The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-24
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We have sai1 that w proper work Il North-
Drn men, peolesn,ng GvDpasAy foe The mooth and |
j deaiFe to eave ne Union from destsuotion q /
he haude Of exnepesatod 6euthesness, y 70 d.
abuse the sossh Of ~ grols miscencsptons Of |
he opinions and deolgns Of ~ people Of tbe |
Free States. They should tell them that the |
of certsin Northern papers and
politicians that the people Of the North approve
John Browns raid into Virginia Or any similar |
that the people Of The North pro-
pose 10 interfere forcibly With slavery in the
States, or to make the general government an
instrument Of attack upon slavery, are whole-
eale fAbrications, without the slightest founda-
ton IN face, and manufactured solely for the
purpose Of cajoling and deceiving the people Of
the Slave States, that they may be used for
party purposes. They should tell them that
che men Ct the North whe coin these falseh00ds
and utter them, with professed friendliness 70
the South, are its real enemies, willing TO play
upon its faars and to lead IL into false opinion
and ruinous action in order that they may sell
6sbly profit BY ii. They should tell them that
the slavery agitation in its most dangerous forms
10 fostsrsd and kept alive BY these dishonest
Northern friends Of slavery, and that the South
has more 70 dread from them than from open
and avowed enemies. The Union men and
Union meetings that neglect to tell these plain
and needful truths ct this crisis are playing
false with the South, and their professed anx-
iety for 10 welfare 10 an imposture and
fraud.
What 10 the real Northern position a. 10 slav.
eryf The North believes slavery to be wrong,
and full Of social and political evils. The con-
science and religion of the North condemn
slavery. The South does not Of course ask the
North 70 renouncs the conviction, and especially
mot upon compuIsion. Again, the North believes
slavery to bs purely local, and properly confined
70 the States establishing It. Il does not cons
slider il an institution Of the National Govern
ment, and holds the efforts Of the Democratic
Administrations to extend and fortify it 40 un-
authorized and unjusti6abIe on any ground. Il
therefore opposes it, Introduction into the Ter
ritoses and I'll thoss illegisimate and extraordi.
nary efforts Of the general government In its
behalf. OF shis the South cannot justly COM
plain beconss it u in strict accordance with the
Constitution, and will only bring back the Gov.
eminent to the position it was placed in by it'd
founders. It will also remove the question oil
slavery from national politics, and restore the
harmony 60 ruthlsssly destroyed by the political
| agitators Of slavery.
What ground is there here for hostility on
the part Of the South, or fer threats Of disu
nione And yet this covers substantially the
| South TO listen 20 words of truth and soberness
The Democratic agtators have its ear and viii
continue to fill it with talsehoods and alarms.-
The only practical remedy for this unfortunate
state of things is that suggested by an intelh.
| gent Mississippi cotton planter; let the Repub
lican party take possession of the Government
and show that it is conservative and not sec
tional by its administration of affairs, and tina
will be the end Of political slavery agitation.
| Do We mean to say that the triumph OF thu
Republican party would make slavery secur,
and tend to perpetuate its Not at oil. But i
would leave the slave States quietly to manag
it in their own way. The consequence woult
be that as soon as the public mind at the Soutl
became quiet again, the reasons for preferrinI
free labor, in Missouri, Virginia, Kentucky an,
all the border States, would come into unem
barrsssed and powerful action, and the process
of negro depletion now going on would be 70
| pidly fastened, SO that one after another the
would Join themselves to the list of free States
The States still further South left to the treat
ment Of the matter upon considerations Of dut
and economy, would in process of time devils
methods Of deliverance from the evil, and thu
the great and difficult problem reach At last
peaceful and happy solution. How much bet
ter this than the false and Ishmaelitish attItud
the South has been placed in by the pro.sIayer
I
and every mans hand against her. The Sout
gains nothing by this needless warfare; SLAYER
gains nothing by it, but loses at every fresh en-
counter. Nobody gains by it, except a few Of
fee holders, who are willing to keep the couE
try constantly in conflict and agitation that the
may have free access TO the spoils This is tb
state of the case, truly and plainly set down.
Would that the Sou.h were sane enough to Sc
it.-[Spring6eld Republican.
A HEAVY RoBBERY-Mr. Samuel Wells. re
siding in the southwest corner Of this count
has just been in our Office and given us III
particulars Of the robbing of himself, on til
night of the Sd inst. A hay stack some dis
lance from the house was set on FIRE, and Will
himself and wife we're out trying to save the
hay, the villains entered the house and too
something over $4,000, nearly oil of which ".
in twenty dollar gold pieces-a few ten dolls
pieces making the balance taken. Some day
before the robbery was perpetrated, Mr.. Wei
, had taken the smaller pieces of gold, amouptin
to several hundred dollars, and put them
another place. SO that he was not strapped
Mr.. w. is one of the weal;hiest. if no. ii
wealthiest, men in the county, and will not su
! fer as much from the loss as many other mel
} still the sum stolen will not help him the:
hard times. He says that he suspicious rem
gade son Of his, who has showed some prof
cheney az o light fingered gent in Missouri
Undoubtedly more than one was engaged
the undertaking as the plot shows. We lear
that the suspected individual has decamped.-
Iowa Southwest, Dec. II.
How is it that while SO many statesmen of tn
Democratic party have risen in their places
Congress to demand and denounce the treaso
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