The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-05-04
1889.

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tempt to destroy theagoverh,nen. under whiei
I we were born It is crime against Constitn
tional freedom and the hopes OF the friends q
freedom throughout tle vide worli TO attempt
| to blot out the United States from the map of
Christcndoin Yet this attempt Is now being
/ made The eovernment II our fat efst rs to be
\ overthrowu and 4destroyed.aeThe Capital that
bears the name Of the Father of his Country Is
| to be bombarded and leveled to the earth among
| the rubbish and the dust fittings that are past
| The records ofour government are TO be scsttef-
ed to the fonr :winds of heaven. The lconstitut.
ed authorities, placed there by the same high
authority that placed Washington, and Jeffersoa,
| and Madison, and Jackson in the cftair, are TO
be csptured and carried or ito become by
word and a scorn to the nations OF the world
! Never Neyer!fs s.a b ggfs,.5ga s. s.
| You may think that am drawing picture
| that is overwrought, and not describing q fact.
| M man who spent the last wee; in the City Of
| Washington, will believesI have done justice %
| it.. You have all the elements Of the French
revolution surrounding the Capital now. and
threatening II with IT'S tesrors. Not only is its
constitutional government TO be stricken down;
| Aot only is our flag to be blctted out but the
very foundations of social. order are 10 be I'M
| dermnded and destroyed !; the demon of de
struction is toybes let loose over the face Of the
! land reign of terror and mob law s to prevail
| in each section of the Union, and the man who
aares to plead for the cause of justice and mod
| Grafton in either section, is to be marked down
| AS a traitor to his section. If this state Of
things is allowed tn go on, how long before you
will have the guillotine III active operation
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the land pust feel ,b,t tbi. cause is his own ard
thai there is ami shoua hs nothing that ought
to he isarreeniI, or sbuu,,iIistine 10 men WHO
have differed i, tp. or ,aace az, every mes tion
that could divide fellow meg to rail-; in union
in defence or the country and against ali ass,il
ants. While all tho states of this Union. and
.y,rv cjtizep nj everv 81 Ia has preeIess leoa-
cy d.nendeptSunon tie surcrss of our efforts to
maintain this Government we in the great valley
of the Mississippi have neculiar ntere l. and in.
ducem.nts IN the STRUGGLE What is tL, attcmnt
now bpipc made > seen States of t,,js Uuion
choose to declare thar tbey will no Iorqer obey
the behest of the United States that they will
| Withdraw from the Government est .blishcd sy
our fathers thst tho, win dissnlvc. wjtLout onr
consent the bonds that have united u totcther
| But not cnntpnt wiz, that they proeced tn IN
wade and obstruct cur dearest and most iaalen.
able rights. secured by the Constitutiaa. O,o
| O. their first scts is to establish a battery Of
| cannon upon the banks of the Mississippi on
the dividing line between the States of Missis-
sippi and Tennessee, aud require every steamer
| that passes down the river Il come 10 nndera a
gun, to receive a custom house ottiser on board,
| to pi escribe where the boat may land, and upon
what terms it may put ont barrel OF -four ora
| cask OF bac0n-upon tie river and upon tile
borders of these States to cut off our freedom Of
| trade.
| We are called upon to sanction This policy.
| Before corsynting TO their right 10 commit such
| acts. ! implore enu to consider that the same
| principle winch will allow The Cotton States to
exclude US from the ports G? the Gill, would
authorize the New England States aud New York
| and Pennsylvania to exclude us from the Allan
! tie and the Pacific States to exclude us from
| the ports OF that ocean Whenever YOU sane
| tion this doctrine of secessip ipn you authorize
| the States bordering upon the Alantic and Paci-
fic oceans to withdraw from us, form alliances
| among themselves, and exclude from tile
| markets of the world and from communication
with all the rest of Christendom. Not only this,
but there follows tariff on imports, ey.ing of
taxes upon every pound of tea and coffee
and sugar, and every yard of cloth that
We may import for our consumption the ievying
too, of any export duty upon every bushel Of
| corn and every pound of meat we may choose
to send to the markets of the world TO pay for
| imports.
| Bear in mind tba. these very cotton States
| who in former timcs have beep 20 bo;sterous
in their demands fnr Tree trade have an,ono ,he;r
first acts established an export duty on cotton
for the first time in American history -
| II ;s h,stori.oI ra., well l,nwn ~ arerr
| man who has read the debates of ,Ie Conyen
| tion which framed tho Cnnst;trt;on tbat the
Southern States refused m becom, n,r,;cs to The
| Constitution upless there WAS an exnress nrovi.
sion in the Consri,u,ion nroh;bi,ing ConrTcss IN
levy an exnort du,y on anv product Of the earth
No sooner have these cnttnn states seeded than
An eyport duty ia levied and if they viii, lew
i, on their cotton do Won not think they villlevy
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