The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-22

s.the dregs and offscourings Of the populace,
vho would rather filch y handkerchief than
fight an enemy in manly combat" yet we know
here that their discipline and bearii 6 are mosl
admirable, and, presume, it may be safely an
irnied that larger amount Of social positiob
culture, and elevation ia character, hes never
been found in SO large an army in any age OF
country. If they 60 to the South, it will be as
friends and protectors to relieve the Union senti
ment Of the seeded Statesfrom the cruel dom
ination b. which 1t is oppressed and silenced
unfurl the stars and stripes IN the midst OF those
Who long to look upon them, ana to restore tne
flag that bears them to the forts ana arscnaii
from which dislOyal lands have torn IT, incl
mission will be one OF peace, unless wicked anc
blood-thirsty men shall unsheath the sword across
their pathway.
1t IL in vain for the kevoiutionists to exciaia I
that this is subjugation., 1t Is so, precisely
iu the sense in which you ind and all law-abid
ing citizens are subjugated. The people OF tne
South are our brethren, and while we obey tine
laws enacted by our joint authority, and keep :
compact to which we are oil parties, We only asA
that they shall be required to DO the same. we
believe that their safety demands TINS we Know
that ours does. We impose no ou' den winch
we ourselves flo not bear; we claim no priviiege
or blessing which our Dfethren oi the oou'h snan
not equally share. iheir country isour country
and ours Is theirs; ana tnat unity ooth Oh cou"
try and Of Government which the PROVIDENCE o.
God and the comP"cts OF men nave creaseo, We
could not ourselves, Sitnout sell. immoiauoh,
destroy; nor could We permit u 10 ne destroyed
by others
Equally vain Is itior them 70 declare tna' the
only wish :" TO DC iet alone, ana that III estao
lisning the independence Of ID Seeded States
they 90 tnose Wnlch remain III the oiu Oonieue
oppol tunity OF doing so, viii undoubtedly con
cede every guaranty needed to afiord complete
protection ~ the Institutions OF the south, ana
furnish assui ances oi her perfect equality III the
Union but all sdcn guarantees ana assurances
are now openly spurned, ana the only southern
right now insisted Oh Is tnat Of oisinemDerlhe
the Republic. 1t is perfectly certain that IN the
attempted exercise OF the right neither States
nor statesmen Will be let alone. should
rui1an meet me on the streets, ahd seek with an
AK to hew an arm ana leg from my body,
would not the less resist MN because, as dis
honored and helpless trunk, l night perchance
survive the mutliation. II Is easy to perceive
what fatal results to the old Contederacy would
follow should the blow now struck at Its intesri
ty ultimately triumph. We can well understand
what degradation it would bring to it abroad and
what weakness ut home; what exhaustion IRON
lnccssant war and standing armies, ana from the
erection OF Notifications along the thousands oil
miles OF new frontier; what em6arrassInents 10
commerce from having its natural channels IN
numbered or cut off; what elements OF disinteg'
ration and revolution would be introduced from
the pernicious example; and above all, what hu'
initiation would cover the whole American peo'
pie for having failed II, their great mission 70
demonstrate before the world the capacity OF our
race ior sell government.
Whlle a Tar more fearful responsibility mas 'aii
en- upon PRESIDENT Lincoln thnn upon any preue.
cessors, II must be admitted that ne mas met II
with promptltude and fearlessness Ciceio' 10
one OF ms oratiohs against Oat'iiie' speahiis VI
the credit que himself LOT hashS seppresseo we
conspiracy OF that aren,traitor, Sa'u' 'he
glory OF MN VINO lonnueu Rome was e'ea'' now
much greater shoula De that OF MN VINO ma. AZ
saved IL from overture" ai,er !. nau sfo"n W
oe the mistress VI Tue WORM % ~ ,'.ay ee
sa'u y, VIC guy VI 'na' 'n'esr'a'' y, . .'
WI" e'a'' oi'a''' 'hia 'ep.o',e .'o''i va. 80 w
OF reVoiu''on' no" t'at IL mas eApa"ueu i'on
ocean 70 ocean, has necohie 'he au,n.'"'l -, VI
the Woru, ana mas rendered. Tue ,ouii'"'ls VI tlie
,iVes OF 'nifty h'iiiiohs ol people FOUNTAINS VI
napp'hess.
ine ,'So'ous ''e asuies auoP'eu io' .n0 s"'s'y
OF washington anu the GOVERNMENT i'seh may
seem ope,' W er'.'cish' III so,he Vi ,''si' ue.
only mas war IKE peace i.s laws, OUT tna' II mas
also us privileges anu aut'es. "hateVef .! Sc
verify, or even OF irresuiarity' may nave arisen
VIII nnd its Jus.lHeatioh IN 'ne pressure VI the
terrioie necessity uhuer "hicn tne Ao'iihissra
ZION mas oeeh caiiea 10 ACT "hen man !eei'
tue pohiafa OF the destroyer az MS BOSOM, ne i:
not ilkeiy 10 consult the law DOCKS as TO tht
niode ana measure OF ms rights OF seit-oeiense
what Is true oil individuals IN TINS respect /;
equally true OF governments. The man who
thinks he mas become dlsioyai because OF wha,
the Administration has done, VIII probably dis
cover, aitef close examination, that he was
dlsioyai before. But for what mas been done
washington might ere this nave been smoud
enng heap OF RUNS.
Ihey have noted the course OF public affairs
10 httie advantage VINO suppose that the cleo
lion OF Lincoln was the real ground OF the revo
lut'onary outbreak that has occurred. The roots
OF the revolution may be traced back for more
than quarter OF century, and the unho'y last
ior power Is the SOIL OUT OF which IL sprahS-
A prominent member OF the band OF agit"tors
declare IN one OF his speeches at Charleston,
last November or December, that they had been
occupied for 80 years in the work OF .seyeiing
South Carolina from the Union. When General
jackson crushed Nullihcation, he said 1t would
revive again under the form OF the Slavery agi-
tatiOh, anu we nave iNeo " see MS pfeuiclioi
verified. Indeed, that agitation, during the last
Is or 90 years, has been almost the e"tire stock
in trade OF Southern politeians. The South.
ern people, known to be rs generous in their
impulses as they are chivalric, were not wrought
into a frenzy OF passion by the incorporate
WORDS of a few fanatic Abolitlonists; for these
words, If left to themselves, would have fallen
to the ground as pebbles into the sea, and
would have been heard OF no more. But it was
the echo OF these words, repeated with exagger-
atoms for the thousandth time by Southern poll
ticians, in the halls Of Congress and in the de
Lucrative and popular assemblies, and through
the press of the South, that has produced the
evaporation which has proved SO potent lever
in the hands OF the conspirators. The cloud
was fully charged, and the juggling revolution
lists WHO held the wires and could at will direct
its llghtlIings appeared at Charleston, broke up
the Democratic Convention assembled to noui.
nate candidate tor the Presidency, ana thus Sc.
cured the election OF Mr.. Lincoln. Having thus
rendered this certain, .ey at once set to work
to bring the popular mind of the South to the
point OF determining in advance that the elec-
t'on Of Repubican hres'aent would be per Sc
cause ior 8 dissolution OF the Union They were