The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-01-21
JUNE, r: 1889:

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. set This u gSeasy 1ndia asay becoss dAa
Z gerou error. While ~ grestmaas of Our north
Z ern people utterly condemn thefct of John Brow
j they feel and they express admiration and sympa
/ thy for the disintefntednesS 6fpurpose BY whicl
j. they helieve he W. esrernail, and for the an
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which he met the con1aQuepess Of his failure. =
sympathy for the gallant Critfendon, Who died 4
bravely IN Cnba, ibsssn act they ssrongly con
| demned. and the tear Of pnay Of The best and
. bravest Of our revolutionary sires bedewed ths
grave Of Andre, who by their own judgment
died the death Of spy, hlssentence approved By
MI Washington. When passion has paased away,
and calm reason has resaned its place il The
minds Of our southern bretbreQ they will fully ap
preciate our feelings, and then, If DO not mis-
j take them, while with az they condemn vet pity
John Brown ~ misguidetl hat not base minded
man, they will also withps detest and scorn these
men in our midst who now seek b. distorting our
language and falsifying our sentiments to use the
passion and prejudices Of onr southern brethren
- a means to pave their own way 70 power and
place. aza 4,f E4
4 cannot concur in the opinion expressed BY
some persons that the constituted authorities Of
the States Of this Union have discharged their
entire duty, when they have looked 60 and cared
for their internal affairs, and that they tray-
el out Of their legitimate sphere when they in any
manner concern themselves with the affairs of our
General Government The several States, as
such, are the constituents Of one branch of the
National Congress- and if il be true that the con-
stituent may and should concern himself with
what is done by his representative, II must be
true that each State nsy and shosld concern her
self with the actions Of that Geuesal Government
of which her representatives alei part if il be
true that the States Of or contederacy are inter
ested in the administration and preservation Of
that compact but for which tiey would be
wholly independent and riysA perhaps hostile
sovereignties, instead Of one great and united
nation, it must be true that they may and should
concern themselves with tte manner in which
those to whose hands that administration and
preservation are committed, discharge their
| trust.
The passage by Congress Of the measure com
| monty known as the Homestead Bill, would In my
| opininn, be productive Of much good, preventing
in great degree the acquisition, by spectators,
oflarge bodies Of the public lands, to the injury
Of the actual settlers, and by enabling many hon
est and industrious poor men who cannot now do
50, to enrol themselves in the class Of independ
ent farmers who are the strength and support Of
our country. The government price of quarter
section of land may appear to many small and
Bub tHS 1HNI1V tOusHHuS OI t0G
farmers Of the west who have opened farms either
Sin the woods" or ''on the prairies," can more
justly appreciate the great benefits derivable from
that small amount Of their work Of toll and pri-
vatiOn. respectfully recommend that yOu mem
orialize Congress for Athe passage Of such law.
The building Of Railroad to the Pacific
Ocean, is measure which, IN my opinion, is de-
manded by the best interests of our whole coun-
try. In case Of war with any Of the great mara
limo h. Ctota ho po.,sHo vraDll Ia
peculiarly open to attack, and our Government
could afford them the necessary aid for their de-
fence only at great risk and enormous expense.
Troops could not be sent to their assistance
through our own country, except by the overland
route, which experience has shown to be, for an
army almost impracticable; while,if sent BY any
other route, they might be compelled to fight
their way to the States they are sent to defend.
II seems to me to bc a bad policy that would
compel us to depend upon other nations for
right Of way to our own possessions and our own
homes when We can have such way within our
own limits. IS s
great central trunk route, with branches at
either end to accommodate oil parts of our coun-
try, both upon the Atlantic and Pacific, would
meet our wants and commend itself to the sound
sense and calm judgment Of onr people, ] also
recommend that YOU memorialize Congress In ia
vor of that measure. t ~ y4s ~ .ss44 x
1IIcFt Is DIE aspect Ol tile NSAeQ Nuu
question of slavery to which I wish to direct
your attention as one upon which perhaps our
whole country can harmonize Recent events in
Virginia have drawn the attention Of our South
ern brethren to the danger surrounding them, by
reason of the great number of free colored per-
sons among them in contact with their slaves
and the excitement of the moment has caused
some Of their Stale Legislatures seriously to
tertain the terrible proposition to compel this un-
All
lies from the land of their birth or to become
slaves. The repugnance, the prejudice, if You
WILL Of the people of the Free States especially
of the northwestern States, against allowing any
large influx of these unfortunates among thcm is
well known and must be needed by those who
make laws for those States, The dangers and
difficulties attendant upon the preseace OF free
| colOred persons in slayeholding community,
prevent emancipation by many who would other
wise gladly set free their slaves and have in some
States caused the passage Of laws prohibiting or
| greatly hindering emancipation. ladeed these
dargers and difficulties are to-day the great hin
drance to the abolition Of slavery in and BY The
| Slave States, and the Aapprehended danger that
/ in case the Southern States should abolish slave
| ry, the Free States would at once be overrun by
i the ignorant slaves Just manuniitted. il skisny
used by partizan politicians among us to recon-
cile the Northern mind to the extension Of slave
ry in other directions Moved by these conside-
rations, deem it my duty to recommend to your
careful and favorable consideration, o plan for
| the colonization Of the free colored population
| of our country in Central or South america, un-
1 der the protection of our General Government,
brought forward in the Congress of the United
States, by . distinguished member of that body
from the State of Missouri, with the view that If
the measure sI.all meet your appreciation, you
may memorialize Congress in its favor. The sub
stance Of this plan subsequently, presented in
/ the U. S. Senate, BY one OF the Senators from
Wisconsin, il that our Government shall by
| treaty with some Of the Central or South Ameri-
i can Governments to acquire ''thc rights ard
| privileges of settlement and Of citizenship for
the benefit Of such persons of color Of African
descent, as may voluntarily desire to emigrate
from the United States, and form themselves in
| to colony or colonies under the laws OF. the
i State or States to which they may emigrate, the
4 United States, in consideration of the CONNER
cial advantages Of free trade With such colony or
colonies making and securing the necessary and
proper engagements to maintain them in the en-
joyment Of the rights and privileges acquired by
| such treaty or treaties" The colonization Of
this unfortunate race in some country peculiarly
adapted by climate and production to their use
and occupation, has long been favorite scheme
with a large portion of the people in aA sections
of our country, and until time and experience
had shown the operations Of the Society which
proposed to colonze them in their native country,
to be, BY reason Of the expense impracticable
as means for relieving our country Of the vast
numbers of these people among us, that Society
received, as it justly deserved, great degree 81
public favor. That the operations Of that Society
have produced and will produce great fgood 10
Africa, have no doubt, and ! shall rejoice 70
see its ability for usefulness largely extended
But experience has shown il to be wholly inefn
cient az a means Of removing from ahaongus this
large and rapidly increasing population Coleni
zation in Central or South America by means Of
the proximity Of the proposed colonies, would
be much less expensive, and therefore more eiiec
tive, and if the General Government, supported
by the several States, should take the matter Ia
hand with earnestness and zeal, II seems to ms
that we might congratulate ourselves upon hav
ing done . work which would not only be pro
ductive Of great goodlto ourselves, but also ena
BILE US to commence the payment .Gf that vas
and accumulated debt we owe this wronged ane
, unfortunate race, and which would. perhaps
enable us to see the beginning Of thtt moet de
srahl1 end when 0sr land All All N IN truth .sfAls