The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-07

me Rev. nenry ward Deecher and Con.
ascsiss she War According 10 the Con.
Henry Ward beecher.l
ENGLAND ATS and says underneath her lion, that
think Is troubled with gout, II you will make
this war for liberty, We will be with you Tor
emancipation, We viii give ycu not only synpa-
thy and prayer, but oil needful succor. vs.
not by England's sympathy that ne became IN |
denendent. TAppiausel II was not by her ad- |
vice that We have grown to be her equal, and We
shalI pcrhaps be able 70 settle our troubles with
out Eoelish sympathy. For enc, am not 80
unecnerous as to lay up anything, any prejudice
or unknd feelings; but do not hesitate TO say
TO her, remain at home; we will DO our own
work ; you shall be q spectator and not neiper.
In the coming end, when our troubles are SET
tied, We shall have their admiration and then
their sympathy, and then, after awhile, We VIII
love on just ~ We have, only good deal better;
but meanwhile, though il hedge us, or alarm us,
or grieve NJ, We are bound to see the war 60 on,
TO trust in God, and get along without England.
Applause. Of all the advice that has been
given, there Is none that chimes more ,cifh tie North
ern popular impulse than this, to make deciara.
ton Of emancipation TO settle this ,car 6nt neither
TIE popular impulse nor foreign advise can be fol-
lo,oed. We must conduct this ,oar BY and through
TIE Constitution, or else zoe must declare that o,r
institutions have failed We are not going to say
to the world that republican institutions have SO
signally failed that we have ignored them, and
are going after the war TO give back and 70 es-
tablish others. If they hold fast our Constitu-
ton, We must not violate it ourselves. What!
wage war against them for violating the Consti-
tuition, and we are going to violate it ourselves
to get at them ? We may not object to Con.
gressional legislation declaring political emanci
patton. wish we could. wish Adam had not
snncd, and his posterity had not been affected;
but that don't help the matter as can see. l
wish our fathers had stood out against interpolat-
ing what are called compromises of the Consti-
tuition. A serpent just hatched is not half 80
much to be feared as ono full grown, but what
is the use of signing. We have accepted the
bond, we have declared our feaity; can we now
break our part for the sake of even 90 magnifi-
cent result as the emancipation of the slave /?
Shall we reEd the crystal instrument-joy of the
world and our pride? It is very easy to say it
is a state of war, but we extend nothing, we be-
lieve, for we are administering the ncn by them.
Our faith ID given; we must keep it. When We
cannot abide by our promise, there are methods
expressly provided, we must withdraw the pledg-
ed agreements Of the Constitution, and stand
apart as two separate peoples. Are we then
shut up in this reasoning? No; what the pen
Of the legislator cannot do, the sword of war
will do. The South's strength in this war is
slavery. They have placed it in their constitu-
ton as bulwark. They are fighting behind
that, and now we have come to the pass that we
are not able to fulfill our sworn pact and main.
tain the integrity Of this land and the Constitu
tion itself; we cannot maintain it according to
its own principles, except by contending against
them with the shield Of slavery on their arm. In
furnishing the transgressor we strike through the
shield. 1t is not political act but military,
which they have compelled, that has brought on
the beginning of this emancipation, and will
carry it to such degree as will make slavery a
burthen to them and make them in the end the
most DESTROYS for its end. Look at the effect Of
the emancipation Of so many as we have already
emanripated, not in violations Of thu Constitu-
ton but according toit. The Government must
take these fugitives in some way into its hand.
Does it hold them as men or chattles! You may
call him contraband, Or by one term or BY an
other The southern law that called him slave
is broken, and he is come into possession Of the
Government of the United States to be nothing
less than man. He is emancipated, and there
are to day thousands of emancpated men in pos.
session of the government