The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-25


nulll6 were lcd 10 believe that u was tho sccre-
sssy or War#eMn Floyd vas vel known hSse. n
Hc ran against Mr.. Martin, Of W, for Congress,
and was preparing u attend The Democratic ConA
yent;ot, III Richmond, when attacked with par-s
Avis III fifteen minutes the discape had reaci
ei the vital organs and b. fell desA fls
Republicans In turn have introduced - the
House bill for abolishing the ffankiDg privilege
Ia order that ne Democrats may be compelled
10 vote II down. "A large majority Of them ere
known to Be infavor ofits continuanees AaA
4 Mr. Farnsworth's bill for the sc4usition Of tl1e
Canadas, and Mr.. McClernand's for the acquisi-
ticn Of Cuba, &c for political efiect only.
M. Bingham of OlIiov opened the diss0sss0n
of the question Of slavery II the Territories 70
day. BY introducing resolution % declare null
and void and unlawful All the acts Of the Legis-
laturc Of New Mexico admitting Il to that Terri
tory. More business has been transacted by
Congress today than during the past ten wcekA
The Popc's Troub1es. s.-
Scarcely ANYTHING is discussed in the French
and English papers but the controversy between
Napoleon and the Pope. NJ II IL felt that Il may
involve very great consequences. There are scri-
Gus spprsheLs ions Of personal danger 70 Napo-
leon from the knife or the pistol Of some bigoted
a,iherent Of the Pope. Such an event ~ the
assassination OF Napoleon Nv an cmissary OF the
Church; ~ this crisis, might be the signal for
general revolution in the Catholic countries O :
Europe. The most rash and improbable designs
arc attributed 70 the Pope. Letters from Rome
say that he isdccidcd upoRk xciting religious
war BY joining with the BoqThnns Of Naples snd
Austria and instigating civil connection in TIE
Italian Skatps. The Pope has been. shocked BY
several pnblic Determinations Of sympathy with
Napoleon ia Rome itself. On the appearance Of
.Napoleons letter to the Pope, and also on occa-
sion Of the change Of the Sandman ministry and
the restoration Of Count Cavour, crowds assem-
blcd about the French garrison and raised the
shout Of sylvia NapoleoD," viva PItalia," and
refused 10 dispense at the orders OF the pciice.-
At such a moment they might a. well have
shouted "Down with the Pope
The suppression Of the ultra Catholic organ,
the Paris Tniyers, is defended in a semi-oticial
article in the Constitutional, which ID striking
and significant in many respects Itrevives an
old law, almost forgotten, as formal justifca-
ton Of the suppression, which decrecd that no
bull, proserpt. be-, Of the Pope. should be pub
lishcd without the consent Of the government
The law had been for years practically obsolete,
bnt 1t was convenient for use in this emergency.
But the Constitutional proceeds to argue that
the P0pes letter does not concern matters OF
faith, and therefore is NOS authoritatvs, and sif
absolute unless he conforms to the authority Of
the caaons and il fortified blythe Judgment Of
the universal church, This is only n modified
Professionalism. The article proceeds to argue
that as sovereign the Pope is to be judged like
other sovereigns. and atraisns him as 4 had SOW
ercign who has lost his subjects hy misgcvern-
meat and does not deserve 10 regain them. And
it j. distinctly intinated tina. If the people OF the
remaining provinces Of the Pope wish TO shake
off his temporal authority, now Is their opportu-
nitv and tho French will neither prevent 1t
themselves nor allow amy other foreign power-to
prevent it, while France win henceforth only
keep its troops in Rome to preserve order there
and defend the Pope from assault. All this is a
plain declaration to the Pope that he must here
after content himself with the government OF the
city of Rome alone, and devote himself more
exclusively to his ecclesiastical functions. This
is an advance on the New Years letter Of Napo-
leon, which half promised the Pope guaranty
Of his remaining possessions. 55E aiI st-
The question of greatest interest now is, whc-
tier the Pope will submit or resist If the latter
there will be troublous times In the church, and
possibly a new religious war in Europe. tits re-
ported that the Queen Of Spain has assured the
Pope of her support in the maintenance Of his
rights, but neither Spain nor Austria are in po-
sition to give efficient aid to the Pope and none
ofthe other Catholic powers will be disposed to
do il. They will be glad, on the contrary, to see
him reduced to his proper position of a spiritual
ruler, and SO be rid of the yexatous interference
Of tina. anomalous, halfspiritual power in poll
ties, which has caused some OF the most disas-
trous complications in past ages.-SpFingfeld
Republican.
