Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-08-27

Mr. Eduor-The following address was
received by me some weeks since. AL.
though the difficulties between our Gov
eminent and that of Great Britain which
originated the address are now happily
settled. by publishing it in your paper
you will aid in bringing the address be-
fore those for whom it was designed.
Respectfully yours. H. H. KELLOGG.
Galena Knox co. Illinois.
August IL, 1916.
AN ADDRESS from the Friends of
Peace Of New Castle upon Tyne Old
England in,public meeting assembled, to
the inhabitants of Illinois and neighboring
States of North America.
Friends and Brethren.
Though separated from you by dis
lance of several thousand miles, we feel
il in our hearts to address you on a subiec,
of vast importance 10 both Countries.
Greatly do we deplore the danger, which
has for some time threatened orr peaceful
relai onship, and sincerely do we desire
and pray that He who has the hearts of
Princes and Senators in his hands may
so control the Councils of the two Gov
ernments, as TO illustrate the designs of
those who would involve us in WAR.
Are we no, virtually one people, sprung
| from the same ancestry-many Of US
children of the same paren,s-sp speaking
the same language-holding the same
faith! why then should the world have
the humiliating spectacle of war between
two countries connected by such ties!
The inhabitants of the grea, slopes Of
the Mississippi ard its tributaries have
we conceive peculiar interest in the
maintenance of peace. You possess and
cultivate region of proverbial fertility,
| capable we understand if its resources
were elected of forming granary for half
the world AT present you have no suf
ficient outlet for your produce-no motive
! for extracting from the soil. the boundless
wealth with which Providence has en-.
dowed il. You are doubtless aware that
by an act now before the British legisla.
ture, we anticipate free trade in corn
an article Of which whilst you have
| super. abundance, we have deficiency.
The soil of our lille Island, is Blu, i'll cal
culated to sustain its rapidly increasing
population, millions of whom are barely
able to procure the first necessaries of
life. Ye, they are an industrious race,
ready and willing to give an equivalent
in the produce of their labor for the food
they so much want for themselves and
families. But the losms and FORCES and
factories in which they are employed, are
as unable to find sufficient outlet for
their productions, as are your fertile
fields. The Giyer Of all good has mani
testify ordained that there should be
mutual dependence between nations. as
well as between families and individuals.
| Why then should the ruthless hand Of
violence be suffered to illustrate design
so bene6cent on the very eve of its reali-
cation? Why should we not at once
proceed TO reciprocste those benefits and
blessings, which we 80 much want! Why
not embrace the golden opportunity Of
knitting together the two Countries, in
social and commercial bond of indissolu.
BILE ami.y! But an approaching war i'm
| plies not merely blessing 10 be withheld,
| but curse to be inflicted Our induslri-
Gus Africans and labourers would be
| TRANSFORMED IUlU VIC SIdNtS VI SIN anu the
machines of mischief. Fields would be
ravaged-vi!lages laid in ashes-prosper-
! Gus towns ransacked and destroyed The
peaceful merchantmen on our Seas and
Lakes would be transformed into lawless
buccaneers. The hand of death would
be upon our youth; the pangs Of mourning
inflicted on thousands Of families and the
faint of decentralization on thousands more.
1t is possible that after all this had been
done and suffered, one Of the parties
might be induced by sheer exhaustion to
concede the object in dispute. But where
would be the guarantee for the justice Of
a conclusion. which had been dictated by
blind brute force! Judging from the
past however, il is far more probable that
after enduring an incalculable amount of
mutual injury, and burdening their pos.
terity with debt which ages would be
unable 10 redeem, both parties would be