The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-02

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/ 1h.ss y 4 WAH-LitsIe ~ little. dsy b
day, aes country ID finding out that there %
vG gong on! For 6fteen months armies NV
eeoo n she aesd, ,mafchink and vsunterrrnsrcbiup
ehh'se ana making preparations feconnoiteT
ing and hghting, but che great misSot the peo
Pse nave not yet fully realized the gigantic i'm
lPorssnoe Of the contest. " Great interest ha
1oeen aroused, II ie nue, bst the majority Of ID,
'oyG community have been quite content tn
iseIvioe ~ tho field shall be performed by fh,
Imos .roent and enthusiastic II those possessing
ecoo cause by their cheers and patriotic con
tsibationa The time seems 10 have come "a,
greater exertion-a more thorough awakenins
ana deeper determination. Men who would
nave preferred 10 stay at home are called upon
70 snow thae this choice did not proceed from
eny eympathy with the rebellion, OF any indif
.sseee III regard to it's speedy overthrow. Fur-
scst sacrdces are demanded for the preserva-
aon Of the country, and citizens are asked anew
20 ,peedef over the imminence1 Of it's peril
Wnae is worth having ID worth fighting for, and
no American has any right to boast Of The deeds
OF me orsve and good Who gave US this Repub
nc, u he 10 unwilling to initiate their heroictex.
smples by lifting bis arm to defend the heritare
NON the blow Of traitors and assassins.. 40f
Whist value are The possessions of aAy man
wisnout country, without q goterhment |? If
sne worst comes TO the worst, let all employ
mens - abandoned, TO restore and perpetuate
!os Union flushed be the hammer, and the
implements Of peaceful industry! The furrow
~ tne neld may remain unrun, till the plow can
% guided without fear Of the farmer being mur-
dered at bis work. Commerce may be suspend
ed until free 10 60 where il lists unobstrncted
BY rebel stop" This Confederate iusurrection
must be pat down, and kept down. # in the
power of twenty millions Of people TO dot
Now'we are to decide whether loyalty il stronger
than tfeason-whether the best system of GOV.
eminent on earth is to be broken up and de.
stroyed, without . strong, resolute, persistent
enort to prevent 1t. Let there be no Sinking
no invention Of pusillanimous excuses-no
standing upon the order Of going. There is
now no alternative but war, and while We earn
estly and strenously endeavor to conduct it in
an honorable and christian.like manner. il should
be sharp, quick and decisive, that the blessings
OF peace and union may once more be the peo-
ples.-Iho. Republican.
~ TREAsoH UxnAsKrD.-Throughout all Seces-
sic, the eleventh. hour traitors who sacrificed
their country to their cowardice make State
hsghts and State actions the excuse for their re.
creahcy. Men like John Bell, A. d. II. Stuart.
John Janney, and VIM. H. Mcfarland, who had
ali their lives professed unqualified adherence
OF the theory which makes the Union q mere
free love partnership, and had boasted them.
| selves disciples of the school Of George Wash.
ington. John Marshall, Andrew Jackson and Ed.
ward Livingston, when asked to explain their
sudden conversion to the heresy they had SO
steadily and scornfully repudiated, answer in
this vein-"O, stood by the Union till my State
went out, when felt bound to obey her voice
and share her fortunes" They herein coolly ac-
cept the very theory of dogma which they have
hitherto 90 stoutly resisted. It was the inabili.
ty of State to dissolve the Union-the right
hitherto been the first article in their creed
this they now coolly repudiate. They are rene.
Gades at once from the cause of their country
and from themselves.
But let us see how the rule works when the
boot is on the other leg: 81 i4s
Kentucky is largely infested with Disunonists,
but has steadily refused to be led by them -
Not once only, but repeatedly, uniformly, she
has refused to cast her lot with the traitors
They have been voted down by overwhelming
mejorities whenever the question has been sub.
mitted to the ordeal of the ballot box. Now is
there one single disunionist in all that State
who says, II wish Kentucky would secede; but,
since she does not, will loyalty abide her deci.
sion ? Who knows such . white blackbird -
Who has heard of onei Not We.
The truth, then, Is obvious: This pretense
Of "going with my State" ID hypocrisy and can't
They 60 where clannish spirit and . rotten
heart send them, repudiating their oaths of q.
deity to the Constitution and seeking to divide
and destroy their country. Most Of them are
towards who shrink in terror from the frenzied
mob; some are insanely ambitious, and hope to
raise to power and distinction on the ruins of
the Republic; moro and more clannish, section.
q unprincipled egotistA who foat with the cur.
rent though it bears the country TO swift perdi
ton. The action of their new friends in Ken.
tucky proves the plea Of loyalty to their State
hollow pFetext-a mere excuse. They are self.
confessed traitors without the ordinary tfaitorp'
excuse, for they know and have sternly contend.
ed that this rebellion 10 utterly groundless. -
IN. 7. Tribune. 3s s
GEH. kCALL-The following letter hes reach
ed NJ. Thomas A. Biddle of philadelphia It
shows how the General chanced to be captured.
RloHMoxD, Va,)
Tobacco House Prison, July ., ls62}
M DEAR THokAs inclose you herewith .
note from your brother Harry, the only reply
hev "a had "a <.o un<>a or3HAAs tn him