The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-23

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Northern Democrats on the record, 70 test the |
sutinent Of the Senate, and 70 indicate the |
purpose Of the Republicans at the next session |
II Ceagrsea When she next Consress il con.
vened. Il she seeded 1tateD send Ho6enatoro or
Representatives here, il i expected that both |
branches Of Congress will proceed to business
pn The assumption that the representation from
he loyal States constitutes full House and Sen
IL. A quorum will be decided to mean . ma.
|ority Of the Senators or Representatives, from
he loyal States. Otherwise, when It becomes
necessary 70 pass Force bill or any other meas
are for the protection Of the Government, the
Southern aieubey, joined with their Democrat.
Ic allies, viii have it entirely ID their power TO
prevent al The necessary legislation by destroy.
Ing quorum.
Revolutionary times require bold measures,
and unless the Secession movement soon dies
away il will b absolutely necessary to expel ev-
cry traitor from Washington, no matter whether
he b. senator Or msrsly . department. clerk.
In extff SsssionA u Congress b now -slmost
certain. 1t cannot be avoided unless the Gov
ernment 10 to exist ct the will of the rebel
stassA Mr.. Lincoln favors the passage of bill
similar 70 that drawn up by John Cochrane in
any time to declare Savannah, Charleston, No.
bile, New Orleans and other ports no longer
ports of eutty. This would settle the revenue
difficulty in ten days. Notice would instantly
be given to foreign Governments, and our rsve-
nue. cutters would complete the work.
The Republican Senators hesitate about ma
king sweep Of the officers Of the Senate. In
any event the Secretaries will remain, but q
different feeling prevails toward the Sergeant at
Arms and perhaps some Of the sabordinates. =
The Sergeant, you viii remember, stood coolly
BY and saw Charles Sumner struck down by
Brooks He has never been forgiven this act
by some Of the Republicans in Congress, and
when q ct occasion arrives he will have leave to
withdraw from the Senate Chamber. Times
have changed, however, xnd it will not do to be
too vindiedye-if it would where would Senator
Douglas stand! He, too, stood coldly by when
Sumner was struck down, and did not interfere
"lest his motives should be misrepresentedw
Wigtall takes the discussion Of the expulsion
resolution very quietly. He is in his seat the
most of the time, and laughs or gapes according
to circumstances. Senator Mason is quite anx-
ious 70 be put down in the same category with
the Texan Senator. He courts martyrdOm, for
he knows that it is ell that will save his seat TO
him when the Secession fever abatesin Virginia,
there is no doubt but the Senate would do the
State of Virginia service by granting the wishes
of Mr.. Mason, and adjudging him q traitor un.
worthy of remaining longer in his seat, but he
is 90 anxious for such fato that it were better
to disappoint him for the present II iswell
known here that Wigfall has not contented him
self with talking treason. He has been mixed
up all winter with the reasonable acts Of the
Southern rebels. The exact extent of his com,
plicity with the great rebellion cannot be known.
but enough is known to convince any man OF
intelligence that talking treason is his smallest
sin. =
The Fort Sumter question ID one Of absorbing
interest in all political circles. On Sunday sew
sral Western members of Congress had an in.
terview with the President and besought him
not to consent to the evacuation Of the fortress
unless it was absolutely military necessity
Ben Wade is reported to have said, "If the Ad
minstration follows in the footsteps Of Buchan
an, it will prove the Hopkinsian theology to be
true-it will be damned before it il born" But
the Administration will do no such thing. 1
Sumter is abandoned it will be Mr.. Buchanan's
it. It is however true that Hessrs. Blair and
Chase were Yesterday very much opposed to Civ
ing the order to evacute to Major Anderson fol
the present at least, and it is generally under
stood that Mr. Seward favors the withdrawal Of
the troops. @
Evidence is rapidly accumulating at the wa,
Department going to show that Major Anderson
has been playing deep game for three months
and one which has deceived his military supe
riors. For many weeks the steady tenor of hi
daily dispatches has been, "Send no reinforce
ments or supplies-I need neither troops mol
provisions, therefore let me alone" Suddenly
the moment that Mr. Lincoln takes the rens O
Government-ths tune changes and now Ander
send me more troops or it will be impos
sble to defend the fort" Why this sudden
change. Was not Major Anderson perfect,
aware six weeks ago that the batteries which
we're being erected at every commanding
point in Charleston harbor would soon render
q reinforcement impossible? If go, Why did he
not complain of Che military works which were
intended to compass his destruction and warn
his Government in time? It is stated on very
good authority that he did no such thing, and
that Mr.. Holt admits at least an apparent dis
crepancy between Anderson's former and his Ia
ter dispatches. The American people certainly
will not condemn a man unheard, and last of all
men like Major Anderson; but he will, il he
leaves Fort Sumter, need to clear up some Of
these misty points. It is suspected in some
quarters that Mr.. Buchanan, upon his own re
sponsibility, sent a secret agent to Fort Sumter
more than eight weeks ago, advising Anderson
to take precisely the course he has done, full,
aware that the result would be the loss of tn,
fortress. His justification of tho act would bt
that bloody conflict would thereby be avoided
and civil war averted. This pretext has served
him for all his traitorous and imbecie acts, ant
it can be made to do duty once more to covert W
the disgrace consequent upon the fall Of Sumter
D. W. B.