The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-01-25

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/ GOV. Hf8HWOOpsS rNAUGrYnAn. An,
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Gsntlewsss Of As Senate and ~ as
House of Representatives Ef
A. this is the first time 10 the history OF ON,
State that the same person has heen tvice
elected 70 the Office, the duties Of which havs
for the second time lust assumed. and a ths
transmission 10 YOU Of Mesease IN vrieins
communicating the condition Of the State M
recommending such matters a. seemed to M
expedent VA among the 1aat of tho 6ig,c;al scts
Of my Rrst term of service. Il vas for some time
aueation With me whether Il vss nrorer for
| me n commencing NV second tam - cnrfcrm
! 10 the custom heretofore acted on bv incominc
| Governor Of delivering an Inaucurai Addrees
Upon rejection. did not feel at libertv TO ala.
regard what Il well estahlished and vh:t ID con.
sidered useful custom.
When two years AGO first aaaumed ths duties ~
Il II
dfess alluded 20 the bitter and tad feel.
ins. existing IN certain nortiona Of nur cnnntrv
which have since reanltefi n ~. nresent ReheI
| lion. and pointed ont What seemed - mo a hs
| some Of the exciting csnsea ~ th.t f.elinc
| The neople Of our country vere then .hont en.
terine unon - Of those nolit;csIs cortest, h,
which the policy of our General Gove,nmert s
for time ieterrnined--snd exnreesed the hs.
lief that this angry and excitct feeling vcnla
not result in an snneal 10 srms bnt that : rco.
ple taught a. ours have been to viela aImost i'm
stinctiyely to the fairly exoressed viii of the mai
ioritv. would. when the feeling en0endered hv
its contest had passed avay. aea;n nermit ,he
calm dictates of reason to resume their svav.
and that ve would again become I content ed
and happy nation. Time has shown that INV be.
lief was erroneous. and vet il seems Ia ma Il vss
reasouable and lust belief All men knov
well that the Government aeainst vhich Rebel.
lion would be made. If raised at All voa tho
Government which made the least exactions and
conferred the most benefits unon its ,,eonla az
any Government in the world. All men knev
we'll and none better than those now in Rebel.
lion that the Admipistration whose acceasion to
power Their opponents declared thew would con.
slider cause for revolt. could not dnrinp their
term of Office. even If 40 disposed in3ict unon
the defeated party any wrong And it seemed
then, and seems vet 70 me to be 4 reasonable
and lust belief that no norton of a neonle 40
intelligent as ours has claimed to he. conld re.
volt against Government which had conferred
upon them only benefits. and arainst an Admin.
istration poverless to iniure them. All men
know, too. that Rebellion must bring upon those
engaged in its terrible calamties n not sure a..
struction. and It did seem reasonable and iust "a
believe that sane men would not bring upon
themselves such results without csuse.
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question which We did not know. We aid not
kpov-even although we we're 40 told by some
far sighted men it seemed too monstroua for our
honest and loval hearted people to believe. that
men whom thev had deiiphted tn honor men
upon whom thev Ind conferred the h;uh nl.ce,
even the highest nlace of honor and pro;t
and trust under our rGorernment-conId rh;lst
yet holding these places and pledged in tie sirht
Of God and before men fai.hfnllv IN diachsroa
their trusts and Nth nros.ss;ons &c iava md O.,
tachment tn onr Govsrnment yat warn, nnon
their Inns deliheratelv consnire 70 overthrow and
destrov that C,ovarnmsnt wh;cI, thar va,o 90
stronelv hound to nrotect and defend renest
IL. onr honest and loval haortad reo,le spn,d
not hel;eva thesa tb;noa ~ ba true thev -s,o
to them too mnnstrouslv ;nfsmons a. the;r
belief They had not vet learned tho hitter
lesson that honesty, truth, good faith and loyal
ty. wero but mere words used BY these men as a
cover under which to deal, as they hoped, a
fatal stab to that Government from which they
had derived all they ever had of honor or i'm
portance. Had this not been so land although
Its truth has produced such terrible results,
thank God our people could not then believe it
p0ssible.) am well convinced we would to day
have no Rebellion. Had the occupant of the
Presidential chair for the year preceding the 4th
day of March, 1861, and his advisers, been true
had hpv Inn thoir dy,tv md
stricken Rebellion one honest, downright blow
when fret It reared its hateful head, we would
have to-day, peaceful and united Nation. But
this unfortunately was not so. Treason and i'm
becility sat in our high places. and surrendered
one after another the outposts of the citadel Of
our strength into the hands Of Rebels, until en-
boldsned by success, they believed the citadel
itself to be within their grasp. In this way the
Rebellion was encouraged and strengthened, ana
thousands Of men were induced to array them.
selves upon its side from the conviction that the
government was powerless to protect its friends
or punish it's enemies.
At last, but too late, came change of Admin.
istration. Our Government asserted its rights,
and gave evidence of its will and power to 1hain.
tain them, and then came the civil war that is
now upon us.
mood M, unde,toLe IN no;nt ont 10 Won tho
urinary canse vh;ch has led to hi. disastrous
issue Althoueb there NAV have been many mi
nor causes tending tn tho same end such as the
dis.unointed ambition Of bad men. and the lust
for pover the clear common sense of our neo.
nle has seen and accented the fac, that one great
control,ino cauaa of tb;s v;cked rebellion and
oc III the g. rfnl conseonences vh;ch have fnl.
Iored and mnst foIlov from Il ia tho .yatem of
Human Slavery. Sonhistrv cannot disguise this
fact, nor srqnment il,ustrs.e II. n e nstent
,.ng;hIo .nS sooner or latcr n rnst be accent.
ed 6v our ruIers as well AZ by our people. and
acted on by all. This banelul system, which has
wrought such terrible results, was accepted with
great reluctance by our fathers as an existing
| but most unfortunate fact, and it's existence re-
cognized and protected by them as such but
surrounded at the same time by influences such,
as they confidently hoped, would soon eventuate
in Its total and peaceful extinction That hope
has been sadly disappointed. This system, so
reluctantly admitted into our form OF Govern.
ment, and 60 antagonistic to its vital principles,
has, like foreign subsistence in the human body,
been to the body polite source Of constant IT.
| ritatiOn and has been the real cause of all the