The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-30
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TIE policy Of surrendering the forts &c. b,
longing to the Government. to the rebels now
arms Fill end with the giving up Of Sunte
and Piekena There is nothing more to give.
Time will show the fruits Of this policy an,
demonstrate the practicskility Of conciiiatin
traitors BY concessions. putting down an arm
Cd rebellion by surrendering to it-conquerin
the pick.pocket Who steals your watch by hand
ing over your purse ALSO Our faith in its success
Is not very great but We are Wiling to wait
hold As still as We can and see it tried. II
works We shall acknowledge the corn. But q
to smoothing ii over as u necessity We are no
going to do it. - 4
esfsii Douglas. 35
There is little glory to be achieved by ex
posing the Inconsistencies of Senator Douglas
they are so many and so plain, that he make
no attempt to reconcile them, waving their dis
cussion as an effort to " lug in issues OF indivi
dual consistency" 1t would be harder to prove
INN as standing to-day upon any one of his
positions in times past, than to prove that ht
had abandoned It. But as his blatant sup
porters are jubilant over mis- endorsement o
Lincoln's Inaugural, and full of reproaches fol
Republicans because they do readily accept
such gratuitous championship, we may say thai
the Republican party will not accept his service
because it is a perversion of their whole doc
trine, and the sentiments of the Inaugural and
because they believe from his career that he i,
an unprincipled political mountebank, worthy
of no confidence.
Less than a year ago, Mr.. Douglas broke up
the whole Democratic party, and ensured the
election of Republican President beyond q
doubt, rather than concede, in the terms re
quired, what the South demanded as her rights
He was told that the Union would be dissolved
IN consequence, but be refused to yield his prin
ciple under any circumstances, and gave us an
easy triumph. But within two months after the
election, he is clamerous to the victorious party
to set aside territorial distractions" and pro-
ceeds to advocate division between freedom
and slavery, 30 as to give slavery all the adyan
tages, in - cool = manner AZ If he had never
heard of Popular Sovereignty in the Terrific
es,-abandouing the whole thing.
Again, when he made his electioneering tour
through the country, at Norfolk Virginia, in re
ply to certain interrogatories he answered that
it would be the bounden duty Of Mr.. Lincoln, if
elected, to enforce strictly the laws, and punish
rebellion and treason, as would General Jackson,
by hanging every traitor. He could not very
well say anything else, but that was everywhere
considered sound doctrine, and was vehemently
applauded by his friends. But now he is opposed
to enforcing the laws, as coercion, and likely to
bring us into civil war, and seeks to wear the
mantle Of Crittenden as an advocate of peace
policy.
In minor matter, Mr.. Douglas is loud in his
objection to the removal of the Democratic Off.
GERS of the Senate, as political prescription
This certainly is admirable and sounds we'll, as
rising above the little questions of party, but it
will surprise many that this vrtuous Senator
Douglas never raised such an objection when he
foated upon the top-wave Of political power,
under Pierce and. Buchanan, but found no office
too small to accommodate some political friends.
Circumstances alter cases.
Mr.. Douglas is evidently anxious to better his
political fortunes by joining such party as has
rallied around Mr.. Crittenden. and seeking to re-
gain power under the rallying cry of Union and
Compromise. Hence he has followed as near
Mr.. Crittsnden's tracks as a demagogue can fol-
low patriot. Mr.. Crittenden, though not of
that class to whom the Union will be indebted
for its safety and permanency, is, undoubtedly,
honest and conscientious, and patriotic. Mr..
Douglas imitation is too transparent sham to
deceive any body into belief in its genuineness,
or secure public confidence.
tB- The Editors of this State have been
handsomely, not to say munifcently, provided
for. Quite number have been appointed or
vii! receive the appointment of Post Master.
Howell. of the Gate, gets the Keokuk Post office !;
Mahin, of the Journal, the POst-office at Musca-
tine; Davenport, of the Times, the Post-of6ce
at Cedar Rapids the Editor Of the Advertiser,
Home Journal, the Post-ofice at Mt. Pleasant /;
Mr.. Teesdale, two terms State Printer, the Post
Office at Des Moines, etc, ETC., etc. Several
have been appointed to Clerkships. Our COM
petitors in the business Of furnishing news to
the people of Iowa, within the State, have thus
almost without an exception, had a handsome
lift and are materially strengthened for the next
four years at least. We congratulate them upon
their good fortune.
Our Saturday mornings dispatches an
nounced the appointment of Mr.. J. F. Abrahams
to the Office of Post Master of Burlington. Mr..
Abrahams has all the qualifications needed to
fill the Office properly, and will do so to general
acceptance, we doubt not. We rejoice at his
appointment, first, because he deserves it; sec.
ond, because he 10 "worthy and we'll qualifed;'
and third, because he is valued personal
friend.
~ A lady of this State, who understands
the subject thoroughly. has promised US series
of articles on beekeeping, the first Of which We
print this morning. We ask our lady readers
ana I'll uteTcetSu LII tuo ouUJeCt w Leuu thOu
carefully and preserve for future reference.
From the colorado Gold Mines.
NEVADA DISTRICT, March 4, 1861.
Editor Hauk. Eye Since my last letter,
have, with most of the millinery been bus.
crushing out the gold, and the music of tn
stamps has once more greeted our ears and all j
again joyous and bright. The weather for tn
last two weeks of February, has been as pleas
ant as you have in April or May, and the sno'
from the Range has begun to supply us wit
that so much long wished for article, water.
The Ditch Company are nearly ready to 10
the water into their ditch, and then all our mill
will be running up to full capacity and there vii
be employment for hundreds Of miners-mor
than we have here now, for, strange as it ma
appear, there is not quartz enough out to keel
the mills running thirty days. One reason 70
this is the want Of capital to work the Lode
fastar than the mills can crush the quartz, as tn