The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-02

- ~ faa 8vs.Is NJ I
$500 1900 Doe1ee otaees.
u,. ~ - 6 - peliticiaD whas having |
SG.AS g ~ late election, srs now try. |
- essssssvsf Shsis fEoend By IL hoe and cry |
S1pieo. - ssqeeosns ths Border 6eatsst = a
~e9siodise n feeling Whsa hey ~ rSoa.
ne9ted with ths rssulta q recsct votse they are
aecs6aeasd - reply thas there IA dieGsass
betvesa Tie real and he eppafent seetimsnt -
ne people Of Virgins. Aasyiand sKsntscky,
Ni1oosn asd Tsnneeass. we ~ toad, are not abb |
eo !: Nv ~ n fkvor Of the Union provided the |
poiftieisns carry their points; while on the 9th,
Or land they win join the Southern Confsdsra. |
cy II these points are not carried IN
But We do not understand the matter in that
vay Our informstioas ftem most Of these
Sts,es u directly . the contrary eAsct II both
letslfs md convsrostien W have bssn told that
the recent electoral battles in thoss States were
fought distinctIy upon the issue between Union
and Diuunioa, end chat no Interior or reserved
queaaioas were allowed 70 compicats that issue.
So4s persons, indeed, nay have vetsd the On
ion ticket who are in favor Of demanding from
the North some retrastion Of it anti-siavery
principles; e&hers voted the Unios ticket who
may BY and By BE- seduced BY appeals 70 their
pre3udices and clamors about Southern rights;
but the great body of the peopls who voted for
Union did 90 because they loved the Union, be.
sausS they hated Recession, becauae they denied
the right Of any State TO seceds of its own will,
and because they were not 90 meanly bigoted a.
to condemn the administration Of Lincoln il ad-
vanos, In III the speeches from the stunp, and
in nose Of the editorial Discussions of the news.
papers, the line was distinctly between Union.
and Secession, and not merely between immedi-
ate and remote disunion The dispute was one
which had two sides, and not simply two phases
of The same eide aes ,alsssg aEs ..t7Saass &.
A specimen Of these letters which come to
Us from the Border ststes, we subjoin one from
the Eastern part Of Tennessee. II was written,
- the reader will At once discern, BY . slave
holder, and Z man Of some prominence, but
Who nevertheless, does not allow either his own
interests or the threats and turbulence of his
neighbos 20 drive him from his convictions:
To Ne Editors Of Tie Euening Post
'You will, no doubt, be surprised st the re-
suit of she vote in this State on the 9th inst
The warmest friends Of the Unisn here did
not even dare to hope that the Convention
would b. killed BY 90 large majority. Many
thousands voted for the Convention who are OPP
posed 70 secession. The vote in this county was
almost unanimous. No Convention ,0s6; Con!
vention IS. You see there i one county which
has bat few traitors within its bounds thought
I would let YOU know on what principles the
great battle wa fought in this county. Of course
I am writing for your own private ear. and not
for the public. About the first Of January We
began TO fear that the wave of disunion would
certainiv roll over the State. Our peonle we're
ere,tjv Alarmed. Some Of our LEADING citizens
openly ayoved them,elyes for secsssion. The
people took the matter in their own banda. and
called : MAJ Meeting for the 7th Of January ]
Although nv opinions are we'll known through
out East Tennessee. I was invited to address the
meeting. I met the issues fairly. and without
lodging. began BY announcing the great his.
torical fact that the founders Of this govern
ment were freesoilera defended the Republi.
cans and M. Lincoln also. sesinst the abomina.
BILE charges With which the country has been
flooded. insisted that even If the Republi
cans carry out their policy it could afford no
grounds for dissolution Of our government. I
warned nv neiQhbors against q Southern Con-
federscy. the s;centrsl idean of which il 10 be
African Slavery. Since this meeting I have
again and aeain addressed MANY of the people
Of this county. speaking inst A many hard
thinps about Slavery A snited me. You NAV be
SURPRISED that inch thinrs are allowed.
6urOrloe0 these
citement and trouble. when all We hold dear is
on the verge Of ruin. our people will listen in
spite of the slaveholding aristocracy and, be-
ing one of the largest shareholders in the coun.
~. generally express nv sentiments without
asking the privilege from any of my neighbors.
Yon can thua .ee hov the victory has hee,
aained in this county TIL. truth Is. there are
fsna of thousands of voters in this State who
would even agree with YOU Republicans if your
doctrines were correctly stated TO them"
It il clear from this that in Tennessee. at least,
the vots m. . vote for the Union .vithont ifs or
huts and unon the irrefr.q.ble ground that for
the Border States the Union is better than seces-
sion. even under Republican rule. We doubt
not that it has been the same elsewhere. In
Missouri, which has just returned tremendous
majority for Union. We know that the ouestion
has been discussed and determined on its merits.
We have carefully studied the Missouri Jour.
mails 70, SONG time psst. and if thew are any in.
dicstion of the state of public sentiment. we are
sure there has been but one issue before the
people. That was, a. We have alreadv stated,
vhsther the Union shall he n. maintained "a IL ia
or whether it shah be broken to pieces. What
ever the Washington politicians may say, in the
minds of the people there was no ouestion to be
decided. ~
Any one who will read the papers of the
States where no positiye decision has vet been
made. such a. Texas and North Carolina. will see
the matter in this light With a large majority
of the sneakers and writers. the argument turns
on the right of a state 70 secede At all One of
the most popular Union men Of TEXAS. in An
able speech now before US expresses himself in
this wise: =
"state secession seems to rest for support up.
on the idea that this is constitutional or peace.
" eeSne w. "a .ue on'o"' .',e