The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-02-02

~.s.sl' md shss they 30 on 70 ruin WI
: - ous Ii their own beehdasiss to symp
S. vish them- No one psopssss any eompr,
-,,h then. An the efforts of tie UaiSu
-, ,sresoaA are exsrssd 20 prevent She h,
..ar 4 say fur %unpotation. II snssh =
- tAey are contsst 70 loss ths uahsditb
-. which has been cut %, feeling that
rs..sss .nsuss, thsre canaot follow vss
.,;ous derimcnts And the great effort il !
..,as tie Border States from secession, By ii
.se Of Crittendcn's Compromise. -
nj he Republican, are unwilling 70 b fright
- syea to that They would be excesdinRl,
ar,uus 70 impair the Constellation In any event
! .Asway a 70 perpetailly and unsitsrabl,
8. slaye Territory Of all the present and fd
e, possessions of the Governnsnt sesth Of
= ias, and certainly would not in the pre-
=. escised state Of public opinion. The time
ser. to alter that INSTRUMENT is when mel
3 eu.p.bh offorning cool and dispassionat,
;,a.u,ss;-si iss chief merit and virtue i,
,A,s i, ,ssnds ! 6rnl and iumovabls Anchor IL
t;.e, II cosfsion and disoord. II, sone time
he,ess Aal BE- found On mature dslisNration
suadss9 then lss Il Ne ealsered, but not ill
e. Dpnt lst fear be the motive. & d
NJ We refuse 70 compromise, what then !
ns be events Of each day show that &C.
- d in Its last throes, and that aftei
lxiaaa It = not possible that it will extend
tlg. Mr., Crittenden showed the view of hi.
Ia when he demurred to seeing Kentucky
hsed on BY South Carolina TO her own destruc.
- Il is easy for the Cotton States with a
Eer between them and the North to plot
commit treason, a. for the hid in the fable
sp.oach the wolf from the house-top; and
iurry on disunion without any consultation
Ih she moro Northern States. But for Ken.
uay md Maryland TO join this treason is .
6st,sas natter. They lie alorg the line Of the
|sre snA All their property and interests
II ousa, and sure 70 be the FIRST victims Of
yssiss vengeance. T6sircities, ~ Baltimore
sd lessville, are dependent ON Northern con-
sscaca, for growth and vitality. They are the
sste. which are TO lose By the disruption of the
riou, and cannot afford 70 be led by the nose
y he crazy fanatics Of South Carolina.
Hon Vim. G. Rives, Of yirginia, a statesman.
4 zach experience, on visit to Washington
ssale the present difficulties, says the Border
6aa cannot leave and can be held by any
sncesson which saves the point Of honor. So
viA then, the case is simply this: They know
hat il ia ruin to them to secede and will remain
viii some compromise if possible, without, if
Meessry. And If no compromise is made now,
he question is settled more conclusiyely than
! ~ ascession can settle it. For with CON-
ruse we have only temporary peace, sure
b be soon broken, but without we have the
rnciple settled, as it ought to have been long
70, that the CoHst;tGt;oa is the only law of the
Ind and that its provisions contain all that
an be given to any section. ssp
A CooL DrHAND.-At the recent election
Ass we're hardly one hundred thousand voters
al the Free States and but little over five hun
| I'D thousand in the Slave States who were in
hscr Of q Slave Code for the Territories and
wsd their sentiments by going for Breckinridge
Aine. IA Slave Code" was in minority
the millions or thereabouts in November.
NtOf four and a half millions, more or less
Nave Code got less than seven hundred thou.
ndvotes ea5 aa l'ia
Afte 30 emphatic . decision of the question
y esdefeated party comes forward and now offers
- Slave Code as compromise and demands it
"a total destruction of the Government. The
h.enden apendment of the Constitution is
|Nang more nor less than slave code, legal
Hing and protecting slavery in all the Territories
~ owned or hereafter to be acquired south of
deg 80 min. And this covers the whole
faund, for the South never expected to plant
slavery north of that line. Even the border
esasa threaten secession unless we give them
Nn Nave code. .aii
me Douglas politicians who were 20 down
lpon slave code last year, look very kindly
Poa the proposal to give every thing TO these
hessters now. They are ready to give up every
niarto appease them. If they can only buy a
ssa it matters not at what price. The Cotton
Rates have already or soon will 60 out 50 far as
|hg are able The Border and other Slave
saies, so Gar as they have spoken, have declared
'ta they will finish the work of destruction un
b every point At issue is decided in favor of
sssery. And they not only. demand this, but
dscl.re that II must be put into the Constitution
-sas in the bond. And yet under this i'm
snse bullying-under threats of blowing our
sss out Of the water At vicksburg-destroy-
Sour commerce on the Nississippi-after firing
mo United States vessels and capturing United
kates Forts and ArseIals-snd even under the
ssst of seising the Capitol and archives of the
nfsn and hanging the President elect, the
Douglas politicians and Miss Nancies whose God
snOney, would, in their cowardice, make these
ssaaions under this compulsion and by the
acknowledge before the world, that this Gov.
sssent is only permitted to exist by the base
nNnision Of twenty million people TO disap,
Rudciouo ouV sHditOEcs AeSS year, Iebs
No'enbef y an immenss majority, We refused
saav code. Now it is demanded at the can.
nons mouth and the existence Of the Republic
threatened, il il is mot granted, even BY the
sst and most reasonable of the conspiratora,
sse who pretend some love for the Union. Is
sbullying Or not? Can We do this thing:and
serve any manhood 70 ourselves! What is
~ future existence Of this Union worth thus
EsA.sed BY the cowardice Of the people
.au We not have these proceedings repeated
'sseneSef : the Democratic party il defeated in .
adential election, or whenever . spirited
f''asAem minority fails in any Of its fayorits
Aaasuesi
- The San Francisco papers make up their
sesnts for the year, showing an export Of
MsSO Oooin gold. and q, ,7s2. .oCo in produce !;
fs<scs export bsing an increase Of 81
..''ons over the year before, and wholly Gre
, soa Of the past three years. The passengers
.nsed By steamer were 90 200, snd those dc.
r'aag we're $4,000; showing an apparent gain
1900 from this source, TO which should be
sast $1,000 overland. Il sa-tFs
u Democrat, but not . hack nor m Of
I'eeter, expressed the hope, the other day.
on hearing, that Congress would refuse III