The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-30

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Reeest eveass indicate No necessity Of sna.
bling oar bravo voloutasss, while they make war
spon rebels IN arms with ball and cartridge at
the same time 70 hold rebel sympathies in check
at home through the ballotbox. All over Iowa
the leaders Of the vsllandlghsm movement have
evidently exerted themselves 10 keep every man
ct home whose vote they can Count upon at the
election. Few German or Irish Dsmocrass have
enlisted. and It 10 fair 70 presume that no Demo.
Gratis have gone TO the war that Jones, Mahony,
Dodge, Steward and their co laborers could In
6uence 70 stay at home. Steward has said no
Democrat should enlist. On the other hand,
Republicans have gone from many localities N
n,asss. In some townships almost every able
bodied man has gone Throughout the whole
State, eighty per cent Of al the men, recruited
under al the calls, are Republicans 50
Il 10 unnecessary for our purposes 70 deter
mine whether the motive Of these leaders, in thus
keeping al that they can influence, out Of the
army, 10 70 favor treason and rebellion and aid
in destroying the Government, or for their own
aggrandisement - partisan leaders, Whatever
their motive, there 10 not the slightest doubt
about the effect Their lsbors tend 70 the de
struction Of the Union and the Constitution, and
everything We hold dear and worth fighting for.
They are doing the xo,k Of JEFF Davis - much
% though Sighting in the rebel army. II 10 Is
necessary 70 best them at the polls q it j. to
best the rebels in the field. 70 show what they
srs aiming at and that they are united and de.
terninsd in their opposition to the war, - well
a TO the administration, il ID only necessary 70
say that the scoundrel Nahopy has been nomins.
ted for Congress, and that, too, when his paper,
circulating oil over the district has opposed the
var from the start-has day after day declared
that the Union could never be saved BY, fighting
that compromise and conosssion were the only
weapons W ought to use. Such man, thus
lsboring against the war, against enlistments,-
the bosom friend Of the traitor Jones, under at
rsst for the highest crime, il put in nomination
for Congress in the Dubuque District BY the
''cornsr grocery" politicians who managed that
convention. Does not this show the character
Of the fire in the rear" now being waged by
vallandigham politicisns! The election Of Den
mis- Hahony to Congress would give As much joy
and comfort to the rebels % victory, or the
murder of hundred Or two Federal soldiers by
euerrillss, or the assassination Of Federal Gen.
eral. a., -. ~ sg1 n
b Can these conspirators, who are now gloating
over the prospect of political triumph, the firss
in eight years, to be achieved because thirty
thousand republicans, rallying around the flag,
forgetting everything but their country and its
peril, are about marching out Of the State to
fight or battles, defend our homes and vindi-
cate our imperiled Nationality,-can these infer
nal conspirators be defeated BY permitting our
soldiers to vote wherever they may be on the
day Of election: If they can vote, under our
Consultation, then the Vall.ndgham movement
in Iowa is dead. The first section of the second
article Of the Constitution reads as follows:
EVERY white male citizen of the United |
have been resident Of this State six months |
next preceding the election, and the county in |
which he claims bis vote sixty days, shall be en-
titled to vote at all elections which are now or |
may be hereafter authorized by law"
The Constitution thus defines what shall be |
the qualifications Of an slector.i Is there any.
thing III this article, DISTINGUISHING our soldiers'
Most assuredly there 10 not. They do not lose
their residence or citizenship BY entering the
public service. A citizen of Iowa can 60 to |
Europe, upon business, public or private, for six
months or three years and retain his residence
or citizenship here and vote whenever he returns'
the day be steps upon our soil. It is therefore |
absurd to say that our volunteers are disfraDchis
ed By the above section of the Constitution. It
voters when they enlist, they remain voters and
can. If authorized BY law Of the Legislature,
vote wherever they may be. It is no more than
fair and just that they should be allowed to vote
and We hope the Legislature, ct the extra ses-
sion, will pass Law 70 that effect. A simple |
act Of justice to our patriotic soldiers will kill
the Vsllandighammers, al Of them, q dead -
Augustus Cesar. eaa ,7a 1872 sd % |
Z NoBLS LlsH.-Ten companies having been re- |
cruised in Linn county, it is now proposed to
consolidate them into one regiment, with Judge |
smyth, for Colonel, W. H. Harlan, Lieut.. Colo
mel, W. g. Thompson, Major, and pr. Ristine,
Surgeon This seems to % . very proper course.
a county which furnishes 20 many men, ought |
to have the privilege Of selecting its officers from
among themselves. f,gs,,. b5s.4ga. sol
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a. Tho Davenport Democrat says that Cspt. |
Lef6rgwell, of the lst Iowa Cavalry, has been
appointed on the STAFF Of Gen. Pope. with the |
rank Of Colonel, and all because the Capt shot
of the nose Of . soldier in his own COMPANY. for