The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-31
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.


orally Round the Flsg!''
Now is the time to fill up the army-to
place at least 800, 900 more men in the field,
ready for the next campaign. With such
q force added to the armies now IN the field
we should make sure work of crushing the
Rebellion. The effect of such q numerical
preponderance would be instantly felt
throughout Dixie. The people Of the South
would become discouraged-desertions
from their army would increase, and the
contest would be given up in despair. 1t
is therefore, the part of wisdom, now that
the years labor is about done, to place an
overwhelming force in the field, such an
one as must bear down the rebels upon
every field, and either compel them to sub
NIT to the laws or exterminate them. But
they can be conquered. With 800, 900 more
men in the field, pitted against them, they
will give up the contest without risking
another great battle.
There is no way that this Government
ever can be saved except by compelling the
rebels to submit to lawful authority. The
cheapest, quickest and easiest way to do
this is to put forth all the power that is
necessary, and do it promptly. II it needs
three hundred thousand, or five hundred
thousand, or even a million, let US raise the
men at once. We have not yet put forth a
1.-THE of our strength. Now is the time to
do it. The Copperheads are dead. Their
fangs have been extracted. Henceforth,
they will be glad to be forgotten. If any of
them have sense enough to see where and
what they are, they will be glad to wipe out
the stigma of their former acts, by entering
the military service and aiding the cause
of the Country. Perhaps we may get help
from them. At any rate they are perfectly
harmless.
The people of the North have, asyet, made
but few sacrifices, comparatively. Many
of them have grown rich-have made for
tunes. This cannot continue. Unless the
rebellion is put down the people OF the
North will be involved in ruin and desola-
ton. Their minds must be drawn from
business and money getting, fashion and
folly, to the serious matter in hond. We
ought to stop buying imported goods-wear
our old clothes another season-no matter
if not the latest style-invest all the money
we can spare in $40 bonds for our own and
the good Of the Government, and go our
selves or send man to the army. Fill up
the army. Send more men and plenty of
men. Send them for the love Of sons and
brothers now fighting for us. Send them
to save the effusion of blood. Send them
to save expense Send them for the love
of peace. Send them for the love of civil
Liberty and Democratic Institutions. Send
them for the love Of the Great Republic
Send them to keep good your title deeds,
defend your homes and preserve the cur
rency which measures the value of all
your property.
Greenbacks will never get up to par or
the rebellion be put down while the public
| mind is filled with fashion and folly and
| extravagance-corner lots, fast horses, for
| ty yard dresses and forty dollar bonnets.-
People of sense and wealth ought to set an
example of plain dressing and living
thrift is the virtue we ought and must cul-
tivate. Extravaganza and wild specula-
ton will ruin Us. With economy and self
denial we may get through the war with
out the disorders that usually attend large
expenditures of money, provided we keep
down the redundancy of our currency by
lending to the Government as we profta-
bly, can. If the people Of the loyal States
| would tomorrow lend one-half the money
| in their hands to the Government, the half
remaining would buy nearly as much as
| the whole. tf,.-a.5 .. !
We must meet this matter. We must
put down this rebellion. Now is the time.
Let us leave all other matters to take their
own course and turn our whole attention
to Jefferson Davis.
Gs- The New York World expresses the
opinion that the late call for more troops by
the President cannot be filled by volunteer
ing! This paper is the organ of Governor
Seymour. Its opinion is worthless except
so far as it indicates the purposes Of the
political cliquei it serves. 1t is a good index
of what they design, but of nothing else.-
The talk of the Worldshows, therefore, that
Seymour's proclamation for volunteers is a
mere political pretense, intended to aid his
cause in the coming election in New York
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