The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-03-31


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brig The holders over the enlfse tsuee beevess
Their hoanes and the Federal Metropolia n,
nor sfOus connecting lines oe The Daftinl ~ ~
OAs6 Railroa,l have united usoss cssdinIly Via
thas Emo in extending thin pooullaf cd conpee
hetlstve compliment 70 the fourth e1ta1 u ~
Union. zae
\ The States whose editors win 10 embfaced 4
the invitation are the following q N0sshwssees1f
Vifginla, Ohio, Indiana, ulinoid, Eouehern Mich
1 igAn, Wiseonsin Iowa Minmesoaa, Mlus0uri. Kan
~, Nebraska, Central ard Wessern Kentnckv
and Tennessee, Western Alabama, Mississippi
Louisiana, TexAs and ArkansaA The entire Ii
Of the editorial fraternity in this vass fsgiou
will, of course, prescnt large number hit e ear
hardly Be expected chat moro than ons-haH Of
0ss@-hard workers - they ase-cen Aad Il
cc1sonient - acceFs he lnvltation. Even Viii
this PsupuetIoA, however, the attendance win b.
very large, sd ~ occasion win BE- one d much
interest v thefcities u Baltimore and Washing-
ton; - wen a. 70 the ssanspostatioa lines WIN
have united in it. 70 thas vast proportion Of
the editorial ftatesnity In The West Who may not
have already inspected our great work of lister
nal Improvement, the coming a1lhir olIess m Cd
mirnble opportunity 70 do this under Tie most
favorable anslices, end q the nost pleasant sea-
son Of the year. Il 10 understood that the invi-
tation tickets win BE- good for Q month or more
nit tie holders TO yisie Washinxton durinw the
session Of Congress- while the general attraction
there u 81 its height
ana pc.a...1'.r s ~ 80. :" 49, 49," :; ~
moruar,v n A. t1 alFnra eRe 49, onnortunitv ~
viewing the engineering and natural wonders Of
the mountain divisions Of the line by Daylight
and after stopping over niGAt ut Cumberland,
about midway between the Ohio river aud Balti-
more, proceed 70 this citySoe Washington on
the following day. Al Washlngton Almost inter-
esting compliment b saidto be in store for them,
in the way of visit 20 Mount Vernon, provided
by the enterpsising propHetoss Of the steamboat
line, which has proven such an accommodation
to the public in facilitating their inspection Ut
the home of Washington. .5at VI
The company, which will number abo0t three
hundred editors alone, will embrace some Of the
most notable members of the profession, inclu-
ding George d. Prentice, Of Louisville, A. 8.
Mitchell, Of s.. Louis, Hon. J.. Clemens, of Menu
phis, and host Of others The cities of Chi
cago Cincinnati. indianapolis, New Orleans,
Vicksburg, Nashville and other towns of the
West and Southwest will send full delegations
The invitations are in the shape Of circular
letters, and they win be forwarded in = few days
to those for whom they are intended.
81 Baltimore Sun.
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Inc following extract ID tine cOnciudlng pof-
ton Of Mr.. Sennott's address, before the joint
committee on courts Of Justice of the two
of tho v;r,;r;. Y.eo;sl.ture aslir N.
y. .''9 'o"'-s, ''''
GENTLEMEN: Aaron d. Stevens, for whom
beg bare reprieve-only . few more days of
such light and air as dungeon affords hinl-is
such sort, but Young man Of our own stock,
handsome, powerful, youthful, indeed scarcely
twenty eight years Of age. cannot ask you to
pardon him. ask you merely to recommend
reprieve. Your bare Recommendation will prob
ably save his life. DO it, gentlemen, for human-
ity's sake! DO it for the credit OF our own
common America; do 1t for the credit OF this
grand old commonwealth, and thank heaven for
affording you the opportunity to cover with ev-
crlasting confusion those malignant philanthrO-
pists who long for another death, that in every
corner of the civilized world they may exhaust
the resources Of human language and tire out
the tongue of the speaker, blunt the pen OF the
writer and wear out the pencil of the artist in
and cursing the noble Virginia name.
Enough blood has been shed to wipe out the re-
corded sin of ten thousand crimes like this.
Just one wOrd--One little wOrd-mercy, the
very word which is to die upon your own quiver-
ing lips when YOU enter with awful misgiyings
into the presence of Him who is to forgive us,
rs we forgive those who trespass against US. AS
we forgive them! Mercy-a word which costs
YOU only heart to utter it; and yet is of that
but IL will surely tranouilxe nation; and he the
Of peace on earth and good will to
men, down to the remotest generations of Ame-
rican mankind.
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And mercy il n word that should drop easily
from virginias lips. Your Commonwealth owes
its being to an act Of mercy. Your founder,
like my client. was rash, enthusiastic invader
Of people who never had harmed him. Like
Stevens, he was taken in the very act of inya-
sion. Like him he was tried with all the solemni-
ties of savage law, MS Stevens was under civil
lied code; and was sentenced to death, accord
ing to the profoandest maxims of those poor
who knew no better or SAFER way
than always to kill all their enemies. But ne
vas saved by mercy incarnate in that sweet In
dian maid. whose image glows through the twl-
light Of history in all the lovliest hues OF young
romance! May the parallel not fail US here u
itsa noblest parts! Nay those whose hearts
proudly beat around me with the more than re-
gal-the richer than imperial blood Of Pocahon.
that illussr'ous ancestor tins DAY!
May they emulate her merciiui spirit! May tney
prove their pure descent oy their magnammous
actions! May they not refuse 70 o eAe'u .l'iou'
risk to q young cOuntrymsn "nomy y" 'net w"
CT the mercy she risked her hte 70 snow 70