The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-09

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Poeaibly thsrs may b some Who honestly and
sineerely Aslieys that nothing more i necessary
to secsrs peace to the, oosntry than that the
people Of The North should ~ they desire it,
Yet ~ history Of The rebellion, it seems 70 us,
ought 70 satisfy the, most ardent ''peace" man
that the only possible mode Of obtaining il, i BY
completely crushing those who have brought this
terrible var upon "a, No man in bis senses can
affirm that the people Of the North had any
agency in bringing on thevsr. So fer from this
being The eaas, their forbearanoe.- 1.-The obstinscy
With which they chung 70 the idea that the
Southern outbreak Vas mere freak Of passion,
70 be passed OVER and forgotten with . soon
returning reason, lis utterly without precedent
And since the war began to b looked upon -
sad and fearful reality, u it not true that, on
our part, Il has been lsnisutt 70 fault, and that
instead Of being wsged II 1 mode calculated to
secure tangible results, our Generals have every
where conducted il q Il il were better for Union
msn'to Suffer, than TO iafict the slightest pun.
ishment on tho rebels '@"@s o. A4' -
AQthis has - yet produced no results. The
rebshhavs not asked peace. They have not
proposed 1t any time 70 lay down their arms
They hsvs nothing to do but to lay them down
to obtsin peace. On their ide peace is easily
attained. But they do not profess to desire it
1heysfim that they ats already independent
and mean 70 continue 20. They insist upon
having al the states where slavery exists q
parts Of their nsw Confsdsrscy. They do not
intimate that they win yield up one inch Of any
How, then, ere We TO- have peace! What
assulanee have re. that wecould have one hours
pesee, With than, even were " to give up to
them the, National Capital, and all The border
States and utterly abandoa 10 them Ill The region
further south. We have seen and heard Of
none. We haye heard other and opposite 10.
tentions announced-such - iavasios of the
North and tho destruction of northern cities
but 20 assurance has ever been given that even
If We gave up al there would be any prospect
Of cessation of the war. .a'aHl
Now, ono party can inaugurate war;, q the
traitors Of the South did. But it takes two, at
least, to ensure peace. It 10 utterly immaterial
how much We may desire the boon of peace, We
cannot have it, even at the sAcri6cs of breaking
up and destroying this Nation, unless those Who
are III arms against US also consent and agree
to it.
If any man is disposed to consent that the
Union shall be blotted out Of the list Of Nations,
and that all the Slave States, including the Cap.
ital, shall separate finally and forever, and also
to accept the inevitable sundering Of the whole
North into separate and discordant States, ex.
listing absolutely ct the mercy of the despots
who, in that case would rule the South, possibly,
by recalling our armies and proffsring such
termA be might obtain such q momentary peace
- it would bring him.a
But no man who processes to desire the main.
tenance Of the Union can entertain such . wish,
or could be induced toaccede to any such shame
ful terms. If their could be peace after such q
dissolution as would thus be effected, the man
Who can appreciate the then inevitable condi-
ton Of the country for all the future, would be
unable 70 admit any apology or justification for
the separation. 4a1.t ~
There is no possibility Of securing peace Of
the Union, but BY fighting the thing through
The question at Issue 10 whether this continent
shall eonsist Of one great nation and that ma
ton . Republic or be dismembered into many
small free States and one large slave oligarchy
or absolute despotism. That question this great
civil warts to decide. There cannot, in the na.
ture Of things, be any peace until that question
Is decided. It isa question not now to be put
aside Or deferred It is the great question, not
Of this century, but of oil the ages We should
have been glad to have had it settled peaceably.
It sssms that war alone would satisfy tho
South. We have no alternative but to assert
the right in the mode which isforoed upon US
We must fight it through. We must put down
the rsbsllion, or the rebellion will put US down.
We must punish the traitors OF they will punish
ua We must win or We must consent to the
death Of nation. q 90 81 I"
They who talk Of peace With the rebels can
zee what is the position they assume. The
!cbels can have peace if they want II. We can
not have it unless they consent to it, nor then.
unless We submit to . separation of the, Union
on such terms as JEFF Davis may choose to die.
tate. Inc word, We are in the position Of 4
man whose throat is clutched BY powerful and
raving maniac. Reason is powerless and he
must be restrained by force. We must overpow.
q the rebellion, -we must crush out the trai.
tors, Or they will grind Us to powder. Peace
means the reign and triumph of the traitors
the degradation and ruin Of the country. III
any man wants It on such terms, let him 20 |
where he belongs, and NOS show his face among
honorable and patriotic men. He Is by nature
. sen. If he will visit the South he will find |
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