The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-12-13

duty % he ought to do it It will not be pro-
tended that whole State and oil ito pe0plel
are loyal. It is known that the STATE Of Ken.
lucky has been but nest of traitors Three
out every four able bodied men OF Ken
tutcky have gone to rebeldou, and nobody u
left there but old women, yet the Senator from
Kentucky, Powell, asks for commisseration for
these men, that Senator Powell had denounced
the Go vernment from the beginning the same
as fis colleague who followed the logical result
OF his reasoning and had gone into the rebel
army but not single word has that Senator,
Powell, offered against the rebe,s, and rejoices
over the recent elections and says the lion.hea
ed democracy are rebuking this Administration.
Will not every rebel throughout rebe!dom re-
joice in the same way?
It ia supposed there will be 9 peace party in
the North that will force this Government. into
An inglorious peace, encouraged oy Jen. DAVIS
and foreign countries in their schemes OF inter
yention to be the same view throughout that
these men were loyal. Mr.. Morrill, commended that
there was NO grounds for complaint-that men
were arrested on suspicion Men were always
arrested on suspicion of crime. G, 81 - g
Mr.. WRIGHT moved t.. amend the resolution
so as to make the call upon the President instead
o., upon the Secretary OF war: NJ WHsns
ss;d he knew no man was permitted to live IN
| the South who had any sympathy with the North.
He said he would like to see some Of the spirit
th.t vas shovn by Stonewan jackson when be
| fonnd forty seven of bis men sskedaddling" from
them. Hs marched them in front Of the resi-
ment and had every one Of them shot Instead
az this ve had propositions for conventions, &c.
! he fWright) would stand by the Government
| and the President. He would have the power
Of the Government felt BY every traitor North
NJ. BAYARD argued at some length to show
that the affairs of the State of Kentucky had
| ware, and that true loyalty to the country did
not imply Loyalty to any single individual. II
this lie . free country, the people in it have q
right to enquire into the acts of the President.
4 Mr.. POWELL said he had said the President
had violated the Constitution, and be was ready
to prove it. He defed the Senator from Maine
or any other Senator on this floor, to the test or
this question. BE denied that three out, Of -four
4 of the people of the State of Kentucky we're in
the rebel army. Three-fourths Of the people Of
that State are not in arms at all. He believed
that there we're more men in the Union than ir
|, the rebel army He (PowelD wanted TO indulge
IN no personalities with any Senator, as there
, was way to settle personal matters elsewhere
i He wanted Senators to meet his arguments fair
He did not believe this Union could ever be re-
u otOreO Oy L0TCc VI lucICiVtS NC udu w
| posed the war, and should continue to oppose
Il. He was in favor Of the convention proposed
, by his colleague, Davis. He should also vote
{ for an srmistice while that Convention shoulG
continue to be in session. BE commended tha
, President Lincoln violated tie Constitution il
: enlarging the regular army, in suspending the
writ Of habeas corpus, in arresting citizens, il
interfering with the freedom Of the press, and il
j. bis recent proclamation. - ..,
Mr.. FESSENDEN was willing to admit tha
some things had been done apparently without
. law. The cry that the country was in danger
, came always from papers sympathizing with thu
rebellion. Many things may be and must b
done in times like these which ordinarily woulc
, not be allowed. Does anybody doubt the patri-
otism of the President of the United Statess- :
: Does any one pretend that he has not done wha
he thought best to suppress the rebellion ant
preserve the country, or that he has wilfully vic
, lated the rights Of any citizens?