The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-05-11
Assistance from Foreign Powers.


While We rejoice and feel grateful in the
knowledge that we have the sympathies Of all
the good and the noble in the world, in this
painful and bumliating domestic trial Of our ma.
tion, yet We would turn at any time from the
hot pursuit of flying rebels to strike down that
worse than traitor, who should invite to our as
sistance a foreign power.
Non-intervention-hands off, gentlemen, il
you please. Uncle Sam is not reduced SO low
as to accept aims like pauper-although il
you have any good arms to SELL we have no OBJ
lection to purchase.
Our Government was never more powerful, or
more able to take care Of herself, than at this
day. In military point of view we are strong
er to-day, with all this secession business on our
hands, than at any former period of our exist
eoce. For let it be distinctly understood that
this war is not so much between the people of
two sections-growing out Of wrongs and an
tipathies-as it is the out breaking of long
cherished conspiracy on the part Of the ambi-
tieus and aspiring politicians Of that portion of
our country where humanity is held on par
with the beasts that perish, against our Govern
ment; and in which. unfortunately, they have
too successfully betrayed and led away with
them the ignorant and trusting masses, whom
they have cemented together and held to them
by the ties and interests of Slavery.
Knock out the cement, and knock off the
heads of the leaders, and the masses are all
right; and there is nothing which would so soon
lead us to strike hands with our whilom bro
Tiers in the ranks of the South, as the sound of
the measured tread-the rattle of the scabbards,
and the gleam of the bayonets, of foreign
host in our land called in by an untrusting-
nay, an imbecie Government, to subdue Ameri-
cans.
Let the petty and tottering Principalities and
Powers of Europe and Asia resort to Swiss
Guards and French and German hirelings to
prop them up and defend them against their own
peoples, but ever-never-never-will this
Government accept, on any terms, of foreign in
tervention or assistance by arms and troops, ex-
cept as allies in a foreign war, while Abraham
canism 'stil lives w
Gentlemen of France and England-if the
wires have not borne to US lies-if you have in
deed profered to our Government troops and
arms, and navy to blockade our harbors I'VE
thank you heartily for your sympathy and
generosity, undoubtedly very unselfish and
all that, but if it is all the same to you, we will
try to get along in our own poor way, and do
the best we can, without troubling you so much,
which will be more independent, you know, and
save US from an obligation which might some
day hang about our necks quite uncomfortable
and besides we are sure that Mr.. Monroe-on
whose doctrine we profess to act--would be
highly offended, if he were here, at the very
idea of accepting your kind and coasiderae offer.
Some folks are talking of borrowiag arms
from Canada--and it is even said that Massachu-
setts has borrowed! This is all wrong. Not
a musket-not a percussion cap
should we bo,Tow of anybody!
Let US hold up our heads like men-yea, like
citizens. For since the noble pa
triotism exhibited by the united sons of the
North we are again PROUD as AMERICAN CrrI.
zESs. The old heart, and the old hand, have
come back to us again. And we stand now
united and defiant,
than before this black cloud of treason was
thrown in as back ground, to relieve the vir-
tue and nobility and strength and patriotism of
our people. Sooner would we raise our mailed
hand and smite the proud front of England or
France, if they attempted to break the blockade
of our harbors, than we would accept of them
any assistance in the settlement of our little
domestic afilicton G. of II.