The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-03-22
Plain Talk TO Yankees.

The following causlic article is from
Mexican paper, the Mazatian Tunes of Jan.
uary 7th /:
Some weeks since an order was issued
prohibiting The carrying OF deadly weapons
except by special military permit. Pursu-
ant 10 this order number OF foreign resi-
denis applied for and obtained the requi-
site license. Subsequently an order was
issued directing those in possession OF arms
10 present themselves al lhe Prefecture and
surrender their arms.
The idea OF Americans being disarmed
was regarded as great ndignity especial
ly 10 that class of Americans who have
kneeled so devoutly al the shrine of mill
tary necessity" 1t was terrible thing for
the authorities TO take possession of arms ia
private hands, although there was iormi-
dable band OF desperadoes at the very gates
oI The city threatening lis inhabitants with
Plunder and murder, but IFS all right and
eminsntly patriotic for the hend Sheridan
wantonly 10 destroy The properly of non
com batants in the Shenandoah valley, in
the hope of starving the people into sub
mission 10 ''lhe best government ever de-
Vised by man." As these gentlemen are
so solicilous concerning their ''sister rspub
lie" we propose iusIilnIing for their benefit
and edifcation a comparison between the
French in Mexico and The Yankees in the
South. We do not find the French singing
out the most sensitive spot in the Mexican
character and applying it 10 a burning
fame theatres here are not visited by the
soIdiery and the orchestra compelled to
perform pieces repugnant TO the tastes of
the people; the Imperial flag has not been
conspicuously displayed, and ladies insult
ed for declining 10 walk under it; the
churches have not beer invaded by the
military, and the form of worship inter
tered with private property has not been
wantonly destroyed by the French nor
have The lmperialists enacted all infamous
confiscation scheme designed 20 reduce 10
oeggary tie very people they came 10 con.
ciliate. Yet such acts as The French would
scorn 10 be guilty 0! in Mexico have been
constantly perpeirated in The South and
towards the Southern people by The agents
Of Abraham Lincoln, 10 the intense Joy of
the ''Ioyal masses in the North, and to ;hei:
eternal disgrace throughout The civilized
world.
The course of the Yankees in opposing
the vigilance of the authorities here, while
at the same time gloating over the excesses
OF heir own govern ment in its vain efforts
to subjugate free people, is in exact keep.
ing with their character ;, they have al
ways been a meddesome, dsconenled set,
never satisfied with things as they find
them, and sowing the seeds of dscord aud
revolution in every country they inhabt
they broke up lie American Uuion 10 get
rid OF slavery; after they had made prlncely
fortunes in the slave trade and il has
been truly said that if the May flower with
her cargo of Puritan maIcontents had land
en- al Charleston, instead of Plymouth
Rock, and her passengers had thus become
acquainted with, and attached TO the insn-
tuition OF slavery, their descendants would
have given the country no peace while
there was foot OF Tree soil on The Ameri-
can continent
While we regret :he necessity for the
dlsarmirg of the populace, we have no
crocodile tears nor ephauline lamentations
Tor these stickers for military necessity"
who have been made 10 feel its effects.