The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-08

MoRRIsoN. ILL.,, June 3-JudiciaI election, n,
opposition 70 w. w. Helon, Of Decatur, Il
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preme Court saas
From the cipcinnad Gazette.
BELL DISUNIONISTS.
OF all the conspirators who have labored to
bring upon the South her present .calanties,
the Bell disun;onists merit most richly the exc
crations Of true men, They hare the copper
heads of treason who lurked among the flowers
of loyalty, to bite the unwary and confding.-
| They have acted as spies around the hearths Of
| patriotic citizens, and are now the better quail.
ified to designate persons for the "swift atten-
tions" of Vigilance Committees. At the proper
time for the grand coup d'etat of rebellion in
| each State which has seceded-vith the excep.
ton, perhaps, Of South Carolina, these have
gone over to the original Secessionists with
whining pretensions of abused confidence
They have made mighty efforts for the promo
tion of compromise and peace, which have been
| sighted, and the country has not been saved.
Each one OF the sneaks, when his name has
been reached on the roll of treason, has had his
words conned for an appeal to his "Union
| friends" He has told them there was no longer
any hope of "a settlement Yet these very
Bell men, and their leader with them, when they
! Wefd Tuuuluk y Will Wv dtCI.I ISuClh OuCcSa
| assured their cenfiding neighbors they we're for
| the Union, the Constitution and the enforce
| ment of the Lave" They were for the Union IL
they could rule it, for the Constitution If they.
could construe il or amend it to suit themselves,
for the enforcement Of the laws only so far a.
might suit their wishes and convenience. i'R sass.
As a snare in which to catch their deluded
followers, they thrust at the peoples chosen
officers certain arbitrary demands, which they
styled "peace measures" pretending to antici
pate their adoption with some confidence. Fore
most among the 'peace measures" was a radical
change in the Constitution, which they liked 50
| vel! before the election. That sacred instru-
| ment was to hare injected into IL what was quite
equivalent to the Breckinridge platform And
50 thoroughly had they filed. the public mind in
Border Slave States with the absurd expectation,
that while the "Peace Conference" was in ses.
sion, travellers were necessarily annoyed at
Southern depots with the inquiry, "Has there
been any settlement mades" The stupid dupea
of the Bell disunionists had been brought to be-
| lieve that the majority of the people Of the
United States would offer their honest opinions
and preferences willing sacrifice on the altar
| of the Observation-Disclosures Convention t-ia
The most contemplate feature of the Bell hy-
pocrisy was the advent of John Bell himselfinto
| the camp of the traitors. He visited Washing
ton about the time of Mr.. Lincolns Inauguration,
| and advised the abandonment of most or all of
the forts still possessed in the South by the Uni
| ted States This was deliberate attempt on
his part to secure for the rebels by negotiation
what would fortify them againstth enforcement
| of the laws. Mr.. Bell could not have been ig-
norant of the fact that such acourse would have
been regarded by foreign powers as decided
| step. towards acknowledging the rebels ndepen-
| dence. This was his method for obtaining
the laws! Several States were in armed rebel.
lion against the Government, and the great en-.
| forcer of the laws proposes to give them, as q
| peace offering, forts belonging to the people Of
| the United States. Conspirators in those States
had forced upon the people a Calling tyranny
worse than that of Algiers, and MIR. Bell the
| champion of constitutional liberty, advises the
| Chief Magistrate of the United States to pro-
vide them with strong forts, well armed, that
| they might rivet the chains upon the helpless
| people The President who could have needed
such advice must have been lower in the scale
of manhood than ever James Buchanan.
When Mr.. Bell began his pilgrimage back to
Nashville, after this attempt to enforce, not the
| laws, but the schemes of traitors, the telegraph
| gave out rumors that he was not satisfied with
| the policy of the Administration, and would do
| something desperate. Till the refusal OF the
Government to give up Fort Sumter, his despe-
| ration was only manifested by sullen silence on
| his part, and assembling words in his Nashville
| organs. When Sumter fred back at the rebels,
| there was an end of Mr.. Bells devotion to the
| Union, Constitution and lawa.
Wherever the conspirators have been able to
mature their plans, the Bell leaders, with the
exception of few true men like Etheridge,
Brownow, Nelson, johnson, Baxter, Maynard
| and Trigg, have made the viest and most un-
| scrupulous traitors. As if they begrudged
Breckenridge Democrats the start they took in
falsehood, by an early beginning, the South
ern Bell editors and stump speakers, when
drummed into service by the rebels, abandon
themselves to lies entirely, rising early in the
morning to lie, and continuing until the night is
rendered darker by their falsehoods. John
Bells nomination was the wooden horse used by
the Golden Circle, to smuggle in traitors among
honest men.
The cry of Bell traitors in Southern Border
| States is, ''The coercive policy of Lincoln has
| paralyzed our efforts for the Union and we are
| forced to unite our destinies with the South
| The truth is Just the reverse. The Presidents
unexpected promptness in maintaining the Gov.
ernment, caught them mapping, and has in q
| great measure paralyze their plans for aiding
| the rebels. They desired to hold the Federal
| hand yet longer in their deceitfnl grasp, while
JEFF. Davis pirates strengthened themselves for
| theft and murder on the high seas and on the
Mississippi river. If the authorities at WASH
ington could have dallied longer in their lap,
| there was not wanting more Peace Commits
sioners like John Tyler, to hold them still till
arrangements were consummated for the precip
itation of Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri
| The beauty of Bells share in the treason has
been marred by the Presidents vigor; and it is
no wonder that those Of his followers who were
| in the secret now howl like wolves cheated Of
| their prey.
There is still a noble band of the late sup
porters of John Bell in KIntucky, Missouri,
| Eastern Tennessee, Western Virginia and Ma
| ryland, who meant just what they said when
| they announced their platform to be the Union,
| the Constitution and the enforcement of the
| Laws; and whom 10 sophistry catch phrases,
such rs an "Abolitionized Government" ''eoer-
cion," ''invasion" or ''subjugation," can seduce
| from their allegiance. These men scorn and
| loathe the baseness and duplicity of their late
| associates, and will welcome the Government in
| its efforts to Invade" "coerce' and "subju.
gate" ali such hypocrites and traitors.
GEN. BUrLER's MILITARY QUALIrIcArIoSs--A