The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-21
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Let ~ have cAanee.
The administration Of public affairs must /
deed be very bad which can only BE changed 4
better. ltseems very strange 20 - sthat hone
mcn in the Democratic party do not sec---ue
haps it would he too much to expect them TO i
kn0wledge-that, while they and theirs have d
the management Of the government for man
years, they have failed to give peace to the con
try, and have only succeededin perpetuating d
most virulcnt sfrife between its different section
They have had the adpiniseration MI the tin
both branches of Congress most Of the time, "a
| supreme court and all the machinery Of publ
patronage, yet there never has existed create
! dissatisfaction than now. Things have pursue
| Q steady progress from bad to worse. and thea
Is not the slightest prospect Of Improvement J.
| Corruption and extravaganza abound. The ma
who, more than any other, Is responsible for th
exciting and bitter struggles that have grow
out Of the abrogation Of the Missouri Compss
mise. What il there in the future Of poesibl
| Democratic rule better than in the past?--
| Is this progress toward disorganization to b
| continued: What lower depths Of infamy o.
| there to be soundeds How far is party demon
| ali.ati0n to 20? Into what enactments Of slAv
codes and inaior sement Of slave trades are We b
see the country let! How much more profoun,
than now must the conteMpt Of the nations b
for America: How often are We to be led up {,
the brink of disunion, and told to gaze Into IN
gulf! How long are We to behold the spectacll
ofisnorance and demagogueisna yoked with all tn
spoils Of Office
II is in vain for the Democratic party to tr,
to escape from the responsibility Of the presen
condition of affairs. That party has had full
sway, and is responsible for every public meas
ure that has tended to the disquietude and dis
turbance Of tile country. 1t is in alliance with
all Of disOrgsnization there is in the country
1t has no rcproois for the insolent hordes who
threaten the destruction of the government in
the event of the triumph Of the Republican par
ty: it is debauched TO the core. Has this party
anything better for us in the future than it has
had in the past Is it the way Of corrupt and
denoralizcd parties to reform themselves-to
pause in their course and become good? Is i,
not true that the party indcrses to-day what il
abhorred o few years ago, and that movements
and measures ere in progress of consummati0n
through its means that year since would have
been scofiad at. Do We not want change?
1t would seem apparent enough that any
change in the administration of affairs would be
an Improvement. Bad legislation and bad gov
crn'nent are ALWAYS the result Of deGeneratcd
power. Governments by rule start well and
after time become corrupted. There is abso-
lutely nothing, in our judgment, that can bring
peace to this country again but the triumph Of
the Republican party. There is nothing that
will hush the threats of disunion hurled at the
North, so quickly as hearty political aogging.
There is nothing that will satisfy the really can
did mind of the South of the conservative char
actcr Of the Republican party, of the benefi-
cence of its aims, and the broad patriotism that
animates it, but the opportunity for the space Of
four years of administering the government. A
portion Of the Democratic party, South and
North, are really deceived IN regard tc the aims
and character of their opponents. lercenarY
and Satanic papers abound in misrepresentation
and abuse. These have had the effect to inn
plant a deep prejudice against the Republican
party which never can be uprOOtcd and which
will remain sensitive to the appeal of dema-
gogues, until the party has enjoyed term Of
oisce, and has opportunity to live the ISLANDERS
and the prejudice dom.
There is nothing more ridiculous than the fears
Of disunion. honestly entertained by some, as
consequence Of a Republican triumph in the next
Presidential election. What has become of all
the threats uttered heretofore How many were
there in the House of Representatives who would
meyer submit TO the election of Republican
speakers How many are thera nag who say .
word about disunions Were there really danger
Of disuniOn from the choice Of Republican
President, We would like to see it "tricd on. -
A government based on the will Of majority,
allowing itself 10 be ruled by minority, ought
to die. 1t becomes despotism which all men
Of ionor will pray may be annihilated. But
there Is no danger. There is not a State in the
Union that would dare to lift its nnger against
the country, or to give Republican administra-
ton the opportunity to show its power t, protect
and preserve the integrity of the government.
The country asks for peace The South wants
peace no less than the North. 1t is curse to
any coaa:ry TO have the popular mind constantly
absorbed in p,l;tics. Bu; neither the North nor
the South can find peace except in the restora.
ton of the government to its original position
the protector Of freedom, the guardian Of free
speech and the patron of free labor. The corn-
try is tired Of this constant brawl. 1t is tired OF
SEEING innocent men driven from their Southern
bones because they dare to think. 1t is tired
Of seeing mail bags rifea of their contents and
a censorship Of the public press intrlstch by the
Post Master General to every dirty Official in the
South. 1t is tired of the examinations and re-
examinations OF sections. 1t is tired Of fight
aLiah SO sure iss God rules can only terminate in
one way; and ii will be glad when, at last it
shall be settled. When the South shall lnd
that its rights under the Constitution are all
,aie in Republican nands and northern Democ-
racy, no longer held together by the spoils, has
gone into disqualification, the 'irreprcssibe con-
1ct" will assume a mildcr phase and the country
will be happy again. The Democratic party is
strictly sectional party. Its spirit is sectional,
It's purposes are sectional We can have no peace
until the gov .rnn,ent shall pass into national
hands, and the only national party in its spirit and
ts purposes, in this country, is the Republican.
tSpringfeld Republican.
Ono RIVER IrEMs-The river is rising very
rapidly, with thirty-four feet water in the chan
pel During the last twenty-four hours it rose
about eleven feet. The water is witLin a few
feet Of the curb at Main street, and by this eve
ming it will probably be washing Rat Row.
AT Pittsbnrg ii is again recedng, having fallen
eighteen inches up TO noon yesterday
At Marietta it was rising at the rate Of seven
inches per hour, and was doing great damage
The water covcrs the streets in the lower part of
the town to the depth of four feet
The Sciota is higher than ever before known.
We have no intelligence from the kanawha,
but presume that stream is swelling
The lowlands along the Monongahela and Al
legteny rivers are completely inundated The
rise came so suddenly that thirteen coalboats
were swept over the dam and sunk. The loss is
about $4,000. The Monongahela perlnark in
dicated % feet four inches-only twenty inches
less than the great freshet Of 1882.
The Miami and Pearl rivers are at flood
height, and ale doing considerable damage to the
railroads
The rain was not so general below here, and
the rise in the Ohio will soon run past. The
weather yesterday was clear and warm Gin.
Gazette, 18th inst
WiGrALLIANA.-Senator Wigfall has killed his
manor two, and is therefore entitled to more
than ordinary consideration Wigfal never
opens his mouth but to say something, or to
drink something. Having killed his man or two,
Wigfal is privileged to say just what he pleases.
But he should not get too much inebriatcd be-
fore he ESSAYS a speech. Under such circum-
stances Wigfall is given to much plain speaking,
and he not seldom reveals family secrets. For
Instance, in his speech on the Homestead bill,
Wednesday, he objected to giving the poor man
land, because poverty is crime" Thus speaks
the orthodox democrat, Wigfall. He declares
that poverty is no mans misfortune, and that to
pass the Homestead bill will be to offer premi-
um for crime. Well, will the working men Of
the country go up next fall and vote for the
candidates OF Wigfalls party. Very probably.
Very probably. viii they continue to fret
about hard times? Of course. Will they learn
wisdom from experience? Possibly, after the
negro breeders have tied them hand and foot
Hear Wigfall again: