The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-06-21
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VI. For this reason it 10 folly to answer tb,
dsoor Of peony disguised traitors, Who ssser
6rst that the Abolitionists caused the war, ant
second. b. the sense 10 which they uss th.
tern. show that BY "Abolisionist" they msa,
Ill persons vho vossd for Mr. Lincoln at The las,
Presidential election. and ell Who are now aid
ing the Rational Government in putting dovr
The rebellion. That d the proposition. In othe,
words Il vas treason to vote for Abraham Lin
cola. That 10 the plain import Of The declare
~ All the "Black Republican," Who voted
- Lincoln ere seilty Of treason-juss - guilty
. shoss Who took Up arms ssainss the Govern
nsaa and the v.IIandigham-Jo Nahonsy
paseg ess going to punish both just a soon %
they get into powerl The impudence Of this
proposition and the diabolical hate and venom
which pro,nptsits utseranes never had paral-
lei. 90 far a. We know.
The facts are that the rebellion vas insugu-
rated under Democratic auspices, under q
Denocratie President and inside the Democra-
tic party, without the rrovocstion Of single
hostile act. When It broke ont the Republican
party had not placed single Law upon the STA
tuts book, and never had administered the
Government for . single day. o. the other
hand the rebels bad bsen administering It Ill
the time.
But had these blatant secessionists conane'
themselves to the simple assertion that by the
election Of NJ Lincoln the men who voted for
him provoked the rebellion they would still
have lied sotraseously. They no more provoked
II than did the electors In 1914 who voted for
James Z Polk upon slavery extension plat
form. NJ. Lincoln was voted for and elected
President IN the manner prescribed by tho Con-
ssitus.ou. Had either Of his competitors been
elected 10 the same manner there would have
been no war because we on this side should not
have rebelled That Is Just exactly the differ
snce. The 6re-eaters are traitors, the "Aboli-
sionists" are nnt-the are-eaters took up arms
against the Governmcnt-the "Abolitionists',
never did-the dre-eaters have always con-
trolled the Government and run the machine,
and the Abolitionists always submitted.
30 far as agitation of this subject is concern
Cd do not know that there Is ony lawful or
corstitut ORAL censorship of the press. There
10 nothing to prevent man who believes sla-
very . Divine institution from agitating for
expansion and extension. There is nothing to
prevent an agitation for the purpose Of changing
even our organic law 20 a. to permit the re-
opening Of the African slave trade. On the
other hand those holding opposite views have
had Just the same right to promulge them. This
conflict Of opinion upon this slavery question
has just the same right to exist under our free
institutions as other conflicts Of opinion upon
political, religious. and other subjects. Une
party believes slavery curae-the other q
bles'ing-ore crime, the other Divinely or
dained institution. "Abolitionists" have lust
- good right to agitate as extensioni,ts. But
no one has right to rebel, even when In q
minority and besten at an election.