The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-05

THE AMERICAN QUESTION
- AGAIN.
Mr.. Train In Defense Of Ireland and Irish.
men.
From the London American Of June lth:
One of the chief points in the events Of the
week which have Of late come under notice in
the discussion halls is the State of Ireland. The
recent agrarian murders. have alarmed the laPd.
lords, and England and Ireland stand face to
face, calling each other bad names. Mr. Train,
avsiling himself of repeated attacks against
the United States, made decided hit on Sat-
urday night, In turning the argument on Ire
land, and although the interruptions were fire.
qtent he kept his ground, he undoubtedly hav.
ing great advantage by being so frequently
called before he rises to speak.
FRIENDSHIP OF ENGLAND.
Mr.. TRA1s-A lie oft repeated is twice told.
S3ander is the offspring of small minds Envy
is the consciousness Of inferiority. Jealousy
arises from doubt of ones own position. Small
minds never praise. Large minds never for
get kindness. Americas prosperity was
Englands misery. Americas alledged adver-
sity is England's happiness. Burns has blast
ed many young mans progress in life by his
oft quoted proverb "See ourselves as others
zee u.s." Humanity is wiser in this age. 9th
ers see us about two feet high. Hope and am
bition are blasted by friends. England is
said to be our Motherland, our near relation,
our brother, our cousin, our friend. That
friendship, dear relationship, has been strange.
~ shown Of late. Is England our stepmother?
Several gentlemen see defeat, disaster, destruc.
10 he II
your wishes are fruitless, all your prophecies
are in vain.
BRILLIANT SUCCESS OF THE UNION ARMY.
1s the slight repulse Of the gunhoats before
Richmond sufficient to point the moral You
have made the most Of Bull Run, Balls Bluff,
and Big Bethel; that was before our army was
on its feet; since then the flag has never been
struck. Napoleon victories in Italy and Ger
many were not more rapid or more brilliant.
Success follows success, victory succeeds victo:
tory. Lyon in Missouri, sigel in Arkansas,
Mcclellan in Western Virginia, paved the way
for the battle Of Somerset. The fall of Forts
Henry and Donnelson; the capture Of Nash
vile, Columbus, Bowling Green, New Madrid,
and the Tenth Island; the taking of Forts
Pickens, Pulaski, Macon, Jackson and Pillow;
the capture Of New Orleans and the fall OF
burg Landing, and the pursuit of runaway ar
mics past Williamsburg, at the bsyonet point,
up the James river, and on to Richmond, are
incidents IS worthy your remembrance as the
fact ofaOur government securities standing
firm at one hundred and four, after raising
one hundred millions sterling-the largest war
loan ever contracted since men used FIRE arms.
i an obliged to keep these facts before Seces.
sion England and the Secession speakers Of
this hall.
ENGLISH DELAY IN CAMPAIGNS.
All this in half year, and yet you sneer at
our delay. First thirty days, then sixty, then
ninety, and now you say We ask you again to
wait. Be it SO. Davis rested eight months be.
Tore Washington, yet you complain if we stop
eight days before Richmond. England is the
last nation to talk Of despatch. The only en-.
ergy l have seen you show was on the Trent
question. You say We ought to have closed
the war months ago. Look over your own
shoulder at George the Third. You were long
er reaching Concord, Lexington, and Bunker
Hill, than you were in leaving those places =
With your drilled vetrans and hired Ger
mans, it took you in revolutionary times, seven
years to evacuate city after city, and finally
your English Lord surrendered to an Ameri.
can General at Yorktown. You were seven
years in accomplishing what We have done in
seven months. The difference is simply this:
You retired with defeat, We advance with vic
tory. Tha gentleman said that Mcclellan
would be doubled up like perambulator; as
the American armies, on two occasions have
doubled up England in the manner he indicates,
can see where he found the happy smile.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SECESSION AND REvo1u-
TON.
Won eoo oDo1nwv horu oor A zoos enonoe; IN
from England and Americas secession from
America. don't. / see no comparison be-
tween the battles Of our youth against the bat.
ties Of your manhood, and the battles Of
our manhood against ourselves unless it is
that you employed Indians to scalp our people
30 has Davis, You tyranized over US; so did
the South. But we rebelled against your tax
es, they against the laws they made themselves
Such dishonest citizens as Davis, Floyd Mason
Slidell, Beauregard-and their bad associates
bear no analogy to the heroes of Massachusetts
Hancock, Adams, Otis, Franklin-or such
Virginia names ss Patrick Henry or George
Washington.
o that the goddess who can thus reveal
Mans highest glories, might his shame con
ceal;
sNor, blushing, show us in the human race,
AL that Is sordid, co,ca-dly and base!
In Washington she taught US to admire
A statesman's wisdom and patriots fire
[cheers,]
Then turned the medal, that the world mig
see s#E< SO
a traitors face in Arnold and in Lee!
You say we are too long in closing the war,
and yet it took twenty years to send Napoleon
to ST. Helena. Too long? Napier was longer
In doing nothing. He boasted that. he would
h in Cronstadt or in n warmer climate before
six weeks All can say is that he did not gel
into Cronstadt. Too long! Yet you have been
two years in trying to put down the New Eel.
anders, and you remember your delay in
Cfimea. live have been too long, blame
yourselves; your Ministry have done the mis-
chief, and in . very short time will bury itself
in the grave dug for the Americans. A Gov.
eminent that moves vote Of confidence to it.
self cannot be in . very strong position. Lord
Palmerston rules England; so did Cardinal
Wols.yl The Cardinal fell and never regained