The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-23
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IA Trn,s.d' st.ses Governmens 70 recognize the
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Ws.h;nrton i: f.yorably received in outside
circles. Itiss simple applicat ion Of the Law Of
n.tions Our neopie are elnin emily debt-pavinR
- iii their varied cbsracteristics but the folly
~ fnrnishipr our enemies with the means of OUT
subinpation e a once appreciated. The moral
effect will be considerable u,,on the money-lov-
ing Yankee nation, whose most sensitive neryea
have ever been found concentrated In the hard
dollar. nas f1ai esesst tif s75tas 90 e
Let this law 90 into effect, and We will hear Of
no more Union salvos and de demonstrations IN TO-
than, where o spurious and weakly conserva'
tisn. originating in selfish and mercenary inter.
ests, hrs 80 long confounded the Judgment OF
Southern men Nc TO the true steps necess AIRY iof
their emancipation from Abortion RUE. nave
ever regarded these Union dem olsstratons IN the
face OF the statistics OF every state OF muncipal
election as little else than m'ockery ana lnsui'
no q. - -.
Ihe 'Cenieoefs'e'' oo.s'.''.'lol'
The usurplng congress At montgomery, (no'
elected by the people at all, anu seiecseo oy Ine
state conventions merely 10 organize 'ov's,
ional Government, mas framed permanent ~,
Constitution for the Confederate states. Inc ga
sls OF this instrument is the Consatunon OF the
United States, only lew changes OF any imPor-
tance having been made The preamble diners
from that OF the true CONSTITUTION, Dy recogniz-
ing sovereign and independent cnaracter III
each State, omltt'ng the words "a more perfect
5Umon, anu also oy invoking the lavor anu
guidance OF Almighty God"-supply what mas
been noticed as . defect IN our ConsHtution,
winch does not anywhere In terms acknowledge l
the Supreme Being.
The Confederates propose addltional dlsaoii-
tiles for foreigners, IND eliminate all direct or
constructive authority to appropriate money Tor
internal improvements. The PRESIDENTIAL term
isextended to siA years, no President to be re-
eligible. There are minor details, also, OF gen
erat character, IN which the bogus patchwork
slightly varies from the genuine original.
AS Slavery affords the motive cause Tor TINS
precious process of tinkering, we may look to
find some very explicit details on that subject,
making the new usurpation more acceptable to
Southern minds than the regular Government
WHiCu CuSCt W utScEt VIZ Will oSSoiN'
ingly note the variations under the head more
particularly. f
In regard to the African slave trade, these
crafty dissemblers say:
The importation of negroes of the African race
from any foreign country other than the slave
holding States or Territories of the United States
of America. is hereby prohibited, and Congress
is required to pass such laws as shall effectually
prevent the said importation Z,
Along with this coaxng of the non.seceding
Slave States. the consprators couple the fol.
lowing threat in the next clause of the same
section
Congress- shall also have mower to prohibit
the introduction of slaves from any State not a
member Of. or from any Territory not belonging
tn this Confectionery.
Slavery il made perpetual by the following
| clause of the same section:
No hill of attainder or en- most facto or law
DENYING or impairup the right of property in ne.
GRO slaves shall ne passed.
The subioined clauses sneak for themselves,
| covering the most important POINTS, as estima.
| ted nv the Seee6ers in the whole Slavery con
troversv.
a The citizens Of eacb State shall he entitled To
all the nrivilepe, and immunities Of citizens in
the saver,l States and shall have the RIGHT of
transit and soiourn in anv State of the Confed.
eracv with their slaves and other nropertv and
the rioh. Of nroperty in said slaves shall not be
| tberehv ;mnairod
nerson CHARGED in opv State with treason