The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-01-26
Correspondence Of the New York Tribune.

! Our Government is great and powerful, but il
is in imbecile hands The revolutionists having
long possessed it through the traitors in the Cab
met, have been very good-natured till recently.
| Now they begin the chafe, though action against
them is partial and fitful. JEFF. Davis sncercd at
the idea, in his late speech, of the precautionary
measures taken by Gen. Scott in regard to this
capital. He waxed indignant that he and his
confederates should be suspected of acting law
| lessly. Yet Toombs bad but just eeringly boast
| cd in the most msolent manner, of the 'irregu-
| lar" action adopted by seizing forts and other
! public property Just "south of Solth Carolina.
| And the country was hourly hearing of similar
| outages all through the South If Gen. SCOTS
| counscls had been needed, we should not have
| lost one Southern fort Months ago he earnest
| ly recommended their being put in condition
of defense. The President trusted to the honor
of these men, and what il the result: They have
stolen and gobbled up every thing they could
lay their hands and in hot pursuit of more.
| Now they have the impudence to oppose tardv
measures to protect what is lett, on the ground
that they are too virtuons to be suspected And
JEFF. Davis twtS Gen. Scott with being militia
| ry usurper for throwing in a company here and
there to keep the rascals from plunderir9. fur
| ther 1t is no wonder the inquiries are daily
pouring in here to know why these men are not
arrested for high treason What is lacking in
Washington is tone against these criminals. But
society here is led by eunuchs. The administra-
ton has demoralized and debauched all circles
What is needed here.is wine, and bark, and iron
and sulphur, and steel. Such another pack OF
Miss Nances to oppose treason and bullying, the
world never saw. We shall get rid of our polit-
ical and social deettanti after II while, | dare
say. Bat it is CALLING to wait and go through the
preliminary experiences. 1t is a comfort that the
g hao l.; lal ,ln
Cabinet. 1t is Major Andcrson's foot that did
the jon Tor him as well as his predecessors. We
should have been tied neck and heels, and given
over to the enemy before the first of March, but
for the explosion Of the plot Of the traitors hrO
Anderson's movement. There never mar
rover escape, and the country will never know
how narrow. Every day diScloseS some rev fea-
turc of the ramiicd scondrelism and treason OF
the men engaged in suhvcrting the Government.
1t is an anxiOusly considered question whether
the Government is going to submit to the humii-
iation Of being defed and attacked without vim
dicating its authority, in the of the Star OF
the West. Can such an outrage be tamcly sub
nitted to? Doubtless the Government should
forbear to put forth its strength till the last mo
ment till orbcarance ceases to be a virtue. But
no Government can afford to incur contempt.
! Nothing is surer than that ruin stares the So.
cedirg States in the face. Not half is told not
I half is known, of what they already suffering
and will suffer New features of evil appear con
stantlv. Trade is alre 'dy reversed. Their sea
ports are in their last spasms. The interior holds
back and for safety directs its traffic on to the
Northern railroads AMI up the Mississippi river.
The moment m embargo Of these ports is i'm
posed. the great free West vii! be their only road
TO the sea, and those sea ports will become de
serts. But worse than this. The whole loco
motive population is beginning to leave. Emf
grafton has set in, and everybody that can ge
away is going, or preparing 20 90. Directly 40
thing will be left but the slaves and their mas
ters. aud the pauper whites. This great South
ern exodus will be one Of the leading features
of 1861, dcpopul ting the seeding States ard
! building up the West and North. Forced loan:
are driving all loose money North. or into hiding
places, for safety, all through South Carolina
| Yet South Carolina is not month in advance o
her seeding sisters The concurrent testimon,
OF Numerous witnesses leaves no doubt that tha
State is virtually in the hands Of rAp cious mo!
and especially the City of Charles on. Washing
ton is full OF testimonies to this effect. As it i
in South Carolina so will it be in every other Sc
ceding State. Such are the results Of civil dis
turbauce-or the bare prospect of rupturiug tn
Union. What will they be when open violenc,
and hoodshed shall begin?
The tone Of the SeccssiOnists is already beg
gng ant depracatory. They ask for peace anc
tranquility and happiness. They can have nci
Their till they retrru to the;r duty. The upSho
of their delusion will he their OWE political over
throw, after unspeakable losses and suffering
on the part of their people, and the rising Il
power Of Union party, pledged to get back TN
der the old Government on the best terms the,
can.
If The Free States but stand firm, this disunioI
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