The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-05-25
From the Scientific American.
SuiugatiOn of the South.

| This term is made use of by the leaders of the
Southern revolution to arouse the masses OF the
! people to take up arms against the Federal gov
ernment. Thinaing men cannot be deceived by
such cry as this, however much it may influence
the baser passions oi the ignorant The simple ex-
panation of this whole IN ,ter is that the sUnited
| States government, whether headed by Abraham
| Lincoln Johu 9. Brecknridge or Stephen A.
Douglas, exercises, by virtue of the constitution,
supreme autf fority over every State and er.tory;
| and every Governor OF every State, and every
Federal and State Judge. when about to enter
upon the duties OF Office, are required to support
| and uphold, under oath, the constitution of the
| United Sthes. The very organic ,tion of the
Federal government based upon this idea,
and all State governments, and all State courts
! are held in subOrinauo 70 this supreme power.
| Were this not so, a,Stnte at any tine could ar
rest the execution al the Federal laws, and the
governments would be npletely AT tne 1nercy
of State convention or a State legislature. If,
| on the theory of secession, "a State may with
| draw at pleasure, then there could he possi-
| biitv of making and ftliIhtuly carving out
treaties with foreign powers, protecting citizens
| in foreign lands, borr09D,g money for any pur-
pose, and exercising those functions that alone
belong to general government. No; it was
| the inteniion Of the STATES, when the coEstitu
tion was adopted, to fern IeiTect Ca;on;: and,
| furthermore, to clothe the government with
power to execute the laws of Congress against
all violators. This is all tie Federal government
Is now trying to do. IL SAYS TO the Southern
people, Obey the laws, and you shalt have, as
ctofore, all the protection to life and proper
| ty that You desire The government could 10
| no less it seeks to do no more and all this
talk about suhjugation Is mere claptrap IF
South Carolina will but obey the laws, as the
great States of New York and Pcnnsylvunia are
now doing, not a single 1ght belonging to her
people would be withheld. She will have a
Governor of her own choice, two Senators in
Congress, and her proper quota nf Representa-
tives. Federal Judges VIII execute the laws,
the mails will be carried a, usual, her slave
property respected, and insurrection suppress sed,
if need be, by the Federal government. Could
anything be mere reasonable? Could reason
able people ask for ANYTHING more! Is Mt the
Federal government Just as good rs the govern.
ment OF the Coaiedrrate States? What advan-
tages does that government possess over the one
we now have? We cannot discover the slight
est gain, but we DO see clearly that the moment
State. .secedeS, that moment confidence in her
future good behaviour ceases: peaceful citizens
feeling a sense of sinsecugity either Ace or rush
to arms, business stops property OF all kinds
sinks in value, the State bends become almost
worthless, anarchy and confusion prevail, and a
permanent injury Sinfcted upon all the interests
OF the State. In short, secession is ruin and
we venture the assertion that no seeded State
can ever enjoy the same amount of prosperity
and security under any attempted new govern
ment; besides. the very theory upon which the
Confederate States have organized provisional
. government, is destructive OF every principle oil
stability and permanence, and to maintain them
selves as power to be respected at home and
abroad, the people mus: undertake to supper.
| piy mil and Ia
manding respect from powerful nations. Thi,
will necessarily entail heavy system OF taxation
and instead of feeling relieved BY reason of Sc
cesson, the burdens Of the people will be aug
mented, and their abilities to resist oppression
will, in great measure. be swallowed up.
) The capture of a rebel flag hy the troops which
went to Potisi, is thus told by the Saint Loui
Democrat:
| The next move was to capture the rebel flag
, which, was known to be in town, and for thi
agreeable duty Captain Cole detailed guard O
f six men, under command of Sergeant Walker
accompanied by DR.. Franklin, Surgeon of tn,
, Fifth Regiment. The guard surrounded the hous
supposed to contain the flag, and DR.. Franklin
, and Sergeant Walker entered. After searchin:
in vain tor some time, the Doctor thought he Oh
served the lady Of the house sitting in rather al
uneasy position, and he very politely asked he
the Doctors persuasive suavty irresis,i bic, sh
, rose slowly, and 10 the blood red stripe of tn
. rebel ensign appeared below the ladys hoop:
/ The Doctor, bowiDg graceful "beg pardon
madam" stopped and quietly catching hold O
{ the gaudv color carefully delivered the lady Q
, secession flag, so feet long and 9 feet wide
The Doctor bore of his prize in triumph to tn
, camp, where the troops greeted him with viii
shouts, and characterized his feat as the crown
/. ing glory of the occasion.
The CuRRrNcy.-The action of the railros
companies, the ware house men, the agents q
the propeller lines, and the merchants. in rels
lation 10 the Secession or discredited currency
y yesterday, is decisive of its fate. 1t may now
: considered as dead and no effort OF the bank
can gavanize it into life. From this day it wi
: cease to pass in any transactions at It's nomins
value, here or in the country.
But the work does net stop here The note
Of the banks based on the stocks OF the fire.,
loyal, nterestpaying States are to be graded, an
y each one will be hereafter received at its valu,
9 measured by the fluctuations of the New Yor
stock market from day to-day. We can cor
: ceve that this arrangement, by making tho cu
U rency each day only an index Of what was don
by at the Board OF Brokers the day before, wi
7. produce inextrcable confusion in all busnei
matters; and that it viii cause many losses an
q much pecuniary suffering that might have bee
!. avoided if the parties who have taken the Gu
@ rcncy in hand, could have agreed upon list
Il hanks aud fixed a determinate value, for the
= notes, ut which they might have been receive
! aud paid out. But the scticn has been take
r and though we may question its wisdom at &,
time, we fope that the result win be satisfsctol
!. AID in the end profitable to all concerned
IChica Oo Trihu,o lath