The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-08-31
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The following comes to US verified by the au
thors name. 1t Is dated Sandwich, DekalL
county. After describing the scenes at Ottawa
on Saturday, the writer proceeds thus:-
And now, as man who can have no vote in
this State, because resident of the State and
City OF New York, but nearly one half of whose
life has been spentupon an Illinois prairie farm.
who was once an ardent admirer of Stephen A.
Douglas, and who SO recently as the time that
that man took his stand against the Admins
tration, believed and declared that "altbouph
he was much to be feared yet If he bore through
the tight oravely, honorably and unhesitatinglv,
that would cast away my fears and scruples.
and in accordance with the expressed ad vice ri
the New York Tribune, unite with all ard any
who were opposed to the great swiadle. and re.
turn OF Douglas to the Senate, there TO await
his chances for peoples nomination in 1860 -
as one who has admired this man. even where
could not follow him, let me say, land kaou
that II Is the re echo OF the sentiments OF many
inore,l heard MIN on Saturday, at Ottawa, and
am dstoaished Disguised and ASHAMED. Aston
ishod that this man, with has birth and cduea-
ton, with the truth so plain before him. the
whole world coming into the full light OF pro.
sress, can SO throw away al! hope Of future re-
spect, all noble impulses, and be willing TO ac-
cept that sei!-reproach, that contempt that pity.
which very few years will shower upon him.
and all for so miserable and so hazardous n
game. never in the world did any man form
so notable an instance of the saving "that
whom the Gods would destroy they first make
mad" His mad and insane ambition has over
reached itself, and rendered him blind and deaf
1t is disgusting TO see how, in this conflict.
founded so truly and earnestly upon ptinciples
OF Importance, he shuns and avoids the real
sohd matter and maroon of the matter, avoids
everything that LOOKS like fair debate upon
questions OF national or even of State policv
how he quibbes, how he misrepresents how he
prevaricates; nay-it must be said, how he lies.
how he panders to the lowest portions of the
lowest classes, with slang, with coarse ,okes,
with rlbaldry, and vile abuse. 1t is beyond be
ilef. 1t is incredible. Is this man the embodi
ment OF what Is great and calm and dinuified
and learned, and statesmanlike in our dear
State! Is this the man to whose course Young men
must look with admiration as noble and worthy
ambition enkindles within them; and il he To
be their exempiar9
Is this man the companion, the equal with
the courteous and digufed Crttenden. OF Ken.
lucky, with John Bell, with William II. Seward
with Daniel Webster, with Henry Clay: Great
Tod 1t inspires in the heart OF any man shame,
and thus was ashamed that ever | lifted hand
or tongue in favor OF a man whom Isee-thonph
saw it slowly and with reluctanee-ro be de-
VOID OF every spark OF principle except this
great principle-that by fair means or foul. in
spite OF every thing, though he corrupts all
moral public feeling, though he throw back the
TIDE OF national freedom and national progress. |
ltoush ne destroy parties, though he rend So |
clety, though he talsify himself though he de-
grade himself, stai-stW-Doug1as MUST hare
ooper. But must close Let me only saw
that could you have heaa-what | hone by
sour enterprise all Illinois soon NAV reaa-bis
speech at Ottawa, how he abused nisrepresent.
ID and sillted Lincoln, Trumbull, aud the
, Black Republican party bis groundless
harses, low and base as is his own demeaned
oui, that L. and l, had plan to rend in p:eces
ne TWO old parties and form new and Adolf.
ION party, placing Lincoln in Shields place and
rum'uii IN bis douglas in the Senate; how
e tired to seandalize Lincoln by relating paltry
vents, which, if they ever occurred, bappened
years ago; how he appealed TO
'relsn hatred Of the celorei man how no
rove to bring into contempt principles cher
hed by all good and great men since the DAYS
10; how lie avoided any mention OF that
ause which he Wiley struck from the {
bombs bill, as exposed, by Judge Trumbull, I
~ only said IN answer to it all, Judge Trum.
III hates me because crossed his path in I
after OF State policy some years ago, and since
en- has always strven to wrong me aud harrass $
81 say if you had heard all this and more
ID with what bitter, savage, rancorous des '
III IL was pat forth, and then heard the calm 4
spassiohate answer OF Abraham Lincoln, and I
e answering and redoubled responses of ibnn d
nds OF tue thinking and rejecting farmers of e
IS district, yoa would believe as | do. that II
'ngias efforts are in vain,--no, not IN rain s.
Or they aid the cause Of progress, and the f
ople OF Illinois will, in their might elect 3 d
glsiature which shall send Abraham Lincoln q
the Z. 5. Senate in triumph, and thus add :"
e more blow to the great and earnest war +"
e against the wide spread, with all its woe &c
sradatlon an misery, Of Human Slavery. i
Yours, &e., SAspwIcu ta