The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-04-27
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Large and Enthusiastic Needing.
On Saturday evening the Goth inst, . meeting
OF our principal citizens Was held at Marion Hal
70 consider what could be done to meet the want
OF the Volunteers while in the City, and thei
wives and children when. they had gonea Th
Hall was crowded, and everything like patriot
sentiment was immensely cheered. The meetin
organized by calling Judge Rorer to the Chai.
who, in his opening remarks, analysed the funda
mentslerrors Of the Confederacy, justified Ii
Administration, and concluded with an eloquen
appeal to all to appreciate the nature Of th
crisis aud manfuly do their duty. After the ap
pointment Of Mr.. Frsxee as Secretary, Senator
Grimes responded to the call Of the meeting
he said no man now stopped to enquire If th,
Government was right or wrong. 1t was useless
to discuss the reasons Of the crisis-wh.t part,
was to blame, whether the past or present Ad
ministration. . 1t was enough to know that tn,
country which had given them birth, free
dom and protection was in danger, and called fol
their support. This was time when parties
should cease, when all should be patriots aud do
what they could to transmit to posterity the
blessings they themselves enjoyed. He then
eulogized the Government, and declared his
readiness to defend it with his money, blood,
and If necessary, life ITSELF Referring to the
condition Of the country as shown by recent
events, he asked what kind Of Government was
that which had SO long tolerated the insults and
wrongs its citizens had, met with at the South
what Government was that which would pei
nit of the secession Of one or more States on
trivial and reasonable grounds! Who could
tell where secession might end if the right was
of Iowa--sn inland State-would never consent
to it Cheers. To those who thought Of gong
for the defense Of the country, he need not say
anything, their own feelings were Q sufficient
stimulus and he was proud to know that they
were ready. He would, however, offer word
of advice to his fellow citizens. There were
some whose sentiments on the momentous ques.
ton differed from those Of the meeting. It was
the proud boast of Americans that they enjoyed
liberty of speech and of the Press. Let them
not interfere with private judgment-all would
be right by and by. Addressing the Volunteers
he bid them Gods speed, and assured them that
while on the distant, field they upheld the EN-.
blem Of freedom and strength, they would be sus-
tanned by the sympathy and prayers of those they
had left at home.
Mr.. Starr urged the Importance of delibera-
tion and caution. 1t was important to under
stand the real question at issue. He then pro-
vided for revolution under certain circumstan.
ces, that those of the Confederate States did not
belong to that category, and therefore they
were rebels, and rebels of the blackest dye. He
inclined to the opinion that it would be better
to have two Republics with Mason Dixon's
line as their division. (Cries of no no) He
then proceeeed to show that, to adopt such
suggestion would be fraught with danger to the
North; for the Southern people would make al.
lance with strong foreign nations and would
place these u, terrorem over them. Iowa
would never consent to secession-she must
have a r ght to the River. They would fight for
the river; and considering all involved the North
would enter upon the conflict with strength
like the ocean-with a motion swift as the storm
and with the suddenness and overwhelming
power of the Pestilence.
Mr.. White said he had INDUCED the hope that
Providence would aver from them the calamity
of civil war, but that hope had vanished-war
was on them and it was too late to look back
In the future lay all their interests and liberties,
and it was their duty to meet that future calmly
and effec,ually. Madness should not rule the
hour, calmness would lessen the evils of their
condition if it could not bring peace. The ways
Of Providence were often inscrutable. They
were now passing through the bloody trial, but
all may be for good-the good of their country
and the good of mankind. Their present duty
was to take hold Of the emergency with deter
mination to support the government by which
they had been protected, and to do it like ra-
tional and free men.
Col. Warren was called upon, but said that
words now were useless-the questions involved
had been discussed again and again during the
last five years. The meeting was for a practi.
cal purpose, to make provision for volunteers,
and their wives and their children. There was
no need to urge the soldiers of Iowa, nor was he
going to pray for them, but he was going to pray
~iM them. tCheers] He was not going to
stop at home, but offer up his petitions in the
camp This event was no sudden thing to him.
He had seen it coming for ten years, and was glad
that it had come in his day SO that he might
have hand in settling the question once and
forever. He concluded by moving committee
of ten to seek subscriptions for the purposes
contemplated by the meeting. The following
gentlemen were then nominated by the meeting:
Mayor French, Judge Newman, and Messrs. d.
J. Crocker, Palmer. Ewing, White, Foote, Cool.
baugh, Wolf and Webster.
Mayor French, after a few remarks, presented
a roll and moved the following resolutions, which
after some discussion were adopted, with the
understanding that the fssceedings did not in
terfere with the regular enrollqDRts. and should
contemplate Home Defense Gdkfd :
Resolped, That the first dutysu klM patriots i
due to their God. Second, their lives
fortunes and sacred honor are due in the de
fence of the liberties of the Nation and the no
nor of the flag.
Resolrea, That all patriots be required to en-
roll their names as proof Of their fidelity II
their country and the justce of our cause.
Mr.. Tracy, after short and forcible address
said he should like to head the list
Judge Newman, after declaring in stronl
terms his patriotic feelings, pleaded for the in
slant formation of home guard, SO that tn
arms now in the city might be retained for de
fence. After urging the point he returned t
the general subject, and besought all to forge
party strifes-to unite for the country-he wa
for the country right or wrong.
Subscriptions were then given in to the amour
of some hundreds of dollars for the support O
the Volunteers, their wives and their little ones
Cheers we're given for the "UnioD," for 'Majo
Anderson" and tor "the men who fred Hal
per's Ferry to saveit from the hands OF traitors
and singing the "Star Spangled Banner" th