induce the Confederate Govern. !
meni 10 surrender, or by some means break I
up the league OF these State; or, by prov
ing 10 the North the utter hoplessness of re- I
storing their sacramental Union except by /
fshtingior 1t, so TesHscilate the war spirit, !
as enable him 10 raise the three hundred I
thousand men contemplated by lis last call, /
Else he will be broken down before The next I
summer Begins, and all the magnificent pow
er and pompous military parade OF the uni I
versal Yankee nation will taGe away, and
leave not rack behind.
A New York Administration paper bav
inc stated thai Gen Dig aided nv the de.
ectives has found every incendiary engag