The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-07-13

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Gof of IN asa15s IL parsi, iccSi Sd,p,a,,,ar,.,,
t.o9s and col = 70 III csntsN rover tie nan.
as@sst Of tofeign aAhits a.sd Of III other coe,
cesao which tAe united hmliy have !, jejn.
i tntefogcA All tie orkAnixed Aau dgJAeatsd sov.
60 depend directly o. nearly y s poplar ckoice,
II This governneht - not Imposed upou H. pse-
PIE 6y foFen sonqueros; Il g rot ID inbsri,spes
co:csedins iron bafbarcus ayss, ladsn with ~
dittoeary abdses, which cteass ! bainfhl ever ~
! cerrng Necessity Of tsfbtm 4 IL not ne eoAesie
i Of heltsd snthuafasts 10 ~ spassbs 81 teyols.
don. tits the recent and VOLUNTARY ftaneuoek
Of an enlightened ~, compseted by Wis and
good men. With deli6eflsson and care, working
/ upon materials prepared ~ long colonial disci.
pifne. ID framing it they sought TO combine
i the merits and avoid the defects Of fofusr sys-
tetns Of governmsnt. The greatest possible l,b-
erty Of the citis1n Il the bssis; jus rsprssspt.
a1ou the ruling principle, reconcilinR With srars
Ingenuity the federal 9aality of the state with
\ 1eei6l4tite and executive magistraus are freely
chossh q short periods IL judiSiaf4 1aoue ho-
dthk o2ce BY more psrmsneis Il III snf-
/ 6ciently reSponeible tenure No NV aovs
into OF out OF the treasury but under the direct
sanction of the repressntasives OF the beople,
on whom also ell the great functions Of the eov-
etnfnent for peace aud war, within tie limits al.
i ready indicated, are devolvsd. No Hereditary
titles or privileges; no distinction Of iahks, no
estaoiisoed cnurcnes. DO courts o. high commits.
~ non are known % tne syessm nos drop sef
olcoc nss ever nown andsr i0 autnorlty for d
po'iNsN,cell pINNs onence Dus snis yfshnical and OPP
feet Development Of equal republican principles
than has ever before eIiSted on any consiAerable
le scsie. Ouder y ste oenl!4 innaence u tne country
svey svey Psrs ot me counsly mas pIospered beysnd
an FORMER example. iu PoPu'auon mas increas'
60 i0 coniMsrce, sencusure ana manufactures
nave h2ur,sue9 manners, arys, eoueatlon, and.
al snas diennes ano enooIes man, nave 10 D.
snorter Penoo s.ssned nigner POINT 81 coitt-
vAuon tnan mas ever oe'Ore 0een Witnessed 10 d
newly setued region Inc consequences has
oeen oonAderssion sI ana innuence abroad and
marveiioas well oeing - nome; 1ne World has
looked WIN sdm,faacn upon the ccantsgs pro-
eree; We nave ourselves contemplated t par
ZAP WHn nnone .c, armies With
OUT conscssp navies vtnous lmprefsmenk
ana neitner afMy nor navy sweiled g IN oppres'
nvs SIZE: an overnoWmg treasury wtnout direct
saxation or Oppressive taxauon OF any kind
cnurcnes vsnout nomper and Win no deno,nin-
aVonal preIerenceee on tne part OF the state
scnoois ana COLLEGES accessible 20 all the people
!. tree ana cnesp press: aiI tne great institu.
Hons OF social lhe extending their Dement'S 70 the
mass OF the community such, no one can Do
ny, the general character OF TINS yrannical
and oppressive government. s5ig1 1ia
but perhaps tnis government, however wisely
planned, however benenctai even IN its opera
u0n, may have been rendered distastefnl, or
may nave become oppressive 10 one part OF the
country and 70 one portion OF the people. in
consequence Of tne control o. ana,rs having
oeen monopoIised or unequaiIy shared oy anoth.
er POI ton. In confederacy the people OF one
section are not well pleased to oe even mildly
governed bv an exclusive denomination OF the
other In point offact TINS 10 sns allegation the
persistent ahegstion or the Sonsh tnat from
the foundason OF tne government II mas been
W'eioeo oy the people OF tue Nortn ior thelr
speciai, often exclusive oenens ana 10 the IN
Jury and oppression OF the Soute: Let us see =
Out OF eeventy-swo years since tne organization
OF the government the Sxecusive coair mas for
sixty-four years been hi'ed nearly all the time
oy southern presidents, ana snen that vas not
the case by presidents possessing the confidence
OF the South. For still longer period the con-
trolling infsenoes OF the LEGISLATIVE ana judicial
departments of the government have centered
in the same quarter. Ut alI the offices in the
git OF the central power in every department,
far more than her proportoRate share has al
ways been enjoyed by the South She is at this
moment revolving against government, not
only admitted to be the mildest and most benif-
cent ever organized this side Utopia, but one of
which she has herself from the first almost mo-
nopolixed the administration.
WHY SHOULD VI NOT REcoGSIsE TIE sRcEDrNG
i Std $50 o STATES? 3EA ln I3
And now let US rise from these disregarded ap
peals TO the truth Of history and the wretched
subtilties Of the secession school Of argument,
and contemplate the great issue before Us, in IT'S
solemn practical resiity. Why should We not"
IL is asked, "admit the claims Of the seeding
states, acknowledEe their independence, and put
an end At once to the warS" 'sWhy should we
not? ?" answer the question by asking another,
"why should we? What have We to hope from
the pursuit OF hat course Peace , But We were
at peace before. Why are We not at peace nowl
The North has not waged the var, 1t has been
forced upon us in self-defence; and il. while
they had the constitution and the laws, and exc
| cutive Congress and the courts, all controlled by
themselves, the South, dissatisfied with legal
projections and constitutional remedies, has
| grasped the sword, can North and South hope to
live in peace, when the bonds Of Union are bro
ken and amicable means Of adjustment are re-
pudisted? Peace is the very last thing which
secession, ifrecognised will give Us; it will give
| US nothing, hollow truce-time to prepare the
means Of new outnges. II is in its very nature
. srpetual cause of hostility an eternal, new
er cancele0 Ietter OF marQue end repr'saI, an eV-
erlasting proclamation of border war. How can
peace exist, when al the causes Of dissention
are indefinitely multiplied when unequal reve-
nue. laws shall have led to gigantic system of
smuggling, when general stampede Of slaves
shall take place along the border, with NO thought
of rendition; and all the thousand causes of mu-
tual irritation shall be called into action on the
frontier of fifteen hundred miles not marked by
natural boundari and not subject to common
| jurisdiction or . mediating power We did be-
lisve in peace fondly, credulously believed that
! cemented by the mild umpirage Of the federal
Union, it might dwell forever beneath the folds
of the Star Spangled Banner and the sacred
shield of common nationality. That was the
great arcansnn of policy; that vas the state mys'
try into which men and angles desired TO look
hidded from ages but revealed TO Us:
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found:
. family OF states independent for local concerns,