The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-08

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Foots Of Tsnneseec, dsnouncing tho Davis I'd
ninistrstion for it, defensive var policy and Dc
manding change. NJ. Boycs Of South Caro-
lima also proposed to raise committee toinvea
tgate the conduct Of the war, and both mad,
severe attacks upon the Davis administration
charging 20 its inelacicncy the late reverse.-
n. Trip Of Gsorsia, also took the same side
n. jenkins Of Virginia defended the Confeder
ate Government, and both parties grew % warn
that thcre was talk about holding ,Foote to 'sper
sonal account" before they got through. TIL
various propositions and resolutions were finally
referred to special committee. Nr. root<
said, among other sharp things:
"Beauregard was known to be in favor of On
aggressive policy, and President Davis himself
10 sald to hare expressed surprise that our army
did not advance and seize Louisville months ago
It 10 said that We must not question the policy
Of the administration, but he (the speaker) had
no respect for persons when the cause OF bid
country was 1t stake, and he here arraigned a
portion Of the cabinet ~ negligent in their du.
ties. He was opposed to the discussion Of Ques.
lions Of such vital public importance In secret
eesstou. The people arc yet masters, thank
God, sadit was just that their wishes should be
taken into consideration. Rome existed seven
hundred years, yet never debated war ques.
ton In secret session, nor had England done 20.
The practicesof discussing ell State questions
with closed doors, was, he believed, pecliar 70
Mexico, however. He was not afraid 70 do his
duty here, % long a. his conscience sustained
him M i1teS
HE never would endorse the Secretary Of
VIZ anA NJ sutn lAlA a
Developments that would aetonlsh at least some
body; he had facts, startling facts, which he In.
tended TO bring TO bear on the subject He had
csnsured them and be would NOT take back .
single word Of what be had said. They alone
are responsible for the deplorable non-action of
our forces. The speaker then pointed out the
advantages which, to his mind, might have oc-
Cured to 10, had q vigorous onward movement
been adopted Immediately after the battle Of
Manassas. And of such movement he was vet
In favor; he desired that the Yankees shall be
made TO pay the whole expenses Of this war, that
the commercial magnates of New York, Boston
and Philadelphia be made to unlock their strong
boxes and to indemnify the South for losses
which they had imposed upon her. He desired :.
above oil things 70 drive the enemy beyond our
borders. AL this he would have. and nothing
Less" ssY
NJ. Boyce, Of South Carolina, was quite %
severe ~ Foote. He said -
Il was his opinion that the policy to have
been pu rsued ct the outset was very clear one.
He had thought that 10 should proceed with eli
possible energy. We should have aimed at an
Offensive warfare. All the slave States should
be included. In his opinion the war between
the North and South might last . long time, and
that hostilitiss might exist forever. We cannot
nff0Hd 0ivN inCf, nf annthopn a<,sl
The North now exceeds 10 to the number of
eighteen or twenty millions of white people
We should have pursued, from the very first,
more Of IN aggressive policy, which would have
given . position to the Southern States !; It
would have encouraged our friends and discour
aged our enemies, and such 4 policy had been
indicated by our distinguished president, from
Mississippi, when on his way to be inaugurated
- president of the provisional government
thatwe should wage war on the enemy's own
ground. Mr.. L. p. Walker, the former Secre.
tary of War, had said at an early day that the
nag of the South should float shortly over the
Capitol at Washington He, the Speaker, had
thought The expression unwise at that time-
We should have talked peace and acted war !;
used powerful terms, but prepared for active
war; Audacity !--audacity !-audacity lis the
key to success. Make no show Of fear; prose.
cute the war with great vigor. Talk Of risks,
have we not risked a revolutiont and shall we
zee il fall Shall it be said in after days Of us,
the enlightened South, and be told by the genius
OF history, these men of the South dared to in.
augurate q great revolution, but had not the
courage to carry it out? Shall this be said
Never! Zee what France did. She not only
removed q man from the army, but cut his head
Oh. She carried . guillotine in one hand for
domestic traitors and sword in the other for
her enemies He did not want to see people be.
headed, but be would adopt some measure just
- decisive. This was no revolution to be con.
Quoted with kid gloves; it was desperate con.
test We should act with the spirit of the
Prince Of Orange. When army after army was
cut to pieces, he gave orders that the dykes
should be cut and the sea let in, to lash it's
waves over the land, rather than the Spanish
dag should wave over it in triumph. This ID
the spirit in which we should act. IF the Secre-
tary Of War is incompetent, he must be removed.
The safety of our wives and daughters demand,
our country demands, that these vandals of the
North be ebeaten back; our country must live,
no matter how many regulations perish. In the
Speakers opinion, the gentleman from Virginia
could not have passed severer sentence on the
officers of the Executive when he said there had
been no plan of war;"
The following letter was written by T. b.
Bonar, 18th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, to
his father, mother, brother and sisters at Oce-
ola Clark County Iowa.
FoRT DoNELsoN TENNEssEE, !
February 20, 1862. !
Dear father, mother, brother and sisters:
With pleasure viii write you q few lines to
let you know that am alive, but, ! cannot
say that am we'll, although am able to be
up and around.
No wonder that am not well, for laid out
three nights, with but one blanket to cover
with, and two nights it rained and showed.
We had the hardest fight that has been
fought in this campaign, it commenced the
18th. and lasted until the 10Th, during which
We were under their FIRE all the time.
On Sunday morning the glorious news came
that the rebels had surrendered; and We Ill
marched into the fort. We got II, 600, prisoners
and lot Of artillery, in fact all they had.
They have taken the prisoners to st. Louis
Il is not worth for me to write anything abou,
that, for you will see it in the papers.
When We left the Cape we went to Fort
Henry on the Tennessee river, IL milsslfrou
here, and stayed there one night, and then cam,
here.
Father, Icannot write much this time, but
thought would write to you, SO you wouls
not think that Was dead.
Itsll you it looked rather scaly to see thos'
big shells coming at US, it makes fellow fee
kinder bashful that's 90. was In one Of til
hardest fights that We had. It looked har,
to see the boys shot down. We went within
40 yards Of their breast-works. f.
expect We will leave here before long bu
cannot tell where We viii 60. @
Direct via Cairo, not to any particular place
Write soon, and will do better next time.
remain your affsctionate Son,
T. B. BONAR,
18th. Regim mt Co. D. III. Volunteers
GKn. LAuxAs.-A correspondent Of the Phil
adelphia Press says:
In the telegraphic accounts Of the capture Q
Fort Donelson, published in the Press OF yes
/ tav2av unrninr IL was stnfnd that Gonare