The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-02-23


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Among the signs Of the times ore exprssstt
foosneIy uttered ~ republican members On
}. moor q The Senate, which W DO not feei q
! etty y paso without nofice. Af. Seward |
q 1sAted sEAt ne regards the great battle betWe
> ffesdom and slAsefy . sscveF, ~inasmnch %
y tore one year pasees away, the free states Y
! o6 70 the slave - nineteen To hfteen. This 4
D oeem Followed 0y remark from Mr. Fessend
y Iexpressly disavowing any intention or desire
o Inteftefe With slavery in the statee where it nC
D Alexists, and others have aeeerted the same thii
y sn huguage equally % broad. II ID with de-
u regret we chronicle the use OF such terms
Il men In whose public conduct We have seen moo
20 admire heretofore, and must depiore the tel
i dsncy which betrays itself in certain quarters
Eive % great cause purely sectional Aspec
II Ar. Seward wishes ONLY . preponderance I
northern stAtes ID the contederAcy, be msy %
the battle . over; and il Mr. Fesscnden desire
20 con6ne the benefits Of free white labor :
the section II now holds, be may well say thu
Ae does not intend to interfere with slavery Il
the slave states; but al must see that such posi
| tions. whether % intended OF moi, are sectional
selfish, and recreant to human progress. Far
tisans and plAcenlen may be content 70 wea
the honorU they have won, but the people vii
mot rest satisfied with the delights Of any sucf
Oapua. 70 day We are struggling here IN Mis-
souri,, present slave state, to give Allts valleys
TO cultivation bY free white citizens, relieved
from slavery competition, Snd We are tDld that
fuch effort meets no endorsement It the hands
ol men who have heretofore heldto broad faith
IN the progress Of free institutions. Very well,
let Il be So We shall 70 forward, neverthe eless.
and may say with Nelson, when sighted by ad-
miralty dispatches, "some day we shah have .
gazette of our own We are struggling now
and here, not for theoretical prepon derance Of
free states in the federal government, not for
mere territorial liberties to guarantee free labor
expansion, but also I'd reclaim Missouri from the
disadvantages Of slave system that 10 paraly-
zing her energies and crippling her advance.
And We make bold to say, furthermore, that our
sympathy and our service 10 not confined within
the fire that separates our state from adjacent
states; but that all efforts 70 confer like benefit
upon other commons y ealths--to elevate and en-.
courage and protect the labor Of the free wc-S.
ing citizens against the depression Of seryile
will ever meet with our jealous co-operation.
In Kentucky, IN Tennessee in Virginia. in Ma
ryland, the same movement in behalf Of free
coil for the free labor ofa free yeomanry Is
and We hail il with emphatic con
graduation We know that il win be said In
vindication Of the positions assumed by sena.
tors, that Congress and the federal government
have no right 10 interfere in soehF work. and
that the republican party has no mission to con.
strain the expansion Of free principles in slave
states This in part is true but it does not fully
meet the case. Practically. Congress il deter
mining now the existence or non-existence Of
slavery in Kansas, under the shadow Of . domi.
nant party, Of an administration and Of q su
preme court that do not recognize the power Of
Congress over the question Of slavery il. the ter
ritOr;es. Ii ID the influence. the patronage. the
moral weight, the protection Of the federal gov
.rnment that affects the subject even in the sb.
'ence Of direct intervention 1t has been SO in
Kansas; il 10 so in Missouri. All these are now
brown into the scale against free labor and for
lave labor. Moreover it is the role Of political
national and otherwise. to formu
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y an embodied public sentiment throughous ths
'ation, call i party or whatever name suits, that
Eili cheer and uphold their reimbursement
: u idle for leaders. in their isolation, TO ig-
lore such manifest outgrowths. The shoots
hew forth the vital sap in the trunk Whether,
herefore, present organisations may see it 70
ccept the appointed mission Of cherishing free
extending protecting aegis over
rec emigration, and vindicating the cause Of
rec labor every where, as il moves from CLINE
Q cline. il matter OF small consequence; for
nc masses Of the people OF the United States
si!i not long want combination expressive Of
hese great ends. whenever the same becomes
.eedfuL II 10 moreover thus, and thus only,
nat true Nationality Will take the place OF mere