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

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After every reverse 70 the National arms .
revival Of treason has occurred In the border
States. and In fact all over the country. But the
enemies of. the eUnisa have soon bsen compelled
TO hide their heads again By u determined de.
nosssasion' OF populaR patsiotism, OF BY. the
brilliant succesess Of Shr asmies. Tho prSsent
revival q treason 10 more ominoss Of evil than
any that has preceded it. There 10 no more
manifest sign Of this than the boldness with
which politicians and presses ct the North, that
have been compelled into apparent support Of
the government BY public opinion, are now 10
boring to SOW the seeds Of sedtion and anarchy. |
Seditious words are freely uttered and printed
now that would not have been tolerated after |
Sumter and Bull Run. The Legislature Of Ma
ryland, . majority Of whose members were |
elected q Union men, has become 10 perverted
BY treason that the loyal governor fears to call
them together. Democratic State Conventions
in the North and West resolve to sustain the
administration in the prosecution Of the war, II
their notions Of the right war policy are not
rejected, and Mr. Wicklife, member Of Congress
from Kentucky, who has been held to be .
staunch Union man, tells the Democratic Con-
vention Of Indiana that he has come to a stop:
be waits to have it settled what We are fighting
for, before doing anything more-if it is to free
Of another drop of blood Taken in connection
with the new outburst Of secession in Kentucky
and Missouri, and the recruiting for the rebel
armies going on in those States, these declara.
lions Of border State Congressman are of
fearfu! import. We must evidently make up
our minds 20 save the border States over again.
The disaffected and those who at heart SYM
psthize With the rebels in the free States could
do little mischief BY themselves. The danger
is that they will have the cooperation of many
loyal men, who honestly believe that radical
anti.slavery measures are enlarging the scope of
the war and making the restoration Of the Union
nearly hopeless. Falling to zee that the leaders
Of what 10 falsely called conservatism are insin
cere in their protes sed pretensions and are play.
ing . deep game in the interest of the rebel
leaders, they Join with them in denouncing the
government in giving false coloring to its &C
ton, and thus promoting popular disaffection at
the North. These men are doing Just what JEFF.
Davis wants to see done, just what be hoped
for at first Is means of overpowering the ma
ton and bringing it broken and powerless to his
feet And there is . terrible possibility that
this union Of covert treason and blind conserva.
tism at the North may bring 30 disgrAceful
result, after all the treasure and blood We have
expended for the national salvation.
It is much to be regretted that some Of the
most earnest friends Of the administration are
playing into the hands of its enemies by pres.
Sing their particular views as to war policy
We see in all the semi secession papers free quo.
tations from influential Republican journals, de
claring I" the nation undone," and the cause Of
the Union hopeless, because the President does
not declare the slaves of the South free and arm
them. This is to be sure the language of feeling
and not of judgment; those who utter it do not
really believe it; it is part Of their system OF
tactics for stirring up the people and bringing
pressure to bear upon the President. But these
declarations are taken by many for real opinions,
and have most disheartening effect, while they
constitute the most effective weapons Of the
semi.traitors for stirring up sediton among the
people, discouraging enlistments, and 80 weaken.
ing the Government We have little doubt that
slavery will utterly perish in the great struggle,
and We believe there are few loyal men, or even
loyal slaveholders, who will not acquiesce in it,
destruction and rejoice when 1t is accomplished
But it should be as an incident, not an object,
of the WARM accordance with the Constitution
and not against tiff we would not zee the ma
tionsl cause wrecked by the madness of its
friends. This destruction is not verbal and tri-
Walt is vital and of supreme necessity. But,
after all, his is but shallow and shortsighted
patriotism who will not stand by the flag and
fight for the national unity under any and all
Observation-Disclosures may be the mistakes
and crimes of Congress, of the Executive aud Of
the commanders Of our armies. This supreme
fidelity to the integrity of the nation-this volun-
tary sacrifice of the. individual to the national
life-is the last hope of the country. We be-
lieve the large majority of Americans are true
and immovable in their patiotic devotion, and
believing that, We are sure of safe deliverance
at last from all our troubles and dangers We
may yet see darker days than these, but the
clouds will break at last.--[Spripgfeld Repub.
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