The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-02
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assassinate Louis Napoleon 1t Paris, such a. tn
Internal machine Of Orsini and his confederate
few years since, ,aw ws have inwardly thanke'
Heaven that We lived under no Government ii
which such dangers could De Imminent. out IN
der = Republic firmly established in the heart
Of the people, hi which, ati power being derivet
from the people themselvsSg althoash hsatst
controversies would frequently arise, yst at shei
termination all would gracefully submit to th'
win of the majority. cOuf experience hitherto
has been such. Every officer elected BY ths
people has bean inaugursssd without resistance
and able to perform the peaceful functions Of hi
Office without opposition The minority, - vel
- the majority would never have tolerated any
other course, such as to place our Union upon /,
parallel with Mexico and the petty Republics Of
South America, where continual anarchy exists,
because the candidate defeated At the polls raises
an army to resist the candidate elected.
But the events Of the past three months pre-.
sent our country in different aspect We live
under no Republican government; We cannot
elect and iuaugurase President such a. the
people desire, but must elect our President at
the dictation Of an oligarchy.. Unless that oil
garchy rules, the Union is to be destroyed. Our
President il asked to abandon his principles, to
prove treaehsrous to the people who elected him,
before his government will be submitted to-
And to intimidate him and his supporters por-
tion of the people revolt against the government
and others support such revolt by saying that
any attempt to suppress it and maintain the
Government will be coercion, which they will
resist. Concessions of right are demanded to
propitiate rebels. 394ss et
All such means failing, trick and fraud are
used. "A conspiracy is organized to seize Wash
ington, and prevent the inauguration. The vigor
and fidelity Of Gen. Scott prevents this BY con.
centratng troops enough at the Capital to put
down any attack. Then rumors gain currency
of a plot to prevent the formality Of counting
the electoral votes, and declaring Mr. Lincoln
elected President. This is abandoned because
its leaders see that the people would never con-
sent to have their will thwarted by such trick.
And lastly, plot comes to light to assassinate
the President while receiving the hospitalties of
the citizens Of Baltimore,-an organized con-
spiracy in which something more than gang of
Plug Uglies participated. We cannot consider
the suspicion unfounded. Gen. Scott and Gov.
Hicks would not send special messengers on mere
wayside rumora, nor is Abraham Lincoln such a
man as to be deferred from his course, by mere
af,Spicion nuet bev hnop dean loid plot
which wonld induce him to proceed in disguise
through the city, and lay himself open to the
charge of cowardice.
What next! We are prepared for almost any
thing. 1t may be necessary to guard the choice
of the people by armed soldiery before and after
the inauguration:-to uphold the Republican
government of the United States by an army.
How much better, then, will be the United States
than the other Republics of the American Con-
tinents 1i e .53' 7'f ae
MALFEAsANcE OF SECRETARY ToUCEY.-The
report presented with resolution censuring Sec
retary Toucey shows by statements in detail that
tents and purposes. without defense during all
the period of the civil commotion and lawless
violence to which the President called the at
tent;on of the country, as Of such vast and
alarming proportions as to be beyond his power
to check or control.
The vessels, which might have been available
for defence in case ofa sudden emergency arising
at home, are all on stations in distant seas, or
on their way thither. The committee give the
opinion, after careful revision Of the subject,
that Toucev had it in his power, with the present
naval force of the country, without materially
impairing the efficiency of the service abroad
at any time after the settled purpose of over
the Government had become manifest,
and before that purpose had developed itself in
acts Of violence, to station q fierce equal to the
protection of all property and all rights of Gov
ernment and citizens as well as the flag of the
country, from any outrage or insult at any point
on the entire Pacific coast.
The amnesty for political offences proclaimed
by the new King OF Prussia on his accession to
the throne, includes several persons who are
now American citizens, and are generally
known, such as DR.. Solger of Boston, DR.. Hoff.
bauer of Iowa, Frederick Kapp Of New York,
and Mr.. Schurz, member of the Continental le-
gislature Carl Schurz is excluded from the
list of the pardoned, on the ground that his Of
fence was not political. His crime consisted in
aiding the escape of Prussian professor who
had been imprisoned by the government
. BROKEN BANEs.-The paper of the following
banks was thrown out, yesterday, by our bank
ers:- ,...... .8 ~.
Arctic Bank, Wisconsin, @
Eau Glare Bank, '' a..- 4a1
: The Huntsville (Alabama) Independent of
February 10th comments as follows:
"With deep sorrow, and the most sad for
bodings for her future, we are forced to announce
that our sister State, Tennessee, has resolved
not to call even Convention Of her people IN
the present crisis Her Legislature must 'aoc see
tie folly of su5m;ai',g the qmestonof Convention or
no Conuea,tion to tie popular pote. Thousands
upon thousands of her people did not and could
not know whether there was any necessity for
calling Convention or not"
There is disclosed the very bulwark of Seces
siou--keeping the question from the people.
B. L N. r. r. R.-CHANGE OF TnE.-The
cars ON this road, on and after to-day, leave al
Gas A. N. and P. NJ, arriviDgaat Ottumwa al
l45P "a and 6.2O P. N. Leaving Ottumwa Al
s A. N. and 1.45 P. NJ, arrive at Burlington a
ll.30 A. N. and sos p N. uca
rE-Mrs. Slemmer, the heroic wife Of Lieut.
Slemmer, now in command at Fort Pickens, il
expected in Chicago in few days. upon yisi
to her sister, Mrs. DePuy. s47as.a.' q
ANDERSON AND HIS MEN.-The Charleston cor
respondent of the New York Times writes an in
teresting letter descriptive of the embarkatior
of the women and children We make the fol
lowing extract from his letter, detailing con
versation reported as had by thim with one o
the ladies': s sl al 7r .s
II had brief conversation with one of th'
older women, a corporals wife. She seemed Il
worship the gallant Anderson, and said evry maj
in the fort looked up to him with feelings aki'
to yeneration asked her about the Star o
the West Her eyes flashed with patriotic fire