The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-12-16
The Pregress g the war.

| The Progress - the War.
Forney has got his back up. His paper, the
Press, Of Dscenbes Ath, pours broadside Of q
eolamn aud half into the Administration or.
gan ct Washington. denouncing it, /" insolsnt
and dictasorial articles its censurss Of the sup
porters Of Walker and its attempt TThs italics
ere Forney's own1 to COMMIT tke Democratic
psrey to tks [silliman letter] doctriae Of intro.
aaeiag &sss,y inso al ths frss &sssa and Of
holding IL there in defiance Of State laws." !"
Forney pronoances the Unions argument in
espport Of the Kansas Constitutional Conven-
ton "a miserable apology for great moral
fraud" and conelsdss its declaration Of inde-
pondence with the following, which sounds
something like declaration Of war - 4s,4
"Our able contemporaries have mot forgot
ten that after Governor Walker had exposed
the criminal frauds in Oxford and niece vhen
the 6re-eatsrs aud extremists were hunting him
down like felon; when Ill honest men were ap-
plaudipg him for hia courage and his integrity,
che Washington Union had not . word 70 say
10 his support Il was - silent % death, and
dared not 90 much a. raise . whisper for the
gallant statesman, absent from his family and
friends, fighting against - graceless o set of
tricksters, as ever lived. The Union waited,
like . cautious politician, till the hour came
when it could take vengeance ON those who
stood bv Governor Walker in that crisis. And
We, thank Ged!--we we're among the first to do,
and so receive the first stab! M sts
Hut more than this. While Gov. Walker
was still absent, and nothing was yet known OF
his action on the Calhoun contrivAnce, the
Union, in an editorial ecstacy that would not
ho iaa ~ aiw
ers Of the Declaration Of Independence, eulo-
gized the minority Convention at Lecomptcn,
applauded their doing ~ wise, sagaci0us. and
atatesmanlike, and then proceeded to present
the Calhoun Constitution to the Democracy Of
the free States to swallow, failing in which,
they were to be handed over to the Abolition.
lets A few days after this most delectabla
riece Of editorial agility, Gos. Walker made
his appearance, and took exactly opposite
ground 10 the Union-ths ground. indeed, oc-
cupied by the entire body Of the Democracy Of
the North. Indignant ct this, It's most pitiable
dilemma, and desperate ut the soOrnful inde-, 4
pendeuce Of those Democrats who will mot be
dragooned by any man into submission 20 con.
fess wrong, much less by 80 awkward drill
sergeant q the Union, it has lost its patience,
and attempts 70 intimidate with an infantile vi.
gor truly dmsl to behold. A.4.sa5l =.
We have only to say, finally, to the Washing
ton Union, that We despise and reject iss cen.
sorship. When it speaks OF Abolition sympa-
thiesit should look closely 70 it, own household.
We defend great principle. We oppose NO
slave States fairly made. We resist wrong and
fraud, whether exercised for or against the
South. We stand BY the Author Of the Nebras-
ka bill. Is he IN Abolisioniss? We stand by
the Governor Of Kansas. Is he . disorg
We follow the public opinion that elected
James Buchanan. Il was NOT false in l856--it
is not false now. Supported by such authori-,,
ties, ~ can afford to look down with ine6able
contempt upon newspaper which, like Tom
Thumb before an audience Of full grown men,
imagines itsetf king. when it 10 only the pup
pet Of set Of grasping speculators. 3.4 a