The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-23


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s9orts On both sidss. In the efforts. M brave
~ and tie sacrifices nAdeb "a 0onth. q
they called it. and in the serrsspondins. II mo-
greater efforts made by the North. which the,
saw on one side Or the other, thew perceiyes
the reality Of their Theoretical phantom o
growing power which they had previously
comprehended; andon the existence Of which
our safety for time to come depends
Such was the state of the case, as near a.
can judge, when left Europe. cosvsrses
with men Of nearly every nstioD, and the gen
eral feeling was what have described-in ID.
hrst place determination, not BY understand
Ing the question, but by the decision Of Euro
pean vii, that the South should be right and
she North wrong. That was fxed in nearly oil
mind, and if you met one reflective and DELHI
erative enough to hear the truth, he vas amona
the exceptions I will not include in this cate
cory those who, rising In the scale Of human so
clsty fst Il their duty to listen and 70 rsflsct.
NO one can tell, 10 what particular cause their
sustaining from intermeddliDg with ne may have
oeen occasioned by reflections on the whole
matter. 10 help, however, these reflections
1aere we're reports Of astosNding a-miss springinS
.po.taneoassy from Tie sry sol-jrons query city,
ana vs1dge, and hanalet-so that uhere there ,cas BE-
tore Iess than tty 0o,ssand men, there had succeed
ca ssz or sssen hsssdred akoxsand. These made a
stronger impression than The v;sss Of any statesmen
N Europe and America could produce. The re
saH q that there Is deposition to interfere If i,
Is possible to avoid It. The only danger Is that
which may arise from suffering and starvation
among the working CLASSES, who are not accus :
toned to starve, but accustomed to labor and to
live by their labor. There has been great for
bearance in France and England on this score. =
In France, through tho winter, tho forbearance
Of the people, on the very verge Of starvation,
is worthy Of oil praise, They were encouraged
by hope; their friends spoke comfort to them,
and persuaded them that the time was not fsr
distant when relief would come to them. Their
bishops and priests encouraged them, not mere
y BY words. but By appealing TO all who could to
supply the means Of passing through the winter
without any crisis Of famine or want They say
it Vas worss in England. i It. might have been
worse in one sense, bnt not 90 bad in another.-
In the great district of Lancashire the opera
tives are suffering; they are idle by twenty Eve
or thirty per cent. Of the workmen, and tho
probability 10 shat there viii be STILES en-
ployment But England, with her vast resources
and the knowledge that these men are not &C.
cuetomed to hunger, has come to their relief,
and they srs not now the specially suffering
class Of that great nation.oo rr5t5 3s ,seuaa a
ln The neantime / take it that France and
England are turning thar attention in otter dsrsc
tons to supply the n'eass Of employing Aer opera
tives. American cotton has been hitherto all
their reliance Il they have lendeavored, but with
little success, 70 cultivate it under the various
tories Of those nations q 1aey are turs;ng their
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tanae scds q great article of commerce. and manufdS
t,ve. This has no doubt resulted from hope
that this great controversy in the United States
would ultimately lead to some means being taken
TO reconstruct the country al it was before, and
that with patience the ports in the Southern
country. would be opened and trade allowed to
6ow once again in it's usual channels Thie was
the crime charged upon the Federal Govern
ment, that it had forbidden the regular flow aud
reflux of foreign trade with the South. That
fact they can complain of no more. The ports
are open,' and this people, towards whom they
had proclaimed such friendship, have refused IA
sell the 80 much desired article Whether it il
the refusal Of the South to sell their commodity,
or Of the North to open their ports for the
traffic, the operatives Of Lancashire are subject
to the same 5inconvenience BY the absence Of
cotton. al, o., sstn,sn ,,g2rI sst h..4 grft
Finally they have taken up the idea that i,
would be dangerous experiment to interfere
with this melancholy case that It would cest
more to them than any benefit they would realise
from the result Of their interference, and that a.
ready, during this period Of suspense, efforts
we're being m ade that would lay the foundations
of nations! strength, which would enable this
country to compete with the whole world. To
these circumstances aascsibe 4 great deal Of
forbearance and that kindler tone, for the public
sentiment in both countries is marked by . mild
or tone towards us-
Il would be impossible for me, and It would
not be proper in this place, to enter into detaia
I can only give you general impressions. LIDO
not know what may happen In case this war
should continue as it has been since left this
country. The papers have rendered the coudi-
ton Of the country perfectly confused It lie
very difficult for one even acquainted with this
country to comprehend how the, land lies; and
20 it is with foreigners. Nor 10 it in auy ones
power 70 say With absolute certainty what may
happen If thls Or continues. 49, 10 n,te7o
! What 10 tho prospect of its coming to an snds
I do not see any1prospect a, There does not sp.
pear to Be an issue, and it may be that God, foe
some designof His own, which future genera,
tions will appreciate, hes psfmisted this calsmity
TO scourgs the country in order 70 bring from
these results benefit 70 the whole hpman racS.
These are circumstances the results Of which No
conditional circuRstauoss. y But there 10 one
question that ought to- be clear to evsry mind,
and il 10 this-that If such . warfare should
continue for years, it Il recognized Is The prin-
ctpIe Of other nations, il the name Of humanity,
70 tsy to put an end 10 L. The people thsnr
sslves should put N end % il with ~ little delay
- poaoible. 1t IN not q scourRe that has yisite6