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

The Hon. f. Etheridge, spoke at Louisville on
the 9th. The following will indicate the force
and tendency of the harangue:
The revolution, assert, which now disgraces
the countryis the most unnatural and damnable
that ever sullied the pages OF history. And why
is this? There is not single law upon the stat
ute book upon the subject of slavery, nor has
there ever been for thirty years, that was not
placed there by these same disunionists.
What cause have they? / assert that the
Southern States now in rebellion have never ask
ed anything of the Government but they have OBJ
tanned it, but with one exception. That exception
was the Missouri Compromise, asked in 1885,
Instead, they got the compromise of that year
made by your own gallant statesman CLAY,
" hich you declared to be better.
How hard a tale will it take to bring flush
through the shaded skin of these disunionists? ?
They asked for Louisiana and it was purchased!
They asked for Florida, and obtained it! They
asked for repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
and it was repealed. What have they asked that
has not, sooner or later, been done?
An effort is made to drag Kentucky from her
lnoerngs by incendiary appeals. The arguments
! they use are as false rs the hearts from which
they emanate.
You believe yourselves safe in Kentucky. l
hope YOU are, but the enemy is willy and active.
They appeal to you about the negro question:
II is the right imperiled Is that the cause :?
South Carolina, the boldest and most honest, re-
belled and took the consequences. She looked
for war. Here disunion weeps over Cutlee and
Slmbo. Have you suffered wrong from your sis
ter States over the border? You live in peace
| with them, you're allied TO them by interest and
| nter.msrriage but South Carolina says you shall
| not live in peace.
These are the men that naugurate this They
| have no reason to fear about fugitive slaves
| They are too for off Florida, encrcfed by the
! ocean and the Gulf, is safe. And as for South
| Carolina, she never lost but two negroes and
those went off in the ship with the Delegates to
| the Democratic Convention Talk of their run
| ming off
The speaker said but three negroes had Seed
| ed from where he lived, and they were brought
back, and were, TO doubt, very much opposed to
coercion What right then had Tennessee to go
out? Every runaway negro from that State had
| to pass through Kentucky, and he would not say
| Kentucky had an underground railroad They
would not attempt that-at least since Gov. Ma
| gofin's anti.invason message.
Suppose we had bought CUBA for thirty mill,
| ions of dollars an Wednesday, paid for it on
! Thursday. and it had Seeded on Friday; don't
| ven think we would feel little like coercing on
| S. turday? Or suppose Kansas, upon which so
| much blood and treasure have been spent, was
| 10 take it into her head to walk cut of the Union
! me fine morning, wouldn't you feel like driv-
| inc her back? 1t is plain question, Will we
coarce the serpent now wait till it is too strong
| to be coerced?
The fugitive slave law, Mr.. Buchanan said, in
| his last message had been fully executed In his
term, and yet it was known that the fugitive slave
law was better enforced under Lincoln than il
| had ever been.