The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-13

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osAtA lass meeting IN rrsnsas TseDls. Boston.
NJ. Everett. IN the course Of an eloquent and
se,l-stirri1g sddrsas, shss s.vs hb idsss Of tho
notion Of "peses with the rsbsIs": q b
"Wbat should Ne gain BY .h.,ao,,,, ~
struggle q hopsless sad aclnowledein~ ia In.
dependsncs Of the Confsdsrse5f ins a. s,st
place, where WIN you drew tie boundsrvf-
Shall We, who few yearB ago, and undsr n
Southern Iced, were rsa1y 70 plunge into N,
with Kngland for cornes Of Maine snlS Cor.
ner Of Oregon, shall Ne Riye up to Q foreisp
power (for foreign it viii then bs) the gasss a
the Chesapeake, the fostreeoes that command
the Gulf efg Mexico and The mouth oflth> Nis.
sissippi, and half the tsrritory Of the United
Statesf Isit England, who threatened war with
Spain ein ITO for the worthless group Of the
Falkland lslands, and ii 1870 for tls stin hors
remote and Il that time worthless possession oc
Nootka Sound, that rebukss the United States
foenet susDndsring sous half Of thslr sefritory
and the most important lines Of commerce and
mutt %,,.saty communicates At the first tap Of the
p ~
But let the question Of beundsry pass. Sup.
pose that, yielding to tho burden Of the war. We
agree 70 'reccgnise che AOoafedersry, give up
whatever they choose to take; abandon the IN
ion men OF Western VirginiA Maryland, Ken
ltecky Missouri, Tennessee, in word, Of theisn.
tire South, to the tender nercies of the Confed.
crate leaders, already shown in the moat ruthlesa
prescription, how long ID peace 70 lastp On
what footing will you stand! Rscollect they
profess to despiss, you. They describe YOU ~
unwarlike, mercsnary, cold blooded, hypocritiosl
the degenerate postsrity Of che vulgar Puritan
aoek, born - be ruled BY the high toasd var
like, chivalrous, South. The immediate cause Of
the present war is that your President would not
sell them Fort Sumtsr, which hs hsd no sonsti-
tational right to do. This b their wsysef dis
es'sing International STAIRS for they elaineto
DO afoteigc nation. They make prepostsrous
demand, with which you could not IL YOU vosld
comply, and because yos decline, they Ars on
your flag, lombard and capture ysur forts, raise
an army and march on your capital; and you,
administering them IN proportion Of A, 000, 900
70 5000 ,0O0, after struggle OF dxteen months,
crowned for the most part with thsmost brilliant
success, at partial turn of the tide Of fortune,
are told that you ought to abandon the contest,
and sue for peace. ,H,i;s55
All, my fsllow.citisens, is such . course going
to insure you peace at home and sbrosd? Do you
think 1t wise or safe to take this new departure
on the voyage of national existence, under these
mournful einsignis Of discontinue and disaster!
Did nation ever secure an honorable peace BY
showing that she was unable TO sustain herself
in just war? Are you going to say to the
South, BY actions that speak louder than words,
"out.numbering you % We do nearly three to
one, surprising you - we do in the same pro-
portion in oil the resources of material wealth,
We yet succumb to- you! Take back the Forts
| which you coded to us,-we canHot defend
them; wrest from De the new States Of the Gulf
which We bought with price, Hve.sixths of
which was paid by our free population parti.
| ton our territory; help yourselves to the pub
lie lands and dedicate them TO slavery; cut of
our great lines Of railroads; open and shut tho
outlet of the mighty rivers which drain our Gem
trail basins at your pleasure; do what You will
with us, We feel that We cannot resist your
And will they not take dc at our word now and
forever? You see already what they consider
cause for war. Eater into IN election with
them, choose President whom they don't like,
deny their right to trample under foot the Con-
stitution they have adopted and sworn to SUD.
port, and refuse 70 sell them your forts and they
30 to var This isthe history Of The past, and
If they succeed in IT, on all the principles Of hu-
man nature, II will be the history Of the future.
If, rejecting the mild srbtrament of the Consti-
tuition and the lsws, almost always administered
By themselves, they have, chosen to settle .this
dispute BY secession and var, how can, We ever
live at peace when the umpirags Of the Federal
Government ID withdrawn, and nothing but var
remains for the settlement of public dispptess"