The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-07-28

lSFo0 - Nov TEA Rv,.s.. VII
Tn. sLAvEay QUEsrIox 70 !. -.
AND HOw.-Therc ID calm $3.50. $500 shsa.9
lean demagogae, . quiet relisncs M A.
ance, stupidity, indifference \. ]. apoa u isi!
people On whom h. operates M. I10,.,napdaa n
al'eIeo 70 70 other country. on x.k
agogues, ne most distinguished u NJ:
snese particulars, the man Who !, 49,. 1. tlAi
about What he says II he en- - ad1ss
Immediate purposes, and IN - 80 \. sMSR
most upon the ignorance and ,I ~ rss>
the great mass Of society, i &c., aa@f
q this present speaking s.umDin. \ = DosA
for the Presidency. ses Rais
We may add, further, that a.. =.
narkable displays Of his sur... s y Ne no1
s s pres"nps,on may Be found I \. a''unas
deliver delivered q y , Boston on Tuesdy ii,
For years the slavery ou~s
other matters Of national impo,.,,. .'isha.a
gress. II you ask your repre- ,sr,.,;. W. Co
ures we're not taken to iIlcreaae II. 1Alasx
stead OF authorizing loan. n. ,. " N'saa,
there was no time TO do it-co 80 ID
honest debts. If you ask .hv ,h..s, nr,M
Railroad, Why there Is NO o,s.,.. 80 ! m
30 - man steamers. you are told M, -
no time TO attend to these matter ~. 80
question occupied all the time r.. n ~
mefelai, shipping, agricultural and -.
~ interests are neglected for want n -.
cause o. the slavery question. Ths,. ~.
q ume, unless you Danish the slavs,r ~
rom the halls Of Congress. ma ~. y gxs
the people according to the nIa.fo,r -.
ocratic party :" W
Meourse the speaker must have ss,u,.
s ~ hearers and readers had forgotten a.. 1
ussn 10Y Ten years and more the most -
's'e. 20 slavery agitation in Consres. Al L
con.fl,sa and negotiated the plan n, 4.
OF tne Missouri Compromise, and th,, i.
OF the very first to take what he te,n.s., !.
cut 70 the Presidency, showing ~ \ ~. i. -
and servility to the slavery ias,,a /. @,orI
Saul in Israel, head and shoulder 49, "
eountrymen. He must have asun.S ~.
was al forgotten, or never known !, :.
and remembered, that very few Of lie Il, 1.
land people really felt As they proiessd 4
70 regard to it, and that it vas mef,lr n
dent that Massachusetts, sent man IL n. n
Summers political opinions 10 the Cait.a !.
Senate, instead Of one who would st..d ~
BY and see another senator like Charles 80
beaten over the head and nearly killed |, Nj
nan, while discharging his Official daty. II
But though it il the psychological u,sa,
Of demagogues to suppose everybody i -
ent in matters Of principle as they He &c.
and great deal less intelligent, their sinE
not on that account less worthy Of BEN
ed, nor their uttcrances Of being strdied \ ~
instincts for the detection Of change Il n v
rents of public opinion are wonderfuEy N
and in that point Of view this speech Il Dn w
is significant. NJ
He has discovered that the nrp y
which he and his partisans have been phtr
long Is no longer .'dulsom melody II X
the Northern States, and that the s,rr y
ton must be put out Of politics. In ns
undoubtedly correct and 80 ii will h bit
by him or such A. he. So long As The lurss
ing interest can make or mar the fortuat|
politician; 30 long as its alliance il dHr@
sential to every man who aspires TO pE&
career, 50 long the slavery agitation viii IA
most prominent feature Of American poitsNt
Every aspirant for federal honors will DO II
Pierce and Douglas and Buchanan did, ecu
some scheme by which to prove, each, ts'
devotion to slavery surpasses that Of hs 81
ltors. All the slavery agitation in the n1
since the annexation of Texas has hsd jz
origin and no other. But for the stlEa \
men like Pierce, Douglas and Buchsna
such as they, to do something to eoaru
upon themselves the support Of the pps
power in the country which has always nM
a unit, and by its unity held the balancedI
in the nation, none Of the slavery isua
have made 70 much bad blood in the Gu
during the past ten years, could have
primary questions. They would have N
along like the Pacific Railroad or the taHgS
ton, and finally have received such dsPa
as would have satisfied the country vithct
excitement in any quarter,
| IT is obvious, therefore, that until tisx
which il supposed to invest slavery ID la1
il broken: until President is chosen IL ~
Of IL; until politicians STE that they cnaa
high honors by deserving them, and shs
ing the servile crew who believe that ira
freedom can never recover power in TIN
try, because their efforts have been 20 frsei
and uniformly baffied; until the fedenlw
ment receives northern exposure, apds
tronagc is one Of the recognized rewards II v
ton TO the cause Of freedom as II has ben N
ertO for devotion TO the interests Of sssr
will be impossible TO accomplish What y wi
las processes TO hay. 70 much At hessS bari
he has done MORE than any BODY else TO
expel the slavery question from politics
only by eieeting Republican President n
sipating the faith which Is still felt in The %
southern federal policy, that the motHi
forcing issues can be removed, and with "
tive the nuisance itself.
| Should either Of the other canaidsn
chosen, il would prove nothing sgains' ~
ular policy Of counting the South, % ~
trary, II would discourage the most hOpsH
further efforts to rescue the federal gCyss'
from the control Of the southern cspitAllA
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