The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-11-01
what southern ExiIes Think,

Ment OF tRc UnlteQ STATES, ana e6GaDlSD upon IL
ruin an oligarchy, whose foundation and chic
cornerstone is the perpetual bondage of q race
and
Whereas, The present Chief Nj gistrate is usin,
all Constitutional means to put down this re
the leaders of this unparalleled treason agains
free institutions to condign punishment, there
fore 'aa' g 81
RESOLVED, That We regard the Con6scation ac
and the Presidents Emancipation Proclamation
as eminently just and Constitutional measures
which should be sternly enforced. ~
Resolved, That We most solemnly protest
against the recent proposition of distinguished
politician in this State, that this war should END
with the capture of Richmond, and that tht
South should then be dismissed With the bene
diction, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace" Al
preiudicial to the interests Of the. country al
large, and especially unjust and cruel toward The
loyal men Of the South, whs have suffered sc
much for the Union.
RESOLVED, That any terms of compromise or o.
peace, short of an unconditional surrender Of
the Rebels to the authority of the United States
would be degrading to its sovereignty and des
tructive of the rights and liberties of all loya
citizens Of the South.
Resolved, That the salvation of the Union de-
ponds upon vigorous prosecution Of the war
until the Stars and Stripes wave triumphantly
from the Canadas to the Gulf, and from ocean to
ocean.
Resolved, That we know no distinction between
the Government and the Administration, and be
who, 10 time of war, refuses to support the ono,
8 traitor to the other. c'st&stl
Wesppend the following extracts from the
several speeches. Mr.. Hamilton said:
dc not want the aid and sympathy of man
who thinks that the war must be carried on in
such way as still to preserve the cause of the
war. [Great applause want it go settled
that when every thing shall have been disposed
Of, no other men having q tendency to treason
will find. the same cause on which to found Q re.
belion How then, are We Abolitiodists?-
Cheers and cries Of eyes, yes, yes" intend
to contribute my humble efforts to pull Slavery
up by the last roots. (Cheers, loud and contin-
ued. know that Slavery must perish in order
that Liberty may survive. Great applause.
know that the manacles must fall from the fet-
tered limbs Of the black race on this continent
in order that the white man may not be mana
cled. IA cry: "Good." take my position on
the side of my race I demand liberty for my
children even at the expense of negro Slavery
If the whole planet of the earth, and all the
other planets of the universe were crowded
with negroes under similar circumstances as
those in the South, would strike the manacles
from every slave. Loud cheering.l The man
who attempts to delude you tonight with any
arguments in favor of the distracting influence
Of Slavery in this war is On imbecile, fool, or
on ineipient traitor. iGreat cheering l tell
you that the nor. shareholders of the South never
will be free again till the last negro has been
swept from the condition of bondage ZAP
plause.
Rev. Mr.. Carter said:
A year and half ago he told his people
that be did not believe the great question
which was to be decided by the sword was
the freedom of the slave. Nor did he that
night. But the question was between con.
stitutional liberty on one side, and despotism on
the other. Being STAKEHOLDER himself, be could
have remained South by staining his soul with
treason-[applsusel-but God forbid that he or
his children should ever be victims to that he
TCheers.1 He hated the serpent whenever he
saw it, North and South. [Applause. While
he hated treason South, he hated treason North,
for while there might be some apology for it
South, there was not the least shadow of apology
for it North. He wished to remind the editors Of
New York, and he did it for practical purpose,
that Of all the helps which Secession received in
the South two years ago, none was greater than
from certain class of the Northern press
Herald" "Herdldi" /" Ezpressi"l Mr.. Carter
continued: You know them better that 1 do,
gentlemen. In those papers we found the very
arguments which Southern Rebels use against
US. What was the character of those arguments?
Eternally prating about Southern rights and
Northern sggressions. And that is what your
papers are doing now. beg these editors, for
the sake OF our common country, for the sake Of
the weeping and perishing thousands of loyal
men in the South, to cease traducing their own
Government and to sustain that Government
am conscious Of having lost rights, not through
my government but through this accursed
Southern Confederacy. Applause have lost
the right of seeing my wife and little children.
l have lost the right of abiding beneath my own
vine and fig tree. In shert, have lost the right
to be in my own country freeman. IA voice
1--WE viii. restore it."l will tell you how to
give me back those rights Crush the accursed
Rebellion against the Government Send the
exile back to his home, his wife and children
In word, re.establish the Star-Spangled Ban
ner over every town and city and hamlet in this
broad land Thus only can you give back to
the Southern people their lost and priceless
rights
~SJ"sous VI HAVSAua, tuus otateS tue Issue
before the country:
The sooner the masses supporting the Govern
ment come to understand and act upon the fact
that tAis is struggle between civil liberty on the
| one nsnd and insolent aristocratic despotism or
the other, in which one or the other must Or
down and be mastered, the sooner they viii ner
| ceive the measures necessary to be adopted T.
secure victory to the banner under which the,
are enlisted. You must conquer them or they
will conquer you. Choose think you do moi
need TO be told after the last two years that the
Rebellion is very violent manifestation of totsl
depravity, with no redeeming feature to base
hope upon. Under its government we mus
become slaves or under our own continue soye-
| reign .reemen. Shall we serve in hell or remain
| in heaven?
Of the Presidents Proclamation he says:
= Just word about the Proclamation. We &C,