The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-22

umns this morning. 1t Is speech alread,
| widely published, and one which will be yer.
generally read in all parts of the country. Th
views expressed are such as will be UNIVERSAL,
approved as just and wise, willie many impor
| tant facts are brought to light not before know
to the general public.
More Victories.
II gives US great pleasure to hear of the sue
ceases Of Gen. Burnsides. After being victim
lied by contractors, nearly ship-wrecked in thu
old hulks furnished him, he has achieved two
important victories, FIRST in taking Roanoke Is
land, and now still more important one in tn,
capture Of Newbern, North Carolina, after Sc
we're battle.
We have another considerable victory in Ar
kansas, gained by scouting party under Col
Woods, over large rebel force, capturing thret
rebel Colonels
Gen. Curtis has forwarded his prisoners, and
they are now on the way to st. Louis. He hal
gained glorious victory, after bloody and
desperate fight, dispensing and entirely demor-
alizing the foe. His army is in no danger.
tB-It appears there we're on board the Mon
itor, in her attack upon the Merrimac, fifty
wrought iron shot of one hundred and sixty
eight pounds each, which Capt. Ericsson be
lieves would have reached the vitals of the re-
bel monster had they been tried but that they
we're not tried because Of an express interdict
from the Ordnance Department.
The battalion of Connecticut cavalry on
the Island at Wheeling, Virginia, had sham
fight, the other day, for their own amusement
and in the encounter three horses were killed
1t seems to have been very reckless proceed
ing
Colonel Kerrigan, who was recently invol'
UNFAIRLY relieved of his military command
took his seat in the House on Thursday of last
week for the first time
The 18th regiment Iowa Infantry left Daven.
port, last tSaturday, for st. Louis. There they
will receive their muskets and take their posi-
ton in some one of the prigades bound for the
South
A DEMOCRATIC PRINcE-ExcITINa SCENE IN
THE FRENCH SENATE.-The liberal and even
democratic tendencies of the Prince Napoleon
are we'll known, but never has he given his
views so Enthusiastically as in debate in the
French Senate on the 25th ult The debate
was on the address to the emperor and the
remarks of the prince caused intense excite.
ment among the mobiles. He said:
81 hope France will never be sorry for hav.
ing surrounded my family with honors In any
case. my spirit will be with my descendants
no longer than they continue to deserve the
love and confidence of this great nation. This
is how the emperor understood the hereditary
succession. And what happened subsequently
When, after immense disasters, ray of light
seemed to break on France, and the emperor
returned from the Isle of Elba, to overthrow
the government of the Restoration, we know
in what eloquent words he threw himself upor
the nation,- and identified himself with its in.
terest, its honor, its glory. And what cries
did he hear as he advanced from the Mediter.
ranean to Paris, carried on the arms of the
people and the army? ''Down with the nobles'
"Down with the emigrantsn' "Down with the
traitors!"
The latter word ,"traItres" was generally mis-
taken for "Pretres," and immense confusion
Immediately followed Some of the senators
made taunting remarks, and some called the
prince to order. The prince refused to hear the
call to order, however, and proceeded:
"Do you pretend to deprive me of the righ,
to continue my speech? l neither approve o,
disapprove I cite the testimony of many his.
toriaus. In my opinion, the empire signifies
the destruction of the treaties of 1916 within
the limits of the force and the interest of France
it is the maintenance of the grand unity Of
Italy, in future our indispensable ally Al
home, it is that order which has no more ar
dent defender than myself, combined with
wise and serious liberties, foremost among
them the liberty of the press; it is popular in
struction difused without limits, but not given
by religious congregations; it is the we'll being
Of the masses; it is the destruction of the big-
otry of the middle ages which some would i'm
pose on u.s." And in reply to some remarks
of tho Marquis della Rochsjacquelin, he con-
tinued: "For my part say boldly that have
no fear tor government which is rooted in the
hearts of the people; and while it remains true
to the principles of nationalities abroad, and to
the liberal and popular sentiment at home, il
may defy all, even the agitation of the clergy.
tell the Marquis that our principles are diff
ferent. Neither of us is ashamed of his origin
Our antecedents, our families are different
Whereas his honorable ancestors fell on the
battle fields of civil war under French arms,
our fathers tell at Waterloo under English
bullets"
This again caused an immense sensation, and
the Senate was adjourned in an uproar. These
remarks of the Prince Napoleon are signif
cant and are regarded with joy by the French
liberals. Occupying the position he does, the
prince must be considered as expressing to
some degree at least the views of the emperor,
and it is clear the latter is not unmindful OF
forgetful Of the source from whence he receiv-
ed his power-the people. And it is equally
certain that the pampered aristocracy and the
lazy church dignitaries are not henceforth te
be the controlling element in French politics
The general opinion at Paris is that the ten
dency Of the debate was to consolidate the al.
lance between the government aud the liberal
or republican party. The London Times the
stickler for the divine rights of kings, and the
intense admirer of hunkerism, especially Eng.
lish hunkerism, ridicules the whole debate
and Prince Napoleon in particular, as was to be
expected. 1t also takes the occasion to give q
thrust at the United States, and thus compares
the scene in the French Senate to debate il
Congress:
"The debate in the French Senate, of which
we have given a summary, resembles the wors,
displays at Washington during the last days Of
the Union. five put ultramontanes and lib.
erals for slaverymen and freesoilers, and the
French language for that spoken in America,
there is no need of further substitutions. The
spirit is the same, the antipathies and the per.
sonal vanity are the same, and, in spite Of the
precise and somewhat stilted style of French
disputation, the coarseness and vindictivenes.
are exactly the same. Indeed the formalitJ
of the expression in the case ofFrench orator.
makes the hearty vulgarity of their Treatment
of each other the more incongruous. 1t j.
like street fight between two cabmen in kid
gloves?"-[Springfeld Republican.
THE GIBRALTAR OF VIRGINIA.--Our readers
will remember that private letter from Rich
mond. printed IN these columns February 2Stb