The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-11-08

what Of the Futures
Yesterday morning our dispatches stated that .
Of the gravest import had been
made to NJ. Seward by the French Minister;
that Cabinet meeting had thereupon been con-
vened; that Gen. Halleck Was in attendance,
and talked of necessary levy en- ,aasse Of the
militia, and that military and Cabinet changes
IRE imminent
All this may be . new sensational runnor. 1t
may all be substantially true. The nature Of the
alleged to have been made is not
stated. The inference is, that it foresbadoWs
European Intervention, on some pretense or
other.
Without assuming or admitting that there lie,
in fact, any present danger, If it be danger, Of
such interference in our internal affairs, it viii
do no harm to look the matter in the face, and
prepare ourselves for any possible future emer-
gencies.
From the very outbreak Of the foul treason
which is now desolating the land, it has been
apparent to all that the sympathies Of all Euro.
pean Governments were enlisted in behalf of the
rebels. The cause Of this Was simply that they
saw in successful separation Of the Union an
immediate solution Of the political problem Of
reducing this nation to q condition in which it
would be subject to the control of the other
Great Powers. We had grown too strong, were
too prosperous and formidable in every way, to
suit the purposes of European Rulers. The re-
bellion, they saw, would weaken..us. If success
full, it would, they believed, place both North
and South at their mercy. The alscrity with
which they put the South in the attitude Of .
belligerent, the ingenuity with which they have
assisted the rebels in all possible modes, show
distinctly their persistent and deadly purpose.
They have hitherto interviewed BY oil sorts Of
indirection. There is no doubt that they intend
to intervene directly and torcibly whenever they
think the spportune moment 10 presented for do.
ing so with the least trouble and expense to
themselves We may assure ourselves Of this,
a. fact beyond doubt And the fact has
been apparent inferentially from the beginning.
The only mode Of avertipg actual national in
PREVENTION, was by actively and successfully
putting down the rebellion-by exhibiting a
united front, and unanimity Of purpose, on the
part of the people of the North. We have not
done this az We should have done. The war has
not been prosecuted as vigorously as it ought
to have been with the means at our command.
Our failure in this respect has been owing to
two causes. One was an imperfect and inaccu-
rate estimate of the resistance to be overcome.
The other, the imbecility and want of energy
and earnestness in our commanding Generals.
For the former the Administration is itself res
ponsible For the latter, the Generals them
selves, in conjunction with that class Of mslig-
nant politicians whose clamor has been mainly
instrumental in securing their retention in Office.
The result has been q needless protraction of the
war, an enormous addition to it's cost, and .
terrible waste of the lives of our gallant volun-
teers
Thus the matter stood when perverse and
traitorous politicians stepped in, and have man
aged to exhibit to the world seeming division
among the people. 1t would not be astonishing
if this last act Of folly had proved sufficient to
indicate in the minds of foreigners, the time for
interference. They are undoubtedly deceived,
if such lie their inference. But it will undoubt-
eddy add immensely to our difficulties, if they
should act upon it. If they do, We shall utter
no complaints of the people, if they prove, by
manfully meeting the new emergency with
brave hearts and united purposes, that they are
still as patriotic as we believe them.
If Intervention comes, what then? We think
our duty is plain We must come up unitedly
TO the work before us. We must fight the mat
ter through to q successful termination We are
able to do It. All We want is thorough unan-
unity among the people, and an unalterable re.
solve to accomplish it. If We do not fail in
these respects, all will be we'll. If We prove
towards, in this hour of trial, not only will the
Union be destroyed, but thousand years Of
war and anarchy are before us, which no human
ability and wisdom can possibly avert Never
before was 1t 50 true as now, that 'sunited We
stand, divided We fall" Mems souls may be
tried % by fire; but the trial will do US good, if
We but prove ourselves true patriots;
The PROCLAIM alton In the South.
In . letter from On officer in the 7th Iowa, to
q friend in this city, which we have been per.
mitted to read, We find thu following in relation
to the effect of the Presidents Proclamation in
the South. He says: "You asked me how the
people liked the Proclamation. can inform
You that they don't like it 1T ALL 1t gets them
down more than anything yet The blacks are
coming in every day. Some have arrived lately
who have come one hundred miles They say
they are sending the darkies oil to Texas telling
them that We are hanging all the negroes that