The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-01-19

But THE night you are harmless. Rob,
Sleep or your drunk, you foul
While we steam away u Charleston,
And .eep our bonny Yule.
Thus sang the boasting heroes
OF the palmetto aud snake,
And never dreamed that Robin
Was such a"Wids- Awake"
They gone, he roused his ulettle,
And while they took their swipes
He stole = march upon them,
And saved the stare and stripes.
From the Bssyrus. Ohio, Journal.
!-'atre SsesssioA N . Sew Spst.
Secession - the order OF the day, and as soon
as South Carolina goes Out Of the Union, rip
ping up the COniederAcy, there will be AL adml-
rAeis opportunity 70 rearsss grievances. Craw
ford county will at once seesds from Ohio, es.
taUlisn government Of her own, and proudly
tske her p,sce among the nations Of the earth.
We have sooiOng submitted % the imperious die
tales OF tyrAuIcai government, anu gladly Will
our shlyairoua, nIgu anindsd, high toned, ni.talu.
tin cuzeus seize ,nis glorious opportunity Of
dung Tue chains troui ttsir tiMbs. hurting them
into the lace vi their tues, aaId reuouncing All
Allegiance ~ government they hate, ANA III.
people they d.spise. Our Wbole history has
been on. OF aggression on the part of the
State. ..-.t.f
1t refuses to locate the Capitol at Bucyrus,
to the great detrlnent Of our real estate owners
1t refuses To gravel the streets of Bucyrus, or
even 70 re.lay the plank roads.
Is refuses to locate the Psuitentisry at Bucy-
rua notwithstanding We do - much toward fill
ing it as any Utoer county. -.
IL refuses TO locate the State Fair at Bucyrus,
thus blighting the hopes Of our free, independent
and Haiti NM rf}s,Ra
II located the ONO canal one hundred miles
east of Bucyrus.
We have never had Governor, notwithstan-
ding we hAve any number Of men as muchsupe-
riOr 70 the man who now ills that post, as the
bright sun is to tilow cahdle.
Ditto, ditto, as " U. s. Senator.
1t has compelled VA to pay, year after year our
share OF the State taxes.
1t puts US in the same Congressional District
with OsSAwa county. istN
No citizen OF the county has ever been ap-
pointed to any place where theft is possible, thus
keeping the capital out Of the county.
1t selected Seneca county men for terms for
State Treasurer, thus making sure of having the
treasury cleaned out. ~
1t has refused To pay our railroad subscrp.
tons, and has never offered to slackwater the
Sandusky river =y .
These are but q very few of the grievances We
have submitted to. We could stretch out the
list indefinitely long, but these are sufficient -
We will not longer submit. The storm is rising
Companies Ut twrnty-iour men are being organ
lied in every township. Our representatives
have agreed To restgn-next March. The indie
pendant fag-iDusk rampant, weasel couchant,
Oh n held u'esg shell-foats from poles on CIV
cry corner. Cut OF from the State, direct Trade
with Indiana folows-reeased from indebted
ness to Cinninnali and Cleveland, our merchants
will again iit up their heads. We are III earn.
est Arnicd with justice and shawl pias, We
bid the hlreng tools OF the dcspotc govern
ment defiance. ua l-~-
p. S.-rne feeling is intense, extending even
TO the children. A 10Y just passed our Off e
displaying the secession f"g. II waved from
beulnd. DISCERNING concealnient the noble, IL
on hearted boy wore round about. We are
firm.
N. B-We still firm.
N. b I've are calm, firm, unyielding.
LArER.-A farmer in the western part of the
county came INTO to-day to get his gun tixed.-
Tremble, ye Columbusers. We are hrm.
GLOOMY TINE IN CHARLEsrON-ANARcuY
IHPkNDiEG.-A Charleston correspondent of the
Pniadelphia Inquirer, writing on the Slst ut.,
says the effect OF the madness Of Secession is
fesrfally apparent in the former city. Trade s
enough to alarm the most sanguine. The mar
ket is badly provided, and already serious fears
are entertained Us to the possibility of famine.
Some grumbling has already been heard from
those who have the hard work, and more still
from those taxed Tor the expenses OF the politi.
cal game The upper classes are so dignifed
and secret, that il is only OH all occasion like
the present, that one discovers that they
feel the money pressure. No city in the world
has so much of what may be called decaye6 gen
tility, or SO many people with aspirations thou
sands Of times in excess OF Their means. The
history OF this hybrid upper-tendnm, with It's
horror of trade, is pitiaDle story to those used
to the intelligent industry of the North. There
10 a class in the city who believe that the worlu
is waiting breathlessly to know their thoughts
and deeds.
The most seriously compromised parties here
are the merchants, aud those whose relations are
with places and persons outside. They see only
bankruptcy and ruin before them; and it will lie
quire more than Southern oratory to put their
balances on the credit side for them. They aud
all who now suffer, must be prepared to discover
that to crazed and selfish politicians, struggling
for the votes Of the poorer white population, Is
attributable nearly the whole evil. Blind,
rushing into a contest ruinous from the first,
they have by fat,ery and cajolery, raised thu
dencd mob will be their ruin. The horrors OF
the first French revolution will he enacted in
this city, il once The spark sighted which leads
to bloodsled Then will these fanatic leaders
be s~a,nped in the rush and Carriage, and tall on
the swords they have placed i'll such dangerous
hands The worst antacipations are felt rs to
the conduct OF the serviIe population, should
the rigor OF their treatment be- relaxed. This
evil has already begun ia the forced i'd. ness OF
the cp'ored people, whose masters cannot find
employment for them; for If idlencss was ever
a curse, it is emphxtically 20 to the ignorant
slave. aZl -.1
No CONDITIONS A. TO THE UNIoN.-The man
who attaches conditions to his support of the
Union and tie Constitution, in this crisis, is no
true patriot His allegiance il given to his party
rather than 10 his country. The Union and the
Constitution that cannOt survive the success OF
any party is indeed lanentabIe failure. II ours
W rs meant to Dc broken up BY the election OF
President distzsteful to section or party, then
were the 1ab0rs and sacrifces of our Fathers in
vain, and all our enlOgies upon their immortal
work out mockeries.
Let thos. men who hesitate TO give their coun-
try their undivided and unconditional support,
in this bnur o. her peril, be marked aud t'emen-
bcred They are unworthy Of the confidence OF
their fellow citizens, and shod never be placed
in any positions Of trust and responsibility We
want DO devotion to the Union ndrlterat-d with
the erosiso tia, this or that CONCESSION is made
Oh constitutional amendment adopt, d. IL an
amendment can DC agreed upon, well and 60, d;
we have little expectation Of it and cannot sec
shat il Is required; bui IN the event Of failure
agree, then IT is our high and solemn duty to
and sustain and abide by il, whether in peace or
blood II il good enough ZOE ma - I, ;s. ,,r T.,