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

FnIEND DuNHAH,-As the ehsIeet mOue VI
answering numerous inquiries received daily, cx.
pressing impatience at delay in the equipment
Of the Iows Volunteer, deem it proper to re.
quest the publication Of the enclosed (privatel
letter; from which it will be seen that the Gov.
ernor Of the State has been by no means mac
tive in his efforts to provide our brave soldiers
for efficient service at the earliest period posi-.
bic. Your obedient servant,
JANIS HARLAN.
Mt Pleasant, Iowa, May 8, 1851.
Davenport, Nay l, 1861.
FRIEND HARLAm-Ny efforts to get arms thus
far have been:
l. A pressing letter to Secretary Of War,
April Is, on the subiect-yet unanswered.
3. Sending Senator Grimes, April %, spe.
cially on that errand to Wsshington-nct yet
heard from.
8. Writing to Governor of Connecticut II
arms can be bought of private manufacturers in
that State-not yet answered-letter April a.
4. An arrangement with military committee
of Chicago for loan of 1000 guns. This, think,
is perfected, and the guns will be shipped to-
morrow to Burlington
s. Ihave sent "a special messenger to Spring.
field, Illinois, to procure if possible, part Of the
arms recently brought there from St. Louis
If he fails there, to 60 to ST. Louis and try the
officer there-not yet heard from.
A Have called EXTRA session
Can you suggest anything more-if SO, will
follow it.
Very truly, SAMUEL j. KIRKwooD.
Misunderstanding in the whole secession
movement makes one feel so sad az the news
that Virginia too has allowed herself to float
down with the current. From our childhood,
next to pride in our native State have we felt
our hearts glow with love and honor for Old Viz.
gina, the mother of Presidents, on whose favor
ed soil sleeps the Father of his country. We
can all sympathize in measure in the boast Of
the Richmond Wing after this fashion: When
Old Virginia utters the decisive word and formal.
ly renounces the faction at Washington, all will
feel that the supreme moment has arrived and
will look about for their own safety. Virgins
made the Union and she can unmake it.n But
while Virginia looks only at the past, acs realize
the present for the glory Of Virginia is in days
gone by, and the rising States in the great North
west haze more power to save or destroy tht
Union in the present than she in her blindnes,
can comprehend. That Virginia helped make
the Union is very true, but since that day Com
mouweaths have sprung into so vigorous an ex
istence that they oyershadow in power and infu
ence the Old Dominion. Virginia does not seen
to remember this change and she forge,s thu
still sadder fact, that instead of Washington
Jefferson and Madison to speak for her, she ha
only her Mason, her Wise, and her Pryor. How
are the mighty falenl Her great dead frnn
their honored graves speak yet in trumpet tones
from Maine to Oregon for the Union and Con
stitution which they framed. and stirring thu
souls Of true Americans make them deaf t.
words from traitors zho dishonor their NATIVE
State. Oh that Virginia herself had lOt Listened
to their treason How many mourn her fall
Brighton, May 4th.
The Position OF VIRGINIA. The Virginia or
dinance of secession is to be submitted to TIL
people Of the State during the present montl
A formal contract for the admission OF the Stat,
into the Southern Confederacy, signed at Rich
mond on the 25th ult.. by Alexander H. Ste
phens, acting as commissioner for the Confed
Grated States" and John Tyler, VIM. B. Preton
and others, on the part of Virginia, contains
this saving clause:
''The Commonwealth of Virginia will, afte
the eonsummation of the Union contemplated
in this Convention, and her adoption OF the con
stitution for permanent government of tn,
said Confederate States, and she shall become
member of said Confederacy under said perma
nent Constitution, If The same occur, turn over tt
said Confederate States all the public property
naval stores, munitions of war, &C., she ma,
then be in possession of, acquired from the q
States, on the same terms and in Ike manner a:
the other States OF sail Confederacy have done
In like cases"
EtE-T 1t is gratifying that the noble old frigate,
Constitution, is now safe from all the malice OF
traitors. 1t was with great difficulty that she
was got over Annapolis bar The rebels were
determined to get her, and her crew of twenty
Eve men and officers remained at their quarters,
with shotted guns, for four days and nights.
She arrived at New York on Saturday, bringing
one hundred and fifty-one midshipmen from the
Naval School at Annapolis.
u a.
Philadelphia Press says indescribable consterna-
ton has spread through Virginia because of the
arrival at the Capital of Gen. Jim Lane and
Capt Montgomery of Kansas. They have with
them nearly two hundred of the desperadoes of
the civil wars of that Territory. They are to
act as an independent corps Of scouts for dan.
gerous and forlorn service.
o
EaS Ihe Massachusetts men have lust finished
for themselves nice bathing place OF one Of the
creeks running into the Potomac The marble
baths built for the use of the Senate are INSULT
,ient to meet the wants of all quartered in the
Capitol.
'eign of terror and anarchy. Our country FIRST,
asst, and all the time. Our Government is the
lone of the oppressed of all nations and the
rope of freedom throughout the world. Its
is worthy Of any sacrifice If to
preserve it, it is necessary to shed rivers of blood
We ought not to hesitate. Traitors and con
pirators must be struck down, even if they be
# our own household.
O
B Keokuk now wears quite gay appear
nee with so many troops within her limits
We trust she will treat the volunteers well. We
zee from the Gate City that no reception was
,iven the three companies from Davenport and
Dubuque, and that they had TO stand in the
treets from five in the morning till eight before
hey could be attended to-thc excuse was their
,arly arrival. The same could not be said OF
he companies that went from this city. They
lrrived in the afternoon at Keokuk, and yet the
anne complaints of inattention have been made.
This ought not to be. We parted with them
and shall be jealous of their comfort
md honor.
Treason in Iowa.
Nonsense the thing is impossible and any re-
'orts to the contrary are absurd A miserable