The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-20

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have besni content With giving Western and
Central IOWA great scare Il b new p,sblss:
..;c.l whether shey are eve. Justly responsible
for The scare. d The suspision saiss strength
daily thst there hes aot been 40 Indian within
,he limits Of Iowa with hostile issepk The red
man /, stu. ., savage and the hope Of making
him asy.liog else hes long siaes died ont His
e.terminasios seems 70 be the only guarantee Of
oeaee 10 sts frontier settlements Bat With Ill
bin treschsry and cruelty he y made 70 bear
the ipfany Of . thousand atrocities for which
he is in no wise responsible and which and 10
other basis than the morbid fears Of the timid
and defenceless Alas that il should be 90 but
that Il 10 90, cannot be and is not doubted BY
intelligent and rejecting men. II seems incredi.
bic that there are those residing within theimiss
Of the State, Who for the sake Of the profits in
cident to the maintenance of military force on
the frontier, deliberately fabricate horrible
stories Of Indian butcberies among white settle.
ments, but that such i the case, admits of no
more doubt than the palpable evidence OF
our OWL senses. 1t is now reduced TO certain.
ty that up to The present time there has not
been hostile Indian upon the soil Of Iowa
No towns have. been burned; no settlers have
been butehered ;no property has been plander-
ed. Such is the deliberate statement Of one
Who visited the rsmotest white settlethsnts on
the Northern frontier. Still, tie Governor has
wisely authorised the formation Of several mill
tary companies % the frontier, snd has provided
them with arms and munitions Of war. The
company organised in this city on adays notice'
last week, vas disbanded BY the Governor. The
alacrity with which they stepped forward for
the defence Of the Stats, does then great honor,
and shows that there sre still in our midst gal
liant men vhs stand ready to step into the breach
when lhey Are needed. 80 ea
Washington ID still safe .ejseulates the tele-
grsph, whereat We are bound 70 10 duly CRATE
fol. Bat II there 10 mingled With the sense Of
relief feeling Of inpasience astAis ssereotyped
10 it to be wondered ATT After .
struggle Of 10 months, the slaughter Of tens Of
thousands Of the best young men Of the country,
and the expenditure Of fabulous amount Of
treasure, We ind ourselves back st the
starting point, defending the Capital Of the
nation from the grasp Of hostile army
At this rate how soon will the rebellion be
eDdeds The men who enlisted for three
years regarded it as hardly within the scope
Of possibility that the war could BE- protractsd
for one year. They supposed that the mighty
force called into the field would sweep the sun.
ny plains of the South a. the IRE sweeps over
the prairie. They now and that they are en-
gsged in life and death struggle with nearly
the whole able-bodisd population of the Rebel
States. TO such complexion has this struggle
come At last. Failing to strike down the. arch
leaders Of the rebellion and to inspire with terror
the motley crowds FIRST gathered around the
rebel flag, those who administer the affairs Of
the General Government and ct last that9their
i'll judged cler,enoy and torbearance are regard
ed % the reeuls Of cowsrdice aud weakness,
and have Stimulated 70 new hope and life
those who would send to fragments this great
and powerful nation. Union men al over
the South. despai.ipg Of that suceor which
they q FIRST supposed TO be as their very
doors, have. at length turned their backs
upon tie good old Gag that led our fathers 70
victory, and bowed 70 the sway Of rebel leaders
Having taken their step, they could ind no
hating place in their downward career. Once
tacitly submissive, they have found no altsrna.
tive but active 60 operation with those Who are
determined to establish slave oligarchy upon
the foapdssions Of the mobiles. fabric Of govern
ment ever established BY man. "a.
A terrible mistake has been made byjour
rulers. Their tender mercics have been cruelty
to the rebel - we'll - to loyal States. death
W tsAlGOIbs W00 SuO COuOtsS0sAVDAA ko8IouSS9 "
those Who lead the South into this sebellion.-
The depth Of their c.im!nslity has never been
sounded o, understood. When they dared to
utter their treason in the Senate chamber, the
strong arm Of the Government should have
promptly choked their utserance. Language
that new secures oondign punishment 70 citi.
zen Of The loyal States, would have been deem
ed tame and covardly by the traitors Of the
Senate and House Of Representatives. You
and I, N. Editor, have heard the Dsvises, the
Toombses, the Benjamins, the Nssons and the
Wigfslls, hurl their defiance into the very teeth
Of the Govsrniasnt. lts strong arm was para.
Used during ths rule Of the imbec:le Buchanan,
But some Of these men remained long enough
TO utter their thresss ID the ears Of the thou
sands who witnessed the Inauguration Of Abrs.
ham Lincoln. and TO spit upon the Gag Of the
country that waved over the dome Of The Cap.
itol. ~ owe no allegiance 70 your Union" said
Mason in the Senate, . few days after the in
stallation Of the new administration. "Take