The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-26
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AODHBOO
ne,oASsoaa-1Goo1oe - :Os09sUso
:, q. LeyaI Psspss Of sss' Uaissd States.
~. f,odersirusd Senators and Representa-
In;: Con,ress, impeled by sense Of duty,
i've .hese words to you from your Capitol.
senu .rmed Rebellion against the Constitu-
lnS laws Of your country, organized and
s sunn duriuc the late Administration Of Mr..
Desss and ny the assent and cooperation
pa0.~ aro, ~ his Constitutional advisers, is un-
IN, MT vet suppressed. These rebel con-
psp ,p.o-s continue to wage war with intensified
sPn 'I.;as nnou YOUR country and its free insti-
e cruz r. vould be unjust alike to you and to
uon.. ,,.. "a seek to hide the fact that this res
ou l,,:en Nv reason of the numbers and resouI.
oe -h;ch il commands, the end at which it
c.s s and the interests which it imperils, is
sub, parallel in the history Of the world.
= LARGE majority of the people Of eleven
s....s embracing An area Of zoo, 900 square
o .;,.s Of fertile land and population Of 81
nno ooO. are this day in the support Of the
psh.lliou. This cruel and unnatural war is
r.sed by the conspirators against the People
..;ther for the redress Of wrong nor the vim
ac.tion of right. The People whom they
.sssil and seek to destroy have done them no
-ronc. the Government of the country which
Nov seek to overturn has neither denied nor
r;oiated any right of theirs. The chiefs in
this reasonable conspiracy openly declare
their purpose to be to overturn by force the
fabric of American Empire, and build upon its
minis a despotism which would withhold from
honest toll it's Just reward, which would pros
claim to the laboring classes Of our country
men the maxim Of tyrants-that the great law
Of liberty and human progress is not for them
and which would open and perpetuate new
markets in which 'men are to be bought and
sold as merchandise" 1t cannot be matter
of surprise that reasonable war levied for
such purposes should be prosecuted by those
Who wage it with ga cruelty and per6dity
scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages
These armed conspirators, in prosecuting their
work of treason, have robbed, imprisoned.
bsnished and murdered peaceable citizens
solely because of their fidelity to their country
and its laws.
They have deliberately assassinated your
msngled and defenseless soldiers on the field of
battle, and have violated the sacred graves Of
YOUR buried dead. And that their acts Of cru
city might be marked by every atrocity, they
have even compelled four millions Of slaves to
support them by their unpaid labor, and thus to
contribute to the perpetuation of the tyranny
which FORCES letters for themselves and their
children sar5 ge-r
Men moved by such purposes, and capable of
employing such means for their accomplish
neut, must be deaf alike to the demands Of
Justice and humanity, and can only be restrained
by the strong arm of power. As neither the ties
Of common kindred, nor the obligations of q
common humanity, nor the claims of common
country are regarded by these assailsnts of your
free institutions, it only remains for the loyal
people to "hold them as they hold the rest Of
acknowledgements in war; in peace, friends"
We cannot, if We would, shut out from our
minds the conviction that upon the issue of this
conflict Of army thus forced upon you, depends
great experiment. Of representative government.
In the light Of our past history, judged by the
rapid growth and development of the Republic
uuder our free Constitution, it is not an open
question whether that Constitution is worth
preserving. Every loyal American shrinks from
the suggestion tina: the unity of government
which constitutes US one people can be destroy.
ed. The words Of Washington, always signif.
cant, seen, to be invested to day with q new
force "This Government, the offspring of our
own choice, unnfuenced and unawed, adopted
upon full Investigation and mutual deliberation,
AID COMPLETELY FREE IN ITS PRINCIPLIs, 4
has just claim to your confidence and your
support Respect for its authority, compliance
With its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are
duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims Of
true liberty" We cannot doubt that you duly
appreciate these great utterances of the Father
Of your Country-that it 10 with you . convic
zion that your Government, "free in its princi
pies" has just clam to your support, and
must at every hazard be maintained. Acting
upon this belief, and in perfect accord, as We
believe, With your will and with the Conssitu
ton, Congress, as your agent, have, in order tt
provide for the common defense, for the suppress
sion Of the Rebellion, and for the payment o.
the public debts, enacted law for the assess
msnt and collection of Federal tax, and alse
tor the imposition Of additional duties on i'm
po.ta That these necessary burdens may fal
q lightly as possible upon the loyal people o.
the country, and that the enemy In arms against
you may be weakened and stripped of support
end made, ~ far 20 may be, to indemnify tn.
Government against the expenses of suppressinl
this unjust Rebellion, the Congress have further
provided by Law for the seizure and condemna
ton to the public use OF oil the property Of thes,
Rebels in arms, and Of their aiders and abet
tors and also for the liberation and employment
BY the government Of their slaves Az fur
Their means Of defense Congress hes provided b,
hw that the President may summon 70 the sup
port of the Government such additional force
~ he may deem necessary to insure the promp,
suppression of the Rebellion, snd the rsstora
ton Of peace and the national authority.
The President, faithful to the high trust com
nitsed 70 him by your Impoverished and unpur
chasable suffrages, in obedience to his oficia
oath to take care that the lsws be faithful,
executed" and in accordance With the authorit,
duly conferred upon him, has called upon you
through the Governors Of the several States, {,
furnish 300 900 additional soldiers, for the de
tense of the Constitution and Union.
Permit US to say to you that any citizen VIII
vsholds his confidence and support" from you
Goverument-who refuses compliance" viii
these laws, and an "scquiesence" in these meas
urea 20 essential for its defense-inl our judgmen
not only disregards the wise counsel Of Washing
Ten, but violates bis duty-that highest word 70
veMed BY God 70 man. st t.5
Whatever designing and unprinciplsd partisan
ma! attempt We have an abiding faith that tn
s.ess majority Of the People will give their con
naeGce md support, in the future ~ in the pas.
toelf Government and their faithful Chic