The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-06-14

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'RDAY JUNE II, 1856
for . year, and Who vers packing up their dea
/ me1Bentoes Of homo, in thsir knapsacks, wheI
.his infanousiy tyfsanicsi Law came 70 arrss
ebs0 on ~ eve Of their departure. and driv,
thsui hack, 10 vislation of ,sil faith, into III
hardahips and ss1srings Of = soldiers lifa i
lt seixes upon the poor soldier who hss beer
drsanisg ior nigAtS of ffetrnink % bis wife snd
children, end DISHES his visions OF biiss eruelIy
70 ths ground. Il placed the gallant Tennesssl
volunteer on . level with the couscripts o
France aud Austria. This whole policy was on
just and ruinous. Nov look at things just al
they sre, and mot - you might wish them. II /
Was the rankest Sscessiouiss alive, Icoulds moi
resist the conviction that this rebellion cannot
be successfully managed with Southern re-.
sources WIN you wait until an overwhelming
force drives you into the groundi Will you
struggle against hope? When one eye h gouged
out, and the other 10 about to follow, It Is time
to cry enough You were deceived in this mat.
ter, and facts show themselves in . strangely
different light from that which co.ored them Z
year ago. Nov, il / am employed as your law
yer, and you make me highly favorable fiction
Of your case and your evidence, and tell you
you can gain il; bat It turns out on investiaga-
ion that ths facts are vholly diiferent from your
representations Of them, and thsn II 10 my duty.
q an honest counselor, to tell you 70 desist. I
commit fraud II I spur you on TO your own
ruin. This b the greatest lawsuit In the world.
One side says. we will be independent; the other
says you shall not. Suppose you even get your
Independence. oh, at what fearful cost. It has
cost Tennessee already Is ,0OO, 600 in treas.
1ure, and 1000 Of her active. young men, the
jewels and hope Of the commonwealth, who
have been hurried from home to engage in war.
Have We right to rob the next generation Of
these young men! Old men die and their places
are soon filled with Others; but what fearful
chasn does the death Of an army Of noble
young men make in society," Who does not
love and admire young men-their frankness,
their manly impulses, their ardor, their selfsac.
Be swept away from 10 to the untimely grave Of
the battle-6elds To vary . little the beautiful
lines of Goldsmith: a.
@Princs and King may flourish or may fade,
A breath can make them as breath has made,
But the, bold youth, their coustsys hope and
pride, ,.,.4..ss.,s,..5
When once destroyed can never be supplied"
Yes, zee the workings Of this war. You will
lose your Young men, the flower Of your popu-
lation--you will lose your commerce, your cot.
ton, your tobacco. The sir 10 thick with their
smoke and the waters of the Mississippi a.e
sweetened With your sugar. The ruin will tell
oo your credit and eyour banks when you are
desd. II will tell on your friends and kindred.
. couers.u.s'1 myse'Al snss never cssea " nlan
= g eIto ~ ~. leProseo no one Iof oolng 70
ise. m1so nLe .eeP'ng t0ah utserine reproaGn-
guy ~ 70 De my GUY 70 stoP toe
wsooes =. nv ~. ~. can, iot sne losure.-
us.s ..sn ss. s.o'asf SIss1oa y asep ."Rols.nce
~ ~ " % .Uas,ussa Va lns rnesasns ana O1Ders1s
oays ":ss Do:n : s.,s s@passcsy, 'oa. '9ey n.o no
':n.. u " ~ e'eI.eIe w..n savery. Q! 70 o'storo tse
~ ..sns1 ~ Y.vPS pss ~ sne ssns "lne
w s%1ns u I.. r.u % %ln.nn.tee 'ns. No re-
N:,:. ser.eu " nl !" yuuee "nas mien: oe =
nlM necesv - .e I9.ure, .ne
p .sns 'n's war; M''n
- .suooUsu oPPos'.on. ana my word 10. u tstner
.n sO ns nessoes 70 cons,nue ~ glv'n9 Mo 70
sne Sou."ssn ~. a.ny, ne vii emsnciPa.e every
~ - ..o oous -. Iecome .ns. :. csn-
81 Unity nesess'ty, cnu sne question wiz %,
wnsiue. 81, s s.c o.Ion =. o,vsly shcn Perlsn: ne
VII " ce.I'n W say 'ue lsHsr. suppose, now
,,,, ne "ese. uoes .. uo eous say 'ns. ne
uoe. suPPoso ~. s''s " War % .ougnt on 20 tno
o,s'e' .". :" !, WI ueco... u our s'sves! v.
~uas ss'ue VII .eey oes lucy are running on
sve!y oay "nen 'ne war gets 70 the Cotton
0se'es' "nele tnefe arc large distrcts denseiy
Peopseo Win oiacks almost exclusively, then
slavery wil be ruined. The slaves will run
!oose over the iand, and then who that loves his
family would live among savage population
roaming about in search Of food and plundcr!-
Inc wnlte population Will Do expelled or rather
seif'exlled. the question is fraught with trou
bic. whether the Government wills II or not.
emancipation VAL become necessary result OF
the wal, from the trouble and friction It occa-
s'ons II had bus one prayer to offer, it would
be; Tive peace TO this unhappy and oppressed
people want Tennessee to prosper, but she
must hrst be st peace. aay this war ought to
stop, and III this De treason. make the most OF
it. hope the Union soldiers that see here
heartily wish this also. Their absence would be
good company now, on this account alone
Come Gown mere aiter tne war ls over ana We
VIII drink yonr health. Some say that the Al
mighty is on the side OF the south. and We shall
WIN yes: wei, don't know what side DE is on
wlsn did, ior IKE to De on the strong side.
y ne means % save this nation, de will surely
90 II; and It H. means to destroy it, He will
surely 90 It. Whatever He may do, will bow
In humble submission to His will. But do you
mean 70 stand on With folded hands, and say
the Almighty Is on our side! When your house
is on nre. and one room after another is going,
VIII you stand a. on ana say, y nope my house wlli
NOT Dusn .p. want 20 ave my StaIe eno
pecP,e y me LOT 'ne last year mas Deen ms,
s.sIs' .uu .a'uef .psn snls egony sn9ulo ias'
.ou.u I.ay % os lien rom .oe earn; wan'
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