The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-10-05
CuAsrrou. lows. Sept. asth, 1861

sas5 CHAal1ox, lows, Sept. aSth, 1861.
DKAk HAwK.EyH:-I notice the Common
| wealth Of the gath inst, ,says .'Ar; Srnith's
snnouncsment Was premature, from the fact
! that be has been the victim of misrepsesenta.
zion, p and he says, .Judge Edwards isa candi.
date for Congress-" Twonld be, '.the victim Of
MISREPRESENTATION. II I believed what the Com.
lmonwealth says about this matter, but know he
b mistaken. Judge Edwards has not favored
\ the Union movement because be was dissatisfied
with his own party; nor for the purpose Of
playing into the hands Of any other parry, his
motives were pure, aud patriotic, knowing that
| II vas considerable Of = job to thrash So many
rebels, be wished to see cn Aands At it. During
his abscnce, be has authorised ne to speak for
Him. He Il not = candidate for Congress. q :
r yo5 81 Yours, &C., sllas p. N sNtrH.
tDr Unloh, allas Disunion alias Treason.
|,Aihas ilo Tor the Havk-kye
ID Mr.. BDlroR,-What does the so-called Union
party propose to do? Some of Us plain people,
who live elsewhere than in secret political con.
claves, have been waiting with commendable
patience for some time for more light as to what
this new party proposes to achieve for the State,
the Nation, the world, and the rest of mankind.
But we have waited in vain; and have to give it
mp, OF 60 to guessing" And we have about
arrived 1t this conclusion, namely: l. This par
ty intends either to do just exactly what the
Republican party have done and are now doing;
or, I'd, It intends to do less; or Sd, it proposes
TO do more than the party now nrpower. If
the first. we plain folks don't think it will pay.
We think it poor policy to turn out good team
that has done well at everything We have tried
them, and hitch up a new one, in which we have
every reason to believe there are some bauiky
beasts. And We are quite sure no man Of sense
will pull down good house and be at the ex-
pense Of building another no better, merely for
tie novelty of change. And if the second IS the
design Of this party, we feel like saying, ''not
exactly, my dear sirs." If you are going to
tinker up some kind of ricketty com romise.
and 60 at the work with your putty to stop the
cracks, and brushes to whitewash this dabolical
treason, we say "hands off, gentlemen the ma.
ton is too sick now to be intrusted to quacks
But it may be the Mird-they intend to do more.
Well, that is n pretty serious question. We
have heard so many promises to do more, and
have seeh them come out less that, if that is the
position Of this new party fresh from the Mint
we must look into the matter little. With |
what little sense we can bring to bear on the
case, it looks exactly as if this new political
concern Is trying to gather up and re-organize
the fragments Of the party,that has been in pow
Or, with but few exceptions, almost from slime
immemofal," and especially the last eight years
Immediately preceding the present Administra.
tion. Now, if this is what they mean by doing
more, merely to try to rebuild the old house under
rew name, we are sure it will never quit cost,
and We can have nothing to do with the specu-
lasion. Besides, it is the general opinion Of
those who say they have looked closely into
those matters-we plain folks don't profess to
be wise in such things-that during these eight
years named above nearly all the eggs of treason
were laid, and in the latter part they were all
hatched out, and the brood full grown, are now
running rampant through the land. especially in
the South. Now it is just the fact, we have
learned enough to know that the old hen don't
hold her control over her chickens very long
They soon get as big as she is, aud then they do
just as they please. 1t takes something more
than the old hen to regulate them; and some of
them never keep out of mischief till their heads
are taken off. We believe this rebel brood
needs something more than the old hen-even
if she has new name-to bring them to order.
Still further-and' TO change the fgure-we
doubt whether in the whole land there can be a
team harnessed up that can do more than those
in power have done and are now doing Why,
just look at it. Under the party that is now
seeking control with new name, the Navy was
scattered to the flour Winds" the treasury was
bankrupt, the national credit destroyed, the
army reduced and scattered, the forts unman-
ned and unsupplied, the munitions Of war ship.
ped off secretly to the South, and the elements
Of the most infamous treason the sun ever shone
upon virtually organized. This was the condi.
ton of the nation when the present administra-
ton came into power, little more than six
months since. What has been done? Almost
powerful navy has been created, the treasury
replenished, national credit redeemed, an army,
OF which any nation on earth might be proud,
has been organized, the hope of the nation re-
vived, and unless seduced by new names, or
hindered by treason among ourselves rebellion
will be swept from the land and the nation will
again put on her robes of rejoicing and glory in
the face Of the civilized world. Till this is done
We plain folks can have nothing to do with these
new named parties. HAMILTON
At Union Mass Convention of the citizens
of Louisa County, Iowa, held at the Court
House in Wapello, on the 2sth day of Sept,
1851, in pursuance of previous notice, Leonard
Robinson was appointed Chairman and John N.
Herrick Secretary. Thereupon the following
candidates for County Officers were nominated
For Senator, D. N. spr,gue,
" Representative, Jan es G. Hall,
County Judge, Royal Prentiss
Recorder 4 Treasurer, Harrison Robinson,
Sheriff, G. n. Mcdaniel,
!" supt of Schools, Wilson R. Woodruff,
Drainage Com, VIM. P. Rouch, II
Surveyor, Henry Beane,
Coroner, David McMichael,
And the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted, to wit: ts
Resolved, That the present deplorable civil
war has been forced upon the country by the
Disunionists of the Southern States now in re-
volt against the Constitutional Government and
in arms around the Capital.
Resolued That in this national emergency,
bsnishing all feeling of mere passion or resent.
ment, or party feeling, will recollect only our