The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-04-19
Our Future.

battle ended, the com batanls quietly resume
their respective separate missions in the
family OF nations. Not 50 in a domestic
quarrel If alter a peace has been con :
quered by the stronger party, the contest
ants are 10 live under the same political
roof, subjeci TO The same laws, and depend
ent for their welfare and progress upon mu-
rual good will and cooperation in IegisIa.
:iou, and in commercial and Industrial pur-
suits, something more is essential beside
triumph upon the field of battle. Those
who have confronted each other in deadly
conflict, are not made friends by the simple
act of shea,hing their swords. The hearts
so lately infamed with the passions of civ
il strife must be at;uned to the hsrmonies of
tranquil panionship. The hands that
have welded the weapons of destruction,
must be clasped in concord. The hatchet
must be buried, and with il the anmosities
that engendered or were engendered by con
iention. Until that is done, it cannot be
said that peace dwells in the land.
The NorIb ha not passed unscathed the
ordeal of war. Triumph has been achieved
at such a cost ihs, tie pride of victory is
subdued by painful memories, and exuIta-
tion yields 10 the solemn emotions inspired
BY retrospection. The chimes will be rang,
will wear holiday faces, but beneath the
surface of popular rejoicing there will be an
irrepressible sentiment of awe and sadness,
a peoples tribute 20 the countless fallen and
bereaved. There ars TOO many drops of
blood and too many bitter tears upon the
laurels of the North TO permit us TO display.
them vauntinely. Let them rest where they
were culled, TO honor the ashes OF the dead,
aud let :he living seek new elories in open
ing the still much encountered path of
peace.
To overcome the physical resistance Of
the South was, after all, an affair of force
In their vaIor, their endurance, their mar
IiaI skill aud their faith in The justice of
their cause. they were equal TO the Norh.
They have been subdDed ty Overwhelming
numbers. Bul to overcome their resent
menis and secure their future amiiy will he
found a most difficult and delicate task. II
VIII not do to make parade OF naenanim-
ity and toroearance. The quiet and unos>
ienislious extension to them of all The Fights
exercised by rhe people of tbe North may
serve in lime, to reconcile them 10 the po-
lilical companionship that it is proposed 10
force upon them. Ii they should be COM
peIlad 10 re-snler the Union with Tie dePi-
Walton of single privilege that was theirs
at the commencement of he struggle, the
spirit OF sectionsl antsgonism will remain,
and will be nursed and encouraged by the
recolleclions of defeat. The history Of this
war will be taught TO Southern children as
the record Of Struggle. not yet ended, and
The coming generation will be educated 10
hate the conqnerors of their fathers, and 10
rekindIe the flame 0! strife at the first op
portunily.
Ii is vain 10 hope that this future of aElag-
Onism can be avered by peoplIug the South
eFn territory with emigrants from the North.
In few years these Northern settlers would
be identified with Southern interests, and
woold become the most earnest partisans of
The doctrines of their adopted section. The
past has demonstrated this for, among the
most bitter and violen, secessionists, were
those of Northern origin, and particularly
those who were born aud bred 10 the New
England Sales
|: the South is TO be held in subiugslion
by immense standing armies our rePuoli-
cansm must be relinguished. The States
would be poweress TO resist the progress of
centralizs;ion and an authority supported
by bayoueis would gradually nvershadow
all local governments, control the elective
franchise, and create a military despotism.
Our condition, during The past four years,
of utter submission 10 Inc Fedeval, will. has
proved how readily such system of gov
verment can be thrust even upon an enlight-
ened and courageous people.
If the present administration desires to
perpetuaie its power, ard subserve the in
terests OF its faction al the expense of the
liberties of the country, it has, perhaps, al
the presest crisis, such ar opportunity as is
rarely offered 10 INSCRIPTIONS ambition
There will be found pafasites enongh of
central power among the numerous slipen-
diaries of the Government, and the mush-
room aistocracy that has sprung up among
The many misIorlunes of civial strife. A
army. officersd at the discre
lion of the Federal Government, could be
relied upon TO sustain any system .hat ne
cessi; ated the existence of such a standing
army. The public press subsidized or con-
rolled by arbitrary power. would become
an instrument of, rather han a protection
against tyranny, and the masses would have
% rely upon revolution foriheir redemption.
Such are the perils that threaten the Re-