The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-09-07

iust, cltlze0 VIII ~ IQt eeeiu& - (SDMHeu VIII
Now. have Just as much, confidence in the
masses of the Southern people 81 in the masses
of the Northern people. Both are, alike The
masses are honest To be sure, their Institutions
their means Of communication, render then,
more excitabie, more easily LEI, land more rely
ing upon their leaders for public information,
and. therefore more, liable tesbe misled thar,
Northern people. Nevertheless, I baye conf.
dence in the Southern people; and, The result OF
the great conflict IN Kentucky assures me that
thet Southern heart ID with the people sound TO
core, Though tarriGsd into seeming ;Sccession,
with the exception of one. orstyO Ssates ~ the
South, am veil satisfied that It the question
Of Union or Disdnion were submitted to the PEG ]
pie TO day an oyerwhelmine, vote wonad be gwen
r.. the Union and its Stars and Stripes. Il Ap-
nlanse | Every indication has shown that !
Whenever there has been an election in any |
Southern State, and fair opportunity given,
voui hsysi seen thst the Union sentiment has,
prevailed. You will zee that it1 u .hy military
power. BY threats, intimidatiop,, Destruction, |
murder and arson that they have succeeded IN
getting in advance the CAUSE of Secession. IN
some States, as for instancso Louisiana, they
mover submitted the question to the people as
all It is q base humbug of Davis, Cobb and
Co. to place themselves in power.
The election of political opponent IL meyer az
cause of Secession or for disturbance; and
it, those Secession leaders had opposed Mr.
Lincoln's election from the time,O the Charts
ton Convention, with half the pertinacity and
force did, he never would have been elected.
l charge Ia all my public speeches that they
connived at that election and the same has
been charged home upon thsna by their own
people in the South Their time had come, 1t
must 20, or they would be- ruined. They re-
mind one Of little boys Who want to ride horse
Those in the city get them . hobby horse, and
they can side that. Country boys get astride OF
a stick, and ride that. Thisknot Of of6ee-seek-
ers, filling to get horse To- ride, ep even hob
by, have mounted this poor stick Of q Southern
Confederacy, and riding that. 4 is just SUCH
ambition as caused the angels in Heaven to re-
bel. 1t was Lot because We bad Hot,a good
Government, but because they could not rule IT,
Call them Democrats, or entitled to sympathy
from Democrats, With arms in their hands a.
gainst their Government, end their hands red
with the blood of our murdered citlxens! They
are enemies of their country they are traisors
against the Flag aud Constitution and as SUCH I
arraigh them in the name Of the Constitution
and the Union. I arraignr them da the name Of
Civilization, erraign them in the name nt
Christianity; arraien them in, tlfs name of the
fathers of the Revelation, who poured out their
blood to gain the Liberty transmitted to US. a
arraign them in the name of the, soldiers VINO
marched barefoot to secure our blood. bought
liberty. / arraisn them in the name Of the holy
memories of the women of the, Revolution,
whose pure and gentle hearts were crushed and
broken In the great Day Of Accounts, the savage
Brant and more savage Butler, that deluged the
beautiful valley of the Wyoming With blood,
viii stand up and ,whiten their crimes, ia com
parison with tiia perfdy Of the men who now at:
tempt to divide and destroy this Union. The
ferocions instincts Of the savage taught him that
he might be doing duty to his people; bat these
men were born in D land of civilization, aad
baptized in, the name Of the Trinity, and they
should be. held TO an 'iaccount for tihiabuse OF
the trust which has been con6deh To- Them, =
Who are these men in, arms against the Gov
ernmenr,-41 arms against the UniOny They
are men who have been educated at its expense
been laden with its honor-~been pampered at
its Treasury. If We perish, I'VE may cay With the
poet over the stricken eagle -"
"Keen were his pangs. yet keener far to fee. ~
Henufsed the pinion which impelled the steel, ID
while the same plumage that had warmed his breast,
Drar X the last life drop Of BIC bleeding heart
IT the Union is stung to sbe heart, it must be
melancholy reflection thatrwe have reassd the
men to do it. and like the demsnted Lear, we
shall learn " s'7s~47.g wenf hipois sJSi5ai on
sgdg :. How sharper than serpsnts tooth itis 10
Loo, To have thankless child -, sad fzs ~
that We have nourished aud brought up children,
and they have rebeled against the institutions
of their country. We have, seen, by the action
of the Border Southern States, that5it is not
their intention to permit this Governments to be
subverted. Every crime known in the, cata-
logue of deprayity, from treason toAarceny, has
been committed in attempting to drive them in
TO Secession. How can these men be Sustained
by any one, with hands dripping in blood-not
only with the blood of Northern, but of South
ern eitizeps; and why |? Because o, Northern
candidate was elected, who had four years to
serve, whose ELECTION they might have prevent.
ed-whose election they connIyed at They will
hazard whole eternity, so far as temporal exI
istence is concerned, TO GRITTY present Personal
piaue and feed mean ambition. y Whoever sus-
tains them, will not a Whoever Cries pehce,pI
will not Whoever cries compromisc with them,
will not Great cheerihg) II Am for peace,
Fbdt am for making peace with the 'leyal eitir
xens Of the South-the loyal Sitize;fs Of Ken
lucky, and OF Missouri too, who have sent that
modern Nebuchadnezzar Claiborn +. Jackson to
grass. (Great laughter. They Ask inlfepefi-
tion can you coerce q StateS II sag no; YOU
cannot. You might as well coerce the san to
shine or the stars 20 twinkle. Can you coerce a
to be honest 37.iNo |, but your may
punish its criminals. No one eass justify armed
rebellion ia opposition to the Union aud the
Tonstitution Of bis country. But Mr.. Lincoln
il il said, forsooh, has violated the Constitution
II in conducting his Administration Very well j;
there is q day OF reckoning 70 come With him
and his advisers But it ID one thing to violate
the Constitution IA defense OF your country and
quite another 10 violate it IN endeayoring to
rsubyert it. When my Democratic Or RepubIi-
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