The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-11-26

we are asked u J0nn brown Will be execu-
teds We answer, certainly. The Governor Of
Virginia processes t0have neither the power
nor the will to interfere. His organ-the Rich
mond Enquirer-breathes the spirit Of VEN
geance, not only against Brown, but against
nearly the whole North. Here and there, some
smaller political cAtamount snarls and scratches
to the same tune. There is, therefore, no
quarter from which to expect mercy II ID true,
there is . negative demurrer in the silence and
calmness Of the better and wiser class Of South.
ern newspapers. This, the Richmond Enquirer
feels and fears. In truth, there is = Southern
mind, calm, prudent, and mercful, and which,
by no means, desires either agitation or martyr.
dom. To this conservative class, which ems
braces also many Of the lagess sla, eholiers, the
antics and follies Of Governor Wise are dis
gusting, and the execution Of Brown not de-
sirable. But, what can be done ? He IL in the
hands OF those who thirst for his blood, and
who, if they had mercifu purpose, have not
moral courage TO put il in action. There il,
therefore, 80 far we can see, no reason 10
expect any mercy.
The New York Times, in an article on "vir-
ginia and the Conspiracy" makes an appeal to
the good sense Of the South to avoid and re-
press, it possible, the enormous fciiy which Is
being enacted 10 Virginia. We fear, how
ever, in vain. There is a sort of moral mad
ness, which either Goes not see, or purposely
leaps to ruin.
The Governor Of Virgins, however, and his
silly followers. instead Of seeking calm ard
peaceful solution to evils OF this nature. by
pouring oil. upon the troubled waters, are busy
10 making every possible provocation, and en-.
deavoring TO excite aud insut their opponents
Feeling and confessing that they stand on .
powder magazine, they are scattering ire
brands. They have been endeavoring to involve
honest aud honorable men, high in both private
aud public life, in conspiracy to steal their
negroes, or murder the masters and thus with
out q title Of evidence, or u shadow Of honest
seeming. This has gone on long enough. They
must be told the truth, that there Is no COn-
servative party, no Democratic party, nor any
body Of men at the North, which can save them
from the consequences Of such folly, II perse.
vered in. We well know that these are, In fact
merely the doings Of the few hot headed politi-
clans. who now, most unfortunately, control
Virginia. but il Is the business Of Conservative
Southern men to arrest II, quite ~ much - oil
those in ths North. The New York Times well
says: s
The mischief which the frantic philIippics oi
Gov. Wise and his organs are daily doing, runs
| far and wide through the national mind. Il ID
moving great masses Of the Northern people q
| indignation Ut the artiul injustice which thess
l.
and TO sort Of bitter contempt for the pusilia-
niinity or the paltry political cannng(it matter,
4 little which, by which this injustice Is insured
II the conservative South is impotent 60 asree
this new and most degrading sect of sectional
ism. At this most important crisis or our nationa
affairs, We shall al Of ~ begin 70 dOab, whether
the madness which precedcs and presaces na,
tioual run may not, indeed, have oyertsken III
Republic. John Brown, scattering fame ant
death into peaceful State, uader rigid sense
Of duty, vac = phenomenon full OF warninf
against the frenxies and quarrels Of the past
John Brown, made political martyr by It,
Official fury which insists on duplicating ID,
whole Northern people 10 his crime, viii dt
more mischief on ths eAllows than hs couls
have done we're he q large To- day. with u
his following 10 the nountains Of the Blu,
RIDGE
Il . not many ages ance the Scottish Gov.
onantess did many bloody dssda, and we're Il
turn hunted dawn By the followers q the Stu
arts. No doubt the believers in the Divin
Right q Kings thought Il both justice and duty
70 hunt the COvenanters In dcn- and oaverns.- :
No doubt loo, they thought Is the best way
suppressing "sFsason ana disioy yalsy, and main
tAining the Divine right Of the house OF Gsuar,
But histoFy has pronounced very ditIeeenk ves
dict, and The last or the Gtuarts has perished Il
tho NTH n bic own vicea. IL theae Be nes q
exact parallel there b at leass selstary "a
0on'tion 30 those Who happen 70 hold arbitrary
es0cr II this lesson of hissofy.- -[CinclnnAi
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