The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-18
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Wednesday. July rs.
;ng- That exquisite example Of chivalry,
Robert Toombs, made speech at Sparta,
Georgia, on the 18th of June. Bobby, be-
ing pious gentleman, made his speech in
a church, Baptist, and hardest of the
Hardshell we presume. Being patriotic,
as our Copperheads are, he was delighted
at the opportunity ofbestowingt the fruits OF
his profound cogitations upon his beloved
countrymen, that they might thereby be
made wiser and better men. IS
But, as usual, from the Toombs dole
full sound" is heard. He seems to be dis
appointed man. In fact we suspect that
his great ability and wonderful sagacity
are not duly appreciated, and especially
are not duly rewarded by his brother trait
ors who at present hold the reins in Dixie.
Bobby therefore does not greatly approve
their measures. He likes their treason
hugely and says the Southern people are a
unit in that. To accomplish the end they
aim at, the last dollar must be exhausted
and the last drop of blood must be devoted;
SO glorious is their object, so holy their de-
signs.
But he does not admire the measures al
eady adopted. The Consumption act he
thinks quite unconstitutional" 1t con-
fered too much power on the Executive
it deprived the gallant volunteers of the
privilege of choosing their own officers,
and made them too much like regulars.
But he wishes to be understood as not op-
posed to the numbers called into SERVICE
He wanted 100000 men placed at the dis
posal of JEFF. Davis, but he wanted the
States to officer their own forces and the
troops to eject their own commanders.
He was also of the opinion that the Tax
Bill was unfortunate, not in amount but in
kind. He was likewise opposed to State
endorsement of Confederate bonds, argu-
ing that the only effect it could have would
be the depreciation of State securities to
the same level as Confederate notes; and
they at last, he thought, might come to be
worth no more than the old Continental
money-just nothing at all.
Toombs was also opposed to martial law.
That he declared to be decidedly unconsti-
tutionai. The Government had ample
power without its exercise, he thought. to
carry on the war, and he wished it to be
distinctly understood that he was down on
1t. In conclusion the eloquent, honorable,
and patriotic Toombs, as if anticipating
some terrible infiiction, offers himself on
the altar OF his country, as follows:
These, my countrymen. are my views
upon some of the important measures of
the day, and if it be infaIny to express
them, here are my hands-they are ready
for the brand
We are not fully posted as to Toombs
history since he made himself so active in
bringing on the Rebellion. We Judge.
however, that the ex-senator has been Sc
riously disappointed in his aspirations;
that he thinks himself overshadowed by
others nc baser traitors than himself. and
that he is determined that the world shall
know how much wiser, more discreet, and
energetic he is, and how much more re-
spect he has for the people, than the men
who have held the helm in Dixie! Poor
fefloW!-he does not seem to understand
that the bigger the devil The hotter the hell
will be to which he will at las, be inexora-
bly, condemned.