The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-13
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10 duty.
We write With sasnsssnso now, because
while this musderous avalanche impeuds Over
the ssate the intimation comes that 'jaded hoe-
ses" are to DO ''refattened" and tottering va.
ons 70 BE- respoked" At Arlington Highs, and is
10 no time 70 mince matssra with mar alrea-
,dy in front suf6oient, il properly handed to
drive back and utterly ovorwhelm the Rebel
horde, here We are to day with their scouts feel.
ing their way 70 the banks Of tho Potomao
within 6fty miles Of us, and W are sxpeoAed To
sing out from the watch tower ..alrs vell.s. We
shall do no such thing.
Let none mistake our views or purpose fn,th;s
matter; let noneosuppose that the threatening
Rebel raid has ''driven % from our peopriety.x
The most probable view Of the case which pre-
sens itself % 10 the immediate future 10 that The
Rebel chief will force our own again 70 battle
BY attempts to cross the Potomac absve them,
thus compelling victory to slight upon our ban
nera We have faith in the ability, In the Gen
eralship Of Mcclellan, If he will only give The
daring foe no rest
And for one other part Of the programme
no longer delayed. Force everything that 10
available into the field, every man, every sword,
gun, revolver, and pound Of powder, and end tho
war. We can do Il, and do il soon. 5a
The nation 10 smarting under its needless ~
verses-it Is worn ont with delsya We have
gone along leisurely; We have been serenely
contemplating the mythical movements Of the
famous ''anaconds," until that remarksble speo.
linen Of zoology 10 ct last coiled M q il start
ing point in front of Washington. Stir him nm.
We say make him move; let him "crush" thoee
he has long threatened, or let his keepers hide
their heads In confusion. We may talk Of pa-
triotism, of devotion, Of singleness oe-purpose.
but the Rebels themselves shame Us. In tie re-.
cent battles, sho+guns with them bore an impor.
tant part. We are yet long distance from the
shot gun aspect of the case, but Is time We made
an approach 10 it; and whom We ev5n begin to
emulate the devotion Of the Rebels, when half
equipped and maddened to desperation, ourlead.
ers guide Alright and promptly their willing troops
to battle, then We may hope for good results, we
may make up record such as will not 70 out
by the nett steamer to shame US before all the
nations of the earth.
/ For Us Of the border States, condemned. a.
We are, to watch the terrible changes constantly
who shall blame u, if our patience
is nearly worn out? Years seemed compressed
into months, and these into days, as we watch
for the sounds of the possibly approaching con-
fict upon which SO much depends. Tried as by
FIRE, our loyal citizens yield to none in loyalty,
in zeal, in faith in the ultimate triumph Of the
good cause. But when the extremes leisurely
make the center of the Union the field of strife;
when, unlike those farther away, we may not lie
down or rise up with any certainty that the days
advance may not imperil everything here, we
We may well call upon those in power to strike
that blow which must end suspense. "-N
That it will be struck, let US trust and hope.
Weakened as is the Rebel host by its many se-
sko Ia IL
gered "a it is by remoteness from further support,
1t must never be suffered to remain intact, to
boast of its success to plague US more. Must We
be forced to learn once more, as We have upon
numerous other occasions, that Just when il
might have been annihilsted, it owed its safety
to our forbearance, or, worse, to our timidty; or
shall We rush upon and finish the work half dooe
at such fearful cost? The rank and Ale ,aro
ready; 1t is for our leaders to determine upon .
course in which 10 involved our peril or our safe
ty, our glory or our shame. .4d9T arga