The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-24

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. Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Gazette 4
d WAsHINeroN, Dec. Is, 1859.
n POSITION OF PARrlEs-THR REPUBLICANS
! The world does move. The political firm
ment is greatly changed, even since the a
Q Journment Of the last Congress. NV faith
the Republican party AS distinctive organic
ton, and as the one destined TO give peace az
; quiet 70 the country, has been greatly strengt
eneu, IN watching the movements thus far,
!. the present Congress. The bearing of the Rs
. publican Representatives has been such as to
serve the admiration of the country. Love
! conservative, opposed to needless agitation, in
{ tent upon going directly about the business fe
Whlch their constituents sent them here. an
leaving irrelevant and ill>timed talking to b
. Done almost exclusively by their opponent
. they are steadily gaining beyond doubt, upo
the affections of the people throughout the land
II cannot be otherwise. A nobler, and brave
set OF men, at the same time forbearing an
calm IN their conscious strength, has rarely
ever been assembled at the Capitol since tn
early days Of the Republic. They are united
firm, true.
The members who sit on the Admistratio,
aide OF the House are evidently beginning t.
nave some just sense of their own ruiuous. i
not absolutely ruined condition. Never befor,
we're they net by such a formidable phalanx
completely united in opposition to the agsres-
sive policy which, by dint of impudent bullying
aided BY obsequious funkcyism in the North
mas hitherto been forced through Congress
whenever the demand was made. Now, this
| denant party Of fre>eaters knows its DAYS to
oe numbered. II sees plainly the hand writing
on the wall 1t feels, for the first time, tremor
IN the kneea. Its very ferocity-rampant at the
opening OF the session. but now greatly tanned,
by merely looking in the faces Of those on ssthe
left"-is that of despair and a consciousness of
impending defeat. In their own ranss. it is
already manifest, there is little coherence,-
Organize the House and an irrepressible conflict
| IN the bowels of the Democracy will be aupa- :
rent at once. They will fall to accusing each
other for the downfall that has come upon them.
DEMOCRACY DxAD-THE SOUTHERN AND ANTI
LEcoMPToN OPPOSITION
The end OF Democratic sway is indeed close
at hand. Any one who has closely observed
the House, in person for the las. week, can
have no reasonable doubt on that head The
Republicans, delayed and tAwarted though they
are for the moment, show clearly their con-
seriousness that they are the party of the future.
The Southern Opposition see it. Oriy fear of
misrepresentation not actual aversion, misunder.
standing, or distrast, in my judgment, prevents
their open affiilation at once with conser vative
Republicansm against the Administrations
They see in the Republicans the power that is
to control this Government, after the 4th of
March, 1861. They will cordially acquiesce
IN, and ultimately sustain, the coming Repnbl>
can Administration. The honest An,i.Lecomp-
bo nnNN 10 . 10 -. II.
mers, like John G. Davis, whose end is perdi-
ton, but the brave aud eloquent Hickman, and
Haskin, resolute and fearless as the lamented
Bro aerick, and Clarke, Reynolds, Schwartz, and
their hundreds of thousands OF sympathizers
among the massrs-w;ll stragbtway hnd their
home in the Republican quarter. There ts no
other place for them. They will help to shape
the nature and well-consdered policy of this
great triumphant party of 1860. All the de-
bates in the House, every political mos ement,
inside or out, have Of late tended directly and
inevitably to this result.
REPUBLICANS FOR THE UNI0N-DEMocRATs DIS
UNIoNrsTs.
From the very start Democracy in the House
has placed itself daianty ON the side of Seces-
sion aud Disunion. Man after man, of the
choicest among the representatives labeled
Democratic, have declared their determination
to resist even TO blood, the installation of a
Republican President, constitutioaaliy elected,
and scithoM Uaitiag for any overt acts inju-
rious to Southern rights" On the smallest
occasion, without even pausing for any new
occasion, these leading men, who have hook
in the nose OF Democracy, and lead it whither>
soever they will, declare their preference for
dissolution. Ostentaliousiy and biatantly, they
have proclaimed it day By day.
By policy, consummate in skill and already
etfectually triumphant in its operation, the Re
Publicans have suffered this talk TO 90 on, with
only here and there an occasional rebuke from
venerable statesmen like Mr.. Corwin. They
have planted themselves fairly ard distinctly,
along with Nelson, of Tennessee, so far as this
question is concerned, on conserv tire, Union
ground. The disunion Democracy las gone on
lashng itself into fury, with scarcely rebuke in
any Democratic quarter. Poor Cox made one
feeble protest against the Disuaion haraugues
OF these leaders whom he, nevertheless, mostly
meekly follows, and joins in their mad attempts
to override the free North. A Missourian, yes
terday, (Mr. Noelll yen,ured most mildly TO
assent from this universal strain of latter-day
Democracy, but he speedily found himself in
hot water, and was reduced BY the assaults Of
his oya political friends, to straits ior Which, n
his inexperience, he was poorly prepared. De-
mocracy delights in no talk now like that Of
Disunion. 1t has bodily assumed tha. position
before the country, and the Opposition are the
sole Union party.
THIS DEMOCRATIC BLUNDER A FATAL ONE.
Democrats have caught only themselves by
their deep>laid device. They began talking
Disuuon for effect. They emula.ed each other
leader who dared resist the current. What they
began for effect, they must keep up for con-
sistency. Some OF them see the error, but too
late. They have learned that the North will no
longer be intmdated, and they will presently
learn that their doctrines equally stencil
in the nostris of the South. Dsunion and Se-
cession have ceased 20 be powerful words to
copjure with. The North is in earnest, and the
determined band of Republicans daily look
these ranting Democrats in the face, with an
expression Of the coolest indifference. Never
was a worse mistake made, than that OF dra>
gooning such men into submission, according to
the as.ute scheme Of Buchanan and his leaders,
by this Dsunion cry. They are already begins
ming TO find 1t as fatal as Nessus's shirt. 1t puts
the S,uthernOppostion in an attitude of strength
at the South. Il utterly paralyzes the remnant
Of Democratic strength at the North. IL gives
to the Republican party, If they exercise pru-
dence and moderation, an easy victory in 1860.
THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION.
No man who sees the peculiarly Heterogeneous,
discordant and beligerent character of the Dem.
ocratic party, as represented in the present
House, can believe it possible that Charleston
will witness the evolution OF harmony out OF
such chaos. The 6re-eaters aud disunionisis
will absolutely insist and more resolutoly than
Northern people have hitherto had any idea OF,
that their peculiar ideas, both in the platform
and in the nomnst stions. shall have full pres
dominance. So much may De relied on as cer>
tain. II they succeed, the party, as anything
but the me,est sectional fragment, is shivered
to atoms II they do not succeed, Southern
Democracy marches out Of the Convention in
body. One event or the other can scarcely be
avoided Either SEALS the fate OF Sham Democ-
raey. And even should they agree TO support
either Douglas or JEFF. Davis, or middle man,
such compact could never secure Victory.
THE NATIONAL REPUBLIOAN CONVENTION.
The Republican Opposition party is strength
ened. and made confident of its strength, by
every days debate in Congress. 1t has the
power 10 iu own hands, ve repeat, II prudent
counsels prevail. II needs to take no new po.
sition, and least Of ell viii il do to. take more
ultra one. It's moderation must be known to
all men. In this respect, the call TO be agreed
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