g5B- This expansion and growth of the system
OF African slavery, this development ofFthe slave
during tim at nfv I.,
wrought wonderful change, complete revou-
ton, IN the sentiments and opinions of the public
men who control the councils Of America. What
contrast between slavery in america in 1853,
and slavery in America in 1860! Then, ii was
weak; now, it is strong Then, its influences
over the nation we're impotent; now, it holds the
Government in It's iron grasp. Then. the public
men who dictated the policy Of the Government
deemed it to be n moral, social, and political
evil, which humanity and religion deplored now,
il isregarded by the men who control the Gov
ernment as positive good, beneficial system,
"a great moral in the words Of the Senator from
Mississippi, [Mr. Brownl social, and political
blessing a blessing to the master and a blessing
to the slave Then, to prohibit il in the Terri
tories was deemed alike the right and duty Of the
Government; now, the avowed doctrine Of the
Administration Of the Government IL, that the
shareholders have the right to carry their slaves
a. ptOptitl iHtO hit 1tEKitGTltS, hIu IOlu lutUu
there as property by virtue OF the Constitution,
and that 'neithcr Congress nor Territorial
Legislature, nor any human power, has authority
70 annul Or impair this vested right Then, 10
cherish, living fifth the creed that s.all men
are created equal to believe slavery to be an
evil; 10 believe, with Henry that "a time would
come to abolish this lamentable evils and with
Jefferson, that nothing il more certainly writ
ten in the book OF fate, than that this people
shall be free brought neither prescription from
power, nor intlignities from the people; now,
these sentiments bring upon the public man the
prescriptions of power, the ridicule and reproach
Of presses in the interest Of power, and subject
the American citizen, whose rights are guarded
By constitutional GUARANTEES, in the slave States
to the insults and degrading indigni,ss Of lawless
and brutal mobs, Inaddened by the fanaticism Of
slavery, to arrests, imprisonments,, fines, and
punishment. Then, the people Of America con-
ided their new Government 10 the guardianship
and guidance of statesmen, known by their acts
and recorded opinions to be lnalterably opposed
TO the slave trade, TO the perpetuity of slavery,
to it, expansion into the vast empire Of the North
west; now, the public men OF America who in
herit the sentiments and opinions OF Washing-
ton Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Jay, Hamilton,
ana t,ir llin.trlon Y, ccmpcers who would conse-
crate the territorial possessions Of the Republic
these Chambers, that they will not be permitted,
IN the slave State-, TO avow their sentiments, or
TO advocate the election to the Presidency In
1850, OF 4 candidate representing their policy .
as, that the election or such candidate viii b,.
cause for the dissolution oil the Unicn.--&aasor
Visor, vi -Nass, r s,tgis,~ NJ l45asl, \
\ DIscovERy on Coal Oh. in Onto.-Ereat cx-
element exists In Mecca, Trunsbull County. and
ID ADJACENT towns. owing to the discoycryaof
Coal on wells or springs, sisnlar 10 those found
just cast Of the boundary line between Chic and
Pennsylvania. Last fall q farmef in N14ca en-
awell and VI the depthsQf about tvs2 fect.
struck siaty rock, from tic assures III which rock
OIL oozed into the well IN considerable qsntitics
The well was further cxcavatcd until water WA
found, but 20 strongly hmpregnascd With the oil
40 70 reader Il unit tor use aa e - et4 s
The Asner then offered toll his farm ana
gave the reason for II. ThiS excited attention
and OIL spectators leased the FIRM and are fipw
e. thering the oil frpm thu sarface u thu water.
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