The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-29
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE

~ We don't suppose anybody Of tho
Butternut persuasion was, - The post said
of Burke, 'born for the universe" Great
men are not found in their ranks, but it 10
quite certain that what little brains they
are endowed with, they long since gave 10
their party" in utter contempt OF their
duty to their country. We owe them one
debt of gratitude. But for their perversity
the people would not have known the full
extent Of human folly and basenese.-
These Northern Butternuts have exhibited
to us the vulnerable depravity of some of
our race and the weakness and iniatua-
ton of others who follow where such
wretches lead. 1t may be of advantage to
us. We think it will. There is no evil
without some compensation. And this
evil of treason and rebellion, Of enmity to
the peace and order of society, to the main
tenance of our system of Government and
the liberties it was intended to secure,
may possibly, by its warning, hereafter
lead our people to shun and spurn the
whole tribe of ambitious demagogues,
who now seek to betray them to their ruin.
In fact, events seem TO assume such
form as to induce the whole gang of vile
lains to make more and more conspicuous
their own perfdy and the folly of those
who have hitherto confded in them. The
hour of serious danger from their internal
conspiracies we think is passed. They are
already made sensible of their weakness.
They will soon be cast out Of power and
place forever, while their memory will
only remain as beacon to warn US against
a succeeding race. The Rebellion is all
ready exhausted. We have only to fol-
low up our successes-push on with our
armies, to develope the power of the
loyal among the traitors, and the end
will soon come. And with it will also
come higher sense of our duty, nobler
devotion to our country, and heartier
hate of those who have endangered it,
What will Butternuts do then? We don't
know, but we should think they would die
of very shame.
M1~After the horse is stolen its owner is
apt to lock his stable door. But sensible
folks don't wait for such an admonition.-
After Lawrence is burned, its men, women
and children horribly murdered, General
wakes up to the peril Of the COM
munity which has relied upon him because
compelled to do SO, and-tssues an order'
Has Gen. Schofeld been asleep? Has he
not been able to perceive, what was patent
to everybody else, that just such atrocities
would be perpetrated unless he displayed
more energy and watchfulness than has
characterized his policy, or want of feel
ing, since he assumed his command? 1t is
time that he understood that what the Du-
buaue. Herald styles independent parti-
zan warfare must be ended in Missouri
and Kansas. 1t was put down once. 1t
should have been kept down. 1t would
have been but for the impression Schofield
permitted to get abroad that he was not as
jealous in the cause as he ought to be-
Whether this impression was true or false,
made no difference. The effect was the
same. 1t gave encouragement TO traitors
and has given renewed stimulus to Bush
whackers. The work of putting them
hope the lesson will not require to be again
repeated. Let every commander make it
that he is in earnest. Let every
body be made to know that their only safe
ty is in peaceably obeying the law, and
that oil violence will be summary pun
ished. This is the only feeling that will
succeed in Schofeld's Department. It
must be followed up all the time. Jenisncy
to wilful traitors and lurking assassins ia
simply cruelty 70 the peaoeable and the
loyal.
GTMr. F. Montgomery, formerly editor
of the Vicksburg (Miss.) Wing, has issued
prospectus for weekly paper to be pub
lished in that place, under the title Of the
Vicksburg Union. In this he declares that
'the Union will advocate in the most SOL
emn and earnest manner the entire and
immediate ertsnesion of the cause Of az the
present troubles, and the cause Of tie South
Slavery"
What do the Butternuts think Of thatf-
Isn't this an agreeable commentary upon
Lheir devotion to negro servitude. In Mis-
SouIl, AeuAessee, dAV ~" Ia MiseiSelPpl,
the really intelligent natives are fast be-
coming more earnest and jealous "Aboli-
tionists'' than any who ever lived in the
North. While here in the North, Butter
nuts, anxious to exhibit their servility 70
traitor "slave-drivers," are willing and
anxious to destroy the Nation for the SAL
walton Of the "Divine institution The
truth is that Butsernut politician is natu-
rally slave. He has On interest, "inai
enable right to be whipped and kicked
and spurned, by his slaveocra: lord and
master. He is Just now in terrible rage
lest he should be deprived Of this ''inalien
able right" by the pestilent Abolition
lists" That's what's the matter. If this