The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-16
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A n which the 4outhe{b mind must determin0
hnally. whstAer4sft OSsser bf 3 pRAef all the
Slave States to remain in the Union, and uullssr
the hsGosennsuAeahishh ~ isntufnreeonAuu1el,
i Of broken or comparatively snsii COME dHrs-
~, which Can neither Sommand TIE f6spsck 81
foreign nations tie pfoteSslon ofthe .Aiheficin
Governmsnt, soss sscuEethe isalaty oEitheirulGvo,
4 Ipropsrty.aoU Upon the copdition of; the ,6o~thera
II Confederacy, there can be NO mistake. No Vi
bions Of the night, no dreams of golden empires,
no imaginary pfetshslohs of ~ power not pos.
4 bessed, can change tbs stubborn, subsfsntisI
4 facts Of their case. They 60 from q state Of
4 strength to one OF weakness; from nation
which commands the respect Of mankind 10 Y
condition inferior 70 that Of oneiof the ss6aii
Sosth American Ssateas4Two. facts alone Oex.I
hibit the Southern CopfedeEacy in its true lignt
The one is the attempt to make q. flag. At first
zach State had it's palmetto, pelican, ratteshake.
and other birds and reptiles 10 the gymbolss Vf
their nationality. b Then Slidell declared they
would never give up the, American aag;i but it.
| vas soon discovered that they who went Out Of
the American nation could not retain its sym.
1 bols The flag Of the American nation 70! Z
mains with the nation, and flies with sl the glory
! OF the Republic from the Capitoline HILL, The !,
| eonspirators, were driven to make . new flag
Whatit is we do not Know, but We undertake 70
say it 10 one which,, II Morgan, the cbuccanssr
we're alive, he would mot trust his pirate vessel
With. - a,
The other fact is this Fp. near two months
Forts Sumter and Pickens have been surrounded
by thousands of troops, marching and counter. u
marching, building batteries, and swearing ven.
geance, without any attack on them, iAlthoughog
manned BY small garrisonss, and cut off from al
communications.
These fact. show the Southern confeder..ccpyI .cpIia
to be an insurTectionary movement, without con.
fdence in itself; and owihgits importance solely
to the fact that the lats Amiaistraios acq,issnd
ia It's movements wtoa resistasce. This has ena-
bed the conspiratofs to make head for treason, !,
and render the loyal Psope of tSe SouM poavsess
For while We readily admit any statement which Ia
may be made a. to- the general unanimity of the 4
Cotton States in secession, we affirm what will
not be denied BY intelligent men, that thereis
large body Of loyal citizens in those States who
have been as much crushed under the revolu- o
tionary despotsm as were the loyalsts of France
by the sans c,dottes of Paris. ~,
This fact we know and this fact will, before
long, be apparent In crushing this loyal senti- Z
nent accomplished only by the utter failure Of
Buchanan to do his duty CONSISTS the only real
triumph Of the Confederates. They succeeded 4
in carrying Secession ordinaces ,cLtout any appeal
70 the people. In this they succeeded In present.
ing an apparent unanimisy;' and this, too, when q
in Louisiana there was an actual majority against III
Secession. How utterly false this Appearance a.
Of unanimity is will be seen at once by looking
to the vote Of Tennessee. Tennessee Eastern
and Midde) bordering on Georgia and Alabama, Z
voted four to one for the Union. Isit possible 3
to suppose that sentiment Was not participated !.
in by their neighbors? 1t is well known that the
Union sentiment prevailed in Northern Alabama
and Georgia. The sharpest device Of she Sc ' .
cessionists was in following out the sadvce of q
Yancey to precpitate the Cotton States into disu-
non, before the people could think. 1t has been
done. But will they stay precipitated? Or win
Others join themf That is the question of the Il
day. The very first practical thing to be done ~
is to rally the loyal people in ell sections of the g
country, in defence of the Constitution and the
Laws. If Buchanan had done this, We should
not be in our present condition. This is what, fl
if now done, willearry the nation safely through.
This is what we understand to be the substance u
Of Lincoln's Inaugural. The nation must de-
fsnd ITSELF The single question is, whether any
man or State wishes to remain in or out Of the
great American Nation. 8 IA :a tis1fS 5iI a.ia
This question the people will and must decide.
The time is near at hand when the people Of the
Cotton States will speak for themselves when
it will no longer be in the power Of few dema- b
gogues to mislead them, and when the voice of :
true and loyal men in the South can be no long ,
er suppressed. We shall then know where tho
line runs; and if there be but thousand patrf-
OTIS there, they will still have their weight, and
will be sympathized with by loyal ctizens every .
where. 1t will soon cease to be a question Of
North and South. 1t will be one of patriots or
traitors. The battle will be transferred to the =
heart Of the South, and the tories, who prefer
foreign Government to their own, will be met
by gallant Wings, who Jove the American pame,
and who will fight under the American flag y ''
II the people of the South would suffer them.
selves for one moment to see through the mists
of passion, and examine their situation by the
light of reason, they could learn a great lesson,
from some of the clear-headed Abolitlonists-
The seeing, intelligent Abolitionists exult in
the condition of the South and they are right. }
No fact is more certain than that the American
Constitution is the great defense of American
Slavery. Where else has it either defense or
sympathy Is there enc nation in Europe which
does not look on the American system of Slave
ry with adherence? But under the ramparts
of the American Constitution it has the whole
power of the American nation to defend its
rights, whatever they may be, local or national '
Its representation in Congress; its reclamation 81.
of fugitives its peaceful rights of property -
all exist by virtue of the Constitution. When
an intelligent Abolitionist sees these defenses
and rights under the Constitutional voluntarily
thrown away, he exults in the madness which ac-
complishes his objects, when he has no power to
10 IL himself. lne crlSlS Oh the uay now de-
pend apon what direction the Southern mind
will take. Nonatter what the South does, the
American nationsw will go on in an uninterrupted
career of glory and grandeur. The American
Government will remain intact. Its power ON :
land and ocean will remain. Its battle-ships
will be found in every part of the world, pro-
tecting its vast commercial marine, and com.
manding the regards of every nation If the
future territory is acquired, it will throw its
arms over Mexico, and rescue it from the grasp
of any invasion. The flag, which now flies from
the Capitol hill and from the mast-head of every
ship-the flag, which the world well knows, az
the symbol Of glory and liberty-will continue
to fly, over ocean and over land, circling the
globe-ever, as now, the herald Of human lib
erty. H EE4t-z-J aia,", i1 4's's aaE
The meteor flag of Freedom % s 5sr'i
Shall yet terrific burn, 81 aa-s5.It4ly y sll
Till dangers troubled night depart fr
And the Star Of Peace return,
The only question, for the disaffected part Of
the South to settle is, whether they will take
their partin the glorious inheritance Of the 30
American nation, living safely, peacefully and 81
prosperousy, or whether they will sink into one
of the most ptful and contemplate attempts
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