The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-11

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BURLINGTON, WE
Senator Sumner, Of Nass, made speech
q Taneuil Hall, Boston, on last Monday,
on the policy and effect of Emancipation
He spoke for two hours, ably. eloquently
and with well considered argument We print
tho conclusion of mis- remarks az reported in the
N. T. Tribune. #
PROCLAMATION THE HERALD OF PEACE.
Il was easy to see from the beginning that this
Rebellion had it's origin in slavery that without
Slavery it never could have broken forth; that
when begun, it was continued only through Sla-
very, that Slavery was at once the curse that
maddened, the principle that governed, and the
power that sustained, and the Oligarchy OF
slave masters, trhee baundred and Fifty thousand,
all told, where the criminals through whom
ali this direful wickedness was organized and
waged. Such ia the unquestionable diagonis Of
the case, which history will recognize and which
q wise statesm anship must have seen promptly.
Not to see slavery in this guilty character was q
mistake, and previously have We answered for
IS All are agreed now that Buchanan played
into the hands of the Rebellion: when, declar-
ing that there can be no coercion of State, he
refused to touch the Rebellion Alas alas We,
too, may play into the hands of the Rebellion,
when out Of strange and incomp.ehensb!e tor
bearance, we refuse to touch Slavery, Which ia
the very life Of the Rebellion Paidon these al
lusions, which make in no spirit Of criticism,
but simply that may accumulate new mo-
tives for that Proclamation, which / rejoice to
welcome a. the herald Of Peace.
GENERAL" EHAEc1PAr1oE ID THE BEST eEHERAI
There are many Generals already in the Geld,
upward Of thirty Nsjor. Generals and two hun
dred Brigadiere; bot meritorious and brave as
they may be, there is General better than all.
whom the President promises to commission /
mean General Emancipation.
1oRcE ALONE CANNOT CoNQuIR WITHOUT IDEAS.
1t is common to speak of God - on the side
of the heavy battallioBs. Whatever may be the
truth Of this saying, it does not contain the
whole truth. Heavy battallione are something;
but they are not everything. Even if they prevail
on the battle field, which 10 not always the case,
the victory which they compel is not final. 1t
is impotent to secure that tranquility which is
essential to national life. Mind is above matter;
right is more than force; and it is vain to at.
tempt TO conquer merely BY matter or by force.
If this can be doWin small affairs, it cannot in
large affairs, for these will yield only to moral
influences. Napoleon was the great master Of
var, and yet, from his utterances at St. Helena,
the legacy of histrsnscendant experience, comes
this confession: The more study the world the
more am convinced of the inability of brute
force to create anything durable" And another
Frenchman, Of subtle thought and perfect in
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American institutions, De Tocqueville, has paid
similar tribute to truth. Force" ssys he, sis
never more than transient element Of success
A government which should only be able to
crush its enemies ., the field OF battle would
very soon be destroyed" Surely, in thos e au-
thortative words Of the warrior and the thinker,
there is warning to US not to put trust in bat
! teres or bayonets while an unconQuerable in.
stinct makes us all confess that might does not
constitute right.
Let the war end on the battle field alone, and
it will be only in appearance that it will end;
not in reality Time will be gained for new eff.
forts, Slavery will coil itself to spring again
The Rebellion may seem to be vanquished, and
yet it will triumph. The Union may seem to
conquer, and yet it win succumb. The Republic
may seem to be saved, and yet it will be lost,
handed over prey to that injustice which, go
long as it exists, must challenge the Judgments
of righteous God.
PEACE THROUGH FREEDOM.
Thus for the cake of Peace, which we all de-
sire, do I now plead for Freedom, through which
alone Peace can be secnred.. Are you earnest
for Peace, then must you be earnest for Freedom
also. Would you uphold the Union against
treason, then must you uphold Freedom, with.
out which bloody treason will flourish over us.
But Freedom has been adopted by Congress and
proclaimed by the President as one of the sgen'
cies in the prose cution of the war Therefore,
it must be maintained with all cur souls and all
our hearts and all our minds. The hour Of de-
bate has passed; the hour Of duty has come. In
opposing solemn acts of Congress, which, ac-
|, coIding to the Constitution, are now the SUI
prene law of the land passed for the national
! defence; in opposing the Proclamation Of the
: President; nay, in discouraging Freedom, yOr
are as bad as if you discouraged enlistments. I,
3 is through Free dom, as well as the arms Of onr
soldiers, that the war will be wased; and The
5 same loyalty which supports the one is now dus
E to the other The encouragement Of enstments
e is recognized as sedtious and traitorous; but
the Encouragement of this other force adopted
S by the Government fer the suppression OF the
0 Rebellion lie only another form Of sedition ant
{, treason, which an indignant patriotism vii
j epurn EmAncipdLlOn Is now War measure
and it must be sustained as you sustain an arm!
e in the field.
d ''LE7 NY PEOPLE CO.,
II the instincts Of patriotism did not promp
II this support, should End sufficient motive il
J, that duty which we all owe to the Supreme Ru
n Ter, God Almighty, whose visitations upon GU
r country are now SO fearful. Not rashly woul
u make myself the interpreter Of his will; an
g yet am not blind. According to venerable
e maxim of jurisprudence, Whose would har
/; Equity must do Equity; and God plainly require
\. Equity at our hands. We cannot expect sue
is cess while We set at naught this requirement
proclaimed in his divine character. in the die
}. tates of reason and in the examples Of histOr,
e proclaimed also in the events of this pro.ractc
= war. Great judgments have fallen upon tb
n country; plaques have been let loose: river
- have been turned into blood, and there is
d great cry throughout the LAND, for there is not
is house where there is not Que dead; and at eac
i Judgment we seem to bear that terrible voic
.c which sounded in the ears Of Pharaoh: ''Th,