The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-30
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A 0pen Osslsssasa e 1reesee.
Who s, an .bolisionisss Whoever i In favor
Of he Rmancipssiou policy--of TIE Rressdencs
eaAeme. whoever would reduce the States -
!, tAeoeoditisa of tsritosieslto abolish slavery.
Whoevsr ~oald pervest this war ~ ono agaioet
slavery u an a0olitionist. He Who y not "a
favor oi these schemes, i lloyd. The aoonuon7
iete are responsible for the lees OF life IN THIS
va.-fnuscatine Courier. s
Il b important that the public should cor
rscty understand Whist Glasses Of our citisens
are included among 'abolitionists' By the Aa-
hoDy politicians and their organs. The above is
from the Euscatine Courier, paper edited BY
Edward h. Thayer, the Nahoay candidass for
Congress ID the Davenport District He may
be presumed to understand what b and bis ss-
sociates:: mean BY the term. We place It on
uecerd that our readers may hereafter have IN
aushsntic evidence Of bis and their meaning.
w do not intend TO discuss the matter, at
present. We merely call attention to the fact
that BY their own statement, President Lincoln
Il an aboIitionist All Who concur in opinion
With the President are abolitionists. That Ill
Who do not favor bic scheme are loyal! Those
Who do favor it, are disloyal. In other words,
The President and all Who stand BY him in this
crisis, ars disloyal. Those Who oppose him, are
the patriots. The rebels Of the South are the
most rabid Of the Presidents opponents. Ac-
oording to the Courier, Mey are the most loyal
men IN the country! .2.is .. . - Is. bsae.
We have repeatedly asserted that the Hahony
and Dodge faction, were the earnest sympathi-
ssfs with the sebellious traitors Of the South
that they had merely put on thin veil Of patri-
otism 70 mislead and deceive the people to their
ruin. The paragfaphquoted above is entire and
unmutilated. It speaks for, itsslf It shows
plainly the animus Of the men, wholly means d
old party prejudices and organizations, ore
studying how they may secure the ultimate sue.
sess Of JET Davis and hisdsvilish Grew, in thei,
sudscious astempt 70 destroy. The Nation.
The Courier asserts that the opinions, and The
aims Of the rebels are loyal. When these men
Hahony, Dodge, Thayer, and tho rest, assert
themselves 70 Be loyal, they Of course mean that
lucy ORC ~ III JUG UAI0 UouOo 10 SuAt III WutCu wv
rebels srs loyal. When they affirm thsuselve'
to be patriotic they mean just what rebels neaz
By the same sort Of talk. They are the sattel-
lites Of Davis and Toombs, and Slidell aud
Breckenridge. They are traitors, a. far IS thel
DEEM safe and sxpedient, just ~ their slave
driving masters ere. They don't happen to b,
in the South.-thats ill the difference between
them. They endorse Aahony. and Steward, AM
sweaRs they are both loyal Our readers vii
now perceive that Loyalty, q they use it, mean
treason As honest men understand it If Lincoll
Is traitor, Of course, these men are true, Ian,
this according TO their own de6aition deliber
asely written. JEFF Davis is innocent Of all tn
blood shed in this war. The President beinl
an "abclitionist." is responsible for it all. VIVA
think you Of that, you, whose sons. brothers On,
friends, have been sacrificed BY these assassin
Of the South? hffehgit9 $50 ~