The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1863-02-14

sQs TAs NsssAesa Tssy OelsVssassrs. 4
"a The people are jest bseinningit ~ apprehsl q
the real purpose Of the Nosthsrs CoppsrheadA
Even the old fbgiss Of The Border States GO
that the vsllandigh ghans, ,the Dsn Woods and their
fellow oosspisstors, are - deeply and malignant
" against the Union and fer the Rebellion q
Davis and Bsssrsgsrd, fheSs nsn regard the
Union - already Dissolved and are now labor
ing to break the Northern halfinto fragments
BY fonsnting Jealousy and diseord between the
East and the West. Their purpose ID 70 separate
the free States into three Republics. The Rsb-
q slave States refuses q admit any ftss States
into their iConisderatioa, but promise The Wss
tern iCoppeshsads The free navigation OF ths
Niaissippi II they win separate tie Northvss,
from the east and withdraw .opr troops from the
Usien army. fhis 10 the fSist 70 which ths 10y.
q people Of Iowa and Illinois are invited. Tbia
hvhat ~ The abuss Of the Yankees W heas
and ses, msaaA This is what Dodge means BY
his shuss Il President Lincoln and conplimen,.
tary reference 70 Jsasrsoa Davis. This b what
the 0ttumvs nest Of Rattlesnatss and Copper
heads mssa vhsn thsy propose to ost looas from
New England and open sssotiations with Jsf
Davis ACo. This l. what the cravsus shew-
ard and Dean mean BY their peace nsetines.--
This is what that crafty villain Haheoy means
and Whist hs openly advoeatsa tiF3 ssf
. The people. We repeat are nov beginning 70
realize the yillainy Of thess God forsaken Tories
They nov learn, fer The Ast time, what they
meant In October By clamoring for more vig-
orous prosecution Of the var. They now issrn
what their pretended devotion e the Union
f1ssnt They are. learning what their elamor
about tho "Constitusion" b worth. Warmed
into boldnes BY last Octobsr's victories, these
Northern sscech stand before the county fully
unveiled. Both parties ars, disappointed. The
sscssh 10 their inability 70 make treason pass for
Democracy, and the loyal masses In finding out
that their leaders are The traitors they have been
taken for. "A rsactionlis coning-such an one
IS he's not been seen lately. We advise the
Dodgea Clagetts, Stewards and Hendershotss
to hunt their holes. All Of them, great conspi.
traors and little villains, will soon bscsme 20 in
famous that they will be compelled to hate them
selves and their names become by-word in the
mouths Of the people. Lot them take their
places With Judas Iscariot and Benedict Arnold.
Denoeracy Ascending g Hendershott
There is . low dirty secesh paper printed at
Ottumva, Iowa, called the Democratic Mercury,
edited and controlled BY conservative conspi-
rator Of the respectable, long-visaged, white
cravatsd kind, called Hendershott. The last
issue contains . set Of Tory resolutions, already
cut and dry for use, which this Hendershott
'paks Democratic mestings to adopt a. thoir
own In al the rural districts. The dog is not
worth the rope necessary to hang him. But we
cannot pass these resolutions over without
showing to the loyal masses Of the Democratic
party what kind of stuff this Hsndershott would
thrust upon the country as Democracy. It 10
the bssest treason. Comment is unnecessary
Resolved, That the agricultural wealth and
prosperity Of the Northwestern States are prin-
cipally dependent upon free trade and unre-
stricted intercourse, with the planting States Of
the South, and free outlet through the channel
Of the Mississippi river; that the separation Of
these planting States into foreign nation, OF
the destruction Of their system Of industry by
the emancipation Of the slaves, thereby destroy.
ing their demand for Northwestern products.
would cut OF or materially derange these vital
sources Of wealth and prosperity, and strike
permanent and fatal blow to the further dsvel>
opment and progress Of these States; and re-
garding. ~ We do, the whole system BY which
abolitionism has Allied the world with denuncia-
tions Is 70 moral, religious and humanitarian
character and aspect of the institution of slave
y, - utterly false and without warrant in facts,
in REASON or revelation, We hold it to be the duty
Of the people of these Northwestern States by
every consideration Of humanity and Justice. az
we'll as political interest and expeiiency, to op-
pose such emancipation Of slavery BY every con.
stitutional means IN their power, and TO prevent
the separation Of the planting States Of the
Lower Mississippi valley from the States Of the
Upper valley. BY every possible means, and
'sAeRs ~ Other nssss sss szhassted, jy separate
Scgotsfions 5etssssa Ussss tsos sections 30
The Italics ore Hendershotta.
~ In the election Of o. 8. Senator by the