Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-12-11

the. head oi either government. who will
take upnn himself The. responsibility Of
bringing on war between two nations
like Grea, Britain and America. upon a
question Of this kind unlil he il prepared
10 show that anything and everything
| that he could do. has been done to avoid
such a terrible ultimate result. IL Brat
lsh minister under whose administration
war should -nsue on The question. can.
moi stand up in Pariamen, aud show ,ha,
1t IS not his fault. cannot show that he
has dn,e everything which an homes, and
sensible man can du to avert the conflict.
then | undertake 10 say tina, no power or
popularity can uphold his shaking posi-
t,Un Tor an hour. And in the same sense
and spirit say, that If in this country
any party shall, before we are aware of
II. plunge us int" a war upon this qnes
ZION, IL must expect TO meet a vety severe
in'errogalOry from HE American people
-must expect 10 prepare itself To show
| that it has done all II could. without any
bias from the pr.de Of success or The love
of war-all that il could do To keep the
nation safe from so great calamity, with
The preservation of its Iighis and its
| honor.
Gentlemen; i, appears 10 me lha, any
man, Prime Minister 81 England or Pres
ident of The United States. who should
unnecessarily light up the flames Of war
upon such a subject. (aames lie. me add
tina, will burn over The whole elobr) may
well consider the genius Of his country
addressing +" him the words which the
orator of Rome supposed the genius Of
his country would address 10 him # he
did ~, Queli The Catallne nspiracv.-
An c,tm beilo uasfabitur Ialia rerabun
ter urJes, tecfa ardebuat; tim te non er-
isfimas inUidi@ incendio conaagr~tu.
rum st
No. gentlemen! the man who shall. in
cautiously, or led on by false ambition.
or party pride. kindle those FIRE. Of war
over The globe on this question mus, lock
out for it,-must expect 10 be himself
consumed IN "A burning conAagralIon of
general reproach.
There will be public indignation be
fore which no popularity. public or pr
vale can stand, lit will melt down every
mnnnmen. of the dead. il will destroy all
respect for the living. il will burn up
every ves'ige Of re-prc. for individual
amh,iiorslv j, has plugged The subjects
and clliz-ns If two civilized CHRISTIAN
States of the world into war;-a war
which shall cause the loss Of millions Of
wealth. shall turn cities TO smoke
shall cost thousands aud hundreds Of
thousand Iives.-and those smoking cit,
res. and thar destruction Of property.
and that sacrifice Of life shall be found
over the whole globe. in every latitude
and longitude, surrounding the ball OF
which we live.
Now. gentlemen, do not propose tina,
on this subjer, we take any alarm. l.
propose that we keep ourselves cool and
calm. In some of the Southern cities
there is now some agitation for fear of
war | regre, this much. Ihardly say
regret the feeling that is natural. But
Iregret the cause. Its common mis-.
take of men not in the most elevated pc.
>ltlnn. that they think they can play The
small patriot safely, in a small s,vle -
There are those WIN think they can talk
Of a war with England and any other ma
lion. and ge. credit for their patriotism
and lofty love of country, bui keep the
game in their own hands. That may not
happen. A any rate. thar is not the way
nor the course which just aud lofty aud
respectable men feel on The greal question
Of peace or war.
This constant speculation. this supp"
si'lon that war NAV come. is half as bad
as war itself. 1t n,erfrrps in the business
and arrangements Of life. |, confnund>
and coniuses men ~ reg ard 10 their own
business plans. Whal we wan, is Sc,
lied peace. aud The rnnyclinn that peace
will remain until there is some Jus, and
sensible cause for war. SOL WI
On this subject have only farther to
say that. while it s our duty Gut TO take
or to spread alarm. to believe and ,rns,
that the Government. that the country
viii acl s"herl. and wisely and Justly i,
is less difficult thing than some peopl..
imagine. I" begin a dispute, whose result
no man in The end can control Let the
Government only be sure that it is right
in the words If one Of The Presidents az
the United Sta,ee. lei us claim all that is
right and ak fof nothing that is wrong.
freely and magnanimouslv and without
any particular array Of patriotic declara
tim.
1t will be admitted TO be a general prin-
ciple Of morals. that every man whn fore.
sees an evil and csn prevent il, and does MT
choose 10 prevent IL is h,m>elf rrsponsl.
BILE for that evil There could no, have
been a man in the United States who did
moi see that in Withholding his vote from
the Whig candidaie. he aided dlrec,lv ,he
election ofi,he l.ocof"en candidates for
President aud Wee President aud tina,
the choice of these Locnfoco candidates
must inevitably result IN the Annexation If
rexas. Was it not proclaimed from eve
~ I'LL top! I. was Told 10 Mr. Birney
and his followers again and again:' .If III.
1tyhix candidate is cho sen. Texas 10 on,
and you know i,;7if he il r"t chosen. Tex
as is Inc. and you know :"
Bur they said, Eve do no, vote for Mr.