The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-16

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! lissls Pleased With n fssrs sopdacts' But 10y
Il man, Who are IN earnest about putting down
otAs ssbellion and soon ending the swar. viii lbe
.AissAAisaedIwitb nothing thatindioates stern do.
termination, aetivity and energy, tending TO
such results, in the Administration and our com.
1manding Generals evsryvhsrs. # our, forces
are hsreaftsr conducted BY officers who viii be
more snxlods 10 do their duty, defsst and crush
out the enemies Of the country, take care Of
: their men, something, viii probably b accom-
.Plished. The people are ,satis6ed to rspletion
With sounding bulletins and tursid ordsrA-
They want results,-tangibls facts, things known
W d accomplished, 81 Promises will no losgsr
odelude them. Newspaper puts will not be
likely to make any more great generals, out Of
vosn scarcely 6t 70 lead regiment "Sratsgy"i is
hphyed out ID word, The people are getting
to understand that war is game which can on.
y be played successfully BY men who are in
earnest
Loyal men care nothing, and have never
-ca.ed, who commanded OF commando our ar.
.ysuies, 20 be prove himself competent BY his
suecessa II Gen. Mcclellan OF Gen. Hallsek,
Gen. Pope, Butler, Grant or Buell., have done
anything worthy Of appreciation, the people Of
~ shades Of opinion, not disloyal, have been
ready and prompt in testimonials Of approval
They would gladly cheer Mcclellan to the echo,
9 Nould be nansgs 70. light ssms, battles which
did not look too much Ike defeat had he, 40
= be pledged himself TO do, "driven the enemy to
tie wall" The opsopls are not fools, absolute
Generals are ii the field to do the work, and
they want the work DoIs. They cannot avoid
being pleased, or manifssting their pleasure,
6 With any General who shows himself . muster
: workman They are In sstnest and want those
whom they employ 70 b equally 60. ~,
Nov, the distinction between the loyal man,
. and him who sympathises with the rebels. 10
made known BY their opinions in regard to the
conduct Of the war. We find the disloyal loud
= in their praises Of exactly those Generals and
other officers who prove most disinclined to do
Il anything. They propose to carry on the warby
new sort Of ''masterly inactivity" They see
Is we'll as any one that the more We have Of this
species Of military leaders, the better it 10 for
8 the rebels They, Of course, like the policy of
generalization" which has been tried with such
> marked success FOR the past sixteen months -
) They admire, above all things, those admirable
of coming home to clean out the "abolitionsts, >
while they place starving and sickened soldiers
"a, guard the cornfelds Of traitors, who claim
= protection while they trample upon the Flag of
q the Union! las % .s<aH Iaey 4.dio yaa
g By this test We may easily distinguish the
loyal from the disloyal in our midst. If you
hear . man protesting that . certain General
must be supported BY the people in opposition
to the President or the Secretary of War;, you
81 can safely Get him down as a sympathizer with
the rebels, and at heart an enemy Of h:s country.
Men who profess to uphold particular men, in
opposition to the President, do 20 because they
7kssow they thereby promote dissenson which
must aid their friends in the South. The true
men do nothing of this sort. They condemn the
nothing, "conciliatory," policy. They try to
enforce more and more energy upon the Admin.
istration. They always approve the General
who shows that he is In earnest. How else could
Il happen that Republicans should endorse But
Ter and traitors curse him a. .,. 49, = i
Infornatlon wanted. ~ 100
= ne Would it not'be we'll for the Governor to say
that Ill counties that supply their full quotas Of
the recent calls Of the President shall be exempt
from, drafting? The people everyvhers are