The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-11-12

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1870 o. sueise - he Dsmoeracy we're
1tsh fun share Of responsibility
A the lhts- outbreak Il Hasper's Ferry, and W
~ only believe II, but bold ourselves bound
IS nroye Il. We ptesame II will Be conceded
~ for ne axssa0n cfthc sinveYy quesssess
Browns. attenps . raising m insnrrect'0n
amouR he slaves would not have been made. y
Ihe Question Of slavery had never entered Into
poliaiea tho scenes which W have lately been
called uDOn 70 record never would have been
enacted. II this be true. Il follows - Deces-
~ consequence that thoss sbo placed that tssoe
upou the cOuntry are responsible for the results
which have followed their acsiOs, however little
thev NAV have foreseen them. Nov. what are
ehe factsy In 1916, (tor the nfst tme,) pend.
M the Peesdssaial election oi that year, the
Democra.ic members Of Congress Issued : .cir>
cular % The people oi the Southern States ufR.
inR them to vote for Martin Van Buren,. De-
cause General Harrison vas IN A01iisiOntse. - 4
II vas made the main Issue in that canvass. -
the South, little else was discussed. The people
we're told fI0n every stump that Gen. Harrison
entertained views hostile 70 slavery, and that his
election would endaDger their property. Ass
necessary consequence. che friends of Gen.
Harris reproduced these speeches bY the
Newspaper paragraphs Of similar import, q the
North. II this issue vas 70 Do made against
him in one section, they argued that y vas
right and proper for them 10 appeal % The ep-
posite sentiment in the other. They did %,
and that canvass made more AbOlitionists 10
the space Of few short months than all the
Garrisons and Gidjings on the continent could
have made in fifty years. Here vas the bsgin-
ming Of those painful dnvsions which have ever
since existed, With the exception OF one brief
interval, between the North and the South. The
feeling then excited went on growing and
swelling until 1850. In the memorable Congsess
Of $50, it had reached point which alarm
cd the. soldest. /. W. ias4 58ostaa
Fortunately for the Republic, "there we're
giants in those days." aud Clay and Webster
and Cass, aided BY band Of patriots below
them in the fervoe Of their patriOtism, came 70
the rescue Of the country, and saved u from
the probable horrors Of anarchy, and civil war.
In The election Of 1851 the people ratified tie
compromise they had made, and IN 1852 when
the conventions OF the Two great parties which
divided the nation assembled to make their
nominations, both adopted the compromise as
an article Of faith, and both declared that u
ahould Be perpetual. The wisdom Of this course
soon became apparent. In ne presidential
election which followed, the abolition vote had
dwiDdled down TO I number 30 small Is to excite
no other feeling than contempt. In the Con-
gressonal elections Of 1853 the same results
followed. Mems minds were satis6ed that this
danger was over. From one broad ocean TO
the other all vas peace. But Ia 1854 the APP
peal's pet candidate for the Presidency, backed
and sustained by almost the entire Democratic
party, saw fit to reopen the food gates which
had been closed, and awake again . strife that
patriots had fondly hoped would never again
disturb the land. In that year the famous KAN
sas-N Nebraska bill, with clause repeating the
Missouri restriction, was passed. Abolition
sprung into new and more vigorous life, and
boldly struggled for the mastery Of the Govern
ment Can the Democracy, Or can Mr.. Doug
las escape responsibility for thiss They had
pledged themselves not to disturb the compro-
mise Of 1850, and they did disturb it. Their
own records convicted them Of falsehood, and
when Northern demagogues went among the
people, and read those records, when they ap
pealed to them and said: "You see We cannot
rely on Southern honor to adhere to its pledges;
you see that whenever they can obtain enough
Of Northern votes TO accomplish their purposes,
they do not hesitate to trample upon their most
sacred pledges; you see they have done this
thing in the very teeth Of party platform
adopted BY them two years. and only two
years ago." What was the necessary result
An almost universal shout vas raisedr-"weli,
We have the power, and we will take the regu.
lati0n OF tins question into our own hands" IA
7 The scenes enacted in Kansas tended to ex>
cifa sill fnrthar this Fnoiinu ~ h0ctiiifv Vto
lence, murder and unmis,akable fraud are poor
peace-makers. 10 this both parties undoubte dly
participated, but those who prepared the thea.
ter cannot escape the responsibility Of the con.
duct Of the actors. John Brown himself was
trained to blood on the fields Of Kansas, and
50 were many Of the desperadoes he had gather
ed around him. fsls.t assse NJ vi 5sas
q WoMASs Iowa BEAUTfyUL INCIDENT
Six Years ago, ayoung man just entering on
lie. under the influence Of rum, committed a
crime against society, Was tried in this city, con-
ycted and sent to Waupun, where he served
ont his term behind the prison bars. Before
his trial, fair girl had promised to link fortunes
with him, and cruel was the blow to her. But
she loved him. All through his six years did
she wait for his release. With true woman )
heart she believed him innocent-innocent Mt
least before God, and like the magnet, she held
"
the future. Long we're the years to him. Slow
passed the hours. Seconds were minutes
minutes we're hours-hours dAys-days weeks
weeks months-months years-and years we're
like ages. Every tolliDg of the prison bel;
struck deep upon his heart, and every sunset
took another thread from the long skein. Nor
we're the hours less weary to her. Hope, that
blessed angel, sas BY her day BY day and res
posed on her pillow by night. Some there were
who laughed At her holy love-who sneered SO
meanly Mt her lover, a prisoner miles away
But little did itomatter to her. Others might
laugh-she wept. Others might point to man
IN prison garb. toiling away from morning till
night, with but one star to guide him on. She
saw but the honest soul that might DO saved--or
lost--and woman that she was, nerved herself 70
hear their jibes aud jeers.
Blessed words came to him in bis lonely cell,
words Of love OF kindness, ana stronger grew
the heart of him who had truly bis better angel
TO watch over his nnbroden fortune. Each word
from her lightened the hours as they slowly
went BY. and larger grew the day on which
libenyWas to come. Men visited him and with
careless word or speaking eye, threw into his
cell maddcning thought on (which his soul
must feed and trembiingly shrink to the dark
eat corner Of his living temple. Then letter
from her would dash aside the dark curtains
ana Deck0n him on to spot of sunshine OUT
side, and beyond his present reach So passed
the years. Friends died and he wept over them.
dis sin vas long since atoned for, and at last
the little spot Of sunshine erept into bis cell,
and entering BY The key hole OF bis door led him
forth into the bright rays of liberty. He was
conducted to the office Of the prison, BY Nc
Graw, and citizens dress in place Of prison
suit given him and led into an inner room where
stood she, who years before, had promised be-
fore God 70 be his. What meeting.
On the evening train the two arrived in this
city, and were BY one Of our diyines joined 10
marriage. We we're witness to the ceremony
and never shall forget it. Never forget the eve
moistened with happiness. nor the throbbing Of
the heart that had 80 long waited and trusted.
Saved! Saved! May the future be all The
brighter for the dark cloud that has 80 long
hung over il and true friends be ever ready to
."1 . helping hand. We believe in woman's
loss-in woman's devotion the more after know
ing the facts above stated. God bless :he true
heart wherever found. Milwaukee News.
WAS GEoRGE WAeHlNGroN In Favor or ~
CONFEDERATION or FREE STATES !"-We should
like to have our Democratic friends learn the
Following paragraph BY heart. The hope which
many entertain, that there may get be Z "Con,