The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-08
Richmond.

The indications from the seat of war portend
an advance upon Richmond at an early day
Virginia by her treacherous course, is plucking
down retrbution upon her venerable head
This naughty Commonwealth is proud of her
capitol city, 1t is to her what Paris is to France
and the Holy City Of Benares to the Hindoos.-
The in vasion of the ''sacred soil" Of the Ancient
Dominion by the legions of the Union, who have
even dared to thrust plebian picks and spades
into the bosom of ''the mother of Presidents"
has thrilled her with rage and grief. To add to
this dissertation, by pitching the tents of "the
barbarians' iii her streets, and converting her
capitol into barracks, and may be stalling the
horses of cavalry in its halls, as Cromwell stabl-
ed his Puritan troopers in the Chapter House of
York Minister, quartering the Fire Zouaves, or
the Garibaldi Guards, or even Billy Wilson's
merry men, in the dainty mansion of the + F.
VS.. would whelm her in modification and shame
surprising that which the palmers felt becaus
Jerusalem was occupied by the Turks and
Saracens.
With her doom staring her liz the face, it is
but sorry consolation to tell her it might have
been averted. The storm of war now sweeping
her northern border from the Chesapeake to the
Ohio, and which will gather strength as it NOV
es Southwark, till it pours its fury upon her
capitol, would have passed her by had she not
preferred hypocrisy TO truthiulness chicane to
candor, rebellion to loyalty, and treacher-
Gus alliance with the poverty-stricken and des-
potic States on the Cult, to an honorable union
with the prosperous, Free Labor Common
wealths Of the North.
Six weeks ago Baltimore and the eastern
counties in Maryland rose in rebellion and threw
themselves III the path of Federal troops, rush
ing to the defence of their capitol. The 10y
al States, long slumbering under repeated in
suits, awoke, and rising like a lion on his
launches, gave one roar Of indignation and one
fash of their eyes when Baltimore and its
abettors covered, put on the semblance of 10y
atty, and with low mutterngs let the tornado
pass on to the Potomac, where Virginia in her
madness and folly ar. ested il, and is now try
ing 10 beat it back. 1t will sweep her soil lik e
u thunderstorm.
Next to Charleston, there no city in the Rebel
States whose occupancy by the Union forces
would strike more dread to the hearts of the
traitors, and so encourage the loyal citizens of
the south, and so elate the masses of the loyal
States, as that of Richmond. For years it has
been den OF conspifatols, plotting the destiuc-
ton OF the Republic Affecting to act with more
calmness and candor, with more dcliberation and
Judgment, with more dignity and discretion, than
its impulsive. fiery Palmetto sister, it has really
been more guilty and far more despcable than
she, because, while committing the same effenses
against the public veal, it has assumed an air OF
virtue and innocence, attempting to cloak insid
ious treason under the suse of patriotic devo
ton to the doctrines of the fathers of the Re-
public. In IA word, and not to put too fue
point upon il, Richmond has been striving to do
The dirtiest and most degrading work of the con-
spiracy, in dignifed and courtly manner. She
has been the Robert Macaire of the plot putting
on mock airs and sha bly, -genteel costume and
affecting to despisc the Jacques strops of the
Gulf States, while in fact being the real leader
of the conspirators.
Mr.. JEFF. Davis has summoned his Congress of
Confederate Rebels to meet in Richmond on
somessday in July. Ere that time, we trust its
Capital will be the headquarters of the Com
mander-in- Chief of the Federal forces-IN. Y.
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