The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-09-06
PARTY ORGANIZATION.
AN ADDRESS,
By WESLEY WRIT, ESQ,
III ke great Mob Mountain Meeting, august
goth 1865.

! III 10 one OF Inc prlncIPal ouJecls III al
great political gatherings, such as this is
likely TO be, by words OF announcement,
congratulalion, or counsel, 10 strengthen The
faith as we'll as hope of those who at the
lime are associated politically together.
Man is so constituted, al least the most OF
men, that, in the absence of encouragement
from his fellow man, he is ap TO fal:er and
sometimes 10 despair, no matter how land-
able the object he desires to accom- plish.
There are great minds, indeed, which no
lack of support can dismay, no temporary
! want of success can distract from their get
tied purpose. Such was that of Washing
! ton, and others o! our own country, whom
/ | will not invidiously mention. Ia the dark
! esi hours of the days when from the black
1 ness aud clouds of desporlsm was being
/ eliminated a new Principle-new because
j; had never taken the forR which it took
when it became the underlying principle of
our Governmenl-in the darkest hours Of
the Revolution, when even Congress, made
/ OF stuff as stern as ever Roman Senale was,
falered and almost despaired Washingtou's
! faith remained mistaken. No disaster no
! lack OF the materie so necessary TO carry
on war against rich and powerful enemy,
made his heart faint, OF shook his high re-
solve.
The examples Of such men are beacons
to us Individually, and TO peoples in the
mass. They leach us first, to resolUe and
next 10 perseuere and then, when in a good
cause, success will rarely be wanting. These
examples are great incentives; but yet,
before remarked, many men falter unless
supported by their feIiow-men-co-w
| in the same cause. That in union there is
strength, is one of the first laws of nature /;
| and the more intimate and close The union
The greater The strength. We see This ex
| empIi6ed in the trees of this grove. sim
/ gle tree standing alone may not be able 10
resist The Storm. 1t receives the blast with
out support, ard yields. But when sur
rounded by fellows of equal dimensions
and strength, all are able 10 stand. The
stalks o! grain standing in a Geld, the stones
! III an arch, the bundle of sticks, are all ex-
amples in physical nature of the advantages
/ 10 be derived rom Union. So it is 10 The
!
or The political world. Experience IN our
] own and in olher countries shows tha: great
social or political reforms are seldom ac-
complished either by one man alone, or by
a body Of men having The same object in
view, but acting unharmoniously. II is true
great principles, having truth for their foun-
da,ion must and do eventually succeed bui
/ when The vicious and dishonest systemati-
| cally and in combined numbers con;roverl
and battle against Them they commonly
succeed only by The determined and COM
! bined efforts of the good Truth crushed
10 earth will rise again." bot when down,
she msy struggle long il her enemies boldly
act in concert, and her friends look eoldy
on, or make but distracted and unharmoni.
ous efforts 10 relieve her Who shall say
they understand twill not eventually tri.
umph in Poland, in Hungary, in Ireland, in
Circascis ! In the larer county, infinitely
weak in comparison with her opponent The
cause of the people was maintained for
| ninety years. Russia with population oil
scores OF millions, was no, able 10 place her
yoke upon the necks OF one fif;Ie,h mat
nun ber; and it was only when Circasca
became distracted iE her councils, and heT
people consequently disheaTened so much
so that large portion Of them emigraled
to The adjoining empire OF Turkey, that
Russia was able TO say she held the country
A proper union Of parties and of interests
n all of these countries may vel bring
about their disinhralment.
So II is with political parties. The his
tory Of ihe civilized world is foil OF in
stances of failure arising from want OF una
| nimty, and OF success from harmony. We
need hardly poin, you 10 a parry of to-day,
J possessing a power heretofore unknown in
! our counry-the power OF the bayoneI,-
and place, through That power. How was
this party formed |, was formed as vul.
lures form parties. They scented the feast
afar off. Armageddon was ioreseen. Proph-
els of evil loreshadowed shoddy-sh oddly,
contracts, and plumber, al The expense of
! the blood Of hundreds OF thousands For a
! feigned purpose the power o: the people
ed-a pretended reason assigned, aud thou
sands of good and true men rushed forward
( TO be subordinated and disciplined TO ac-
J complish he purposes OF the hearIIess and
unpatrioic few. Who does not remember
that il was pretended al The beginning OF
! the war that il was TO be solely TO
/ maintain The supremacy OF The Constitution
and laws, and by thai the integrity or the
( Union1 Who does not remember how ear
nesiIy il was promised 10 The soldiers and 10
the country that there should be no su5ju-
/ cation, 10 interference with Ihe relations OF