The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-06-28
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| We are ready 10 make our solemn 80.
that there is nothing in this world lie ~.
divine philosophy which is succinctlv eYnressas
| in the great command, "Grin and h. :. u
The conductor of the Memphis Av.I.uoSs IL IL
so gracefully melted into this mild mood la nas
| Secessionist as he is, we consider him - La''
| credit to the craft He owns un l;Lo
he admits that he is "hrmbled and do, m.n:
| His pride has been wounded wiz, ths".
Does he wriggle and roar9 Does he ines;c;ans,.
founder like fish out of water! Not A. All
He quietly concludes to make the best If L.,
matter. Like Archmedes, at Syracuse h. caa
wolves himself in his virtue, and goes on with -.
studies, though the Union foot is upon the neos
of Memphis. sLet us," he says. with an 100 Lex
aiity and power which are alike admirable-sa.
Us bear with manly forritude what We are r..,
to avoid" "This," he concludes o;s t,n maple
losophy-a philosophy suited to our cond;.;pp PM
Now this calm, godlke, serene and nn;'~ on.
stoned acquiescence appears to us to ha sap
tning IN itself so exquisitely beautiful and some
thing' moreover, 80 much needed in Memnb;'
that our hope is that our editorial brotber m;S
consent 70 erect 10 that city schoo, e., ~.
express dissemination of his doctrine -; ~ 'ue
much needed there-a kind of nor.;co ,nn.''
or academv-in which, like Aris,o,Is ~ pu.'
ne may rub his true philosophy like an iaso.
ointment into the tender frames of ,ba 1S
youth of Memphis; in which he NAV te.oh .Io.
that the grace of submission is better tb,n 49,
knives and ''barkers," and a stern sto;c;on, nc
nltely preferable to peach brandy and nennn.
mint. There are wild ones in Secessia who cleariv
need this medicinal irdoctrinatiop and ssaa,y
sanatve treatment. There are ferocous old soni,
and young ones there, who talk with maniac on
ergy OF dying in the last ditch; who prattle rrmir
OF the combustion OF themselves and their cot.
Ton; who Itch to make new Moscow of Memnb;,
who conceive it to be quite necessary. sbopld
worst come to worst, to blow up the universe
generally, and to put an end to themselves nl,,.
ing Cato of Utica with real sword, in nsrt;cv.
lar. These perturbed spirits need LAYING. or tho,
Will do themselves q mischief. For our mart
unless the new Memphis philosophy can be bro,
into high fashion, we look for an unpleasant an.
perdulty OF arson and suicide in Confederate re-.
glons-.sausds of disguised chevaliers poppin,
themselves of after the high Roman fashion,
pl!es'ot patrarchs, who, having FIRST slaughtered
all their niggers, cows, sows, horses, dogs wives
sheep, and daughters, will be found wrapped in
the confederate flag as in a winding sheet, a,
dead and as dignifed as Julius Caesar, with the
remains of their former greatness gloomilv
heaped around them. To be sure. in the cite.
already "subjugated," we don't hearsof these
patriotic diversions. The most rampant patri.
OTIS appear to subdue with a wonderful facility
ana TO disregard quite contemptuously the in
junction to destroy themselves in which some Of
their newspapers abound. We suppose, how
ever, that they are waiting for Genera, Pro.
clamatlon of Suicide by their mock. Presiden
Davis. They are desirous Of dying according to
law, and of destroying themselves constitution.
bpc0mps hair no, Ia
best Jefferson they have, poor fellows himself
to set an example. When all is lost, we hold
that it will be his duty to blow out what brains
ne may have left-his remainder cerebrum. az
to speak. TO make the whole proceeding more
sublime, he might announce that upon the 18th
inst, at high noon, he intended to communicate
his felo de Sc, and request his friends and adj.
mIrers to hang or shoot themselves, or to take
big morphine pills, at the same identical mo.
ment. Then with simultaneous kick or culver.
or firing their own salvo over their departure
for Hades, the Chiefs Of Secession might &C.
cede from this wicked world, and enter upon an.
other from which, however hot, secession will
be impossible. We throw out these hints mere
iy from an ardent passion for seeing things done
neatly. If we are to have no Confederate
States, we shall need no Confederate Statesmen.
In restored Union, it will be impossible to
put Mr.. Jefferson Davis and his crazy cronies to
any sort of use. Will they have the grace to
step out? Will they have the goodness to leave
an unappreciative world and betake themseys
to those places which from the beginning have
been prepared for them
We do not know. We confess that We are
by no means assured, and the new Memphis obi.
losophy somewhat staggers our confidence in the
desiderated stampede. What if the Secession
lists, as the Avalanche would seem to indicate.
should turn capital Christians-models of for
gettulness and forg iveness, after all ? What if
1t should suddenly dawn upon the Secession
mind, the smoke of battle no longer, in con-
junction with extra whisky, befogging the brain
that big plantation and plenty of " niggers,"
and slavery guaranteed by the Federal Govern.
ment, will be more pleasant than the nestest
and most impressive and historically correct sui.
eide What says the Avalanche man. Is be
not ready to 60 on, letting slide nnumerabs
and endless Avalanches, even under the accused
Federal banner? And if he, cream of Confed.
crate cream-the guide, philosopher, Mentor aud
Palinurus of the Rebellion in those parts is so
submissive, why who can tell how many others
will follow his loyal leads What are We to do,
If these great ones when they are "humbled
and downcast-their pride wounded" &C., are to
betake themselves to "a philosophy suited to
their condition must We forgive them for the
sake of science9 1t is question for jurs.s-
Such clear evidence of penitent disposition is
certainly worthy, in these wicked times, Of 8
charitable consideration. That impulse which
we all feel to spare the sick and the sorry is one
of the best feelings of our common nature.-[N.
Y. Tribune.
SOUTHERN OPINIONS OF JEFF. DAVis-The
Atlanta Georgia. Coufederacy confirms the in.
tel!igence of violent opposition growing Up
against JEFF. Davis.
The Confederacy proceeds to argue against