The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-02-02
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! ss-wv NV usSaeftOs opposes N Co0pf00De0
But Se md one proposed Is 'lass y which y,
can ave . eosdiA sudosspnsat Nithsut asi
bstrsyalssf psincipass3 And shat \, III propo
dtion 10 purchase BY the 0ovsrnnsns, ~ Z
sir Or evena liberal price. The slaves q III sst
States ~ schsoes to eater into sach On asrsensat
We are certain that he great body Of DE r.
p Ican party viii support this plan, and iftd
sIN shoxl : msgnanimoas and patriotic upiritfa,
hsyoaf any support Of, II. crittspdens patched
~ sehems, ct ia omne geuup For Il y ~ Len
than aAwillinsnesst 70 pay from their own pock'
sts, their hard.esrned money, 70 MI Ne ce6sti
4. n other Statee, withest any benefit % thsu'
eeaveas39 isssf3s 90 sls ilsias s.s{l5ss4 ~
r. WsEtrast that shls lcompromiss will be nsds
prominent and that the Border, States wfl
q have NO false pride in the matter. but receive
The olive branch in the spirit in which il 4 ts.-
dered. SAunion In the secession novsssht h
inevitable ruin to them. Their great IAsrts, ~
81. Louis, Wheeling, Louisville, BALTIMORE
Will be the Rfst TO suffer the evils Of civil wan.
Their fields src 70 be The scenes Of sll the con-
aics. And Why should they suner. Their
spirit is not that Of South Caroline, their in
1 tsrsst and opinions are not herr & She and Ken
lucky, except in the holding Of slaves, are a.
dissimilaf q Maine and Georgia Why then
.honhI the Border States join in the movementi &
On the question ofsslavsry, the answer always
was 70 the North :--"We have them among Us
what can We do." And now when it is pro-
posed - them 70 buy every negro for his full
price and to remove them to Central America,
according to Frank Blair's plan, or any other
found to be more feasible, they stultify al their
former opinions and show an uncompromising
fspiris, whichisis only folly to tampsr with fur
ther, by airefusal. s99 g ae5iem ~
And see the advantages Take Maryland
for example. Her slave population il about
| hundred thousand. At four hundred dollars,
very liberal average price, she would receive
forty millions of dollars. IL,
a Mr. Clemens, of Virginia, said in the House
recently, that the south did not want territory,
but capital and population With this capital
Of, four millions what strides in manufactures
and commerce could she not takes And how
soon would the interior, along the line of the
railroad, be filed with the thrifty and enterpri-
sing population which free ;om always carries
with it! Instead OF the Insignificant position
she now occupies, Maryland, with such idevel-
opemeut Of her natural resources as this com
promise would give her, could not be surpassed
in prosperity.
". 1t hardly seems possible that sensible people
in the view of such manifest good, can long
hesitate. And certainly Maryland cannot, for
she must see an increase of all her material and
social interests on the one hand, and utter ruin
and desolation on the other. For Washington,
hundred miles in her interior, must continue 20
belong to the remaining Government, no matter
how extensive the secession, or how easily re-
cognized. Aud any conflict for that city will |
be fought on the soil of Maryland, at the sac.
rifce Of her citizens and property. Again, na.
lures own boundaries-the Ohio and the Poto-
mac-must be the line between any two confed-
eracies, and SO the North will insist In any
event Maryland, if she does not 60 with the
North, must bear the brunt Of the battle.
The same considerations apply with greater or
less force to the other Border States, and many
others which we have not the space to adduce.
We thus briefly allude to this compromise as one
which ought to convince the South that we
mean good rather than i'll to her citizens, and
as one which we are certain will meet the cordial
approval Of our party. sa
az It gives us the greatest satisfaction to
know that the very Honorable Mr.. Floyd is to
be tried for treason. This action will bring the
present disgraceful state of affairs to head. It
will establish that we have q Government, or
show US that for eighty years We have been living
in y state of quiescent anarchy. If there is
any virtue in our laws, this trial will demon
strate it.
At the eleventh hour, the FIRST sensible and
effective step toward crushing the rebellion
which has lowered the republic in the estima.
tion of the world, has been taken. No better
method Of testing the stability Of our institu-
tions could be devised; for the question of trea-
son covers the whole ground. If Mr.. Floyd and
his accomplices had been arraigned long before,
4 death-blow would have been thereby given to
the plot for destroying our nationality. But one
great advantage Of Mr.. Floyd's present position
is that in case of his conviction, there will ex.
: sist neceseity of paying the same civilities to
Mr.. Toombs, Hr. Yancey, Governor Pickens and
all that noble army Of martyrs This course will
make short work of rebellion; and restore to
the people confidence in the stability of our
laws. s47 ;. ~ wsa
IfMr. Floyd is treated as he deserves, We may
we'll thank Heaven for the secession movement
1t viii be the means of giving to our Govern
ment strength and 6rmness against which moth
ing can prevail Then may we bless the name
Of little Carolina, who by her frantic efforts to
break away from her allegiance, has demonstrass
ted the invincible power of the ties that bind US
NoDEsr.-Some of those Democrats who voted
for Douglas last fall, out Of pure devotion to the
Union, n,-who proclaimed their unalterable At
tachment to that Union under all circumstances,
and now not only refuse to assist in its preser-
walton, but deny the right of preserving it. are
charging those loyal citizens who offer to assist
in quelling insurrection and enforcing the laws,
with cowardice. A.vast deal Of wind is wasted
in proclaiming that these men will back down, if
any emergency should arise. This is certainly q
very modest expression for men who have already
washed their own hands, and made haste to
claim exemption from duty in defence Of their
country.
They claim that the Whig party opposed the
Mexican war, and left it upon the shoulders Of
Mr.. Polk and the Democracy; and that those
men who opposed war upon foreign foe are the
6rst to counsel deadly conflict with their breth-
ror Th;e II alao modeat for a marty which nv
the election of Polk. and the annexation Of
Texas, plunged the country into disgraceful
war, and then left the Wings to do the fighting
1t il modest remark for men who, by that war,
laid tho foundation Of our present troubles, BY
robbing Mexico Of her territory.
They make great moan over their terrible vis-
ions of fraternal blood, and the brothers hand