The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-06-21
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| t. The impudence Of the vallandisham
newspapers 10 only exceeded By their mendasity.
They are persistensly clamsrings against the
President, against the Administrator and
against the war on the avowsd ground that ~
var 10 prosecuted for the solo purpose Of abea-
shing slavsry the only obstacle TO the restorstioa
of the Union being the persistent Dissemination
of the Republican party with tie President as
4 its head, 10 free all the slaves How illinttabse
must be the brass Of man Who can day BY day
reiterste 90 palpable .lisi Where i the evi-
dence shat the Rebels desire the restoratioo Of
| the Union upon any tsrnsf 10 il foand in their
cotton. .burning-in their rspudiation Of sll
debts to loyal men-in their Wholesale confsca.
| ton Of all the property Of men who adhere TO
the Gcvernment-in their expulsion Of all per-
sons rot actively and heartily Rebels, from the
seeded States---in their declaration Of eternal
hatred TO all Northern men-is it found in the
declarations Of the President Of their Congress
-of their Generals 10 the field and Of oil Rebels
everywhere that they are fighting for indepen.
dence and never will lay down their arms until
they achieve it?
Where is the evidence that the war 10 prose-
cuted solely for the liberation Of the negro and
with sinister determination thatit never shall
stop until tli. end Is secured Is it found in
the tender sensbilities of our army officers touch!
ing slave property Is it found in Hallsck's
Order No. 81 In the suppression Of Fremont
and Hunters proclamations In the restora
ton of slaves to Rebel owners by our army on.
cerss In the attempt to conciliate bitter Re
bel slave owuersdbf IL it found in the fact that
BY misguided lehfency and fruitless efforts At
conciliatfon We have made It safer to be Rebel
than Union man in all the insurrectionary
Statesi Is it found in our numerous proclama-
tions inviting Rebels to lay down their arms and
receive free pardon for past murders and rob.
beries 3el
The fact is there never has been day since
the war began that the Rebels we're willing TO
.Reln psAce upon any terms save the division
Satruction of this Government. And there
evsfhss been time that they could not have
had peace by laying down their arms and return
ing to their allegiance. At the commencement
Of this trouble Northern sympsthizers encour
aged insurrection by declaring that no troops
should be sent South to suppress rebellion-that
the Black Republican yalunteers" would have
enough to do at home TO tkke care Of the Dem.
ocrats, thus Turing the secessionists to destruc.
tion. They are now doing the same thing by in
yiting the secessionists to continue the war
until they, the vallandighammers, can get up
political revolution, secure majority In Con-
gress, cut off the supplies for our troops. break
down the patriotic spirit Of the people and &C.
cure either the permanent division of the States
or the ascendancy Of the Rebel Government
over the whole nation. They are just as power
less now to get up a political revolution as
they were last year to prevent the spontaneous
| rising OF the people. Their offer Of hid to the
Rebels how will resul. just IS did thAit proposal
| to give the volunteers work to do at home.-
There is no question of their intentions The
safety Of the country lies in the virtue and pa.
triotism of the people!
"AsoLlrroNlsrs AND SccEsslosIsrs."-The at.
| sShpe W ouht suC iSsPOusiuuhSy VI sus WosS Wtsh
all its burdens of blood and crime and misery,
upon abolitionists, is an outrage upon the plain.
est historical truth, established by the volunta-
tary boasts and confessions of the secessionists
themselves. The army which is engaged in
fighting the battles of the country, and pouring
out its blood like water, is more than half abo.
litonized to-day, by what it has learned Of sla
| very during the war Are these brave and self
sacrificing soldiers to be classed with secession.
lists? President Lincoln and his entire Cabinet
would rejoice in the emancipation Of the slaves,
and propose it. Are they to be clsssed with &C.
cessionists! Out upon such nonsense! The on.
! ly real enemies of tie Government are seces-
sionists, and there are none, North or South,
who deserve classification with them, except
those who try to lift the responsibility Of the
war from their shoulders, or those who, finding
unsafe to be indecent, take their revenge by
abusing decent people,.
cE The Dubuque Times is informed by
Lieut. William Cotton, Of the 9th Iowa Infant
ry, that the two sons OF Gen. Lewis, of Du
buque, late of the Confederate army, were cap:
tured by our troops at Corinth. Gen. Lewis is
| Of course, yallandigham Locofoco and bis
hopeful offspring take after him. Of such ma.
terial is the party composed which promises, du.
ring the coming campaign, to wipe out Repub-
licans in the State. ,.-.e,
PoRr REPuBL1c-Ths place, the scene Of the
latest battle, is in Rockingham county. Virgin.
il, about one hundred miles northwest of Rich
mond.
~ Dispatches to the Richmond papers state
that Governor johnson and General Butler have
been assassinAted.s OF course these are but
idle rumors.
~ The Cleveland Herald States that Com.
modore Foote is much reduced in 6esh, being
not much better than shadow Of bis former
| self. He has been obliged to keep his bed for
nearly two weeks, and although in good spirits
and good heart, and with every prospect of III.
innate recovery, it will be . long time before he
can possibly be Ct for service.
WASHINGTON CoaaEsPoHDENCE.
WASHINGTON, June IL. 1852.
The Senate bill recognizing the circuits Of
the Supreme Court, amended at the suggestion
Of Mr.. Wilson, 90 that one circuit would be Gre
ated west Of tho Mississippi, 10 consist Of Min.
nesota, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas, yesterday
passed tho House. Senator Grimes says the
| Senate will concur in the House amendments.
There are two Judges to appoint and il the Sen
ate concurs, one will therefore come west Of the
Mississippi.
L When Mr.. Bingham Yesterday announced 70