The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-04-13

DA recent letter fron Charleston says things
in the State Convention '.are mot jelly By . good
deal" For instance, ia Introducing an ordi.
nance ccdins the forts. kc., to the Oonfederacy,
rider WA, attached providing that when de;
uanded BY two thirds of .the Legislature they
should be given back again. s The Governor
having sent message to the House, it was rep.
resented as an Improper one aud its reference
opposed. The Governor. indulged in .congratu.
lations on the. successes gained, and was told
that the continued occupation Of Sumter BY the
Federal q troops WAS :, disgraee. Fault i. also
found with the new Consultation, and the protest
rscorded, while the sction Of the delegssss in
electing Davis and Stephens Is denominated can;
audacious and dangerous usurpation." Pity Aey
had not found out these things before.sa q ass5
Dad 5aod s5 eG9 ,ttitf so .
"A CosrEDERArH ADVERTISING DoDas. 1T would
seem that all the shrewdness in the world Is not
confined 70 Yankee land. Barnum's idea of sell.
ling choice seats at the first Jenny Lind concert
in each city at tan extravagant premium to some
fellow anxious for notoriety, has found an irni.
tator in Confederate Secretary Memminger, Who,
the telegraph announces, .hasa bid of 20 per
cent. premium for the FIRST 81 900 bond to be
issued by the Southern Confederacy OF course
it will prove capital advertising dodge for the
purchaser. and he will make Z big thing out of
it, particularly il he happens to be in the Ii
quor business evA 'oe''. lt.','is = s.s sati
TIE PoLICY OF THE ADNINIsrRArroN.-The
public mind is being gradually prepared for the
evacuation Of Fort Pickens.t Yesterday We had
a Washington telegram TO the effect that it was
impossible; 70 reinforce or send provisions to
Pickens-tbat Col. Slemmer advised the Depart.
mennt unless soon supplied he must abandon the
Fort. While the North is thus reconciled to a
measure rendered necessary by the ,treachery of
the preceding Administration, the people of the
South are advised that thisais the policy Of Mr.
Lincoln-that troops are to be withdrawn-forts
given up-the collection Of the revenue aban-
doned, &c. When Pickens is abandoned We
shall have given up the last foothold in the Sc
ceded States. And it will be abardoned. There
is no doubt on the subject in our mind.-Bar.
ington HaUkeye, i'a s- a7H.F h51
Our readers will scatcely believe that the fore
going is from Republican paper here in Iowa,
and one, too Of the most ultra backbone species.
But 30 it is. Whatever was treason for Mr..
Buchanan to think Of doing is the part of patri
otism new to carry into effect. The bare suspi.
cion Of design ON the part Of Mr.. Buchanan
q design he may never have entertained-of
abandoning these forts was branded as treason;
now it is only military necessity" o! Poli.'
tics, how people will stultify themselves at thy,
shrine. 10 59a 81 ~ sra s.s .3.., -.ya.44.u a.}f
The coolness of attributing the abandonment
of Fort Pickens to the treschery of the preceding
administration is really refreshing. Under this
pretext, Mr.. Lincoln may dismember the Cnioni
with impunty, SO far as the Republican party is
Observation-Disclosures Herald. d nsurss7s2 80
That is a foul lick, Mr.. Mahony. You aAKBLrD
the above extract from an Editorial of the
Hawk-Eye, severely denouneing Mr.. Lincoln's Ad-
ministration as you know very we'll, and then
ineanly insinuate that We excuse and palliate in
Lincoln what we condemned in Buchanan! Amt
vnu ashsmadS