The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-05-11
ESTABLISHED
A WORK or Flction.

. designed to foster secession ideas, and mappe,
out the events Of the last few months with al
most prophetic accuracy. Before this there ha,
been small school Of active and enthusiastic
politicians, bent upon the erection Of Southern
Confederacy, but the measure was viewed q
Utopian until elaborated in the pages Of novel
and made familiar to the public mind. The sin
gularity of the affair is this, that the men whit
now direct the rebellion, have consciously or un
consciously, adopted almost without a variation
the programme Of action presented in the Par
tasaa Leader. A glance at the work will illus
trate and confirm this statement 1t represent,
a knot Of politicians in conference at Richmond
They arrive at the necessity of SECESSION, and
conclude that to be effective in the face of the
physical might of the North, II must be prompt-in
how short time did seven States secede The
title of SOUTHERN CoNFEDERAcY" was given to
the new order of things by anticipation, and
has desa adopted Virginia would net be ripe for
revolt at the same instant as her sister States,
and it was deemed best for her not to precpi-
tate herself with them, but for awhile to assu,re
neutrality SO as to interpose barrier between
the North and South, till the latter should be
prepared to meet the indignant outburst of the
former. How well Virginia has acted out this
infamous role is now apparent TO all-is now un-
b!ushingly confessed by herself. As to the final
result, when the swift messengers of Justice
should have met the rebel forces, the oracle is
silent,-the silence is omnous, but will ere long
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a violated Constitution, smite the leaders of re-
bellion with fear, and show, as often happens,
that fiction ends in tragedy.
The action of Virginia in this fulflment of alb
surd dreams, is calculated to awaken the most
violent feelings Of indignation and disgust
Among the States she has been venerated, for
her age, her supposed wisdom, and her calm.
ness in past connections. The "Old Dominion"
was invested with halo of glory, which has
now vanished, and discovered her to have
been the most false, the most prostituted to
deception Of all the rebel States. Carolina was
ever loud-tongued and quarrelsome, but who
could suspect that under the calm exterior the
sententieus utterances of Virginia there lurked
the disposition, first to lull, then remorseessly
to destroy. One of the exponeHts and de-
tenders Of Virginian policy thus substantates
the charge we have made: During all the sew.
enty five years of its trial. The attitude of Virginia
stdtesnaans|p focd,ds tie Constellation has been an,
attitude Of silent protest and stern hostility Let
those who connect the last election and the
slavery agitation with this rebellion, note these
things. Let them mediate upon them till ade-
quately impressed with the fact, that for many
years, in obedience to an idea propasated in
the form oil fiction, but heartily adopted by the
South, this outrage upon the Constitution has
been acquiring defniteness and strength. Let
them think of the subtility, the hypocrisy, the
dishonesty, which have been displayed through
the years of the past-of the attempt upon the
life of the President, the sack of the capital, the
devastation and ruin of the North, still contem-
plated by these slaves of ambition, and let all
reflections upon one party and the other, give
place to mighty wrath which shall dash down
these troublers of the nation, and tread them in
the wine press of peoples indignation. Such
a school of politics can no more be tolerated
hSiS, shoh lhC Pohutiouo anu vi hSo-
thenism The system that could in secret and
in silence during twenty years and morc insin-
| uate its coils around the very vitas OF the com
monwealth, poison the minds Of officials in all
departments, be deferred by no pites, shaken by
no terrors; that could contemplate and compass
the destruction of life, liberty and happiness
among twenty millions ofpeople, that could give
birth to such modern Cataline, such crafty,
cruel incarnate tend as jeff Davis, deserves to
have allied against it, the entire forces of the
civilized world, until the land shall be purged
and restored to peace by its utter extinction.
"HYPoCRIsY OF NORTHERN STATEsMEN.-The
Richmond Enquirer of the 9th ult., has a dole
full article under this head 1t devotes few
lines of plaintive Innings each to Millard Fill
more, General Cass, Buchanan, Douglas, Ben
f. Butler, and "last, though not least, to Frank
lin Pierce" and finishes its article in the follow
ing strain:
''These facts carry on their face their own pro
per commentary. They clearly demonstrate the
fact that the Northern "allies," upon whom we
chiefly relied, are "ialse as He'll" and that
our only safety is in the erecting of wall be-
tween us and them "as high as Heaven"
sy~ 1t is totally impossible for US to give to
outsiders any thing approximating to correct
idea Of the spirit exhibited by the good people OF
Burlington during the last two weeks. We
have never seen anything like it before In
revolutionary times more patriotic ardor,
unanimity and promptness could have been
shown. How shall we describe the self sacri
ficing labor of our women? In few days, they
have made 800 coats and haversacks-have pre-.
pared bandages and lint--manufactured flags
equipped aud sent sons and husbands to the field
How shall we give any adequate idea of the in
spring and spirit stirring dscourses which have
been made from our pulpits! Our people art
in blaze of excitement and events are occur
ring and scenes enactingsevery hour, that woult
at other times demand large space in our paper
Now we are unable TO give a short notice evel
we are overwhelmed, and can only float will
the current, presuming that our community i
not an exception, but that everywhere the sam
spirit is manifest and like scenes are enacting
We look upon these manifestations and take cour
age-the love of liberty is not dead. Our peopl
have not degenerated. The spirit of seventy
six still lives and just as good and brave me-
as fought at Lexington and Concord and Bunke
Hill are now ready TO march to the battle hel
in defence Of liberty and to sustain the Govern
, ment of our Fathers against the assaults Q
traitors
s5S- member of the Missouri Legislatur
on his way South got ashore at Cairo, and In tn
presence of Col Prentiss and Others uttered no
only strong but disgusting language, respectln
the troops and their officers. He was arreste
and kept in the guard house till morning, whe
he was taken out, shown the camp, the batteries
and the men and sent about his business An e.
ample of forbearance for the South.
JOHN BELL TRYING TO GET AFLoAT AGAIN.
The Louisville Journal of "Wednesday says it hi