The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-08

No the line of retreat he could dnd nothing
i to eAt, nor any shelter for his soldiers. Very
soon the rigoss Of winter sst b. OF that grand
army Of 500 900 men which entered Russia On
4 The Arst Of July, wretched fragment OF 49,.
900 men crossed the frontier upon the resrsN
| out, about the middle Of December.
| The Russian policy ives wise and elective. is
vac 60 bscauss Napoleon WAS seven hundred
| miles distant from the nearest friendly point
because his army could not live In tents-bs-
cause he could mot procure food at that dis.
tance from the country friendly TO him-and
because Russian army, though inferior in rcgu.
lar warfare, was greatly superior 10 numbers
and vas able to surround him In MOSCOW, ana
to cut of all attempts Of foraging parties into
the cosnsy around. Such were the reasons sna
such the policy Of burning Aoscow.-lAempois
Bspublican Lan6marks. ~
The attempt now making to revivo ~ Kes
psblican party Ola An extra.constitutiona plat
form which contemplates the erasure of largo
number of stars from tho National Gag, makes
this Atting time for considering how far such
an attempt 10 justified by the anteeedents Of the
Republican party or the principles on which 1t
was brought into power. We will not measure
the new creed by the standard of the Conven.
tion which nominated Mr.. Lincoln, at Chicago.
The Chicago platform was compromise, 10
which advanced" Republicans, like Hr. Gree.
Icy, were willing to soften their more radical
visws In order to conciliate conservative votera
truer exposition of the aims Of tie Republi.
can party 10 found In the speeches Of the recog-
nised leaders who furnished it with ideas, gave
impulse and vitality to iss movements, and in
fused into Il the courage by which, after ten
year4 effort II won its great national triumph.
Among these leaders Mr.. Seward held the
foremost rank, both In fact and In the estimation
of the party, There was no Republican statss.
man With half his brains and accomplishments
that had half Of his political intrepidity. Dur.
ine the long strnesIs OF the partv for existeucs
and power. seward boldly led where but few had
the Courage to follow. Nobody can have for
gotten the storm of obloouy that was raised BY
Sia fsnons shi~her lavp sneecb in the Senate
The ofEsnsive doctrines of that speech we're al.
,uost the sole stock in trade of the opponents OF
the Republican party. until they were again
startle and shocked by the celebrated .frreprss.
sible confictp speech. delivered on the ssump a.
Rochester In ths autumn of 1883, We NAV
ssfeIv take these memorable speeches. which
have made such a great figure in the political
bistorv az n. last decade a. the most advanced
Landmarks of the most daring and aRpreasiye
Renublicanism.
if II has been deemed expedient. during tho
prorress Of this war. 70 sink even the Chicago
nlstform mt Of aipht. what shall be said Of an
attampt 10 revive the Republican party on priu.
oiples beside which the shicher law speech
and the ssirrepreaaible condictr epeech "pale
their ineAEectuai Hresfn
These we're both emanciuation speeches: but
they were both Fundamentally wrong. or else
emancipation is possible without any such ex.
Unconstitutional resorts % Mr.. Sumner and
his coadiutors now propose. Both of those
noted speeches, though accepted with applause
by radical anti.slayery men, were Fundamentally
wrong, or else emancipation 10 not even desiro
Ns BY the sudden, violent, destructive methods
which few men are now found 70 advocate
In the "hiQher law speech, Mr. Seward. in Ian.
puage Of which time 10 already yindicatinp the
wisdom, and will more fully vindicate It with
the progress Of events. said: n.
1T seems to me that all our difficulties, en-
barrassments. and dangers arise, not out of per.
versions of the question of slavery, as some
suppose. but from the want of moral courage
to meet rH1s QUESTION or EMANCIPATION az rs
ought. Consequently we hear on one side de.
uonds--absurd. indeed. but vet .unceasine--for
an immediate and unconditional abolition of
slavery; as If anv po,cer eroett The peo1le of ta
Slaree States could abolish It. and as u e,lcoud b>
n,oved to abolish Il By xERKLY SOUNDING rns
TRUMPET LOUDLY, AND PRooLA1xISa RxAncrPA.
TIoN, WHILE THE lxsTIrurIos Is IsrsRwovrH
WITH ALL THEIR SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INTER.
Esrs CONSTITUTIONS, AND CUSTOMS" 7N
On the other hand Mr.. Seward declared that
he equally dsapproyed of the views of our states-
men who say that slavery has always existed,
and only COP can indicate the way to remove il:
"Here. then,n be said, ''js my point of sepa-
ration frou, both these parties. I feel assured
that sassvy uM givs uay, and must give way TO
THE RrPENINa NFLUESors OF HUMANITY; THAT
ExANcrrArroN Is INEVITABLE AND THAT IT IL
NEAR; that it may be FASTENED or hindered and
that whether II shall be peaceful or 7iolent de-
pends upon the question whether it be fastened
or hindered; that all measures which fortify
slavery or extend it, tend to the oonsummation
of violence; all that check is extension, or a6ate it,
strength tend to s peaceful ersirpation. But will
adopt none but lawful, constitutional, and peace.
full measures to accomplish even that end; and
none such can / or will / forego. Nor do know
any important or responsible political body that
proposes to do more than this. No free state
claims to extend its legislation into slave state.
None claims that Congress shall usuRP po,sr TO
abolish ssapeTy IN Tie slass states. Nous claims
that any violent, unconstitutional or uua,eful msa-
sure shall b embraced. And, on the other hand,
if we offer no scheme or plan for the adoption
of the slave states, with the ascent and co-ope-
T3tlOn Ot OOnSrese, II IL only because tno slave
states are unwilling. as yet, to receive such sug-
gestions, or even to entertain the question Of
emancipation in any form"
Nm sswards reputation Of all sudden, vio-
lent, or unconstitutional means for effectinE
emancipation 10 again asserted In the closing
paragraph of this very able and celebrated
speech:
"Whle we leave slavery to tie care of the
states were it exists, let ineriby direct tie pol
icy Of The gousrwn0t to circ,nser6s it, limits and
favor ITS ULTIMATE ExrIseursHNESr. Let those
who have this misfortune entailed upon them,
instead Of contriving how to maintain an equili.
brium that never had existence, consider care
fully how at some time-it may be ten, or twen-
ty, or even fifty years hsnce-by some means, by
all means Of their o'0n and WITH OUR AID, WITH
OUT SUDDEN CHANGE Oh VIOLENT ACTION Mey may
bring a6om The asnaneipdfion Of tddor, and us re-.
toraton to its Jlst dignity aud po,oer N ns sta."