The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-07

/, = Reception Of General Lauman. - q
il Our citizens turned out very generally last
evening to pay their respects to Gen, Lauman,
at Grimes Hall. The reception was informal. -
All Who desired to do 80 shook hands with him
him back to his home-expressed
their approval Of his services, and through him
honored the brave Iowa troops who are fight
ing for their country, and those who have fallen
in its service Gen. Lauman made q few re
marks in regard to operations in the Geld -spoke
highly Of Gen. Sherman and Gen, Grant told
the audience of the exhausted condition OF the
rebels, and Of the impossibility Of their contin.
uing the war without the coop q alton Of North:
ern ssympathizers, He spoke, urgently Of the
of unity, and of the certainty d
crushing the rebellion At an early day by presen
ting : united front - a'ia sSa.'a bah 9aa
Judge Rorer being called upon made fen
reusrkaq The Band played several Nations
airs, after which Gen. Lauman made q neat lit
,tle speech 70 the zouaves, Capt. Schroeder. q
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Correspondence Of the Hawk-Eye.1 h"o AZ,
sssfs15o g1sai = ST. ,LorIs, Feb 2, 1868.
It ID one OF the uisfortunes of our Govern.
ment, or rather onsfof the imperfectiops Of al
human Government, that no matter bow grea
may BE- the virtue ana intelligence Of the masses
Of the people, there are always factions, led b.
the motives Of gain, or revenge. or ambition
who lie ready to take advantage Of every advers'
circumstance under which their country may b,
suffering, and to turn it to the serving Of thei
own ends, even though such purposes may be :
the peril Of the Government, and an indirec
blow to aid its avowed enemies il hurting
downward. No more remarkable and forcibl
illustration Of this fact is shown in history, thai
in the position and condition Of oar own Gov.
ernment At the present time. Assailed by q
open foe in the field, in such magnitude as Il
imperil the very existence Of the nation, willie
and therefore meauer FOE. at home, in the inper.
sone Of reasonable sympathizers and upprinci.
pied spectators, presents . double difficulty
In our gallant State of Iowa, We have the mis-
cradle, whining Hahony, and his party-compo
nents of an organization spread out over tn
whole country, who are 10 the strongest uniso
with treason and villainy, and political tre.ch
cry of every degree. From such, the Govern
ment which protects them, receives about tb
same consideration as that given BY the hungr
wolf to his victim. They strike down the han
of that government which has given them lii
erty that they are unworthy to possess, and see
to build up reasonable despotism in its place
Not far behind these, in point of infamy IN
moral turpitude, are the mountebanks Who al
seeking to enrich themselves upon the necsss
tie, Of the Government and its soldiers, who a
fighting for country in which these same cor
temptible mercenaries must be permitted to :,
main. Every day transactions are coming
the surface in which appear the colors Of the
rascals. To note small one, or two
One Geo. W., Baker, 4 Pennsylvaaisn, "
owner Of the steamboat Alhanbra, be- been 4