The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-05-18
BURLINGTON, SATURDAY, NAY ls, 1861
l.ie.l- opinion. and party feelings in difsren,

litical opinions and party feelings in diferen
Statesn - a'4
From the above it 1t apparent that we hav,
now to crush out false principles, the seeds o
which have been sown since the formation 0
our Government. IA
A nest of vipers warmed into life by corrup
tion and treason, and for purposes Of persona
ambition are quartered in our bosom-our boot
and breeches are full Of scorpions and tarentu
las" which must now be cleaned out before VI
can be again healthy and happy nation; and
firmly believe it cannot be accomplished unit
some of the leaders in this treason have paid tn,
"hemp tax" however awkward it may be Il
die without touching the ground"
su,e an OLD LINE WIG.
EDITOR OF HAwK.EYE:
Many Of our citizens are alarmed BY the rapit
action of the Government at Washing ton.-
Fears are entertained, by conscientious men
that the Executive is transcending his power, II
his call for troops and his drafts upon the militis
Of the several States.
And again, it is feared that he has again made
an aggression in calling for enlistments for .
term Of years--thus adding to the regular army
hare SO great confidence in the integrity O
Mr. Seward and Mr.. Chase, not to say Lincoln
and in the legal ability of all Of them, as te
suppose they would not transcend their consti
tutional power, in any Of their acts, in THU
alarming crisis. Still the Cabinet and President
are charged with usurpation Of power-vith q
design to set up military dictatorship. Since
tie po,ce' of the North has been manifested, IL
money and men and a determined purpose to us
them, the South and Its sympathisers in the Noral
are alarmed at the power exerted by the Gov
ernment 1t has been supposed by some thai
the law of this country had no power over any
unwilling subject. This is the doctrine Of {
Stcessionist. You may secede from the State
from the county--township- and credit
ors. We see this thing now working out the aac
fiji dishonesty Of reputation by Southern men o.
their Northern debts and contracts. Following
this example of Southern reputation and dis
honesty, can the human Imagination depict the
horrors that may await us, when this reputation
or secession shall extend itself to all our loyal
our political-our pecuniary and our social rela.
tons. The sleepy man says there is no danger
but the natur-l sequence of disloyalty to Gov.
ernnnent--is-no Government-no political ties
mo pecuniary or contract obigations-no fam
lily ties or duties-only a general chaos. Surely
such state of things cannot arise under our
blessed Constitution, and I propose to show by
the highest authority, in a future number ei
your paper, that this Government is not without
power to preserve itself-that what has been
done is right and necessary and only tithe OF
what they may choose to do within the few com.
ing weeks to suppress this rotten and foul rebel.
lion. AN OLD LINE WING.
GENERAL HARVEY LOYAL Gen. VIM. s. Har-
ney has written letter to Col. Fallow, of St.
Louis, under date of May l, explanatory of his
arrest and release in Virginia, and declaring his
loyalty to the Government. The General says:
sForty.two years have been in the military
service of the United States, and have followed
during all that time but one fag-the flag of the
Union. have seen it protecting our frontiers
and guarding our coasts from Maine to Florida.
have witnessed it in the smoke of battle, STAIN
ed with the blood of gallant men, leading on to
victory, planted upon the strongholds, and wav-
ing in triumph over the capital of foreign foe.
My eyes have beheld that flag affording protec.
ton to our States and Territories on the Pacific,
and commanding reverence and respect from
hostile fleets and squadrons and from foreign
governments, never exhibited to any other ban
her on the globe. Twenty stars, each represent
ing State, have been added to that banner
during my service, and under its folds have ad-
vanced from the rank Of lieutenant to that which
l now hold. The government, whose honors
have been bestowed upon me, I shall serve the
Of my days The flag, whose glories
hive witnessed, shall never be forsaken by me
while can strike a blow for its defense. While
have breath / shall be ready to serve the gov
ernment of the United States, and be its faithful
loval soldier"
OF secession, General Harney saws:
''The question now before us is, whether the
government of the United States, with its many y
blessings and past glories, shall be overthrown
by the military dictatorship lately planted ard
now bearing sway in the Co, fcderate States?-
NY hand cannot aid in that work.
Missouri the State of my residence, has not
seeded, and secession would, in my opinion, be
her ruin. The only special interest Of Missouri,
in common with the Confederate States, is sla-
very. Her interest in that institution is now
protected by the Federal Constitution. But if
Missouri secedes that protection is gone. Sur.
rounded on three sides by Free States, which
might soon become hostile, it would not he long
until a slave could not be found within her bor-
ders. What interest could Missouri then have
with the Cotton States, or copfederacy founded
on slavery and its extension? The protection
of her slave property, if nothing else, admon.
ishes her to never give up the Union. Other in
ter ests of vast magnitude can only be preserved
by steadfast adherence and support of the
United States government. All hope Of Pa
ellie Railroad, 40 deeply interesting to St. Louis
and the whole State, must vanish with the Fed
eral Government. Great manufacturing and
commercial interests, with which the Cotton
States can have no sympathy. must perish in
case of secession, and from her presen. proud
condition Of q powerful. thriving State, rapidly
developing every element of wealth and social
prosperity, Missouri would dwindlesto a mere
appendage and convenience for the military aris
tocracy established in the Cotton States"