The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-23

tedious absence from our flock. That absence
nae, indeed, been much longer than anticipated,
and ehie has. in part, grown out Of the fact that
when lett this country / had no intimation 81
the great solemnity which was to take place "a
the Cathedral Church Of the Christian world. IN
the canonization Of the noble martyrs Who
preached the faith Of Christ and gave their
blood In testimony Of ito truth in the Islands 81
Japan. The knowledge Of that event reached
me about the middle Of winter, and prolonged
my stay for several months more than I desired
! DO not regret II, however, for had been at
nome At the same period should, like 20 many
Of the venerable prslates Of the. hierarchy thro!
out the world, have undergone any hardsbipS Of
voyage to be present and take part in the lnoat
solemn ceremony that even Rome, since the days
when st. Peter first entered IL, had SEEM There
vas picture Of what the Catholic, church is.-
Inere vas picture and ct the same time sn EN-.
bodiment Of oil that authors have said OF written
Of it's unity, ofits universality Of It's efp9tuitv
OF its holiness; for the servant Of God who dis
tinguishes himself even to the sheddins of blood
as martyr or hero of Christ 10 not forgotten:
he 10 inscribed on the calendars Of the hoiy ser.
wants of God who follow the Lamb. no 80
!. But presume it would not b 20 much in &c.
cordance with, your desire that / should dwell
upon this topic, leaving out another which 10
more Immediately interesting 70 d ali, altboueh
Il be not Of the same high and divine character.
Next to religion, men are taught By religion It.
self to love and serve their country. The one in
only more sacred than the other, but both have
an intimate relation 70 each other which ousht
not TO bs overlooked, and especially when ones
country stands in need of aid and support. II
is true that have had many opportunities dur
ing my absence Of discussing the one and the
other Of these topics; and perhaps no one, ex-
cept sent on . special message, has ever had
more opportunities to understand and compre-
bend and watch the operation of feelings in dis.
tant countries with regard to the melancholy
struggle that is now agitating this land. oooid :
il had namesssge to deliver. Another could
have carried the message; but none was commit.
TED 70 me except the message of peace, except
the message Of explanation, except the message
Of correcting erroneous ideas a. opportunity
might afford me the chance of doing, in the same
spirit and to the same end. / have lost NO Oh.
portunity, according to my discretion, and that
was the only qualification connected With ny
going. 4 have lost no opportunity to accomplish
Mese ends, 70 Explain sAat cas nisxsderstood, to
'nspars, 50 far as language Of mine could have that
effect, the spirit Of peace and good scM unto tie
people Of torcgn States so,oards tie one nation to
antich exclusively osoe allegiance and delitv, The
task was not 20 easy - some might have antici-
psted; its accomplishment hes not been so suc-
cessful % could have desired Nevertheless,
trust that, directly or indirectly, my going
abroad, in . great part for the purpose Of aid
ing the country, has Hot been altogether without
effect. fis @eaa ,5eEq eHi ~ ne i5rb
In the first place, l found, on landing in Eu.
rope, that there we're few who had any Just con.
,ception OF the nature of the controversy be-
tween this Government and very large number
OF our fellow citzens Not only had they no
correct idea, but their ideas were entirely the
reverse Of what Was tue, and very, many Of
them continue to entertain those .notions-
What was their theory? Their theory was that
prosperous portion 9th American people
had been repelled by acts of the Government
TO such an extent that they could bear the yoke
Of oppression and loyalty to the Government
which they had helped 70 establish no longer
4 took suery opportunity to szplain to item Nat
this sOas not he feet that they theDaseses had not
presented any specific charge 70 saetain that eltge
ton; Tat O6scany there aOas not on record ssngle
oct aaas could b called BY Tie name Of oppression
The answer 70 this vas, it 10 impossible that 90
many people, 10 many States, with such inter.
ests involved, should have taken the ground
which they have taken except forced to it by
oppression on the part Of the Govsrnuent-
Tho next ground VA, and especially In England,
that it IVES but s'rspetition Of the same policy
that severed these colonies nearly one hundred
years ago from the mother country; that tho
Americana had always boastsd that the Rsvplu-
ton Of 1776 was not grstuitous undertaking,
but sese Il vas issaisst the oppression Of The
British Govsrn0snt, and that now, thees came
claim the same privilege; but that ,at any rate
Il was sgallant exhibition to - men banded TO-
gsthsr and riaking III their prospects ID life
their wealth, everything even their livss, IN
cause which va presented % ths world - one
prompted by love of human liberty.
L Aud again they said it was inconsistent On
the part Of the governmsnt 10 oppose this; and
finally, which Was the itrns reason, that the
country Was becoming too large for one On!
preme dominion. Better that it should b diyld!
ed. Why not? Beyond this what Was the other
rsasoni It vas interest European interest.
Interest IL prompting netiys for I'll uationd
and tor all men; but interest ought to be
founded upon principle Of some kind, while in
this case could fnd no rational, just OF de-
-fensible principle On which they could found
their ranti-Amsrican policy. II the desire to
possess an article iadipe.sablv for Tie support Of
Their artisans and to Keep their vast machinery
from being eaten Up By Ssss. This was 1t the
bottom Of their sophistriss, and when il was
founded on such basis you can understand
how useless il would bs to argue with thsm.-
Say ron came from the spot, and that tie facts
were thus and thus, and their opinion formed
It such distance, was more than oil your facts,
and were treated as much more. There was .
time when this eountry, now in such unexsm-
Fled difficulties, was n the point Of being A.
lacked BY foreign forss-it was y critrcal mo-
ment. The time passed; the opportunity Was
lost, owing to divided councils And jealousies;
not from any sense Of the injustice involved in
the undertaking, but because itoould not COM
mand the unity Of power and the support Of
the whole people. That time passed away
It was soon felt that the opportunity WAS lost;
and then came the second phase, which was .
mutual self. congratulation that if Europe alb
stained from intermeddling Americans would
themselves accomplish their own work Of d.
vision without costing a penny to any other
State. During that period there were anxious
expectations every day Of hearing of some re-
suit which would terminate this awful contest
In the meantime came news Of the wonderful