The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-04-20

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"a The Resident,s Proclamation.
Sad that the frst Proclamation should be an
invocation for armed support, that the common.
wealth might be saved from the wicked designs
Of its own members We arc convinced tha,
Mr. L viii receive the sympathy and .coopera.
ton Of almoss all Of our citizens irrespective oi
political creed. His appeal il Soncise and man.
ly. 1t reminds US somewhat of the documents
Of England's greatest ruler, Cromwell. It con-
tains no whining over disaster---no injudicious
brag-he asks with the assurance Of success,
and leaves the end of traitors to be inferred. 1t
comes at q time when affairs in the South have
prepared us to adopt his expression that ''Srong
has long enough been endured" and instead of 75..
600 he might safely have called for double the
number. The old ground Of difference between
the North and South has long disappeared from
view, and now the question at stake is, "iSsaQ
Iii. Government lice or der Lipel the North
will answer, and devote all its resources to Sc.
cure its perpetuity and glory The programme
he has partially indicated is the only one posi-
BILE now. Had Sumter been provisioned, the
shedding of blood might have been indefinitely
postponed if not altogether prevented, but now
nothing is left but to vindicate the laws, and
treat the forces around Charleston and Pickens
as illegal combinations. They must be repulsed
where they have celebrated victories and re-
ceive the award of rebels, instead of the supre-
macy they covet That the struggle will be
fierce and protracted there is too much reason
to fear, but with the consciousness of right, the
North will be strohg-it was not the first to
quarrel, it received many an insult and blow, and
only returned when it was no longer justified in
exercising meekness
We see a call is being made upon our citizens
to declare with whom they stand. The strain
has come, and none must finch. Already aid
has been rendered by our volunteer companies.
and we expect their ranks will be considerably
increased within the next few days. Now or not
at all must duty be made paramount to party
and prejudice-and the National honor, the
laws, and the Union be preserved.
The Cause OF the Rebellion.
The trouble which is upon the country is not
of recent origin, and is not brought upon US by
the election of Mr.. Lincoln or the dominance of
anti-slavery ideas 1t is simply question of
political power. The inevitable laws Of popu
lation and immigration have been changing the
balance of power. The free States have been
increasing in number and in population faster
than the slave States. There are now nineteen
free and but fifteen slave States. The free
States have population of 10000, 900 in round
numbers, while the population of the slave
States is but IL 100000. The free States have
a preponderance of eight in the Senate and sew
enty-four in the House. Here is the trouble.
For the last thirty years the Southern States
have fought against the admission of new
free States Michigan was kept out until Ar
kansas could be brought in to balance her.
Iowa was brought in with Florida, &C., &C. The
of Texas and the Mexican war grew
out Of this effort of the South to keep up the
balance Of power. The fillibustering expeditions
have all been for the purpose of conquering and
adding new slave States. The acquisition OF
Cuba and its proposed division into three slave
States was another scheme of these restless,
ambitious and unprincipled propagandists.
The exactions Of these men as exhibited in the
Democratic Conventions at Cincinnati, Charles
ton and Baltimore were in furtherance of their
scheme to divide the Union which it was evi-
dent they could not much longer rule. They
wished to estrange the people of the two seo-
tions. To this end their demands upon the
Democratic party have been such as first to
destroy it in the North-break down its power
and, second, to increase these exactions to such
an extent as even to rupture that party.
They thus made sure Of securing the election of
Mr.. Lincoln in order to make sure of pretense
for precipitating this revolution, sundering the
bonds of the Union and overthrowing the Gov
ernment. 1t is not because the Republican par
ty is opposed to the extension of slavery that a
condition of war now exists, but because Davis
Hunter, Stevens, Mason, Breckinridge and
others of the conspirators feel that the power
is departing from them and that they have not
the smallest chance Of reaching the Presidency.
strpt of power by the treachery of Cabinet Off
GERS, with seven rebellious States warning upon
it, was contrived by the Masons. Hunters and
Davises years ago. Their treason has been
years terminating. The very causes alledged
as justifying their reasonable secession have
been artfuly brought about by these very men
who now inaugurate civil war; They demanded
a Slave Code at Charleston and Baltimore, for
no other purpose except to estrange the North
and the South and prepare the way for disunion.
1t is also a noticeable fact that every attempt
to settle our national difficulties amicaby has
been defeated through the influence of these
disunionists with conservative Union men of
the loyal slave States. They have been alter
nately encouraged and badgered into asking
such concessions as never could possibly be com
piled with, and thus aggravated our difficulties
instead of settling them, and made the ultimate
separation of all the slave States from the Union
quite probable. The last act, intended to unite
the people of the rebellious States and bring to
their rescue the eight sympathizing but loyal
and hesitating slave. States, is the opening of
civil war at Charleston in the attack upon and
capture of Fort Sumter.
These are matters to be considered.
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cY" The following is the form" to which
our citizens are to subscribe. We learn that
many have presented themselves and that the
volunteer companies are fast filling up.
"We the undersigned able bodied men be-
tween the ages Of eighteen and forty.fve hereby
volunteer our services to Gov. Kirkwood, snd
delegate ourselves to be in readiness to march
in defence ofour Country as occasion may require,
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