The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-15
JUNE. 1889.


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party when see small politicians busy to esir
| q point on their opponents when I see greai
,nen in huttsrpr trepidaton leet they suol thei,
record or lose their little capital of consist.
cncy. rCbecrinr. What! YOU. the descend.
ants Of those men Of iron who preferred life
or death struggle with misery ON tbe bleak and
wiutry coast Of New England to admission ~
priestcraft and kingcraft: Won. the offspri,,o of
those hardy pioneers who set their faces aoainst
all the dangers and tIif;cu,ties that snrronnd Tho
early settlers life. Won. who snbdoed the forces
of wild Nature. cleared awav the nrimeval i,res,
covered the endless prairie with human bah;,.
tions YOU, this race of bold reformers who
blended together the most iuconor,,ops elements
Of birth and creed. who bult mn : covarnmon,
which you called model Renublic and nndor.
took 20 show mankind how 10 he free. Won tho
miphA, nation of tho West thst n,ss,,,,,,. ~
to deiy the world in aims and 70 sub;ecs her,
isnhere In its sovere;on d;ct.,;,o 90, ~.
boast Of reconciIino from No en,srnr;:e e,sr ~
great. and mo nrobIem evcr so f.arf,, S,ba
spectral monster of Slaverv stsres Won IN ,be
face. and nov vour Mood rrna cola .,d III 800
courage fails vou -
For half a century Il b.s disturhed tho noooo
of this Republic Il hes srrooa.ed IN II se,f vaur
national domain. II I,.s attemnted to est.bl;sh
its absolute rule and tn ahsorh evan vo,r f,,,,ra
deyelonment. Il has fIi.0rsced Won II ,ha Cos
of mankind. and nov 4, andssvors ,o 80, -,
il it cannot rule Won. II raises ito nurJerons
hand against .heJns,itut;on. most daar to Won.
it attempts to draw the mower of fore;gn mo-
tions upon your heads IL svallows mn tho trs..
sures YOU have earned by long vears of labor.
it drinks the blood OF vour sons and the tears os
your wives-and now eyery day h ia vbisnered
in your ears. Whatever Slavery NAV have dome
to you, whatever YOU NAV suffer. couch II roti--
How many Thousand million. of rn.,r ,,a.I,h 3,
may cost. however much blood Won NAV have 10
shed in order TO disarm it's murdernna hand
touch it notl How ma,v wears of neace and
prosperity yon may have tn sacr;f;oe 10 o-dor y,
prolong It's existence. toucb Il mot And If !,
should cost YOU your honor-listen to this storv.
On the Lower Potomac. as the papers tell ma a
negro comes within our lines. and tells the val.
liant defenders of the Union that bis master
conspires with the Rebels and has a ouantitv of
arms concealed in swamp; our soldiers 90 and
find the arms; the master reclaims his slave.
the slave is given no: the master ties him tn b;s
horse, drags him along eleven miles to his house,
lashes him to tree, and, with the assistance of
his overseer, whips him three hours. three NOR
tai hours; then the negro dies. That black man
served the Union, Slavery attempts to DESTROY
the Union, the Union surrenders the black man
to Slavery, and he is whipped to death--touch
it not ["Hear, hear" Profound sensation.1
Let an mperisha0le blush of shame cover eyery
cheek in this boosted land of freedom-but be
careful not to touch it! All, what dark divn.
ity is this, that we must sacrifice to it our peace
our blood, our future, our honorl What an in
kSnhl Ia =. IL
very marrow of our manlinesss ("Shame.n .ni-
Pardon me; this sounds like dark dream ike
the offspring Of hypochondriac Imagination.
and yet-have I been unjust in what I said?
l"No."
ls it asking too much of YOU that YOU shall
secure against future dangers all that is most
dear to you, by vigorous measures? Or is it
not true that such measures would not be Cd.
posed had they not the smell of principle about
theme THAT'S t." APPLAUSE Or do the
measures proposed really offend your constitu-
tlonal conscience? The most scrupnlous inter
prefer of our fundamental laws will not succeed
in discovering an objection. Or are they i'm
politics What policy can be batter than that
which secures peace and liberty to the peoplep
Or are they inhuman9 have heard it said that
measure touching Slavery might disturb the
tranquility and endanger the fortunes Of many
innocent people in the South. This is posi-
biiity which sincerely deplore. But many of
US Will remember now, after they were told il
former years, that true philanthropy begins at
nome. Disturb the tranquility and endunger the
fortunes OF innocent people in the Southland
there your tenderness stops. Arc the six hund-
req thousand loyal men of the North, who have
ohefeo their lives and all they have and they
are or tne Cnion, less innoeents Are those
VINO nave soaked the soil OF Virginia, and Mis-
sour ana kentucky, and Tennessee with their
oIood, are they guilty. Are the tears ofnorth-
efn miuows anu chiid'en for their dead husbands
anu ,a.nefs ,ess warm ana precious than the
iea se.s % q. q pan.ers laay ABOUT the threatened
uS, nn ~ =, ner ~ n.usn eea,.ess oehsauon
III III SUN lee,'nss ABOUT Tue dangers
ana n.;.; .ooies oi olhers's great must be the
ason ;nsa ~ you place upon tne losses ana suffer-
at.o. s u s cur peop,e. streams OF piood' ana
Lana;nosD " os ses us iol Every urop OF oioou; 'he
hIaS,ad a. 81 n.any sIousahu ianiiies iofeVer
a. = nsn. @ ra.ra pey y, 'ne eoun'.y ruineu ior
saton for ali this ssam III ,i;, " 'ne ooii,pen,
for potb;noo for . NJ, ,a,,,nnao., 20 =
hos,;I;,;as a.". - ."'p'.a'y oessatioii ol
6ot;nn of nanas VI NC" ''ou'ies' ''ieie
Peonle pf amor;oo ;u,,o 49,,
no trne IN yonrso,xas rrnapt yJo, ioi 'hee,
do iuetice 70 Tho ,,rn,;s ;st.haah1o ;pp.e ana
minds. and the nozzle imnnIsos nf nnnr ho1ut. u"'
Let it not be said that the orea, Amer;oo, Re.
public is afraid of tho n;neteorth .ontnrr
Loud cheers And Won Iea;si.tnr. af tba
country. and those who stand at tbe bein 'ne &c
Government Won antreat do NJ. t,;ae an III y,
the blood of the peonle This is M t;mo for
politely consultinq onr enemies, fseI;nns a Pa
sure. whatever nrogressive mea snre yo,, NOV
resolve upon. however nro,rs.s;ya :, ~ %a' 10y
the people are ready to snsts;n yor with 5oor, r,
and hand Loud and Ionr coSi;nneJ @ chear;nn
and waving of bots Tho sa.,,la A. - ~
Thor a. ,,o1 go. e.. -. 80. - a.
NY w no' oaie ~, empty giory' tney 90 not
.a... ..y uu. .ney 10 want fruitful VIC
W. "na ,as.lns peaoe. lureae applause
.aet nen Ii.:a pGnuels over tne 'enGency oil this
So. ISIS, wv p'o.u:es u uur future rise up
pan',.,;n ~ n,.na, T,sloh mere Is one. Ihe
nepuoiio uls'rau'eu py series OF revulsions
.. anu reac.lons, al .ehdihg toward the nsurpa-
.,on .,' u poMei, anu 'ne gsauuai destruction OF
una. oeau'iui Eau ys'elh o! seH-goVernment, to