The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-30
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the Union-to the extent Of his ability in
y loag-winded letter 70 Gov. Adams. This, u
mose literature Of the kind, was instantaneoni
entombed. no State Of this confederacy acti
: upon its suggestions; but somebody, beng n
! we'd BY the recent speech of Senator Haihmon
! already duly commented upon in these column
has exhumed the epstle, and reprinted the sar
10 four columns of the Charleston Mercury, (
the delectation and ediication Of mankind.
The Institution OF Slavery Is raid TO be
etimulant Of most OF the manly and woman
! virtues. IL has certainly . great and we nj
say an iDcalculable quantity Of ink shed to q
swer for. II its champions would but thin
with half the facility with which they write, 90
having great skill in saying something, ha
only sometbieg to say, our task, when We cam
to consider their productions, would be .
j easier one; because We should not be compelle
to waste 20 large part Of this TOO short huma
existence in hunting for logic where there VI
no logic. and in searching for arguments wher
none had been propounded. There is disap
pointment painful to the mind in fishing wher
al the indications are Of excellent sport, excep
that after the most faithful boobing, protractsd
/ perhaps, through many weary hours, you d,
not notice any fish In your basket. Tie word
ofsthe Hon. Mr.. Rhett are good words; his sen
| tences are pretty sentences; his references Il
| pectable ana o;v. a. anneasancs - noI;,;c.
erudi,ion - h;s srscni. ,;nrs. ara 10
Throughout IN a,r of crav;av - nrofonnd ,h.
there has mot been sr,h ! ,.ase of falsa nre-
tences since Obadiah's bull. But after much
puzzlng and conviction that he is convinced
I-h We may be pardoned the pIeonasm-the
desperate and exhausted reader gesps out to
himself: Convinced Of whats" II is evident,
4 yery amiabl. frama of MIND m, .han i
though or h;ph thar fsc, c.nnot 4 cans;a..ad
OF the hiohest imnortanca I, would ;naaad
be very ne,rly ahsnrd 10 dissolve tba Tln;on ~
70 war. shed each Others HOOD and hraa i, :. Fl
others heads becanse NJ RarnwsII Rh.t, i l.,
comfortable.
To say the honest trntb .l,bon.h - hara
long been CONVINCED IL a. ar Son,har,, hra,h.s,,
are far from iolIv, va have neya, he.n .hls -
obtain from them nro.;ss a~,i .as,;o, 20 -,
hurts them Hare i. NJ R.sn.au pIa..
who siohs ana sohs ,h,an,h 60. aa,...a r.
is plainly unwell. I'M vhsn Nc ~ - ena ~ ~
disease. be i - verv ;ndsin;ta Il s,.,ina IL
svmptoms that Aherne,hv h;msalf wa,,'s IN
puzzled by the case Genaraliy - ,nd.-.,.ns
thar. in his onin;on which - Il, ~ hn,ah,a
nna ,ba Snn,ha.. c.b. .n HOs ~ nu1'pie
fully treated. There Is ; lschrymoss % r;amaroie aa
the burden of which is. that .stbe Soath has M,
stood firm" sThe SOUTH has heen on,Itv &c
"a long course Of submission The south ia.
bors under one of the mo.t od,ous and danoa.
Gus desnot,sms tha, evsr rn,ed . noaa,a a J" ISIS ~
ing gazed upon the Son,harn sann;ps rn,a -
can stand them Nd lonosr NJ Pha.. s.;a 49,. -
.'On! let the contest comei II ,rna - onrse,va, ,
glorious destn, awaits no ana - Son,h III
vet be great free. ana indanendsn, naan,. !,
All of which might have haan exc.llsn1 - IL
mouths Of Harmod;ons a. Rrn,ms !. R.naa
or Ja.,es Otis. In, wb, NJ pa.sn pL,
should oct into ! nass;an ara go. H. 'n.'' .:s
helneted na,riot arous,na, s;x sa,Ia -. - -.
numeraries ~ rad ochra 800 i s.ps
knos. But If H. Rbat, = 10, 80 !, an =.
Of the canse of liz agon;as ~ : go, :. -.
bad way. and ~ hone ,hat nohoas u;ll I.sL
This letter was written uf,on M Jan,as - r..
retirement. with tha bla,ipg i;ah,s ~ asnon; -
ence be ore bim'-a position which - AZ ~,
comnrehend M, wh;ah -, 80 80
SLY imagine to be an uncomfortahIs ona n
warm climate I've vears aaaM. o p..na,,
Rhett did not expect 10 live q yrea, wh;ls
"What we do. Governor "a ms, ~ saer =
saws NJ Rhat, r. lan,t 1ss ~ sun
such 4 melancho,v Frame of rn;na aeasa !" -. =
barous. 80
Two things IN tho nnlpcLv - u ,oxe
brouglt Mr. r Rarnwall Rha,, ~ ,,,;, a''D o'
ate and declining cnnd,,;on NJ. K. n.
which made ali his comnatr;ots ;ol,v d."sa NJ NJ
Rhett ~ tho horders - Jas,s,.!y;o y'' m,
sent Tariff nnsat;stac,orv ~ !, = - i. ne pe
and CAPITALISTS az the Nnr,h was aonan, -
tisfactory 10 NJ Rhs,, III. s.o,ian n' !. ."sh ~.
country having Obtained .hon, i, !, s'Laa y ~ ~
Mr.. Rhett = hrosen haa.,oa ~ 1',
own word. .exaeerba,ed . - ia, :. or;as an,
..Li5ertv. especially in sia,e Lol,5aa coram.o;
t;es i nara n.a..;,,o, ~, . ."s eo'""a. ~ >
for which inuerdiarv sen,iman, no So ~
we are informed. conductea "a ,he eealahoosa
We should have been if we had nttered worJ, ~
like import Charleston l,dsas NJ pha,,
gets upon the highest kind of ho,se ana howl..
TYRANNY il ever sateless ana nsna,lv aaas -,
plundering, torturing, or crushing lis victims 70
lhe last The people of Son,h Earol;n. ,hs,s,
fore, are .plundesed. tortured aud crnshsdn
That. SO far Ms 4 certain nort;on-a ,aa;a.,,r !,
them-is concerned M. Rhat, i ron, vii -
readily admitted. But Mr. Rhett,s nr;nv tears
"a for ~. noor 49, en-. ~ :, nears
= right N his premises, he is right in his con-
sius'ons. the peopie-""hite folks'-oi
ooua'' ,s aroma are piundered, tortured, crush
81 70 'he NORTH all that we have to say is,
that 10 no! riding, mounted upon their injuries,
- :. s0.aethihg less than two-forty pace out OF
lhis OhIon, tney are about the meanest people