The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12

peace or in civil war. the National Ase ca,
rightfully wave, side by side with loyai State
flags, from the dome Of every State Capitol and
over every square mile Of territory.
The country Was told that the Lincoln van.
dals, the Union hordes, the Federal armies
for the name depended on the temper of the
Speaker at the time-were invading the South
to subjugate the people. to set free the slaves,
to burn houses and farms, to hang good men
up to trees and lamp-posts. and to perpetrate
other enormities not proper to mention before
this refined audience; and the STAKEHOLDER, for
fear Of losing his slaves; the non>slaveholder.
for fear of being reduced to an equality with
free negroes; and all classes and grades Of so.
clety, Tor fear OF some outrage, were fired with
indignation, and over whelmed with ill.deined
alarm. Federal armies have entered Southern
States; they have been in this city some time:
they have passed on into other communities and
States further South. How have the horrible
predictions ofthe leaders been fulflled9 Truth
demands complete and utter denial of every
prediction. The officers and men in the Fed.
eral armies will compare in no disparap inv
light with the officers and men in the rebel ser,
vice; the rights OF persons and property bavs
been as carefully respected and guarded "a anv
civilized army ever did in the country of ~
enemy; runaway slaves have been, with nov
and then an exception, surrendered I'D ia the
owner on application, or handed over to the
custody ofjailors; and coming with the Const,
tuition in one hand, the sword in the other and
the Old flag floating above them, these armies
have, with the approval. of the President. his
Cabinet and Congress, said to the quiet, peace
able citizen place yourself on this Constitution
and under this flag and we will protect you a.
long as we can unfurl its folds and to tho
misguided soldier, ground your arms, renounce
the rebel cause, and return to your loyalty, or
take the peril of dying by the sword, for the
Constitution and the Union must and shall
survive, If all their armed foos perish Yin tho
tide OF battle What think you of this subiu-
cation? How do you like it, Just this su6iu.
CATION our noble ancestors fought and bled
through seven years war to impose on them.
selves and their children; nearly century of
unequalled prosperity, happiness and glory has
handed it down to US; and we may well rejoice
to-day in the hope Of transmittingit unimpair-
ed to our posterity.
Disregarding, the wholesome advice Of the
Father of his country, artful and unblushing
leaders made most iIfamatory appeals to
sectional prejudices and animosities. 1t was
war between the North and the South, between
the anti-slavery men Of the North, and the pro-
slavery men of the South, between our bitterest
enemies and our bosom friends, thus arousinr
whatever feelings of clanship and sympathy
hatexlsted in the popular heart. And assum.
ing all this to be true, they called on the people
in trumpet tones to decide whether they would
make common cause with the South and
their friends, or 60 with the North and their
enemies. Such despicable demagogueism was
enough to put tongues in the ashes of the hon.
ored dead, who watered the tree of liberty with
their blood, and theremembrance of the delusion
it produced, is enough to bring the blush Of
shame on the noble spirits who made this day
memorable above all other days in our annals.
1t is not now and never was a conflict between
the North as one section and the South as
another; between the people of the North as
enemies favoring one class of institutions, and
the people of the South, as friends favorine
another and different class; but it was in the
beginning and still remains deadly conflict
between the friends and lovers of the Federal
Constitution and Union, on the one side and
ambitious statesmen and wicked conspirators,
and their misguided followers. seeking to over
throw them, on the other side.