The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-03-02
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one year.5. 'd.i I. ia0o
~" - >, seusve haifshs aSeve priee. gei4eM
Rerder slave ssAtss. 2 =
.sfola,, when the secession movsmen,
=, !, would spread ". Ike /, ,vildAare, Until i
|, -, in . division of the Union into two
80. one Norths and one South Of Ma
.n,op'. line. There xas considerable
=, .sp,vssed for South ecarolina Ba,
s.. made her leap in the dark, without my
s. lor ID he consequences Of such an act
.,ou reduced her 10 such dishonorable
:s.,,oo, straits a. might we'll deter her
M ,.,n following. The, Cotton States fol,
= sourss, for they practice . Republican
-, IA which Toonbs and Yanesy and
- tho orders, and the people obey, But
..,dsr States, where there 10 greater
!, 4 opinion, and whore the brunt Of the
,.,,eeu the North and South must be
,,,,s vas disposition shown to count
-.s estimate the good and the evil, -
!, M fatal plunge. @s 81
rSas began the reactionary movement by
Zion Of majority Of Union men to her
.,;on. We we're told, however, that the
/ M lrs,,,nce betxeen the delegates, was in this
..ue ,,-,d advocated immediate secession, and
q. y
.ce.ion in the event Of the failure Of
L..,,;s The do:ngs Of the Convention do
1 r,,,e his They await the action of the
| s.,,,euens Peace Congress At Washington
:, adopting any course, which Gov. Wise.
,rOerlr considers reluctance TO follow in
,,miss Of South Carolina in any event.
1 ssspsible man has come to consider the
,,,cs7ess rs Of no importance. Tennes-
ss the manly and healthy teachings Of
XIV Johnson and Stokes and EtheIdge. fol-
Il ihe Union still more strongly. Ken
~ best of all the Slave States, adiourns
IsAture, without even calling Conven
I'D now, showing the soothing effect of
kzt time for careful consideration, Missouri
Ssen 4 Convention, by an overwhelming
A. which will support and protect the
i face Of these lessons from the South,
IN Of the North cannot be mistaken. And
dqN d TO listen to nothing in such times as
ta d. integrity of the Union, the Con.
|tgiOu. 1.-The Laws. Minor questions Of par
vEe,-ef sectional rights and sectional
|u,n-shculd be swallowed up by the great
ksisu whether Republican Union exists in
lna, and whether such Union is of sufficient
b be maintained. We think it is, and we
\ hst Il shall be maintained as it was made,
uloug as it carries out the principles for
thhvc made. After this question is set
! bea vs shall be anxious to remember the
elrpg spirit of those Southern States,
sirs assisted in supporting the Union, even
xnns Of them honestly believed their rights
ssi upon. And if. (though we cannot now
|iI any right has been infringed upon, we
Eku anxious as any. to make full remuner-
w.
Tn hIsIDENr HAHLrN on THE PRESENT CRI-
|-St before leaving Bangor (Me, for Wash.
Is, on Monday last, Mr.. Ham!in in response
ltrewell address Of many of bis friends who
Jim at the depot, spoke as follows:
pto the discharge of the official duties which
kbeen conferred upon me by generous peo-
Ind, relying upon Divine Providence, trust
rtsafdence shall never be betrayed. know
veil that dark clouds are lowering around
political horizon, aud that madness rules the
rs but | am hopeful still that our people are
amy loyal to the Government, but that they
! insns to all its citizens, and when in prac-
L shiI be demonstrated that the constitu-
uus isas Of all the States will be respected
'ni anniaed, by following the paths illumined
7 RsaFton, Jefferson and Madison, may we
Snsonsbly hope and expect that quiet will
Ssored, and the whole country will still ad
" In career which will elevate man in
\ moral and intellectual condition?
Latter Day Democracy.
= than year ago. after heated contest,
smocracy of Indiana met in Convention and
'segates to the Charleston Convention, in
sdto support Mr.. Douglas, thus defeating
= and. Fitch, who labored hard to sustain
kckinridge faction. These delegates went
secnvention, and heard the threats of the
fM break up the Union, but still firmly ad-
ito Douglas and refused to acknowledge in
terms msdemsnded, the ultra Southern doctrine.
rsaeAtSs stormy Conventions las they told
% sTsy rump) they clung to their champion
@ great principle" and rather than yield,
Knitted that the Convention should end in .
!. VIII two candidates before the people, thus
'sng the election Of Abraham Lincoln be-
idoubt And the Democracy of Indiana
ported all this.
w circumstances alter cases. After Mr.. Lin
elected, modern Democracy is not 50
f'ous for great principles. The same Indi-
democracy has met in Convention once
sand manufactured new platform, chang
fan the position of 1860 like the colors of
enameleon. And we question if the moet
sang demagogue of the Border States could
u more humiliating concessions than this
so''on has unanimously passed. They may
'and in Our telegraphic columns of yester-
m ae,ect and Gov ardly agreement whatever
ssd. We hear nothing Of principles, moth
ssne great foundation stone of our institu-
y that 'it is the right of every people to
saia their own domestic institutions in their
iuy" but the admission that whatever South
isat demands, no matter how unreasonable
iaineus, should be granted. The Crittenden
1s'ouise and the kindred Proposals Of the
ice Ossvess are cheerfully supported, with
argument worthy of Robert Dale Owens
fi'ualistic fantasies, that tan extension Of
'efL which can only be affected by importa-
a. We beg to refer to these men who unan-
'Ay support what they call a restoration of
i'sou-i Compromise line, the repeal of that
'sS'omise, and the arguments in 1854, of Mr..
.sa and his supporters. ta..
'F design of the whole proceeding is clear.
iN advocating the abandonment of partisan
<ssa they wish to raise party against the
f''lean principle, and inasmueh a. Popular
'esignty and the other dead issues have been
!" oy trial, to be Improbable capital, they
y tae rallying cry Of Union, and seek to
ne Impression that they are its firmest
'r'efs To all such clap-trap we answer
s"are behind npnein oar devotion to that
'A, In the words Of M. Lincoln at New
no long as the prosperity and liberty oI
,Nopie can be preserved in the Union" But