The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-25

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The CoFscEIprIoN.-Thef following arti-
Gle % from the Chicago Post of Thursday
last. The Post is edited by J. w. shehan.
the confidential friend of the late Senator
Douglas, and he here gives very sensible
answer and rebuke to the Copperhead pa
pers hereabouts, who seem anxious to make
iowa the scene Of outrages similar to those
which, al The instigation of their fellow
conspiEators, have Just REDEEMED the
streets OF New York with the blood of harm
| less men. women and children. The an
swer is that of Democrat, however, not
ours:
| ADVANTAGES OF CONSUMPTION TO THE
| NATION.
we 90 not propose now to dwell Ilpon the
OBVIOUS advantages of the conservation act
ana its enforcement. It is important that
our thinned regiments should be filled up
as speedily as possible, and it seems to be
agreed that the system of volunteering,
Whetner from patriotic impulse or from
The lnoucement of liberal bounties. has
| peen carried already as far as it can be sue
| ceSsluily In any considerable degree. The
only way to accom- plish the end OF making
our armies !ui! and efficient, is to enforce
the law which Congress has provided to
bring the duty Of defending our country.
nome, lmpartially, to the people of the
United States.
But this, the direct and ayowed object of
the c0nscription, is not by any means the
only or even the chief adyantafie to he
gained by 1t. The great benegt to the ma
ton OF the successful enforcement of this
measure will be the establishment of the
| fact that this Government is strong enough
to defend itself
! 1t has been the constant sheer of our enc
mics abroad, and the reiterated doubt of
our Weil-wishers in foreign countries. that
our institutions are too free to stand a
storm-that they win do well enough in
fair weather, with plain sailing, but when
any storm OF popular opposition broke out
the Government would find itself powerless
to resist, and must necessarily go down.
During more than two years of this terri
BILE Rebellion, our Government has been
nobly supported by the generous self-sac-
llflce of her sOns-a free-will offering OBJ
tanned as soon as asked for. And we glad
ly pointed those who were looking from q
distance upon our struggle, to our magnifi-
cent armies, obtained without a hint at
compulsion, as a demonstration of our
ability to defend our institutions against
domestic or foreign foes. Yet they have
told us to wait; they hayesuspended jude-
ment until a sterner trial should come.
And now we have reached the time when
the ''crucial test" is to be applied. We are
now to determine whether the Government
has power not only to invite, but to compel
| her sons to render her that service which
she may rightly claim.
tits no small advantage, then that is to
be gained by the enforcement of this meas
| ure, when we consider that the strength of
| the Government is to be established by it
| in the eyes of Europe and the world!
Thr world knows that this is free gov
eminent. 1t remains for us todemonstrate
that it Is also a strong one. We believe
| that this will be satisfactorily proven by
the enforcement of this measure. We be-
lieve that the mob which has attempted to
strike down the strong arm of the law will
be poweriess to accomplish its object. But
above all things let us have no vaccilation
no weak, halfway measures any longer
from the Administration. 1t is well known
that vicious horse will never oqey a rider
who shows in any way that he is afraid
If the voice of the rider even trembles, he
| is lost. Can we expect an Infatuated and
brutal mob to be awed by anything less
than we should use to govern brute.
we trust-we expect-that the admins
tration will show to all opponents of this
measure the firm unyielding front which
characteri2es the majesty of law. If it does
| so we may well believe that though not a
| man of those drafted into the service of the
United States should be needed to fight her
| battles, great advantage will be gained in
establishing the fact that this Government
| is strong enough to command the respect of
| 3@fforeign powers.