The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-01

~ Afsv Of ~ dsfsast lsadsu Of The dsA.
Denosrasio party sslll elsaveto ~ Assh-pcts
rAsv sAiuk that he statu quo viii y restored
-shas foonbs, Floyd, Hunter. Mason. and Il,
rest Of Tie rsd.handed eoaspirsters vim bs rss
tosed 70 power-will b permitted 70 losdit !.
Congress, In the Departmsnts and at the Whit.
Hosss, and bestov tat olless npoa tie es;nsIia,
ssryils crew Of Noethsm dssshfasss. For fsa
thatsessbody viii GET sbesl Of them or get be
tween sAem and the lesders Of the rebeliio,
they are already eating dirt and de6Iins them.
selves. only anxious for fear that their abase
msns viii not bs heard Of In Dixie. Instead q
Office these msrcenary scoundrels will b damn
ed 70 eternal iniany even 10 Dixie and loathet
BY he csnspirators thamselves vhose treason
if more wicked, y scsrtaiuly no more desvadin,
and debssiag. asa@'s iRs-f
Two KxDs--seaAxy" AID PuaR. membe,
Of the love Hoass Of Representatives q feS
days ago introduced . resolution asking Con
gre0 70 samit oil shib male pessons over twen
y-ops. now o. hsrsaiter In our army, on beins
boeorably discharged, 70 exercise eli the right
Of citisens of the United 0sates. est
Wheseapoa, SONS Repsblican, overAowip1
with feelisss Of universal fraternity, moved e
strike out the word! '.whits." This motion wa,
lost BY vote Of 20 20 6S. aei}aai E8s
The Republicans Who votsd With the Democ
racy aeaiast striking ont, are called In the Hawk
Eye, Gate Oity and other % called Republicar
papers of the Stats, s'Shaky Rspublicans"-
twspello Democratic Mercury.
Jsdgs Hsadsrshott, whose name stands 1t th,
head Of the above paper ss editor, ought t
have more regard for his own good name thar
to psrpetfats 4 straight lie Ike the above De
PRAYED must be the heart and brazen The from
Of any man Who would thus mislead and decsiy.
either from personal malisnity or for polisica
snds. For shame, Judge! Be I msn-tell the
truth and shame The devil The Hawk-Eye hal
never said word on the subject.
ofall the wstchwords Of tho war, there are
none other 90 good - the following from Gen
Grants reply to Buckner's request for negotia
ton Of terms Of surrender:
~ sM accept no terms but unconditional. imms
diass s.,rmdT propose 70 move imn''diatslss
Nov that 10 perfectly beautiful II was just the
thing to say 70 Bucknsr. It 10 just the thing tc
say TO the rebel chiefs ssssr.lIy,
Tss LosDos Tnsn TsI1sSe TEE TRurz
ABOUT rHH BAfrIE Or MANASSAS. The London
Times, in leading article upon the report Of
our Sanitary Commission, which includes the
results Of an examination into the circumstances
attending the battle Of Manassas, actually makes
In respectful language. the following sensible
admissions: - @
However, these statistics, which are no doub,
substantially accurate, and which are given. In.
deed, In greater detail than We have thought Il
necessary to observe, must nt once remove oil
doubt about the real causes Of that ineilciency
which cost the Northerners the day at Bull Run.
II is probably true enough that the
loss Of the battle wAe due immediately to the
poor condition Of thertroops engaged which
did not admit either Of their holding ont as
long o might have been Anticipated, or bearing
up against the effects Of panic.
Here lies tho true secret Of the whole affair
The men were only soldiers Of three months
standing. They had never been Injured to pri.
vation or even Inconvenience. They could not
carry their packs or muskets comfortably for q
short march on . cool morning, least of all could
they stand mile or two of the double, which,
indeed, might have tried older soldiers
than they we're. They were brave enough, no
doubt, and had will enough to Hght, but they
had none Of that endurance which training alone
can give. Probably under the circumstances,
It vas toss-up which side broke down first,
but as 1t happened, the luck was against the
Federals. '-' os.s.l- /, s7.sgl -
- We are indebted to W. Sco6eld, A. A.
A. General. for Colonel Lauman's Report and
for list Of the casualties in the 7th and l4tb.
Regiments Iowa Volunteers, and to Dr.. W. r.
Marsh, Surgeon I'd Iowa, for . list Of the cas-.
ualsies In this Regiment OF course these Re.
ports came BY mail We have long since ceased
to look for any such thing BY telersph.
The Louisville papers protest fierce:y against
the proposition 70 discharge the Fort Doaelson
prisoners upon their parole, not to serve again
against the United States. To release them
upon that condition would, they say, be folly and
Madness ''They would" says the journal,
regard their parole as lightly a. mess-table
jest. Guilty already Of treason, that highest
civil crime involving all crimes-guilty Of hav-
ing violated their allegiance to their country
and raised their parrieidai hands against her
they would not now feel the restraining influence
Of loyal promise or oath upon their conduct
or their conscience salTF p
Gen. Bishop Polk Is said TO have recently
written letter, advising emancipation as tie
last resort Of the South. As he hes, in times
past, preached the divinity Of Slavery, and de.
Tended Il - the cole bulwark Of the South in