The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-26
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Especial Dsspasch 20 ths Cincinnau 0asettc.J
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/ Especial Dispatch 20 the Clpcinnau GAsettc.
Baltimore, April 10.
| The Washington correspondent OF the Phila-
delphiA Press Of This morning. says Of political
| Affairs The Southern exsremists see that the
poplar will Ia The Territories II bound 10 pre-.
| vail, and now 10 order to save themselves, in :
sist uron rushing Congress upon the dangerous
alternative OF Congressional Intervention, and
a. a consequence upon the assistance Of the
bayonets OF the United States troops for the
protection Of their peculiar institution. Not
that they expect TO win; that is not their de-
sign. but that they may unite The southern PEG.
pie in disunion movement.
| This 10 Mr. Yancey's purpose, and Jno. Mitch
| ell, who publishes disunon paper in this city,
openly asOws it to BE- his, and their aim, and
hundreds OF others are ready to make IL their
cause, the moment the opportunity presents IT.
| self
They will so indsme the public mind Of the
South, by telling them that Slavery had no
| chance in the Territories, and that neither
Courts nor Congress can protect il against the
popular wil-that the people Of that quarter
may At least 20 pell nell into disanioa, rs
their only alternative from the imaginary dan
gers pictured before their eyes BY ambitious
| leaders.
Your movement in Pennsylvania may arrest
this, or il may not. One effect will certainly re.
| suit rom ito put you upon SOLID platform,
from which you can resist both extremes, pro
tecting the South in all its just rights, and
holding back disunionists, alike of that quarter
and the North. Had you stood still, you would
have seen your National Convention captured
by the ofice-holders and Southern secessionists.
l assert upon the best authority, that up to
within two weeks, IL was the settled purpose
Of these influences to capture the Charleston
Convention, and compel it to adopt a doc
trine ignoring the popular will in the Terrific
ries.
Those having charge Of this scheme expect
AID from certain dependents Of power in New
England, particularly in Maine, Vermont and
Massachusetts,, and from Tammany Hall, in New
York. With these votes, and such others as
they might purchase in Ohio, Pennsylvania and
New Jersey, they expect to go to Charleston
and dispose matters to please themselves. The
resolute and defiant attitude of your Democracy
on the 18th has, know, terrified those schem-
ers, and they now begin to talk about conces.
sion and harmony.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune writes: Mr.. Sickles and his coun-
sci regard the decision oday, as decisive Of an
acquittaL Accordingly, several friends, who
nave been here from the beginning, are going
home.
The Washington correspondent of the n Y
lines writes
charity altogether mistakes the truth re
garcing the manner in which the press obtained
the confession OF Mrs. Sickles. According to
the present arrangements, after the evidence is
all IN, the Judge will, as is customary here, lay
down certain legal propositions, by which the
jury are to be guided, and which The counsel,
VINO discuss the facts, will be reque led not to
controsert. Mr.. Carlisle will then open, on be- |
bali OF the prosecution, followed by Messrs. |
Chilton and Brady, on the other side, and Mr.. |
Onld will close. The speaking will, doubtless,
occupy four days.
The special Washington correspondent OF the |
n. 7. Herald says:
Senior Mata, the Mexican Minister expectant,
will be here in day or two, and will be received
at once.
The treaty between our Government and Nj |
caragua has been ratified by the Nicaraguan
uoverament, aud now awaits the action OF our |
Government. Il contains precisely the proyi
sons we required, aud had agreed to, with one
alteration, and that not an important ONE
Whether our Government will assent to that
treaty, or send it back to have this alteration
expunged, has not yet been determined. The
English treaty contains the same provisions as
the one sent to u.s.
Lord Napier left this evening for Annapolis,
and will sail for England Immediately.