The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-01-19
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1t was Ben II. Samuels, We think, who used 70
indulge in a very pretty figure about the birth OF
Iowa and Florida a. twin sisters in the glorious
sisterhood Of the Union, hence deducing, with
that peculiar logic for which he is distinguished,
an irresistible argument against the 'irrepress'
| bic conflict" and in favor Of my great princi'
ple." But our twin sister has eloped from the
family, and gone of with her elder sister South
Carolina to earn livelihood for herself, and be
| no longer burden upon the parental care Of the
Federal Government. Whether the elder sister
| is strengthened or weakened BY such an addition
to her power is problem somewhat difficult to
solve.
There is something very refreshing in the se.
cession Of Florida Many years ago the United
States purchased her of Spain for five millions
of dollars, and has employed large portion Of
the army to within a short time in protecting
her from the Seminole Indians. The history Of
this war is familiar to all; tie long and deter
mined resistance made by Osceola and the other
Chiefs aided as they were by the Everglades, re-
quiring the presence of the most skilful and ex-
perienced officers, and involving the expense Of
an immense amount of money (some thirty-six
millions of dollars) and now, after the removal
of the Indians is hardly accomplished, the little
State holds a Convention, and without SO much
as expressing her thanks for all these things.
passes an ordinance of secession.
When we consider her absolute insignihcance
as an independent power the view becomes still
more refreshing. According to the census Of
1850, Florida contained an area of So, ,26s square
miles, and white population Of 25,7o5 males
children together, considerably less than one
white person to a square mile. The slave popu-
lation was $3.50, making a sum total which
would fail to give her Representative in Con-
gress, if the Constitution did not provide that
every State should have at least, one; and yet
there have been two Senators in their seats who
have persistently voted against the Homestead
Bill, the Tariff, and the Pacific Railroad, and
much other wholesome and needful legislation.
The people Of the State are in great part wreck
ers, subsisting by plundeI Of the vessels wrecked
on their coast, whose position in the scale Of
moral elevation is sufficiently shown by the fact
that the whole number of schools in the State,
public and private, was l04. The number of
acres of improved land was $4,000 acres, or
only about onc-ifth part of the aggregate area,
the remainder being for the most part, an unin-
habitable swamp The total valuation of the
State, both realty and personally, was only $685.
l9s,7O4.
And this is the doughty commonwealth that
considers the Union sacrifice of her rights and
rehashes the South Carolina nonsense about
'pledg,ng the lives, the fortunes, aud the sacred
honor" of her citizens, etc If fthere is anything
in our politics approaching nearer to absurdity
we will thank any of our irie IDS to point it out
to u.s. We are not surprised that some of the
members from that part Of the State which is not
swamp land propose to secede from the rest, and
join themselves to Alabama, leaving their breth.
ren to protect themselves -an easy task as their
possessions are hardly worth the conquest. But
successin her new enterprise, as in duty we are
bound to wish our twin-sister in her new relation
Sic transit gloria munii.
cBA report from Jackson, Mississippi, says
Vicksburg, by the Governor, for the purpose of
stopping and questioning all passing steamboats,.
This blocade of the Mississippi River is the
very climax of insoence. Why talk of concili-
atng men who are gratuitously assuming such
an attitude?
STARVING Our THE NoRrH-The famine and
consequent r.ots, revolution and anarchy that
are to visit the North when the Union is dis
solved, according to writer in the Charleston
Courier, are not likely soon to occur, if we may
believe the reports Of the Bank Commissioners
of various States:
From the report of the Bank Commissioners
of Massac achusetts they will learn that in the year
1853 and '59 the Savings Banks of that State
had on deposite in the various institutions of
this sort, slfcly invested and paving an interest
to the depositors of S3l00 per cent, $50, ,424
AIS, and that this sum was S. 5O5, ,447 more than
the previous year, or gain OF nearly l7t per
cent Taking this as a fair increase it would
give to the Savings Banks of that State at this
time SAC, l26,579.
In a similar report of Connecticut they will
find, in 1858 and 80, they had s14, ,27O, and
adding the Savings Banks and Building Associa-
ton together, they have Sls, ,467,273. The same
rate of increase would give Connecticut at pre-
sent $21 1896 7O9 Thus these two States show
a net amount on deposite in the Savings Banks
of SCI, 1928, 2SS, which will keep the wolf from
the door for some time.
Taking these two States as an average of New
England, and it is only fair one, we shall find
they have not less than sl35, ,446,576 laid by as
q provision against the fearful contingency upon
which our Southern brethren rely for aid and
| comfort in their scheme of disunion.
| In view of these facts, the n. Y. Times point.
edly remarks:
| We venture to say that the operatives of New
| York, New England and Pennsylvania alone
could produce from their own resources, at ter
days notice, t,cce much money US all the South
ern States, in the event of secession, could rails.
in year by taxation, or bovom in the market:
of the world. And we will furthermore venture
the prediction, that if the South persists in it
policy Of disunion, within one year from this
these very "pauper operatives" Of the North vii
be contributing money enough to relieve the dis
, tress of the people in the Southern States W.
, advise our Southern friends not to place tn
slightest reliance their aid in helping forwar
these schemes of secession They will make
sad mistake if they forego their military prepal
alton for an hour, in consequence of such el
r pectations as the Courier's correspondent hold
/ out to them
GENERAL JACKsoN's WnL.-ln June, 1874;
General jackson, in his retirement at the He
5 mitage, wrote his will with his own hand. In i
among other bequests, are two, which ought I
/, this time, to be published for present reading
These sentiments therein expressed, in this SC
emn document, evince more than Roman p
, triotism, and should sink deep into the hear
of the people Here is the literal language
the illustrious dead:
eth. Ibeqnesth to my beloved nephew, Andre
J. Donelson, son of Samuel Donelson, decease
the elegant sword presented to me by the State
Tennessee, ,ciM tbs injunction: That be fail not
use it when necessary, IN support and protection
om glorious Union, aad for the protection Of 4
constitutional rights Of deo,ed country, shou
they be assailed by foreign enemies or DoAEsr
l. TRAITORS.
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