The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-02-02

pretsnce of an authority to act for the people
while GovsrnoFs Ambassadors are little bettel
than self constituted tribunal. aA sii'
We are little afraid that 1 comproniss xnde,
Vygia;as n,eGation, IS simply. delicate way O
expressing ssdr Virgiaia's dsctation, for sht
passes her resolutions expressing her demands
and We fear that she merely expects her siste,
States to meet her st Richmond, ask what are
these demands and immediately agree to them
If the Commissioners should propose some such
compromise a We proposed yesterday, or some
plan which was really = compromise and not q
concession, we fear that the Nasons and Wisee
and Pryors, would have little TO say Of media
tion, but would send the Commissioners home !.
speedily a. possible. And for our reasons for
these fears we point to our dispatches Of yester-
day,-to the synopsis Of Roger A. Pryor'a speech
and that Of Senator Mason. Pryor says the
Union is already broken,--all by the fault of the
NORTH, but still it may be restored by the yield.
ing of the guarantees which the South demands.
Mason fears that if the laws are enforced there
will be collision, civil war,-and 80 would have
the seceders rob the Arsenals, capture the Forts
and steal the money .of the Government with
impunity. Union requires, he tells US, that
treason should not be punished, that the rebels
should plot and execute their crimes, and the
Government never raise a hand to defend ITSELF
The Virginia resolutions have also passed the
Kentucky Legislature almost unanimously, their
Interpretation being that the right to hold slaves
in the Territories, and to carry them through
the Free States was recognised by them. And
thus we begin to zee to what sort of . repast
the peace.making State of Virginia invites us.
To accept her dictation, and give up our plat
form. We fear that the Republicans of the
North will hardly accept such mediation of
Virginia, the President's Message in its favor to
the contrary Notwithstanding. -
BThe very independent republic Of South
Carolina has taken advantage of her indepen-
dence tas every free country should to establish
q national ensign, Owing to its strikingly orig
inal character, few people will readily understand
its true significance. For the benefit of the
many who are in darkness, we will interpret it.
The "blue feld7 is emblematical Of the present
state of affairs in South Carolina. The white
oval in the centre represents the egg that the
seceders came in possession of, when they found
the mares nest, on the 9Th of November. The
foliage therein is q symbol Of Carolnian glory
which is like autumn leaves, scattered before
the wind. But the crescent in the corner is a
mystery. Its character is not sufficiently por-
trayed in our dispatches to be Ineligible. II it
be new moon, it indicates that the rising light
of the little republic, whose symbol it is, is all
moonshine. If it be an old moon, it shows that
her glory, like her patriotism, is on the wane.
GooD FOR Mr.. yANDEvER.-We see by the
telegraphic dispatches that Mr.. Vandever offer
ed resolutions, in the House, on the 2sth, of the
right stripe. They affirm ~
That no sufficient ground exists for dissolu-
tion of the Union;
That amendments to the Constitution are un.
necessary and inexpedient; and
That Government which cannot execute its
laws is not fit to be maintained. a.g1
TIE VIcKsBuRa BATTERY Vicksburg
Battery, which cut off New Orleans from its
Northern markets. having been superseded by
the Memphis Battery, which cuts off vicksburg,
the Governor Of Mississippi has ordered the first
mentioned establishment to be Withdrawn. Now
let our Cairo friends plant few cannon on their
levee to cut off Memphis, and the Governor Of
Tennessee will spike his guns before he is TWEEN
ty-four hours older.
p 2's a For the Hawk.Eye
Shall We Have Psace5
The disclosures made every day, Of the trea.
sonable plot to break up our Government, and
the actual aggression of the seceders upon Ma
tional property, are abundant proof, that At
present, there is no peace in the Union. We
did not believe that any other Government in
the civilized world could experience such a state
Of things, without being revolutionized. That
State, however, cannot be prolonged for any
length of time, the moment must come when
forbearance ceases to be virtue. The last
speech of Senator Seward is az conciliatory
we expected. He has evinced himself genuine
statesman, elevated above suspicion of fanati-
cism-ready to forego personal predictions
for the common benefit Of our agitated country.
The secessionists have always Represented him
a the embodiment Of the Republican party, and
we are willing that they shsll consider him now
a. having spoken out the sentiment Of that par
". He has offered the Olive branch, will the
South accept it. and return to the allegiance Of
the Unioni es aRs q
If the South will follow the counsel Of reason
and patriotism; We can yet have peace. We in
the North have borne great deal, and have
much to complain of--we are miejudged and
slandsred, and yetwe do not hate the South
We will give her all her Constitutional rights,
but we can never forsake, abandon, or sacrifice
the liberties guaranteed 70 all portions Of the
Union by the fundamental Law Of the land
We deplore the abuses Of free speech, free
press, and free associations; but We can never
consent 70 abolish those invaluable privileges,
but on the contrary, become more jealous and
earnest in using them to oppose every untruth
manfully and openly, and We should like TO have
the same privilege in the Southern part Of the
Union.
The Southern agitators totally nisjudge the
spirit Of the age we live in. Let them take
lesson from the present Emperor Of the French,
and take warning from the stubbornnsss Of the
King Of Naples, the Emperor Of Austria, the
Pope, and the Turkish Government The time
for brute force TO rule 10 over. The only secu'
-. ~. c,.-> St.Ao~ In the TJni0n m II exiata