The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-07-20

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sasd By Cor. JArssox, IN bringing On civil Wal
when DO was wholly unprrpared for il, and no,
and let asids By tie events 81 Tie lass tive weeks
Whatever may be the extent Of the bloodshed IL
this State, now and hereafter, NO one, even thos<
attached TO its cause, can doubt that Il is a.
tributable 20 the weakness, II not the wicked
ness, Of Gov. JACKs0H, In calling for fifty thou
Sand volunteers, when he had mot at his com
mand sufficient number Of arms TO put regi
ment in, the field when he knew then as well ii
be knows nov, that he had no munitions Of war,
and not q solitary appliance for carrying on Z
war. His retreat from Jefferson City-the dis
astrous stand made at Boonyille-his indecision
Ibis advice to disband the State forces there
his re-appesrance in the Southwest, and the
attack upon SI0ELss regiment; the equally impo
tent and insane efforts of Gen. HARsls, in the
Northeast, TO get up an engagement out Of which
there was no hope or his coming on victorious;
the exceeding folly Of taking men from their
homes TO engage in such . var % this. must for
ever stamp his acts % wholly indefensible and
asmanifesting neither judgement Tor true cour.
age, nor Just regard for the welfare Of the
State. But what could the men do who have
answered his call? They have shown them,
selves - brave men a. ever went ON field Of
battle. They feared neither the cannon nor the
minnie balls Of those opposed to them. They
went into the fight with the conviction that they
were only doing their duty to the State. II
mattered little 70 them, that they bad not evt n
been mustered into companiss-that they were
without ofIicers-that they were wholly undis-
ciplined-they were called upon to perform du.
ty, and they were prompt to do it.. But what
was doing meanwhile by the Governor and bis
immediate military Board! Instead Of being
ready to supply the troops thus drawn together
with arms and munitions Of WARMTH provisions
and transportation-with tents and camp equip
age--instead of showing proper regard for the
safety of the men, and their efficiency in battle
these brave men were received into the SER
vice, and tssked to their utmost, in support of a
cause which had no merit in it, and which was
certain to result disastrously. Is il surprising
that PARSONS had many of his men killed, tho
commanding force greatly superior to that of
SlGEL's? How could they, with nothing but RI
fes and shotgu hope to cope with well.ap-
pointed and better disciplined armys Then, as
to HAMS troops, it was even worse. What be
could hope to accomplish, by his movements, is
mystery to ALL What he proposes to do now,
by his concentration of an undisciplined mass of
men in Galloway county, except it be to have
them slaughtered wherever they may attempt
resistance or attack, it is impossible to guess
We have civil war inaugurated in the centre and
the Southwestern part of the State, and men are
invited to sacrifice themselves, without the faint
est hope Of successful issue to their exertions.
Meanwhile, look At the property destroyed, the
families broken up and dismembered, the feuds
created in neighborhoods and counties, and the
,,sc oh - 70 o fail lad Ill A,J
for what? Not to carry out any act emanating
from the people-not that Missouri has changed
her relation to the Union or to the Confederate
States-but simply to fulfil the pledge of Gov.
JACKSON and his adherents to take the State
out Of the Union at all hazards. We all know
how he has proposed to do this. But further
insight into the plans show, that be and his
agents have invited the Indians of the Neutral
Territory to come in and make war upon us, to
murder our citizens, and to devastate the coun-
try. Not only are the Indians to be let loose
upon US but the people of Arkansas have been
induced TO invade our territory, with arms in
their hands, and a sanguinary purpose to kill all
who oppose them. How is thisY What has
Missouri done to Arkansas that her troops should
be sent for any such purpose? What law has
authorized Gov. JACKSON to solicit their aid in
military capacity? If it was wrong, as some
troops, to protect the people Of the State-Mis-
souri, being yet in the Union, as Gov. JACKSON
and entitled to this aid from the
General Government-how much greater is the
wrong for Arkansas, State claiming to belong
to another Confederacy. to come in and make
war upon US? Not only is this done, but Indi-
ans are invoked to enter the Southwestern sec.
ton of the State, and, pursuing their peculiar
mode of warfare, to massacre all whom they may
meet. If Gov JACKSON has done nothing else
to deserve condemnation, this single act of invi.
ting savages to assist him in his design to carry
on civil war in his own State-his invitation to
Arkansas to make inroads upon our own terri
tory-ought to call down curses upon him for
ever.
The fate of Missouri has been hard ONE
Since the commencement Of these troubles, not
a shade of doubt OF the fidelity of her people to
the Union has ever existed in the mind of any
intelligent man. She gave evidence of that
fact in the last Presidential election and in the
election of members of the Convention and the
of the Convention ITSELF But the
devltry of the demagogues and politicians
FRANK BLAIR on the one side, and Gov. JACKSON
in the lead on the other-has brought strife and
and internal war upon US. and no one
can now say what will follow, unless the people
unite to preserve themselves and to stop strug
gle begun for no better reason than the one we
have assigned. Gov. JACKSON, his Indians, and
his abettors from Arkansas, will soon be driven
out of the State, and then Missouri should be
relieved from all other State military forces as
speedily as possible, Nothing short Of this will
give repose to the people.-[St. Louis Repub-
lican. 4,rglijs a. Ell