The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-30

CALLIKa ROE vorx.-The editor OF the North
Albanian proclsims his Dissatisfaction with the
scceders sction, snd being advised 70 .'leavs the
State, replies: y
'1f all were to leave who are dissatisfied, We
fear the remainder would sson have to leave OF
DO worse, for they would have fey left Oh WHOM
they could safely rely for selfprotection. 1t ID
Z remarkable fact, and Why 1t 10 We know not,
that the substantial, physical force Of the couD.
try-the hard listed, hard working men, every
where, who are expected to do all the fighting
when their country calls-were from the begin
ming opposed to the ordinance OF secession, and
are becoming daily more and more dissatisfied
with it" ~
The Augusta Chronicle (secession) saye:
ssThere is no longer any reason why the people
should not be recognized as portion Of the
State. We advocate the submission Of the Con-
stitution 10 the people, or Convention chosen
expediency. II is notorious that much dissatis.
faction exist, among the people Of some portions
The Jackson Mississippian asserts 'tho right
Of the people to decide whether or not they will
live under the constitution which is being pro
vided f., them BY the body in session at Mont
% The vicksburg Wing insists that "the perma-
nent (seceding) government must be submitted
to the popular will, and woe be to the man who
stands between the people and this inalienable
right" sA 4. -.
Our most respectable Southern exchanges
abound in such expressions of growing suspi-
cion on the part Of the people that they are
about to be cheated by their self.constituted
masters, and they are right, beyond q doabt. s
% A recent letter from Jacksonville, Florida, to
gentleman of Philadelphia, says: ~ gr
Secession, SO rampant when we arrived here
in December, is clearly in its descending node.
The custom house has begun to collect duties
for the State Of Florida, otherwise there appears
on the surface no evidence of State Government
The Presidents inaugural made little excite
ment, but even that seems to have died away
Union men are as thick as hops here in Jackson
vile, though this is the hot bed of secession in
East Florida. One of the principal men in the
place told me to-day, that if an election were
held in the State, two-thirds of the votes would
be found on the Union side. However this may
be, am satisfied by my own observation that
the fever is dying out very rapidly, and unless
some speedy stimulant be applied, there is great
danger OF resulting syncope. The Union men
here scout the idea of any danger to the Union
feeling resulting from the reinforcement of the
forts. Tie lines are fast being definitely drawn,
and most men are for the one government or the
other, squarely and implicitly. The Union men
publicly avow their sentiments; and I think
little time only is wanted to enable them to carry
all before them in this State"
TIE Way IT Is DoNH-Some years ago, in
New Orleans, drunken ruffan walked uptoa man
standing quitely in the public hall Of hotel, and
with the words "Confound you, don't like your
looks" made desperate lunge at him with an
instrument known as an Arkansas tooth pick"
"the gentleman with the knife, was
so hopeless'y intoxicated that he missed his mark
fell by the force of his own blow and cut only his
own fingers. Of course party of his friends
interiered in his favor and prevent
ed the execution of certain measures of coercion
which were about to be taken by the assaulted
stranger. 'i" :
This story brought to our recollection by a tel
egraphic despatch which came from Washington
yeterday, announcing the appointment of Il. W.
Saunders AS Postmaster at Memphis, Tenn, and
adding: "a riot is expected when he takes his
place There is n large number of secessionists
in Memphis TO uiom the appointment is o9jectiona
be"
Here is the moral Of secession in nutshell -
If you don't Ike mans looks, stab him. If you
have objections to a lawfully made appointment,
get up riot. If the people turn you out of of.
fee for unfaithfulness to every trust you have
hel from them, sccede
Had the Republicans adopted this mode ofex.
pressing their dissatisfaction with Mr. Buchan.
ans appointments, they would have been kept in
a state Of perpetual instruction When he call
ed to his cabinet such man as Floyd, who was
known to be defaulter in Virginia, when he
made Rvnders, notorious brawler and leader
of gang Of rowdies, his Marshall, or when he
sent creature like Daniels to Turin, there were
occasions which might almost have justified
popular outbreak. But free society remained
quiet. Even the the outraged people of Nebras.
ka, when they found their lawful vote against
slavery in that territory defeated by the tool of
the administration, who then held the veto pow.
er as Governor, never thought of creating riot
though by this shameless act they had slavery
imposed On them against their expressed wishes.
THE WHEAT CROP IN ENGLAND.-The latest re-
ports from England represent the prospects of
the wheat crop for the present year to be unfs-
vorable. III well known that the last year was
a calamitous one for the English farmers, so far
as the cereal and root crops were concerned. No
large stock of food, therefore, can be on hand
to supply the wants of the present, and the mar
kets will he in great degree dependent upon
the coming season. The Mark Lane Express of