The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-29
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volunteer. wSo have 6fartd life, fcit1hes and
honor in the service Of their country, are called
upon to carry on for the very .ps<asNho sre
fighting against them with all thsIcsof1 of the
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rebellion, ,hsgsasykeould carr, qn l.he war !,
snpui ,he "siss sin'I isSo sS .s 1ui' Sd tho 5.
fighting 4 Is hardly probable 3eehas they e1-
pected the Bovernments - assass themin carry.
ing fhis ont y but our NosllDss9 r,syswho have
left their fields and 81 ops 20 defend the Govern
menk or Who hare be9n cut sff from labor by
the :Ssr. ap,s informed ttEt their S6Jst duty
istx keP the slaves of the rebels at work,
vhife fbsis masters are Sfrrying On the war
4 10 warcnf, be carried oHsuccessfuily which be-
Gins with position b demoralizing TO the
/ troops No rebellion can ever be suppressed
which tie, Government frss sets up as more
sacred than Ascif ;;nos ohsFs D 'ssb lion to b
conquered by Government which recognizes
| IL as ssaoscdgo1 SgTATs YAoTLHyqHsE
~fiour lGoyerpment intends TO- garry, op tho
war, isis high time Tor is TO- assume beIIigerent
rights. So iar, Ut has, been deps as n the JeG
Davis insurreetionT I'd the diyipe right OF gov.
erpment, and We we're the, rebels They PUN.
der our citizens, lyseh and murder thsfis and
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keep their negro property in sdbjection They
forbid our mep;of-war to enter Pens icola har.
Dor, and the ,men-ofewar meekly take post out
side, and for months witness the pAssagepin and
out of vessels laden with Supplies for the rebel
troops Their, priyateers steal out Of their pcrts
and capture our merchant vessels, while our
ships Of war have az length become 50 bod -
troops, and forbid them to enter" At the lsssac-
counts, an United States officer tried hard in.
duce rebel Captain who had been stopped with
a cargo Of lumber, 70 Sell it at an exorbitant
price to the Governfie Mt for the troops on Santa
Rosas Island, but he refused and vas trrned
back with his cargo. dfossoa .sTns n avail
guerrilla war is, wsged on our outposts in
Virginia, and our sentffeis ;stglen upon In the
darkness and shot down. 3 sSolbetmes the assas-
sin is taken. Then he becomes asprsoner Of
war, and in due time Is exchanged Or disehar. ed
on taking an oath Of allegiance, TO 20 On shoot
ing our sentinelssSa
By the principles of war every individual Of
the hostile people is at war, and is responsible
life and property Modern warfare has to some
perty and the persons ofathosc not actually
combatant ri But shis 10 conceded only on the
ground that the hostile inhabitants are ;peacea-
bic, and do not molest the. troops. IF they do,
they ara liable TO every penalty Of war, both in
person and property, and wan does not admit of
nice diserimirations. il9,ioz2 iG9itiioG sabug
- The guerrilla assas sinstien of our troops every
where in Virginia would Justify, according to
the most humane rules of war, the 'severest re-
taliation upon theinhabitsnts end their property.
But the more th1y shoot oqr cpickets the moro
we strive to show our regard for the ssnctity Of
their persons and property; and the seyerest
penalties are Inflicted on the soldiers of'sthe
Government who have exercised a soldiers
right Co pllnder armed enemies, fro4f s.,, an
Tba t.TtI 4, ia in tpio
and everywhere in the infected districts. Rebel
lion is the safest business now carried on in
the country. wIts consequences ARE a farce-a
mere joke--an oath What can be a richer joke
to a Southern rebel than an oath of sIlegiancef
Our army holds no more ground than its bayon-
cts cover Pickets OF tie rebels everywhere
surround it with iInpunty, cutting it of from in
tell gence, building batteries under its very
guns, setting ambushes, and amusing themselves
by picking off out sehtinels. If they are taken
it ends as a Joke rs fgd .eTaiwygi Hesdsd
p Our President proolams that rebel privsteers
will be treated as pirates, and we growl at Eng
land because she does not proclaim the same
But rebel privateer ia taken, and her crew, in
stead of being suspended at once to the yard
aem, are brought to New York. to take ,advan-
tage Of the laws delay and the glorious right Of
trial by jury, with the chance OF aid from some
judicial traitor, by one of whom the Admins
tration has already been cowed.ii gd ,isIoL
From the Atlantic to the Mississippi, supplies
are continually transported from the North to
the rebel army, and the Government resorts to
no efficient measures to prevent; but on the
other hand is quoted by conditional rebels as in
iorsing neutrality which is protecting and sup
plying the, rebel army and doing more to aid it
and destroy the Government than could be done
by its active hostility. 75sda %
The war has ne yer yet been recognized as an
existing fact by our side. We have endured
Every act of war AS If it was a right which be-
onged TO the rebels. 1t may be that nothing
out some serious disaster to cause will es-
;ablish just distinctions and force Us to the e1-
.rcise, OF belligerent rights. But if we have
lot a right to crush this rebellion as a crime,
Ind to hang the ringleaders as traitors, we have
10 right te resort to force at all. IF they have
he right to make war upon the Government and
ire nothing but prisoners of war when taken,
hen their independent rights are conceded, and
We have no right to carry on the wsr on our
BART The present treatment does nothing but
strengthen and extend the rebellion. Until our
orces treat the rebellion as treason, and resort
% every belligerent right to cripple its power
md crush it into submission by every penalty of
var, we shall make no progress against it. z