The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-08-17

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u thtS 1S6ory 81 Monday - tespscee the 6tatss
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siacanee 81 he victory - resps6s ne 'counefy
lsi Ii tAis RELATIVES. sWo grand points vese INSIDE
~ IL UnionsOandidAesS throukhoatls ~ 6seei
namely Art, that the Independence Of tAe insur'
fecSionisss ought not 20 3 Recognised, snd &c
1,,sIv that the insuFreetiOnfsss osght - BE- COM
.Sii:3 = yreosnise Tie supesmAcy III tic Consti
t.tsnc snil1he sinviolability of TIE Union. In
othef words. the Union candidates everywhere
h lie 0Saes snnosnce that The thosgAt OF &c,
ceptine the dessfacti0ntof the Rep1blie % amcs
ves nos nc 70 b entertained bat that the Ne.
public, q whatever necessary cost OF treasury
and Of blood, NEST b preserved. Fusthermore
che Union cdndidases universally sppfoved the
action Of the Union Oongfessnsn In voting rnsn
and money 70 prosecute the var for che offsets
defined in the resolutions Introduced BY the IL
lussrious Crittcnden and adopted with all but
absolute unanimisy BY both Houses Of Congress.
The action Of our Union Congtessmen entered
into and constitute part Of the position q ev-
cry Union candidate IN the election Of Mo6day.
Oh the other hand, che Secession candidates de-
clsred universally In favor Of The recoeni-
ton Of the Southern C0nfederacy and against
the prosecution Of the war for any object They
openly commended that the nation ought at once
10 submit quietly to lie destruction BY Je6 Davis
and his rebellious cohorts. They declared for
peace on the basis of the overthrow Of the Re-
public. With the issue thus made up,and made
up thus aneqdivocslly, the Union caHdidates as
We have seen enough 70 know, were elected by
Z popular majority completely overwhelming. -
The strong probability IL that the popular major
ity Of the Union candidates ID unparalleled In the
history of the State. isp g
g The victory Of Monday, therefore, signifies
clearly, as respects the external relations of the
State, that Kentucky 10 opposed to the recogni-
ton Of the Southern Confederacy, and fsin favor
Of prosecuting the war ITO defend and maintain
the supremacy Of the Consultation, and to pre-
serve the Union with all the dignity, equality and
rights of the several States unimpaircd." II
signifies that Kentucky is not prepared to accept
as q fact the destruction Of the proud Republic
of which she is member II signifies that Ken.
lucky rejects peace on terms 30 ruinous and SO
ignoble as these. It signifies that in the estima-
ton of Kentucky there are advantages more
precious than peace, and evils more pernicious
than war. and that the preservation of the life
and honor Of the nation is among tho former as
the loss Of both is among the latter. It signifies
that Kentucky thoroughly comprehends that
there could be nothing but war, sanguinary and
interninable, If the Union should be destroyed,
and that the maintenance Of the Union in its
full Constitutional vigor is the condition Of the
only peace worth having or worthy Of the name.
It signifies that, whatever, part other States Of
the North may have chosen under the inspira
ton Of frenzy kindled by human fends, as for
Kentucky and hers they will serve the Republic
and stand firmly by it in this dark hour of it's
heavensappointed career.
Such is the national Specification Of the victo-
~ Of Monday. The domestic significance Of the
victory, We need not repeat, lies in tue fact that
Kentucky, as the utmost she can do for the com.
mon cause, is resolved to protect herself IN the
irregular position Of loyal neutrality she has as
sumed and leave the Government to direct its
movements without respect to her exigencies.-
The total Significance Of the victory is not only
that Kentucky is at heart true to that Union and
the Constitution, but that she will henceforth
WELD her neutrality more effectually than ever
in the defense Of both. The victory is manifest
ly . clear and vast gain to the Commonwealth
and to the Republic.